Centro Europeo de Cirugía (CEC)
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 73.3/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #7 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Multi-surgeon plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery centre in Sabana Sur, San José. Four responsible surgeons named with roles; all four matched in the CMC specialist register; the clinic's own site publishes a surgical-safety page covering informed consent, risks and postoperative care, alongside repeated superlative claims about its own scale and standing.
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: all four surgeons Activo with Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Estética / Cirugía General on file. [cmc-chacon] [cmc-herrera] [cmc-solistorres] [cmc-solischaves] |
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). All four licence codes matched, 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-chacon] [cmc-herrera] [cmc-solistorres] [cmc-solischaves] |
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.cec.cr/, https://www.cec.cr/quienes-somos/, https://www.cec.cr/quienes-somos/nuestra-clinica/, https://www.cec.cr/contactanos/, https://www.cec.cr/politica-de-privacidad/, https://www.cec.cr/politicas-de-pago-y-otros/). 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 Logos without numbers. Names an accrediting body (American plastic-surgery society, AAAASF Gold Standard seal) without a certificate number. [site-clinic] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Somos el centro de excelencia más grande en Latinoamérica, en cirugía plástica, reconstructiva y estética |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| 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 Two or three. Informed consent, procedure-specific risks and postoperative/complication protocols published; no revision policy or complaint route found. [site-protocolo] |
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. Manuel Chacón Quirós [site] [cmc-chacon] | Plastic and reconstructive surgeon, founder | MED4364 |
| Dr. Giovanni Herrera Mora [site] [cmc-herrera] | Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon | MED11323 |
| Dr. Jeffry Solís Torres [site] [cmc-solistorres] | Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon | MED10180 |
| Dr. Pablo Solís Chaves [site] [cmc-solischaves] | Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon | MED6505 |
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.cec.cr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2290-2526 |
| Address | Sabana Sur, 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.cec.cr/ | clinic's own site | doctors, menu, contact | 31 August 2026 |
| site-clinic | https://www.cec.cr/nuestra-clinica/ | clinic's own site | self-description, accreditation claim, advertising claim | 31 August 2026 |
| site-protocolo | https://www.cec.cr/protocolo-de-seguridad-quirurgica/ | clinic's own site | informed consent, risks, postoperative protocol | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-chacon | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/search?fs=5329&sort=last_name_asc… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, status (Manuel Chacón Quirós, MED4364) | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-herrera | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/search?fs=2614&sort=last_name_asc… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, status (Giovanni Herrera Mora, MED11323) | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-solistorres | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/search?fs=2614&sort=last_name_asc… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, status (Jeffry Solís Torres, MED10180) | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-solischaves | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/search?fs=2614&sort=last_name_asc… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, status (Pablo Solís Chaves, MED6505) | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-sanctions | https://medicos.cr/web2/registro-de-infractores/ | official register | no active sanction for MED4364, MED11323, MED10180, MED6505 | 31 August 2026 |
| fronts | https://www.cec.cr/ | clinic's own site | language fronts compared mechanically for M8 — es: https://www.cec.cr/ | en: https://www.cec.cr/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) |
| 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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