# Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D., Golden Valley MN: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/mn/golden-valley/timothy-j-ehlen-m-d-golden-valley-mn. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-07-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/mn/golden-valley/timothy-j-ehlen-m-d-golden-valley-mn

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## In short

Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D. is an eye care center in Golden Valley, MN. Its AI Score is 42 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 | 8501 Golden Valley Rd #100, Golden Valley, MN 55427, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (763) 416-7600 |
| Rating | 5.0 across 151 reviews on Google |
| Updated | July 16, 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 | 8501 Golden Valley Rd #100, Golden Valley, MN 55427, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D., is a comprehensive Ophthalmologist and partner at Northwest Eye in Minnesota, specializing in cataract glaucoma and refractive surgery, including LASIK and PRK. He has been a member of Northwest Eye’s respected team of doctors since 1998. Dr. Ehlen sees patients at our Golden Valley, Maple Grove, St. Anthony, and Wayzata Northwest Eye locations. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (763) 416-7600 | 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 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Amblyopia | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Astigmatism discussion | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Astigmatism treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Chalazion | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Contact lenses | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Eye alignment | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Eye infection sidelines costas | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Halloween eye safety month | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | LASIK surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Northwest eye food drive 2025 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Prednisolone acetate eye drop recall | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | PRK | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Ptosis | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Spring allergies dry eyes | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Tecnis symfony iol | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/nweyeclinic | AI guess | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/nweyeclinic | AI guess | Business website |
| Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@nweyeclinic | AI guess | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-doctor/dr-ehlen/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=timothy_ehlen_md&y_source=1_NTE5MzMxMjctNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 1998 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 14 services Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spring allergies dry eyes |  |  |  | From their website |
| Astigmatism discussion |  |  |  | From their website |
| Tecnis symfony iol |  |  |  | From their website |
| Northwest eye food drive 2025 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Amblyopia |  |  |  | From their website |
| Contact lenses |  |  |  | From their website |
| Eye infection sidelines costas |  |  |  | From their website |
| Ptosis |  |  |  | From their website |
| Chalazion |  |  |  | From their website |
| Eye alignment |  |  |  | From their website |
| Refractive lens exchange |  |  |  | From their website |
| Prednisolone acetate eye drop recall |  |  |  | From their website |
| Halloween eye safety month |  |  |  | From their website |
| PRK |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D

Address: 8501 Golden Valley Rd #100, Golden Valley, MN 55427, USA. Phone: (763) 416-7600. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D., is a comprehensive Ophthalmologist and partner at Northwest Eye in Minnesota, specializing in cataract glaucoma and refractive surgery, including LASIK and PRK. He has been a member of Northwest Eye’s respected team of doctors since 1998. Dr. Ehlen sees patients at our Golden Valley, Maple Grove, St. Anthony, and Wayzata Northwest Eye locations."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Papa Murphy's \| Take 'N' Bake Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Jersey Mike's Subs | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| Golden Valley Rd & Boone Ave N | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Golden Valley Rd & Wisconsin Ave N | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Boone Ave N & Golden Valley Rd | Transit station | 3 min walk |
| Golden Valley Rd & Wisconsin Ave | Transit station | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

5.0 average across 151 reviews: Google 151. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Dr. Ehlen is highly regarded for his expertise in cataract surgery and his compassionate patient care. (AI guess, from 151 reviews.)


### What people like

- Cataract surgery results
- Calm and caring demeanor
- Excellent communication
- Efficient appointment process


### What people do not like

- Cataract consult appointment was lengthy


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 0 of the 24 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Fresha | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Healthgrades | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| NPI No. | Not listed |
| Psychology Today | Not listed |
| RateMDs | Not listed |
| RealSelf | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| WebMD | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


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


### Finance options, anyone used them?


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


### Is Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D run by medical people?


### Saturdays at Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D, are they open?


### bad experiences at Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D, anyone?


### people keep recommending Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D, what for?


### consult at Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D, what do I need to bring?


### Are the hours on Google right for Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D in Golden Valley?


### lunch near Golden Valley, what is good


### anything new from Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D lately?


### anyone been to both here and Northwest Eye?


### Why do people rate this place?


### best ophthalmologist in Golden Valley


### Somewhere to park near Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D?


### can I ask for numbing here without it being weird?


### what do people actually pay at eye doctors around Golden Valley


## What AI gets wrong about Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D

We ask Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity about Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 20, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 23, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 23, 2026: 5851 Duluth St | 8501 Golden Valley Rd #100, Golden Valley, MN 55427, USA |


## The AI Score: 42 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Golden Valley eye care centers run 42 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D scores 42, below the Golden Valley average of 51. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair |
| 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 | 7 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 95 | 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 | 60 | 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 | 40 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 61 | 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 Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Timothy J. Ehlen, M.D. | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-doctor/dr-ehlen/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=timothy_ehlen_md&y_source=1_NTE5MzMxMjctNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D | Subject of this page |
| Golden Valley, Minnesota | City | #city |  | City Timothy J. Ehlen, 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 Golden Valley, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Golden Valley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/golden-valley/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Golden Valley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/golden-valley


### Nearby

- /minneapolis: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/minneapolis
- /edina: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/edina
- /st-louis-park: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/st-louis-park
- /minnetonka: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/minnetonka
- /bloomington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn/bloomington


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Minnesota: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mn


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ17EP5EJps1IRRM61NSAyjRs (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-conditions/amblyopia/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/northwest-eye-food-drive-2025/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/prednisolone-acetate-eye-drop-recall/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-conditions/ptosis/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/specialties/refractive-lens-exchange/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/spring-allergies-dry-eyes/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/tecnis-symfony-iol/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/astigmatism-discussion/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-conditions/chalazion/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/contact-lenses/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-alignment/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [13] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-infection-sidelines-costas/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [14] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/halloween-eye-safety-month/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [15] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 20, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [16] nweyeclinic.com, https://nweyeclinic.com/eye-doctor/dr-ehlen/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=timothy_ehlen_md&y_source=1_NTE5MzMxMjctNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D (accessed Oct 20, 2026)