Dermatologists in San Francisco that AI assistants recommend

Name: AI assistant recommendations: Dermatologists in San Francisco, November 2026
Creator: AIGROW
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UCSF Dermatology is named most, in 53% of 36 answers.

The ranking

AI Recommendation Rate

1UCSF Dermatology53%
95%: 37 to 68%
ChatGPT
75%
Claude
33%
Gemini
50%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
1.5
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
Also written UCSF Dermatology at Mission Bay
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2Berman Skin Institute33%
95%: 20 to 50%
ChatGPT
100%
Claude
0%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.4
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from ChatGPT
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from ChatGPT
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from ChatGPT
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from ChatGPT
Is this your business?
3Pacific Skin and Cosmetic Dermatology31%
95%: 18 to 47%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
92%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.3
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from Gemini
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Gemini
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
4California Skin Institute31%
95%: 18 to 47%
ChatGPT
92%
Claude
0%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.5
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from ChatGPT
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from ChatGPT
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from ChatGPT
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from ChatGPT
Is this your business?
5Pacific Dermatology & Cosmetic Center19%
95%: 10 to 35%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
58%
Gemini
0%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
2.4
Named in answers to
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Claude
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from Claude
Also written Pacific Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, Pacific Dermatology & Cosmetics
Is this your business?
6Union Square Laser Dermatology17%
95%: 8 to 32%
ChatGPT
25%
Claude
25%
Gemini
0%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
1.5
Named in answers to
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Is this your business?
7Golden Gate Dermatology17%
95%: 8 to 32%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
50%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
2.8
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from Gemini
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
8San Francisco Dermatology Laser Center11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
33%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
1
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from Gemini
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Gemini
Also written San Francisco Dermatology Laser & Skin Care Center
Is this your business?
9Dermatology & Laser Center of San Francisco11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
8%
Gemini
25%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
2.3
Named in answers to
- Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?, from Gemini
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from Claude and Gemini
Also written San Francisco Dermatology and Laser Center, San Francisco Dermatology & Laser Center
Is this your business?
10SkinSpirit11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
8%
Gemini
25%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
2.3
Named in answers to
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from Claude and Gemini
Also written SkinSpirit San Francisco, SKINSPIRIT San Francisco
Is this your business?
11Forefront Dermatology San Francisco8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
25%
Gemini
0%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
2
Named in answers to
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Claude
Also written Forefront Dermatology - San Francisco
Is this your business?
12San Francisco Dermatology8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
25%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
2
Named in answers to
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Gemini
- Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
13Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation Dermatology8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
25%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
3
Named in answers to
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Claude
Also written Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation - Dermatology
Is this your business?
14Union Square Dermatology6%
95%: 2 to 18%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
17%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
4
Named in answers to
- I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Claude
Is this your business?
15Metropolitan Dermatology6%
95%: 2 to 18%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
17%
Gemini
0%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
5
Named in answers to
- Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?, from Claude
Is this your business?

Open a row to see each assistant's share of its own answers. Questions counts how many of the four produced the name at least once; position is where it came in the answer's list, 1 being first. 11 more names came up in a single answer and are counted above but not listed.

Dermatologists in San Francisco: is this your field?

26different names in 36 answers, 11 of them only once. The assistants change their minds from one answer to the next.

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AI Visibility Index · November 2026

Asked about dermatologists in San Francisco, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named UCSF Dermatology most often, in 53% of answers (its AI Recommendation Rate), then Berman Skin Institute (33%). Across 36 answers they named 26 different businesses, 11 of them only once. Each of four buyer questions was asked three times, in English, in November 2026.

The AI Recommendation Rate is the fraction of the 36 answers that named a business. The range under it is a 95% confidence interval: where two ranges overlap, the gap between those businesses could be chance.

Names are printed as the assistants wrote them. We have not checked that any of them is good, open, or real.

53% of answers named UCSF Dermatology

Answers: 36
Businesses named: 26
Named only once: 11
Named by 2+ assistants: 4 of 15
Named again on a rerun: 67%

Edition November 2026. Download the data

What each assistant said

The same questions, the same number of times, and often different names. Each column is one assistant's top five from the ranking above, with the share of its own answers that named them.

#	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini
1	Berman Skin Institute100%	Pacific Dermatology & Cosmetic Center58%	Pacific Skin and Cosmetic Dermatology92%
2	California Skin Institute92%	UCSF Dermatology33%	UCSF Dermatology50%
3	UCSF Dermatology75%	Union Square Laser Dermatology25%	Golden Gate Dermatology50%
4	Union Square Laser Dermatology25%	Forefront Dermatology San Francisco25%	San Francisco Dermatology Laser Center33%
5	No other name twice	Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation Dermatology25%	Dermatology & Laser Center of San Francisco25%

Claude named no business in 5 of its 12 answers.

Questions about dermatologists in San Francisco

How AI assistants recommend dermatologists

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named UCSF Dermatology most often, in 53% of 36 answers, then Berman Skin Institute (33%) and Pacific Skin and Cosmetic Dermatology (31%). The names come from what the assistants answered to four buyer questions in November 2026; we have not checked that any of them is good, open or real.

Not always. ChatGPT named Berman Skin Institute most often (100% of its answers), Claude Pacific Dermatology & Cosmetic Center (58%) and Gemini Pacific Skin and Cosmetic Dermatology (92%). 4 of the 15 listed businesses were named by two or more of them.

Each question was asked three times. Of the names an assistant gave for a question, 67% came back in two or more of those runs; the rest came up once. The 95% range beside each rate in the ranking shows how far it could move by chance.

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The questions

Asked word for word, three times each, to every assistant. The prompt is the one the free scan uses. No web search, no location and no chat history, so every answer starts from the same place.

1Who is the best dermatologist in San Francisco?
2I have acne and want to see a dermatologist in San Francisco. Who would you recommend?
3Which dermatology clinic in San Francisco does mole checks?
4Which dermatologist in San Francisco would you recommend for laser treatments?

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The full method

What it measures: Which names these models produce when asked cold, from what they learned in training. It is not a review, a rating or our recommendation, and a business missing here may simply be one the models were never shown.
Why the ranges matter: 36 answers is a sample. Asked again next month, most shares will move by a few points; the ranges say how far they could move by chance alone.
One business, several spellings: Branches, legal suffixes and spellings of one business are merged, and the other spellings are printed under its name. Names that might be two businesses are kept apart.
A name is wrong: If a business here is closed, misnamed or yours and you want it removed, tell us. We correct or remove it when the page is next published.

Where the assistants look

The sites read most often, with web search on, before the assistants answer about this category in the United States. From the AI Source Map: 11 answers.

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