AI search optimization for plastic surgeons
Patients now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI which surgeon to see for a breast augmentation, tummy tuck or rhinoplasty, and the answer names a handful of surgeons, not a page of links. Cited helps plastic surgery practices become one of those names.
What the engines say
| Question | Engine · date | Named, in order |
|---|---|---|
| best plastic surgeon for breast augmentation in Miami FL | Perplexity · Oct 30, 2026 | Dr. Max Polo, Dr. Daniel Careaga, Dr. Mario Samaha, Dr. Benjamin Liliav, Dr. Mark Markarian, Dr. Jose Perez-Gurri |
| best plastic surgeon for breast augmentation in Los Angeles CA | Perplexity · Oct 30, 2026 | UCLA Plastic Surgery, Dr. Robert Cohen, Dr. Jay Orringer, Dr. Sheila Nazarian, Dr. David E. Kim |
| best plastic surgeon for breast augmentation in Dallas TX | Perplexity · Oct 30, 2026 | Dr. William Adams Jr., Dr. Phillip Dauwe, Dr. Zachary Farris, Dr. George Toledo, Dr. Denton Watumull, UT Southwestern |
| best plastic surgeon for breast augmentation in Houston TX | Perplexity · Oct 30, 2026 | Dr. Kristy Hamilton, Dr. Ashley Steinberg (Trouvaille Aesthetics & Plastic Surgery), Dr. Rukmini "Vinaya" Rednam, Dr. Christopher Patronella, Dr. Sam Sukkar, Dr. Steven Albright (Houston Methodist) |
Single sessions in a new thread. Answers vary between runs and between engines; this is an observation, not a ranking, and no one listed is a Cited client.
The engines answer plastic surgery questions with individual surgeons' names and credentials, not just practice brands, and they often include an academic or hospital program alongside private practices. In our logs, every answer was built around named surgeons.
What gets plastic surgeons named
No engine publishes its weighting, so treat these as fundamentals, not tricks. They follow from the engines' own guidance and from the answers we log.
- A page for each procedure you want to be recommended for, naming the surgeon who performs it, in plain sentences an engine can quote.
- Surgeon bio pages that state board certification, training and hospital affiliations accurately, matching what the certifying board and your listings say.
- Listings that agree everywhere: practice name, surgeon names, address, phone and procedures on Google, Apple, Bing, Healthgrades and the review sites patients use.
- Honest, procedure-specific reviews that mention the surgeon by name, gathered with consent and without incentives.
- Before-and-after and outcome content that follows medical advertising rules: consent on file, no guaranteed results.
How we work with plastic surgeons
We start with the AI Visibility Audit: 20 real patients' questions for your practice across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Copilot, a map of which competitors are named and why, and a 90-day fix list. Ongoing work is Cited Core or Pro, with the same questions re-run and reported monthly.
By city
Also see our general AI search optimization services and how each engine finds businesses.