# West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC, San Diego: a dermatologist in San Diego (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-diego/west-dermatology-la-jolla-utc-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. 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Its AI Score is 35 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 | 9339 Genesee Ave #350a, San Diego, CA 92121, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (858) 454-4300 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.7 across 1,869 reviews on Google | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | October 9, 2026, 5:20 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 | 9339 Genesee Ave #350a, San Diego, CA 92121, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 | | Location info | Description | West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC provides cosmetic dermatology, surgery, and specialized medical dermatology. If you’re seeking a professional La Jolla dermatologist, come to West Dermatology. We are punctual in our appointments, treat patients with care, and accept most insurance companies. Also, we offer complete advanced medical and surgical treatments that use the latest technology at our clinic. If you want acne treatment or skin cancer removal near me, visit West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC. Our dermatologists will evaluate your skin and offer the right medication to treat skin disorders. If it’s mole removal in La Jolla or vitiligo treatment in La Jolla, the team at West Dermatology will help you. Contact us now for more information. | 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 | West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Oct 9, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (858) 454-4300 | 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 | https://www.westdermatology.com/location/la-jolla-utc | 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 West Dermatology Address: 9339 Genesee Ave #350a, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. Phone: (858) 454-4300. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked October 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by West Dermatology on its Google Business Profile: "West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC provides cosmetic dermatology, surgery, and specialized medical dermatology. If you’re seeking a professional La Jolla dermatologist, come to West Dermatology. We are punctual in our appointments, treat patients with care, and accept most insurance companies. Also, we offer complete advanced medical and surgical treatments that use the latest technology at our clinic. If you want acne treatment or skin cancer removal near me, visit West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC. Our dermatologists will evaluate your skin and offer the right medication to treat skin disorders. If it’s mole removal in La Jolla or vitiligo treatment in La Jolla, the team at West Dermatology will help you. Contact us now for more information." ### 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 1,869 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read October 9, 2026.) Patients appreciate the efficiency and thoroughness of skin checks, but many express frustration with billing practices and communication issues. (AI guess, from 1,869 reviews.) ### What people like - Efficient appointment process - Thorough skin cancer checks - Professional staff demeanor ### What people do not like - Long waits past appointment time - Unresponsive front desk - Billing disputes and confusion ### Press No press story about West Dermatology found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from West Dermatology West Dermatology hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### what else is on Genesee around this place? No answer yet ### paying in instalments, is that possible here No answer yet ### trying to book here, how long is the wait? No answer yet ### Why do people rate West Dermatology? No answer yet ### medical staff at West Dermatology, or is it techs? No answer yet ### Do they post anywhere? No answer yet ### walking in for a consult, what happens No answer yet ### quietest day to hit West Dermatology? No answer yet ### new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in? No answer yet ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ### bad experiences at West Dermatology, anyone? No answer yet ### numbing at West Dermatology, do you have to ask for it? No answer yet ### Open Saturdays here? No answer yet ### Whereabouts is this place? No answer yet ### Turning up here for the first time, what happens? No answer yet ### never been to West Dermatology in San Diego, how does it go? No answer yet ### Are the hours on Google right for West Dermatology? No answer yet ### recovery after West Dermatology, what do people actually say? No answer yet ### best dermatologist in San Diego, CA No answer yet ### Street parking near here, any good? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about West Dermatology We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about West Dermatology. 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: 35 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. West Dermatology scores 35, above the San Diego average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | West Dermatology | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 33 | 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 | 82 | 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 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 55 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | 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 West Dermatology 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 West Dermatology | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.westdermatology.com/location/la-jolla-utc | Subject of this page | | San Diego, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City West Dermatology 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 ## 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 West Dermatology - La Jolla/UTC. 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:ChIJ5YPQvy4H3IARXR0p64-sCNo (accessed Oct 9, 2026)