Dr. Poveda — Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 74.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #3 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-surgeon aesthetic and reconstructive surgery practice at Hospital La Católica in San José. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification matched in the CMC register; English and Spanish fronts agree on physician, address and services.
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 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 MED5800 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] |
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://drpoveda.com/es/bienvenido/, https://drpoveda.com/es/politica-de-cookies/, https://drpoveda.com/cookies-policy/). The Hacienda taxpayer register answers on an identification number, so there is nothing to look up. [site-es] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency All load-bearing fields agree. Mechanical comparison of 3 language fronts (en, es, x-español) 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. FAQ page covers travel logistics only (visa, weather, tourism); no risk, consent, aftercare or complaint content found. [site-faq] |
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-en] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site-en] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site-en] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site-en] |
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. Juan Ramón Poveda Xatruch [site-en] [cmc] | Aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon | MED5800 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site-en]
What we could not verify
Every applicable axis holds a sourced value.
Contact details
| Website | https://drpoveda.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2246-3000 |
| Address | 109th Avenue, 45th Street, Hospital La Católica, Guadalupe, 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-en | https://drpoveda.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, menu | 31 August 2026 |
| site-es | https://drpoveda.com/es | clinic's own site | cross-locale consistency check | 31 August 2026 |
| site-faq | https://drpoveda.com/frequently-asked-questions/ | clinic's own site | patient-document check | 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 MED5800 | 31 August 2026 |
| fronts | https://drpoveda.com/ | clinic's own site | language fronts compared mechanically for M8 — en: https://drpoveda.com/ | es: https://drpoveda.com/es/bienvenido/ | x-español: https://drpoveda.com/es/bienvenido/ | 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)) |
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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