# Columbus Institute, Columbus: a plastic surgeon in Columbus (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/oh/columbus/columbus-institute-columbus-oh. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 1 source. Updated 2026-09-28. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/oh/columbus/columbus-institute-columbus-oh ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmulle1yx01avyejcdl5fsmkh%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmulle1yx01avyejcdl5fsmkh%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmulle1yx01avyejcdl5fsmkh%2F2.png) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmulle1yx01avyejcdl5fsmkh%2F3.png) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmulle1yx01avyejcdl5fsmkh%2F4.jpg) ## In short Columbus Institute is a plastic surgeon. Its AI Score is 43 of 100, which is poor. 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 Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Plastic surgeon | | Address | 6499 E Broad St #130, Columbus, OH 43213, USA | | Hours | Mon to Tue 8 AM to 5 PM · Wed to Thu 8 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (614) 482-2123 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.7 across 164 reviews on Google | | Known for | Columbus Institute is best known for its specialized breast augmentation procedures, particularly 600cc and 500cc implants, where patients report exceptional results and personalized care. Their expertise extends to belt lipectomy, showcasing significant transformations. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 28, 2026, 2:39 PM | ## 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 | 6499 E Broad St #130, Columbus, OH 43213, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Dr. Bivik Shah started the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, serving Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, because he wanted to create an environment in a private practice setting that left every patient satisfied and comfortable. He strives to make his patients feel cared for and important as they attempt to meet each and every medical and personal need. If you choose us for your plastic surgery care, you can be sure that all of your wishes will be met and all your questions will be answered. At the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, we have created an extraordinary environment that will cater to your wants and needs. We understand that you are the most important aspect of our practice. We make the focus of our practice your satisfaction. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Wed to Thu 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Columbus Institute | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (614) 482-2123 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/instituteplasticsurgery | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/instituteplasticsurgery | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://www.instituteplasticsurgery.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 28, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for Columbus Institute is best known for its specialized breast augmentation procedures, particularly 600cc and 500cc implants, where patients report exceptional results and personalized care. Their expertise extends to belt lipectomy, showcasing significant transformations. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Columbus Institute Address: 6499 E Broad St #130, Columbus, OH 43213, USA. Phone: (614) 482-2123. Hours: Mon to Tue 8 AM to 5 PM · Wed to Thu 8 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked September 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Columbus Institute on its Google Business Profile: "Dr. Bivik Shah started the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, serving Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, because he wanted to create an environment in a private practice setting that left every patient satisfied and comfortable. He strives to make his patients feel cared for and important as they attempt to meet each and every medical and personal need. If you choose us for your plastic surgery care, you can be sure that all of your wishes will be met and all your questions will be answered. At the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, we have created an extraordinary environment that will cater to your wants and needs. We understand that you are the most important aspect of our practice. We make the focus of our practice your satisfaction." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby Nearby places not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## Reputation 4.7 average across 164 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read September 28, 2026.) While many appreciate the attentive care for procedures, significant complaints about results and office management persist. (AI guess, from 164 reviews.) ### What people like - Thorough consultations for breast augmentation - Effective tummy tuck with liposuction - Compassionate care during recovery ### What people do not like - Long waits past the appointment time - Unresponsive front desk - Disorganization during consultations ### Press No press story about Columbus Institute found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Columbus Institute Columbus Institute hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### quietest day to hit Columbus Institute? No answer yet ### can I ask for numbing here without it being weird? No answer yet ### picking between the two, is Ohio State the safer bet? No answer yet ### Why do people rate Columbus Institute? No answer yet ### anywhere on Broad to sit while I wait No answer yet ### do they do payment plans at Columbus Institute? No answer yet ### are prices in Columbus higher than everywhere else No answer yet ### Any names worth asking for? No answer yet ### who is actually holding the needle at Columbus Institute? No answer yet ### anything new from Columbus Institute lately? No answer yet ### Street parking near here, any good? No answer yet ### is it weeks or months to get an appointment No answer yet ### What plastic surgeon questions is Columbus asking AI most? No answer yet ### Saturdays here, are they open? No answer yet ### anyone tell me what a consult here involves No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ### going here on Saturday, what should I expect No answer yet ### best plastic surgeon in Columbus, OH No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Columbus Institute We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Columbus Institute. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 28, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 43 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Columbus plastic surgeons run 25 to 47. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Columbus Institute scores 43, above the Columbus average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Columbus Institute | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | 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. | Poor | | 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 | Not read yet | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 2 answers we hold, so there is nothing to score. | | 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 | 17 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 83 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a plastic surgeon 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 plastic surgeon in Ohio, 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 Ohio 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 Columbus Institute 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 Columbus Institute | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Columbus Institute | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.instituteplasticsurgery.com/ | Subject of this page | | Columbus, Ohio | City | #city | Nothing found | City Columbus Institute 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 plastic surgeons in Columbus, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best plastic surgeons in Columbus: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/columbus/plastic-surgeon - Best businesses in Columbus: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/columbus ### Nearby - /cleveland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/cleveland - /toledo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/toledo - /grove-city: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/grove-city - /gahanna: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/gahanna - /dublin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/dublin - /reynoldsburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh/reynoldsburg ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Ohio: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/oh ## 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 Columbus Institute. 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:ChIJuZp0141jOIgRosNktYMaT5M (accessed Sep 28, 2026)