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# Rafael Jose Diaz-Garcia, MD, Miami FL: Reviews

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By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-30.

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## In short

Rafael Jose Diaz-Garcia, MD is a hand surgeon in Miami, FL. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Hand surgeon |
| Address | 8940 N Kendall Dr Ste 602E, Miami, FL 33176, USA |
| Phone | (786) 596-8040 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 292 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 30, 2026 |


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| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 8940 N Kendall Dr Ste 602E, Miami, FL 33176, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Rafael Diaz-Garcia, M.D., FACS, is an orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgeon with Baptist Health Orthopedic Care. He specializes in peripheral nerve surgery to treat neuropathic pain, nerve compression (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, radial tunnel, etc.), nerve lacerations/injuries as well as brachial plexus pathology, including neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. His clinical interests include the care of high-level athletes, arthroscopy and arthroplasty of the hand and wrist, arthritis, spasticity, treatment of rheumatologic diseases and microsurgical treatment of vascular insufficiency in the upper extremity. Prior to joining Baptist Health, he was the director of medical operations and chief of plastic surgery at Allegheny Heal... | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Rafael Jose Diaz-Garcia, MD | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (786) 596-8040 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Team | Rafael Diaz-Garcia, M.D., FACS |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/baptisthealthsf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/baptisthealthsf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@baptisthealthsf | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://baptisthealth.net/doctors/Rafael-Jose-Diaz-Garcia/2825897 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


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### Rafael Diaz-Garcia, M.D., FACS

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## Visiting Rafael Jose

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Address: 8940 N Kendall Dr Ste 602E, Miami, FL 33176, USA. Phone: (786) 596-8040. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Rafael Diaz-Garcia, M.D., FACS, is an orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgeon with Baptist Health Orthopedic Care. He specializes in peripheral nerve surgery to treat neuropathic pain, nerve compression (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, radial tunnel, etc.), nerve lacerations/injuries as well as brachial plexus pathology, including neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. His clinical interests include the care of high-level athletes, arthroscopy and arthroplasty of the hand and wrist, arthritis, spasticity, treatment of rheumatologic diseases and microsurgical treatment of vascular insufficiency in the upper extremity. Prior to joining Baptist Health, he was the director of medical operations and chief of plastic surgery at Allegheny Heal..."


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## Reputation

4.9 average across 292 reviews: Google 292. (Confirmed, read October 30, 2026.)

This practice is noted for its successful surgical outcomes and comprehensive patient care, though wait times can be an issue. (AI guess, from 292 reviews.)


### What people like

- Thorough explanations of treatment options
- Successful wrist surgery outcomes
- Effective nerve transfer procedures


### What people do not like

- Long waits past the appointment time
- Unresponsive front desk during busy periods


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## Questions people ask


### what do I actually do when I get here?


### who actually does the work here?


### Turning up at Rafael Jose in Miami for the first time, what happens?


### best hand surgeon in Miami, FL


### Insurance and payment at Rafael Jose?


### is the person treating me at Rafael Jose actually qualified for it?


### points or member pricing at Rafael Jose, worth signing up?


### numbing here, do you have to ask for it?


### Why do people rate Rafael Jose?


### how far out is Rafael Jose booking right now?


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### which one, Rafael Jose or Nicholas M?


### killing time on Kendall, any ideas


### somewhere cheaper in Miami that is not a risk?


### going here on Saturday, what should I expect


### Ballpark for a visit to a surgeon in Miami?


### anyone had trouble parking round here?


### does it matter who you see here


### same day appts, does that ever happen here


### medical staff at Rafael Jose, or is it techs?


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Hand surgeons on the registry run 32 to 47. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Rafael Jose scores 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Rafael Jose |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 96 | 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 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 72 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 29 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 61 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a hand surgeon: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-med-spa. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-med-spa


## 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 Rafael Jose |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rafael Jose Diaz-Garcia, MD | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://baptisthealth.net/doctors/Rafael-Jose-Diaz-Garcia/2825897 | Subject of this page |
| Rafael Diaz-Garcia, M.D., FACS | Person | #team-rafael-diaz-garcia |  |  |
| Miami, Florida | City | #city |  | City Rafael Jose 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 hand surgeons in Miami, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best hand surgeons in Miami: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/miami/hand-surgeon
- Best businesses in Miami: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/miami


### Nearby

- /west-palm-beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/west-palm-beach
- /boca-raton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/boca-raton
- /tampa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/tampa
- /coral-springs: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/coral-springs
- /fort-lauderdale: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/fort-lauderdale
- /plantation: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl/plantation


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Florida: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/fl


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJUW2EsCrH2YgR8G5nzEd9hOk (accessed Oct 30, 2026)