Dr James Southwell-Keely
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 60.3/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #13 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-physician plastic surgery practice in Woollahra, also consulting at St Vincent's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst. The responsible surgeon is named with role on the practice's own site; specialist plastic surgeon status and an AHPRA registration number are published on the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons member directory.
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. Not found in an official specialist register (Ahpra specialist registration is not machine-accessible in Australia); found as a Specialist Plastic Surgeon on the ASPS member directory (secondary provenance, capped at 2 per country m1Rule). [asps] |
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 Record found: name, address and status match. ASPS member page and practice site name St Vincent's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst as an operating location; it carries a NSW licence with the class "Cosmetic surgery". [asps] [nsw-overnight] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Matched by name. Matched by name and location in the Australian Business Register (not self-published on the clinic site). [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. Qualification claimed (FRACS, ASPS membership) without a published registration number on the practice's own site. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. One soft superlative without an issuer. [site] Renowned Specialist in Plastic Surgery! |
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, risks, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route document found on the published pages checked (home). [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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr James Southwell-Keely [asps] | Specialist plastic surgeon | MED0001186948 |
Legal entity: James Southwell-Keely · ABN 32 252 328 517 [abr]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- 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 [hccc]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- 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://drjsk.com.au/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 02 9369 2800 |
| Address | 132 Edgecliff Rd, Woollahra NSW 2025 |
| City | Sydney |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://drjsk.com.au/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| asps | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-james-southwell-keely/ | secondary | ASPS member page: specialist plastic surgeon, AHPRA ID, hospital affiliations | 29 August 2026 |
| nsw-overnight | https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Hospitals/privatehealth/Pages/list-ov… | official register | facility register: St Vincent's Private Hospital PH765, class Cosmetic surgery | 29 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=32252328517 | official register | legal entity ABN 32 252 328 517, entity name SOUTHWELL-KEELY, JAMES, main business location NSW 2025 | 29 August 2026 |
| hccc | https://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/Decisions-Orders/register-of-prohibitio… | official register | NSW Health Care Complaints Commission prohibition-order register queried by surname, no entry | 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.