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# Richard J. Hairston, M.D., Largo FL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/fl/largo/richard-j-hairston-m-d-largo-fl. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-02.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/fl/largo/richard-j-hairston-m-d-largo-fl

## Photos

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## In short

Richard J. Hairston, M.D. is an eye care center in Largo, FL. Its AI Score is 50 of 100, which is fair.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 1225 W Bay Dr Ste H, Largo, FL 33770, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (727) 581-8706 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 280 reviews on Google |
| Updated | November 2, 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 | 1225 W Bay Dr Ste H, Largo, FL 33770, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Richard J. Hairston, MD, FACS, is a vitreous and retina specialist. He joined The Eye Institute in June 2001 coming from a busy retina practice in Washington, DC. Dr. Hairston graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and did his residency at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He completed a fellowship in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous at The Center for Retina Vitreous Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee. He then served as Assistant Chief of Service in Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Trauma Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Most recently he was Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Richard J. Hairston, M.D. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (727) 581-8706 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 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 | Astigmatism iols | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Cornea | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Corneal abrasion | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Corneal crosslinking | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Corneal transplant | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Diabetic eye exams | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Diabetic retinopathy | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dry eye | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dry eye self test | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Evo icl | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Intense pulse light IPL | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Laser cataract surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Laser eye surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lipiflow | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Macular degeneration | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Macular edema | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Migs | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Narrow angle glaucoma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Oculoplastics | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Open angle glaucoma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Slt | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Strabismus | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vitreous surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Wrinkled retina | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | YAG laser capsulotomy | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Yag laser posterior capsulotomy | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Macular degeneration treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dry eye treatment | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/eyeinstituteofwestfl | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.eyespecialist.com/doctors/richard-hairston-md/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 23 services Richard J. Hairston, M.D offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dry eye self test |  |  |  | From their website |
| Macular degeneration |  |  |  | From their website |
| Corneal abrasion |  |  |  | From their website |
| Narrow angle glaucoma |  |  |  | From their website |
| Migs |  |  |  | From their website |
| Dry eye |  |  |  | From their website |
| Macular edema |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cornea |  |  |  | From their website |
| YAG laser posterior capsulotomy |  |  |  | From their website |
| Corneal crosslinking |  |  |  | From their website |
| Corneal transplant |  |  |  | From their website |
| Diabetic eye exams |  |  |  | From their website |
| Diabetic retinopathy |  |  |  | From their website |
| Evo ICL |  |  |  | From their website |
| Oculoplastics |  |  |  | From their website |
| Open angle glaucoma |  |  |  | From their website |
| Wrinkled retina |  |  |  | From their website |
| Slt |  |  |  | From their website |
| Strabismus |  |  |  | From their website |
| Astigmatism iols |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lipiflow |  |  |  | From their website |
| Laser cataract surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Intense pulse light IPL |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Richard J. Hairston, M.D

Address: 1225 W Bay Dr Ste H, Largo, FL 33770, USA. Phone: (727) 581-8706. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Richard J. Hairston, MD, FACS, is a vitreous and retina specialist. He joined The Eye Institute in June 2001 coming from a busy retina practice in Washington, DC. Dr. Hairston graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and did his residency at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He completed a fellowship in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous at The Center for Retina Vitreous Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee. He then served as Assistant Chief of Service in Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Trauma Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Most recently he was Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| West Bay Dr + 13th St Sw | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| West Bay Dr + The Pinellas Trl | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk |
| West Bay Dr + 11th St Sw | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Amish Country Store | Grocery store | 3 min walk |
| Jet's Pizza | Pizza delivery | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 280 reviews: Google 280. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Dr. Hairston is noted for his thorough eye exams and successful surgeries, though patients often face long wait times. (AI guess, from 280 reviews.)


### What people like

- Caring and knowledgeable staff
- Successful eye surgeries


### What people do not like

- Long wait times
- Communication problems with prescriptions
- Feeling rushed during appointments


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### what is actually on the menu here?


### people keep recommending Richard J. Hairston, M.D, what for?


### Are the hours on Google right for Richard J. Hairston, M.D in Largo?


### Why do people rate this place?


### best ophthalmologist in Largo


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


### Somewhere to park near Richard J. Hairston, M.D?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### anything new from Richard J. Hairston, M.D lately?


### Richard J. Hairston, M.D or The Eye Institute of West?


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


### Saturdays at Richard J. Hairston, M.D, are they open?


## The AI Score: 50 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Largo eye care centers run 25 to 70. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Richard J. Hairston, M.D scores 50, above the Largo average of 48. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Richard J. Hairston, M.D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | 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. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | 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 | 58 | 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 | 45 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 59 | 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 Richard J. Hairston, M.D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard J. Hairston, M.D. | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.eyespecialist.com/doctors/richard-hairston-md/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=yext | Subject of this page |
| Largo, Florida | City | #city |  | City Richard J. Hairston, M.D 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 Largo, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Largo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/largo/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Largo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/largo


### Nearby

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- /fort-lauderdale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/fort-lauderdale


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Florida: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl


## References


### Sources cited

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