Puerto Rico: register of plastic-surgery and aesthetic-medicine clinics, checked against official registers
For every clinic we check who the responsible physician is, whether the official registers confirm the specialist certification and licence, whether the facility and the legal entity can be traced, whether the clinic publishes its own identifiers, and whether its advertising stays honest. We do not assess treatment outcomes, skill or complications, and nothing here is medical advice.
How the score is built → · Registers we check against
15 clinics with a published score · data last refreshed 19 September 2026
| # | Clinic | Score/100 | Cov. | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of the Art Plastic Surgery — Dr. Karim Benítez-Marchand, MD · Guaynabo Specialist-led |
90 | 90% | ? | ||||||||
| 2 | Busquets Plastic Surgery & Dermatology · San Juan Specialist-led |
83.8 | 89% | ? | ? | |||||||
| 3 | Aviles Plastic Surgery, PSC · Caguas Specialist-led |
81.2 | 84% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 4 | Couto Plastic Surgery · San Juan Specialist-led |
79.7 | 80% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 5 | Dr. Ian Marrero, MD — Hand & Plastic Surgery · San Juan Specialist-led |
78.4 | 80% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 6 | Argüello Plastic Surgery · Ponce Specialist-led |
77.9 | 84% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 6 | RoMi Dermatology · San Juan Specialist-led |
77.9 | 84% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 8 | Latoni Plastic Surgery and Dermatology · Mayagüez Specialist-led |
77.4 | 89% | ? | ? | |||||||
| 9 | Enrique Gorbea, MD — Facial Plastic Surgery · Bayamón | 72.7 | 84% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 10 | Javier González, MD — Facial Plastic Surgery · Guaynabo | 68.1 | 75% | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||
| 11 | Cañizares Plastic Surgery · San Juan Specialist-led |
65▼ | 95% | ? | ? | |||||||
| 12 | Eden Esthetics — Dr. Claudio Corral, MD · San Juan | 61 | 84% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 13 | Higuera Plastic Surgery & Wellness Spa · San Juan | 57.5 | 84% | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| 14 | Gustavo Colberg, MD · Cabo Rojo | 56 | 100% | ? | ||||||||
| 15 | Esthetical Surgery Center · Ponce | 41.3 | 75% | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Score = weighted average of the axes that hold a value, on a 0–100 scale, per the open methodology. A score is published only when at least 75% of the axis weight is sourced. Axis cells show the 1–5 rubric value.
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
Clinics by city
Published records grouped by the city of the operating address; the number is how many clinics there hold a verified score.
- San Juan (7): Busquets Plastic Surgery & Dermatology, Couto Plastic Surgery, Dr. Ian Marrero, MD — Hand & Plastic Surgery, RoMi Dermatology, Cañizares Plastic Surgery, Eden Esthetics — Dr. Claudio Corral, MD, Higuera Plastic Surgery & Wellness Spa
- Guaynabo (2): State of the Art Plastic Surgery — Dr. Karim Benítez-Marchand, MD, Javier González, MD — Facial Plastic Surgery
- Ponce (2): Argüello Plastic Surgery, Esthetical Surgery Center
- Bayamón (1): Enrique Gorbea, MD — Facial Plastic Surgery
- Cabo Rojo (1): Gustavo Colberg, MD
- Caguas (1): Aviles Plastic Surgery, PSC
- Mayagüez (1): Latoni Plastic Surgery and Dermatology
Every published clinic in one line
Name, city, score out of 100 and the opening of the verified summary. The full profile with every checked cell is behind the name.
