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# Stephen Hemperly, DO, San Diego: a dermatologist in San Diego (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-diego/stephen-hemperly-do-san-diego-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 1 source. Updated 2026-10-10. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-diego/stephen-hemperly-do-san-diego-ca

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmv1nmijt0ck8yea7upikci8s%2F0.png)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmv1nmijt0ck8yea7upikci8s%2F1.png)
- ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmv1nmijt0ck8yea7upikci8s%2F2.png)
- ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmv1nmijt0ck8yea7upikci8s%2F3.png)
- ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmv1nmijt0ck8yea7upikci8s%2F4.png)


## In short

Stephen Hemperly, DO is a dermatologist in San Diego, CA. Its AI Score is 25 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 | Dermatologist |
| Address | 9095 Rio San Diego Dr #300, San Diego, CA 92108, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (619) 754-8610 |
| Medical director | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.8 across 92 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Nothing found |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | October 9, 2026, 5:26 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 | 9095 Rio San Diego Dr #300, San Diego, CA 92108, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | Dr. Hemperly is a board-certified dermatologist who treats a wide range of dermatologic conditions with a focus on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of skin cancer. He is trained in dermoscopy and has a special interest in minimally invasive cosmetic treatments including Botox, dermalfillers, and laser treatments. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | Stephen Hemperly, DO | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (619) 754-8610 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/westdermatology | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/westdermatology | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.westdermatology.com/hillcrest | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 |


## Services and prices

Services not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Known for

None of the 5 reviews we've read names a service yet.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting Stephen Hemperly

Address: 9095 Rio San Diego Dr #300, San Diego, CA 92108, USA. Phone: (619) 754-8610. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked October 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Stephen Hemperly on its Google Business Profile: "Dr. Hemperly is a board-certified dermatologist who treats a wide range of dermatologic conditions with a focus on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of skin cancer. He is trained in dermoscopy and has a special interest in minimally invasive cosmetic treatments including Botox, dermalfillers, and laser treatments."


### 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

4.8 average across 92 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read October 9, 2026.)

The practice is noted for its thorough procedures but may lack emotional support during high-stress visits. (AI guess, from 92 reviews.)


### What people like

- Thoroughness in procedures
- Clear communication during consultations
- Compassionate bedside manner


### What people do not like

- Long waits past the appointment time
- Perceived lack of emotional support during procedures
- Difficulties with appointment scheduling and referrals


### Press

No press story about Stephen Hemperly found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from Stephen Hemperly

Stephen Hemperly hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### Any names worth asking for?

No answer yet


### is the lot at Stephen Hemperly ever full?

No answer yet


### anything new from Stephen Hemperly lately?

No answer yet


### Aftercare at Stephen Hemperly, what does it involve?

No answer yet


### opening hours at Stephen Hemperly, what are they these days?

No answer yet


### what do I actually do when I get to Stephen Hemperly in San Diego?

No answer yet


### never been here, how does it go?

No answer yet


### how do I reach this place to sort something out?

No answer yet


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing

No answer yet


### Saturdays at Stephen Hemperly, are they open?

No answer yet


### new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in?

No answer yet


### cheaper than Stephen Hemperly in San Diego without it being sketchy?

No answer yet


### quietest day to hit this place?

No answer yet


### waiting list, how long are we talking

No answer yet


### best dermatologist in San Diego, CA

No answer yet


### bad experiences at Stephen Hemperly, anyone?

No answer yet


### Stephen Hemperly or West Dermatology?

No answer yet


### Ballpark for a visit to a dermatologist in San Diego?

No answer yet


### who is actually holding the needle here?

No answer yet


### killing time on Rio San, any ideas

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about Stephen Hemperly

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Stephen Hemperly. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 9, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Diego dermatologists run 23 to 38. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Stephen Hemperly scores 25, below the San Diego average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Stephen Hemperly |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 56 | 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 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 35 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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 California, 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 California 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 Stephen Hemperly 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 Stephen Hemperly |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Hemperly, DO | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.westdermatology.com/hillcrest | Subject of this page |
| San Diego, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Stephen Hemperly 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 San Diego, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best dermatologists in San Diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego/dermatologist
- Best businesses in San Diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego


### Nearby

- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno
- /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


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## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJd2XXVNdU2YARQbk7xyCC80Q (accessed Oct 9, 2026)