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# Eric D. Weichel, MD, Bowie MD: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/md/bowie/eric-d-weichel-md-bowie-md. 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/md/bowie/eric-d-weichel-md-bowie-md

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## In short

Eric D. Weichel, MD is an eye care center in Bowie, MD. Its AI Score is 55 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 | The Retina Group of Washington, 16901 Melford Blvd Suite 111, Bowie, MD 20715, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (301) 805-5395 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 82 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 | The Retina Group of Washington, 16901 Melford Blvd Suite 111, Bowie, MD 20715, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | The Retina Group of Washington, 16901 Melford Blvd Suite 111, Bowie, MD 20715 | 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 | Eric D. Weichel, MD | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (301) 805-5395 | 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 | Age related macular degeneration amd | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Age-related macular degeneration treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Diabetic retinopathy | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Macular disease | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ophthalmology retina | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Retinal detachment | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Retinal vascular occlusive disease | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Uveitis | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vitreous detachment | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Macular disease treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Uveitis treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Retinal vascular occlusive disease treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Diabetic retinopathy treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vitreous detachment treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Retinal detachment treatment | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/theretinagroupofwashington | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/retinagrp | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.rgw.com/retina-specialists-doctors/eric-weichel-md/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 8 services Eric D. Weichel offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Age related macular degeneration amd |  |  |  | From their website |
| Macular disease |  |  |  | From their website |
| Retinal detachment |  |  |  | From their website |
| Vitreous detachment |  |  |  | From their website |
| Ophthalmology retina |  |  |  | From their website |
| Retinal vascular occlusive disease |  |  |  | From their website |
| Uveitis |  |  |  | From their website |
| Diabetic retinopathy |  |  |  | From their website |


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## Visiting Eric D. Weichel

Address: The Retina Group of Washington, 16901 Melford Blvd Suite 111, Bowie, MD 20715, USA. Phone: (301) 805-5395. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dunkin' | Coffee shop | 2 min walk |
| Sweet Victory LLC DBA Sweet Victory Café | Cafe | 3 min walk |
| Uptown Cafe | Cafe | 3 min walk |
| Fibonacci Fountain at Melford | Park | 4 min walk |
| Nash Woods Park MNCPPC | Park | 8 min walk |
| Center Pocket Sports Bar | Sports bar | 8 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 82 reviews: Google 82. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Dr. Weichel is noted for his excellent patient care and successful surgical outcomes, particularly in retina treatment. (AI guess, from 82 reviews.)


### What people like

- Successful detached retina surgeries
- Timely and professional staff


### What people do not like

- Long wait times for appointments
- Appointment cancellations without notice
- Receptionist communication issues


### Press

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## Questions people ask


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## What AI gets wrong about Eric D. Weichel

We ask Perplexity, Gemini and ChatGPT about Eric D. Weichel. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 18, 2026. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 18, 2026: 7 The Glaucoma Center | The Retina Group of Washington, 16901 Melford Blvd Suite 111, Bowie, MD 20715, USA |


## The AI Score: 55 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Eric D. Weichel scores 55. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Eric D. Weichel |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | 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 | 40 | 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 | 56 | 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. | Fair |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 59 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 63 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 63 | 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 Eric D. Weichel |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric D. Weichel, MD | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.rgw.com/retina-specialists-doctors/eric-weichel-md/ | Subject of this page |
| Bowie, Maryland | City | #city |  | City Eric D. Weichel 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 Bowie, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

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- Best businesses in Bowie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/md/bowie


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### Every list

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## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJE5iMmX3Bt4kR0Wwodc8k2ME (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/age-related-macular-degeneration-amd/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/retinal-detachment/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/retinal-vein-artery-occlusion/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/uveitis-eye-inflammation/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/floaters-flashes-vitreous-detachment/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/diabetic-retinopathy/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/macular-disease/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] rgw.com, https://www.rgw.com/ophthalmology-retina/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] AI engine output: Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 18, 2026; ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)