Clínica Alfaro — Dra. María José Alfaro Vega
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 61/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #11 of 11 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Aesthetic-medicine department inside a general medical, spa and nutrition clinic in Heredia. Responsible physician named with role and tied to this address; medical licence matched in the CMC register under general medicine (no plastic-surgery board specialty on file).
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 in the register; the register does not disclose specialty. CMC register: Activo, Medicina General (no aesthetic/plastic-surgery board specialty on file). [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 licence number. Licence MED6349 matched, status Activo. [cmc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Not applicable: this country has no Facility register. |
— | — | — | 2026-08-31 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Names several professional societies and diplomas (SIM, ISC, IUL, UIME, SEME, CMC) without ID numbers. [site-nosotros] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. Tenemos los mejores servicios de spa. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dra. María José Alfaro Vega [site] [cmc] | Medical director, general medicine and anti-aging aesthetic medicine | MED6349 |
Legal entity: Liteway S.A. [site-contact]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: aesthetic in general clinic (focus adjustment -2) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified no
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified yes →
- Sanctions / discipline register (Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica — Registro de Infractores (physicians under a firm suspension)): no entry found [cmc-sanctions]
What we could not verify
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.clinicaalfaro.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2260-9775 |
| Address | Heredia, Costa Rica |
| City | Heredia |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.clinicaalfaro.com/ | clinic's own site | menu, advertising claim | 31 August 2026 |
| site-nosotros | https://www.clinicaalfaro.com/nosotros | clinic's own site | physician, role, credentials | 31 August 2026 |
| site-contact | https://www.clinicaalfaro.com/contacto | clinic's own site | address, phone, legal-entity name in footer | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/doctor/maria-jose-alfaro-vega | official register | medical licence, status, specialty | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-sanctions | https://medicos.cr/web2/registro-de-infractores/ | official register | no active sanction for MED6349 | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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