# Southwest Eyecare, Albuquerque NM: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/nm/albuquerque/southwest-eyecare-albuquerque-nm. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-28.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/nm/albuquerque/southwest-eyecare-albuquerque-nm

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## In short

Southwest Eyecare is an eye care center in Albuquerque, NM. Its AI Score is 52 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 | 7110 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 7 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (505) 346-0500 |
| Rating | 4.7 across 1,095 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 28, 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 | 7110 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Southwest Eyecare is a full-service eye care practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico offering a complete range of medical, surgical and refractive services. Our Ophthalmologists provide medical and surgical care for cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye, corneal disease, and retinal disorders as well as treatment for diabetic eye disease and conditions requiring oculoplastic procedures. We offer vision correction procedures such as LASIK, PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy), and Clear Lens Replacement in addition to on-site optical services and routine eye exams. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Southwest Eyecare | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (505) 346-0500 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:00 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 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Conjunctival chalasis surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cyclo g6 glaucoma laser | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Durysta implant | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Full thickness corneal transplantation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Keratoconus | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | LASIK | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Lasik prk | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Light adjustable lens | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lipiflow | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ocular surface surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Optical | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Partial thickness corneal transplantation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | PRK (Photorefractive keratectomy) | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Pterygium | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Punctal plugs | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange rle | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Selective laser trabeculopasty slt | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Toric lens | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vivity lens | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/southwest-eyecare | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/swec.abq | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.southwesteyecare.com/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=gmbsweyecare | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 20 services Southwest offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Full thickness corneal transplantation |  |  |  | From their website |
| Partial thickness corneal transplantation |  |  |  | From their website |
| Ocular surface surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Optical |  |  |  | From their website |
| Keratoconus |  |  |  | From their website |
| Light adjustable lens |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lipiflow |  |  |  | From their website |
| Vivity lens |  |  |  | From their website |
| Conjunctival chalasis surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Cyclo g6 glaucoma laser |  |  |  | From their website |
| Durysta implant |  |  |  | From their website |
| LASIK PRK |  |  |  | From their website |
| Toric lens |  |  |  | From their website |
| Astigmatism |  |  |  | From their website |
| Pterygium |  |  |  | From their website |
| Punctal plugs |  |  |  | From their website |
| Refractive lens exchange RLE |  |  |  | From their website |
| Selective laser trabeculopasty slt |  |  |  | From their website |
| LASIK |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| PRK (Photorefractive keratectomy) |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Southwest

Address: 7110 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA. Phone: (505) 346-0500. Hours: Mon to Fri 7 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Southwest Eyecare is a full-service eye care practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico offering a complete range of medical, surgical and refractive services. Our Ophthalmologists provide medical and surgical care for cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye, corneal disease, and retinal disorders as well as treatment for diabetic eye disease and conditions requiring oculoplastic procedures. We offer vision correction procedures such as LASIK, PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy), and Clear Lens Replacement in addition to on-site optical services and routine eye exams."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Wyoming @ Harper | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Wyoming @ San Antonio | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 2 min walk |
| ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Pizza Hut | Pizza delivery | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.7 average across 1,095 reviews: Google 1,095. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 1,095 reviews.)


### What people like

- Professional staff coordination


### What people do not like

- Rude front desk staff
- Issues with cataract surgery outcomes


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### consult at Southwest, what do I need to bring?


### any last minute appts here?


### going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea


### Finance options, anyone used them?


### topical numbing, standard or extra


### people keep recommending Southwest, what for?


### best ophthalmologist in Albuquerque


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


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


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


### Is Southwest run by medical people?


### Why do people rate Southwest?


### do they shut Saturdays


### Somewhere to park near Southwest?


### Southwest or Eye Associates?


### anything new from Southwest lately?


### opening hours at Southwest in Albuquerque, what are they these days?


## The AI Score: 52 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Albuquerque eye care centers run 49 to 72. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Southwest scores 52, below the Albuquerque average of 62. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Southwest |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 93 | 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 | 90 | 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 | 60 | 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 Southwest |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southwest Eyecare | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.southwesteyecare.com/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=gmbsweyecare | Subject of this page |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | City | #city |  | City Southwest 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 Albuquerque, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Albuquerque: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nm/albuquerque/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Albuquerque: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nm/albuquerque


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in New Mexico: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nm


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJFYIOwaF1IocRh_mrwCr48hI (accessed Jul 10, 2026)
- [2] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/medical-conditions/astigmatism/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/conjunctival-chalasis-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/g6-micropulse-laser/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/durysta-implant/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [6] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/full-thickness-corneal-transplantation/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [7] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/keratoconus/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [8] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/lasik/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [9] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/light-adjustable-lens/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [10] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/lipiflow/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [11] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/ocular-surface-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [12] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/optical/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [13] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/partial-thickness-corneal-transplantation/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [14] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/pterygium/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [15] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/punctal-plugs/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [16] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/refractive-lens-exchange-rle/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [17] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/selective-laser-trabeculoplasty/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [18] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/toric-lens/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [19] southwesteyecare.com, https://www.southwesteyecare.com/services/vivity-lens/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)