# Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C., Poughkeepsie: a dermatologist in Poughkeepsie (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/poughkeepsie/melville-h-hughes-m-d-p-c-poughkeepsie-ny. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-10-22. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/poughkeepsie/melville-h-hughes-m-d-p-c-poughkeepsie-ny ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmt7pxmyv00ltyeqsm4th3ykd%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmt7pxmyv00ltyeqsm4th3ykd%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmt7pxmyv00ltyeqsm4th3ykd%2F2.jpg) ## In short Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C. is a dermatologist in Poughkeepsie, NY. Its AI Score is 60 of 100, which is fair. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Dermatologist | | Address | 1 Bushwick Rd Ste d, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, USA | | Hours | Mon 9 AM to 3 PM · Tue 9 AM to 4:45 PM · Wed 1 AM to 6:45 PM · Thu 9 AM to 4:45 PM · Closed Fri to Sun | | Phone | (845) 471-5095 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.5 across 25 reviews on Google | | Known for | Dr. Melville H. Hughes is best known for his compassionate and thorough dermatological care in Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County, particularly for treating acne and skin concerns. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 19, 2026, 9:24 AM | ## 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 | 1 Bushwick Rd Ste d, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C. Provides Medical Dermatology, Surgical Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology and Botox Services to the Poughkeepsie, NY Area. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM · Tue 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM · Wed 1:00 to 6:45 PM · Thu 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM · Fri to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (845) 471-5095 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 1:00 AM to 6:45 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | | Services | Service | Botox services | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Cosmetic dermatology | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Website | http://dutchessderm.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for Dr. Melville H. Hughes is best known for his compassionate and thorough dermatological care in Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County, particularly for treating acne and skin concerns. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Melville H Hughes, M.D Address: 1 Bushwick Rd Ste d, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, USA. Phone: (845) 471-5095. Hours: Mon 9 AM to 3 PM · Tue 9 AM to 4:45 PM · Wed 1 AM to 6:45 PM · Thu 9 AM to 4:45 PM · Closed Fri to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Melville H Hughes, M.D on its Google Business Profile: "Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C. Provides Medical Dermatology, Surgical Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology and Botox Services to the Poughkeepsie, NY Area." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Ready Coffee | Coffee shop | 3 min walk | | Pizza Margherita | Pizza restaurant | 4 min walk | | Subway | Sandwich shop | 5 min walk | | Yeung Ho III | Chinese restaurant | 5 min walk | | New Ichiban | Japanese restaurant | 5 min walk | | Guac-O-Licious Mexican Grill | Mexican restaurant | 6 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 25 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 24, 2026.) Dr. Hughes is noted for his thorough approach and personalized care, particularly in serious dermatological cases. (AI guess, from 25 reviews.) ### What people like - Dr. Hughes' thoroughness in diagnosing conditions - Personalized treatment options offered - Caring and attentive staff ### What people do not like - Long waits past the appointment time - Unresponsive front desk staff ### Press No press story about Melville H Hughes, M.D found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Melville H Hughes, M.D Melville H Hughes, M.D hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### services here, what do people go in for? No answer yet ### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? No answer yet ### topical numbing, standard or extra No answer yet ### walk in here, or is it appointment only? No answer yet ### lunch near Bushwick, what is good No answer yet ### people keep recommending Melville H Hughes, M.D, what for? No answer yet ### Ballpark for a visit to a dermatologist in Poughkeepsie? No answer yet ### anyone tell me what a consult here involves No answer yet ### Do they post anywhere? No answer yet ### opening hours at Melville H Hughes, M.D in Poughkeepsie, what are they these days? No answer yet ### torn between this place and Tania Cohen DMSc, PA-C? No answer yet ### is there a rewards thing at Melville H Hughes, M.D No answer yet ### the good stuff about Melville H Hughes, M.D, what is it? No answer yet ### Somewhere to park near Melville H Hughes, M.D? No answer yet ### best dermatologist in Poughkeepsie No answer yet ### What dermatologist questions is Poughkeepsie asking AI most? No answer yet ### are the injectors here nurses or doctors No answer yet ### Fridays at Melville H Hughes, M.D, are they open? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Melville H Hughes, M.D We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Melville H Hughes, M.D. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 2, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 24, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 60 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Dermatologists on the registry run 13 to 76. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Melville H Hughes, M.D scores 60. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Melville H Hughes, M.D | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 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 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 1 of 3 answers that recommended anyone. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 74 | 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 | 53 | 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 | 82 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 37 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a dermatologist When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a dermatologist in New York, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the New York medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Melville H Hughes, M.D if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## 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 Melville H Hughes, M.D | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C. | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://dutchessderm.com/ | Subject of this page | | Poughkeepsie, New York | City | #city | Nothing found | City Melville H Hughes, M.D is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the dermatologists in Poughkeepsie, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best dermatologists in Poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie/dermatologist - Best businesses in Poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie ### Nearby - /new-york: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york - /middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown - /flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing - /kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston - /huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington - /rochester: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/rochester ### Every list - Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Melville H Hughes, M.D., P.C.. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ0Ufr9oNA3YkRQg06S90-yd8 (accessed Aug 24, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 2, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 24, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)