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Eye care center in Grand Forks, ND
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Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs.
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Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Grand Forks, ND · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated November 1, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated November 1, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an eye care center in Grand Forks, ND. Its AI Score is 49 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (701) 780-6400 |
| Updated | November 1, 2026 |
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 | 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs. | 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 | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (701) 780-6400 | 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 | Cataract extraction | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Cornea transplant | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Eyelid procedure | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Eye trauma repair | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma shunt device implant | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Intravitreal injection | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Laser treatment for glaucoma | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Laser treatment for retinal diseases | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Strabismus correction | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | http://www.altru.org/services/eye/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA. Phone: (701) 780-6400. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Altru Professional Center | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Red Pepper | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| SIN BIN Kitchen Bar Casino | Bar | 2 min walk |
| Helix | Restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Bully Brew Coffee South Drive Thru | Cafe | 3 min walk |
| Choice Health & Fitness | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Grand Forks eye care centers run 40 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gregory Emfield, DO, MS scores 49. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 41 | 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 | Does not apply | 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. | |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 63 | 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 | 56 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 100 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
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
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| Grand Forks, North Dakota | City | #city | City Gregory Emfield, DO, MS 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 |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Grand Forks, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# Gregory Emfield, DO, MS, Grand Forks ND: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/nd/grand-forks/gregory-emfield-do-ms-grand-forks-nd. 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/nd/grand-forks/gregory-emfield-do-ms-grand-forks-nd ## Photos -  -  ## In short Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an eye care center in Grand Forks, ND. Its AI Score is 49 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 | 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (701) 780-6400 | | 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 | 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs. | 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 | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (701) 780-6400 | 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 | Cataract extraction | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Cornea transplant | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Eyelid procedure | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Eye trauma repair | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Glaucoma shunt device implant | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Intravitreal injection | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Laser treatment for glaucoma | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Laser treatment for retinal diseases | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Strabismus correction | AI guess | | | Links | Website | http://www.altru.org/services/eye/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Gregory Emfield, DO, MS Address: 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA. Phone: (701) 780-6400. 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: "Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Altru Professional Center | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Red Pepper | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | SIN BIN Kitchen Bar Casino | Bar | 2 min walk | | Helix | Restaurant | 3 min walk | | Bully Brew Coffee South Drive Thru | Cafe | 3 min walk | | Choice Health & Fitness | Bus stop | 3 min walk | ## Reputation Share your review link so AI can quote your customers ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### prices round here, anyone got a number ### real doctors here, or is it beauticians ### Whereabouts is Gregory Emfield, DO, MS? ### cancellation list here, is there one ### parking at Gregory Emfield, DO, MS, where does everyone put the car? ### is there a rewards thing at Gregory Emfield, DO, MS ### do they shut Saturdays ### somewhere cheaper in Grand Forks that is not a risk? ### Booking here, how does it work? ### people keep recommending this place, what for? ### best ophthalmologist in Grand Forks ### anyone tell me what a consult here involves ### What eye care center questions is Grand Forks asking AI most? ### does it hurt, and can you ask for numbing ### anywhere on Washington to sit while I wait ### where does this place post updates ### opening hours at Gregory Emfield, DO, MS in Grand Forks, what are they these days? ### picking between the two, is North Dakota Eye the safer bet? ## The AI Score: 49 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Grand Forks eye care centers run 40 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gregory Emfield, DO, MS scores 49. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 41 | 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 | Does not apply | 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. | | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 63 | 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 | 56 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 100 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | 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 Gregory Emfield, DO, MS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Gregory Emfield, DO, MS | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.altru.org/services/eye/ | Subject of this page | | Grand Forks, North Dakota | City | #city | | City Gregory Emfield, DO, MS 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 Grand Forks, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Grand Forks: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd/grand-forks/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Grand Forks: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd/grand-forks ### Nearby - /bismarck: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd/bismarck ### Every list - Every leaderboard in North Dakota: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJewIADhiBxlIRVA251ze-7DI (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Grand Forks, ND · Editorial</p>
<h2>Gregory Emfield, DO, MS, Grand Forks ND: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated November 1, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated November 1, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an eye care center in Grand Forks, ND. Its AI Score is 49 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Eye care center</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(701) 780-6400</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>November 1, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Gregory Emfield, DO, MS</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(701) 780-6400</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cataract extraction</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cornea transplant</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Eyelid procedure</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Eye trauma repair</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Glaucoma shunt device implant</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Intravitreal injection</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Laser treatment for glaucoma</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Laser treatment for retinal diseases</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Strabismus correction</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://www.altru.org/services/eye/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-gregory-emfield-do-ms">
<h3>Visiting Gregory Emfield, DO, MS</h3>
<p>Address: 4440 S Washington St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA. Phone: (701) 780-6400. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is an ophthalmologist at Altru Health System. He specializes in routine and complex cataract extraction and treatment, strabismus correction, cornea transplants, glaucoma shunt device implants, intravitreal injections, laser treatments for glaucoma and retinal diseases, eyelid procedures and eye trauma repair. Outside of work, Dr Emfield enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing, spending quality time with his wife, their four daughters, and two dogs."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Altru Professional Center</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Red Pepper</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>SIN BIN Kitchen Bar Casino</td><td>Bar</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Helix</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bully Brew Coffee South Drive Thru</td><td>Cafe</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Choice Health & Fitness</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>prices round here, anyone got a number</h4>
<h4>real doctors here, or is it beauticians</h4>
<h4>Whereabouts is Gregory Emfield, DO, MS?</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>parking at Gregory Emfield, DO, MS, where does everyone put the car?</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at Gregory Emfield, DO, MS</h4>
<h4>do they shut Saturdays</h4>
<h4>somewhere cheaper in Grand Forks that is not a risk?</h4>
<h4>Booking here, how does it work?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending this place, what for?</h4>
<h4>best ophthalmologist in Grand Forks</h4>
<h4>anyone tell me what a consult here involves</h4>
<h4>What eye care center questions is Grand Forks asking AI most?</h4>
<h4>does it hurt, and can you ask for numbing</h4>
<h4>anywhere on Washington to sit while I wait</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Gregory Emfield, DO, MS in Grand Forks, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>picking between the two, is North Dakota Eye the safer bet?</h4>
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<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 49 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Grand Forks eye care centers run 40 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gregory Emfield, DO, MS scores 49. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Gregory Emfield, DO, MS</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>100</td><td>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.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>41</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>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.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>63</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>79</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>56</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>100</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>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</p>
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<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Gregory Emfield, DO, MS</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Gregory Emfield, DO, MS</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://www.altru.org/services/eye/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grand Forks, North Dakota</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Gregory Emfield, DO, MS is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Grand Forks, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Grand Forks: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd/grand-forks/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Grand Forks: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd/grand-forks</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/bismarck: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd/bismarck</li>
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<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in North Dakota: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nd</li>
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<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
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<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJewIADhiBxlIRVA251ze-7DI (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
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