Leonard M. Hochstein M.D.
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 73.8/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #11 of 24 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-physician plastic surgery and medical spa practice in Miami. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification and medical licence matched by name in the official registers. The practice pages publish no separate company name for the clinic.
Google Maps listing (reference, not scored)
What the clinic's public Google Maps listing showed when we read it: the rating other people gave, the number of their reviews and the hours the clinic itself publishes there. This block is a reference only — it does not enter the score, the rank, the ceilings or the holds, and we have not checked it beyond matching the listing to this record.
| Google rating | 4.5 out of 5 · reviews: 725 |
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| Opening hours as published on the listing |
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| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 4 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's website address, the clinic's phone number.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found, status current; the registered specialty matches what this physician advertises. ABMS Certification Matters: Leonard Mark Hochstein, Miami FL, Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, specialty Plastic Surgery, first certified 2001. [cm] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Florida MQA licence ME69623, HOCHSTEIN, LEONARD MARK, Medical Doctor, Miami, License Status Clear/Active; matched by name search. [mqa] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Queried, no match. Last attempt: facility_registry, 20 September 2026 — No office-surgery registration matches 585 NW 161st Street, Miami. One row carries the physician name: OSR131, LEONARD M. HOCHSTEIN, MD, Aventura, License Status Null And Void, License Original Issue Date 08/08/2000 (detail LicInd=292&ProCde=1514, address of record not published). The clinic publishes no facility number of its own, so nothing in the register contradicts a published claim. Register queried, no record found for this address. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-20 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Only a brand, without a legal form and without a responsible person. Whatever we find ourselves is shown on the profile as a fact and does not raise this cell. The practice pages loaded on 2026-09-20 (home, contact, office tour, sitemap, privacy policy) name the physician and the address but publish no company name with a legal form and no registration number; the footer line names the physician alone. A Sunbiz entity-name search returned no company carrying the practice name. [site] [sunbiz] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives or non-absolute safety promises. One soft superlative on the home page: physician described as recognized as the top plastic surgeon in the country. [site] recognized as the top plastic surgeon in the country |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 17 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents One. |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
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| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Leonard M. Hochstein [site] [cm] [mqa] | Board-certified plastic surgeon, practice owner | ME69623 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Queried, no match
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
These cells score nothing and are not negative findings. A cell on a register that is closed to machine queries is left out of the coverage calculation; the others count against it. Each one names why it is empty; an attempt that did not complete is re-run in the next collection pass. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.lhochsteinmd.com/ |
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| Phone | (305) 931-3338 |
| Address | 585 NW 161st Street, Miami, FL 33169 |
| City | Miami |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.lhochsteinmd.com/ | clinic's own site | physician name/role, address, phone, menu, post-operative instructions page, marketing text | 29 August 2026 |
| cm | https://www.certificationmatters.org/practitioner/?crtmat_pid=65867… | official register | GET https://www.certificationmatters.org/find-my-doctor/?dsearch=1&lname=Hochstein&fname=Leonard&state=FL -> View Profile: Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, first certified 2001 | 29 August 2026 |
| mqa | https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/MQASearchServices/HealthCarePr… | official register | GET Florida MQA CSV export by FirstName=Leonard&LastName=Hochstein -> ME69623, Medical Doctor, Miami, Clear/Active; BusinessName searches for Hochstein and Leonard Hochstein returned no facility/company rows | 29 August 2026 |
| leie | https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/downloadables/UPDATED.csv | official register | Full OIG LEIE exclusion CSV downloaded and text-searched for HOCHSTEIN; no matching record | 29 August 2026 |
| sunbiz | https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResults/E… | official register | Sunbiz entity-name index for HOCHSTEIN (alphabetical starts-with listing: HOCHSTEIN FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LLLP, HOCHSTEIN FAMILY LLC, HOCHSTEIN HOLDINGS LLC, HOCHSTEIN VALHALLA LLC, HOCHSTEIN VITALITY LLC and further unrelated names) — no entity carrying the practice name is on file | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 20 September 2026 | summary: "Single-physician plastic surgery and medical spa practice in Miami. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification and medical licence matched by name in the official Florida registers; a legal entity for the practice was not found in the state company register after a name-based search." → "Single-physician plastic surgery and medical spa practice in Miami. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification and medical licence matched by name in the official registers. The practice pages publish no separate company name for the clinic." (Summary restated after the facility and legal-entity cells were re-run (v1.1 pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 2 (Re-scan of the clinic pages plus a Sunbiz entity-name search (v1.1 pass 1): the practice publishes no legal entity, so the rubric anchor is brand only.) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M4: null → null (Re-run against the Florida Office Surgery Registration list (v1.1 pass 1); retry replaced by a logged miss.) |
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.