AJA Centro Avanzado de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 71.1/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #10 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic inside Hospital Clínica Bíblica in San José. The responsible surgeon is named with his role and tied to this address, and his specialist certification is matched in the CMC register.
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. CMC register: Activo, Cirugía General, Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva (fs=5329). [cmc] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Licence MED4637 matched by CMC code, status Activo. [v1.3 2026-09-22: the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name] [cmc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Not applicable: this country has no Facility register. |
— | — | — | 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 clinic trades under a brand name only: no company name with a legal form and no cedula juridica is published on any of its pages (https://www.plasticacostarica.com/, https://www.plasticacostarica.com/contacto). The Hacienda taxpayer register answers on an identification number, so there is nothing to look up. [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives or non-absolute safety promises. [v1.3 lexicon re-read 2026-09-22: manner_gerund → 4; M7-C] [site] garantizandole el mejor de los resultados |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency All load-bearing fields agree. Mechanical comparison of 2 language fronts (es, en) on 2026-09-20: every matched physician name, phone number and published number appears on every front. [fronts] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M9 | Patient documents None. |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
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] |
|---|---|
| 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. Alberto José Argüello Choiseul [site] [cmc] | Plastic and reconstructive surgeon, medical director | MED4637 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
Every applicable axis holds a sourced value.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.plasticacostarica.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2233-0152 |
| Address | Ave 14 y 16, calle central y primera, Edificio Torre Omega, Hospital Clínica Bíblica, séptimo piso, Consultorios 1 y 2, San José, Costa Rica |
| City | San José |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.plasticacostarica.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, menu, advertising claim | 31 August 2026 |
| site-contact | https://www.plasticacostarica.com/contact | clinic's own site | address, phone | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/search?fs=5329&sort=last_name_asc… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, status | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-sanctions | https://medicos.cr/web2/registro-de-infractores/ | official register | no active sanction for MED4637 | 31 August 2026 |
| fronts | https://www.plasticacostarica.com/ | clinic's own site | language fronts compared mechanically for M8 — es: https://www.plasticacostarica.com/ | en: https://www.plasticacostarica.com/en/ | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M3: 5 → 4 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § F rule 6 — the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name) |
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M7: 2 → 4 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § B closed lexicon — manner_gerund: M7-C) |
| 20 September 2026 | summary: "Single-site plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic inside Hospital Clínica Bíblica in San José. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification matched in the CMC register; the clinic's own site states a guaranteed-best-results claim (quoted on the profile)." → "Plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic inside Hospital Clínica Bíblica in San José. The responsible surgeon is named with his role and tied to this address, and his specialist certification is matched in the CMC register." (Summary rewritten as neutral patient-facing facts (build wording lint; v1.2 pass 1)) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 2 (Clinic-site scan for a legal entity, then the Hacienda taxpayer register (v1.2 pass 1)) |
| 17 September 2026 | axes.M8: null → 5 (Mechanical cross-locale comparison (methodology v1.1, item 9).) |
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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