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# Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD, Raleigh NC: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/raleigh/dr-patricia-w-smith-md-raleigh-nc. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-31.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/raleigh/dr-patricia-w-smith-md-raleigh-nc

## In short

Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD is an eye care center in Raleigh, NC. Its AI Score is 30 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 | 2406 Blue Ridge Rd #280, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Fri to Sun |
| Phone | (919) 256-2500 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 41 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 31, 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 | 2406 Blue Ridge Rd #280, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 2406 Blue Ridge Rd #280, Raleigh, NC 27607 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (919) 256-2500 | 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 | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD

Address: 2406 Blue Ridge Rd #280, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. Phone: (919) 256-2500. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Fri to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pita Bowl | Mediterranean restaurant | 3 min walk |
| NCMA Cafe--West | American restaurant | 4 min walk |
| Iris | American restaurant | 5 min walk |
| Blue Ridge Rd at Forest View Rd (SB) | Bus stop | 5 min walk |
| Lake Boone Tr at Rexwood Dr | Bus stop | 5 min walk |
| Rex Hospital (Outbound) | Bus stop | 5 min walk |


## Reputation

4.8 average across 41 reviews: Google 41. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 41 reviews.)


### What people like

- Friendly and organized staff


### What people do not like

- Poor customer service when scheduling appointments
- Long wait times for appointments


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


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


### genuinely, what is good about this one


### parking at Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD, where does everyone put the car?


### medical staff at Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD, or is it techs?


### best ophthalmologist in Raleigh


### topical numbing, standard or extra


### any last minute appts here?


### anything new from Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD lately?


### On a budget in Raleigh, is Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD the one?


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


### Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Raleigh?


### opening hours at Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD in Raleigh, what are they these days?


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


### torn between this place and Raleigh Ophthalmology?


### Saturdays at Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD, are they open?


### Does Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD split it over a few months?


### people keep recommending Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD, what for?


## What AI gets wrong about Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD

We ask Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity about Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 22, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026. ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 22, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026: 7 Duke Eye Center | 2406 Blue Ridge Rd #280, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA |


## The AI Score: 30 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Raleigh eye care centers run 30 to 53. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD scores 30, below the Raleigh average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | 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. |  |
| 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 | 3 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 50 | 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 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. |  |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 67 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |  |

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 Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD | MedicalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | City | #city |  | City Dr. Patricia W. Smith, MD 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 Raleigh, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Raleigh: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/raleigh/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Raleigh: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/raleigh


### Nearby

- /chapel-hill: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/chapel-hill
- /durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham
- /greensboro: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/greensboro


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in North Carolina: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJLWPxAiv0rIkRbJUS6KdpHTs (accessed Jul 16, 2026)