- State of the Art Plastic Surgery — Dr. Karim Benítez-Marchand, MD · Guaynabo · 90/100 — Single-physician plastic-surgery practice in Guaynabo. Responsible surgeon named with role; specialist certification matched in the ABMS board register; the…
- Busquets Plastic Surgery & Dermatology · San Juan · 83.8/100 — Plastic-surgery and dermatology practice in San Juan led by two named physicians. Both English and Spanish fronts publish the same physician names, address…
- Aviles Plastic Surgery, PSC · Caguas · 81.2/100 — Single-physician plastic-surgery practice in Caguas. Responsible surgeon named with role; specialist certification matched in the ABMS board register; the…
- Couto Plastic Surgery · San Juan · 79.7/100 — Two-physician plastic-surgery practice in the Santurce area of San Juan, adjoining Condado. Both physicians named with role and specialist certification…
- Dr. Ian Marrero, MD — Hand & Plastic Surgery · San Juan · 78.4/100 — Single-physician plastic and hand-surgery practice in San Juan. Responsible surgeon named with role; specialist certification matched in the ABMS board…
- Argüello Plastic Surgery · Ponce · 77.9/100 — Single-physician plastic and reconstructive surgery practice in Ponce. Physician named with role and specialist certification matched in the ABMS board…
- RoMi Dermatology · San Juan · 77.9/100 — Dermatology practice in San Juan offering medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. Lead physician named with role and specialist certification matched in…
- Latoni Plastic Surgery and Dermatology · Mayagüez · 77.4/100 — Single-physician plastic-surgery, dermatology and hair-restoration practice with offices in Mayagüez and Aguadilla. Physician named with role; the English…
- Enrique Gorbea, MD — Facial Plastic Surgery · Bayamón · 72.7/100 — Single-physician facial plastic and reconstructive surgery practice in Bayamón. Physician named with role; ABMS board register shows a current certification…
- Javier González, MD — Facial Plastic Surgery · Guaynabo · 68.1/100 — Single-physician facial plastic surgery practice in Guaynabo. Physician named with role; ABMS board register shows a current certification in a specialty…
- Cañizares Plastic Surgery · San Juan · 65/100 — Family plastic-surgery practice in the Hato Rey area of San Juan operating out of the Clinica Las Américas medical building, a federally certified…
- Eden Esthetics — Dr. Claudio Corral, MD · San Juan · 61/100 — Single-physician plastic-surgery and medical-aesthetics practice in San Juan, operating since 1999. Physician named as founder throughout the site; legal…
- Higuera Plastic Surgery & Wellness Spa · San Juan · 57.5/100 — Single-physician plastic-surgery and wellness-spa practice with locations in the Condado area of San Juan and in Manatí. Physician named with role; no…
- Gustavo Colberg, MD · Cabo Rojo · 56/100 — Single-physician plastic-surgery practice in the Mayagüez/Cabo Rojo area. Physician named with role; the operating address is a federally certified…
- Esthetical Surgery Center · Ponce · 41.3/100 — Single-physician plastic and reconstructive surgery practice in Ponce. Physician named with role; the ABMS board register shows a Plastic Surgery…
By procedure
Each slice lists the clinics whose own menu names the procedure, ranked by the same score. The slice does not assess results.
- Rhinoplasty (7 ranked)
- Breast surgery (11 ranked)
- Liposuction & body contouring (11 ranked)
- Hair transplant (1 ranked)
- Injectables (13 ranked)
- Medical weight loss (1 ranked)
Registers we check against
Country map for Puerto Rico, compiled 2 September 2026. Where a register class does not exist publicly, the corresponding axis is not applicable and is dropped from the normalisation — we never simulate a register.
| Specialist board register | ABMS Certification Matters — public board-certification directory of the American Board of Medical Specialties (incl. Plastic Surgery) (open, machine-readable) |
|---|---|
| Medical licence register | ORCPS / Junta de Licenciamiento y Disciplina Médica (Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico) — verificación de licencias de profesionales de la salud (form-based, not scriptable) |
| Facility register | CMS Provider of Services file (iQIES) — Medicare-certified facilities in Puerto Rico, incl. ambulatory surgical centres (state_cd=PR) (open, machine-readable) |
| Company register | Registro de Corporaciones y Entidades — Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico (rcp.estado.pr.gov) (open, machine-readable) |
| Sanctions / discipline register | OIG LEIE — HHS Office of Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (federal healthcare exclusions, filterable to Puerto Rico) (open, machine-readable) |
| Foreign-patient register | no public register of this class in this country |
What this register does not do
- We do not measure treatment outcomes, surgical skill or complication rates.
- We do not see clinics without a public web presence.
- Register classes this country does not publish are named as unavailable; we never simulate a register.
- We take no money from clinics, we do not book, and we do not refer.
- Fame, review volume, domain age and social-media following are not scored anywhere.