# South Coast Retina Center, Long Beach CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/long-beach/south-coast-retina-center-long-beach-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-01.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/long-beach/south-coast-retina-center-long-beach-ca

## Photos

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## In short

South Coast Retina Center is an eye care center in Long Beach, CA. This page names 5 people on its team. Its AI Score is 31 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 4300 Long Beach Blvd Suite 300, Long Beach, CA 90807, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (562) 984-7024 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 443 reviews on Google |
| Updated | November 1, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 4300 Long Beach Blvd Suite 300, Long Beach, CA 90807, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Founded in 1972 by Dr. Stanley Carson, the practice has been preserving and preventing visual loss in the Southern California community for more than 50 years. Since then, the practice has grown to include Dr. John McBeath (retired), Dr. Fox Boswell (retired), Dr. Randall Nguyen, Dr. Michael Roh, Dr. Julie Gasperini, Dr. Cindy Ung and Dr. Brent Norman. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | South Coast Retina Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (562) 984-7024 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Retina condition treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Anti-VEGF injections | AI guess |  |
| Team | Dr. Brent Norman |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | Dr. Fox Boswell |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | Dr. John Mc |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | Dr. Randall Nguyen |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | Dr. Stanley Carson |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/southcoastretina | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/southcoastretina | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.southcoastretinacenter.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 1972 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service South Coast Retina offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anti vegf injections |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

5 people are named on this page.


### Dr. Stanley Carson

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


### Dr. Fox Boswell

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


### Dr. Brent Norman

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


### Dr. John Mc

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


### Dr. Randall Nguyen

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting South Coast Retina

Address: 4300 Long Beach Blvd Suite 300, Long Beach, CA 90807, USA. Phone: (562) 984-7024. Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Founded in 1972 by Dr. Stanley Carson, the practice has been preserving and preventing visual loss in the Southern California community for more than 50 years. Since then, the practice has grown to include Dr. John McBeath (retired), Dr. Fox Boswell (retired), Dr. Randall Nguyen, Dr. Michael Roh, Dr. Julie Gasperini, Dr. Cindy Ung and Dr. Brent Norman."


### Parking and getting in

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Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jersey Mike's Subs | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| Blue Burro - Bixby Knolls | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Long Beach Blvd & 44th NW | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Long Beach Blvd & 44th NE | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 7-Eleven | Convenience store | 2 min walk |
| Chephreys Creole Cuisine | Restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 443 reviews: Google 443. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Despite excellent doctors, South Coast Retina Center struggles with wait times and staff organization, impacting the overall patient experience. (AI guess, from 443 reviews.)


### What people like

- Efficient and thorough examinations


### What people do not like

- Long wait times
- Disorganized patient care
- Unprofessional billing staff


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 1 of the 38 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Booksy | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Fresha | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Healthgrades | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Houzz | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MD.com | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| NPI No. | Not listed |
| Porch | Not listed |
| Psychology Today | Not listed |
| RateMDs | Not listed |
| RealSelf | Not listed |
| Sharecare | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Vitals | Not listed |
| WebMD | Not listed |
| Wellness.com | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |
| Zocdoc | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### Booking a consult here, what happens?


### walk in here, or is it appointment only?


### services here, what do people go in for?


### South Coast Retina or Eye Physicians for Retinal care and surgery?


### can I ask for numbing at South Coast Retina without it being weird?


### cancellation list here, is there one


### Why do people rate South Coast Retina?


### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip


### going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea


### what does South Coast Retina actually get right?


### anything new from South Coast Retina lately?


### payment plans at South Coast Retina, is that a thing?


### is there parking at South Coast Retina or is it street only?


### best ophthalmologist in Long Beach


### Are the hours on Google right for South Coast Retina in Long Beach?


### medical staff at South Coast Retina, or is it techs?


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


## The AI Score: 31 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Long Beach eye care centers run 26 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. South Coast Retina scores 31, below the Long Beach average of 43. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | South Coast Retina |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 54 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to South Coast Retina |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Coast Retina Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.southcoastretinacenter.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Dr. Stanley Carson | Person | #team-stanley-carson |  |  |
| Dr. Fox Boswell | Person | #team-fox-boswell |  |  |
| Dr. Brent Norman | Person | #team-brent-norman |  |  |
| Dr. John Mc | Person | #team-john-mc |  |  |
| Dr. Randall Nguyen | Person | #team-randall-nguyen |  |  |
| Long Beach, California | City | #city |  | City South Coast Retina is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Long Beach, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Long Beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/long-beach/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Long Beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/long-beach


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ_8abFnYz3YARfu0LvYkwo2U (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 28, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 28, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] southcoastretinacenter.com, http://www.southcoastretinacenter.com/ (accessed Oct 28, 2026)