Brighton Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 58.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #17 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Multi-surgeon plastic surgery practice in Brighton, operating since 1999. Three surgeons named with roles; two found in the specialist plastic surgeons society directories; legal entity matched by an explicit business-name registration at the practice address.
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 Only a secondary source (association, aggregator) supports the certification. Two of the three named surgeons found in the specialist plastic surgeons society directories (secondary provenance) with FRACS wording; the national specialist register is not machine-accessible. [asaps-mutimer] [asps-shayan] |
SEC | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-29 |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-08-29 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. Legal entity matched: the clinic's trading name is the registered business name of the matched company, at the matched postcode. [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Postnominal qualifications (FRACS) stated for each surgeon; no registration numbers published on the clinic's own site, which instead directs patients to the specialist society's website. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. No consent, risk, aftercare, revision or complaint-route content identified on the pages reviewed. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Keith Mutimer AM [site] [asaps-mutimer] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon (FRACS) | not published |
| Associate Professor Ramin Shayan [site] [asps-shayan] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon (FRACS); Director, The O’Brien Institute | MED0001194018 |
| Dr Lipi Shukla [site] [asps-shukla] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon (FRACS), peripheral-nerve and microsurgery | MED0001674975 |
Legal entity: Garfin Pty Ltd · ABN 14 613 397 087 / ACN 613 397 087 [abr]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (State health-complaint regulators' public registers of orders and actions against health practitioners. PRIMARY (the only one that names Ahpra-REGISTERED practitioners with their registration numbers): Office of the Health Ombudsman (Queensland) — 'Actions/orders taken against health practitioners' (immediate registration actions, prohibition orders, QCAT prohibition decisions). Also open and tested: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission — 'List of Prohibition Orders' and 'Public Statements'; Health Complaints Commissioner Victoria — 'Prohibition orders'.): no entry found [hcc]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M4 · Facility registration
- 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://plasticsurgeryaustralia.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | (03) 9592 0522 |
| Address | 206 New Street, Brighton VIC 3186 |
| City | Melbourne |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://plasticsurgeryaustralia.com/ | clinic's own site | physicians, roles, address, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| asaps-mutimer | https://aestheticplasticsurgeons.org.au/surgeon/keith-mutimer/ | secondary | specialist plastic surgeon society listing | 29 August 2026 |
| asps-shayan | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-ramin-shayan/ | secondary | specialist plastic surgeon society listing, AHPRA ID cross-check, address | 29 August 2026 |
| asps-shukla | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-lipi-shukla/ | secondary | specialist plastic surgeon society listing, AHPRA ID cross-check | 29 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=14613397087 | official register | legal entity, ABN, ACN, registered business name | 29 August 2026 |
| hcc | https://hcc.vic.gov.au/orders-warnings/prohibition-orders | official register | sanctions check (name search, no match) | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.