Plastic Surgery Costa Rica — Dr. Miguel Alfaro
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 75.3/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #2 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-surgeon plastic surgery practice at Hospital CIMA in Escazú. 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 MED966 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://www.plasticsurgery.co.cr/, https://www.plasticsurgery.co.cr/contact-us/). 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 professional-society memberships without ID numbers. [site] |
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: superlative → 4; M7-C] [site] Your experience with plastic surgery in Costa Rica will never be better, safer or more tailored to your needs than with us. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 20 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 Two or three. Dedicated recovery page covers postoperative aftercare and procedure risks/complications; no consent form, revision policy or complaint route found. [site-recommendations] |
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. Miguel E. Alfaro Dávila [site] [cmc] | Plastic surgeon | MED966 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- 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.plasticsurgery.co.cr/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2208-1709 |
| Address | Hospital CIMA, San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica |
| City | Escazú |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.plasticsurgery.co.cr/ | clinic's own site | physician, menu, advertising claim, credentials | 31 August 2026 |
| site-recommendations | https://www.plasticsurgery.co.cr/surgical-recommendations/ | clinic's own site | aftercare, risks | 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 MED966 | 31 August 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 — superlative: M7-C) |
| 20 September 2026 | summary: "Single-surgeon plastic surgery practice at Hospital CIMA in Escazú. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification matched in the CMC register; the clinic's own English-language page states a guaranteed-superiority claim (quoted on the profile)." → "Single-surgeon plastic surgery practice at Hospital CIMA in Escazú. 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)) |
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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