Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 65.5/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #6 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 group established 1997, with a second consulting address in Richmond. Surgeons named with roles and individual AHPRA numbers on the clinic's own site; two of the named surgeons found in the specialist plastic surgeons society directory; legal entity matched by name and business-name registration; the Malvern address also appears, under a different registered facility name, in the state day-procedure-centre 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 Only a secondary source (association, aggregator) supports the certification. Two of the named surgeons found in the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons member directory (secondary provenance) with FRACS (Plast) and "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording; the national specialist register is not machine-accessible. [asps-southwick] [asps-ritz] |
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 with a spelling discrepancy. The Malvern address (253 Wattletree Road) matches a facility registered in the state day-procedure-centre list under a different trading name (Stonnington Day Surgery), at the same street address. [vic-dpc] |
OFF | 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, current since 1999. [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Physician numbers published; facility or legal-entity numbers not. Individual AHPRA registration numbers published for each named surgeon; no legal-entity or facility number published on this page. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. One soft superlative on the about page. [site] committed to providing patients with the best possible care |
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 Two or three. Risk and revision-related content published; consent, aftercare and complaint route not found 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Graeme Southwick OAM [site] [asps-southwick] | Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | MED0001010319 |
| Mr Morris Ritz [site] [asps-ritz] | Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | MED0001156076 |
| Mr Andrew Greensmith [site] | Specialist Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeon | MED0001206635 |
| Mr Damon Thomas [site] | Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | MED0001170385 |
| Mr Edmund Ek [site] | Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | MED0001202123 |
Legal entity: Australian Institute of Plastic Surgery Pty Ltd · ABN 97 081 128 154 / ACN 081 128 154 [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 [hcc]
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://www.melbplastsurg.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 03 9508 9508 |
| Address | 253 Wattletree Road, Malvern VIC 3144 |
| City | Melbourne |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.melbplastsurg.com/about-us/ | clinic's own site | physicians, roles, AHPRA numbers, addresses, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| asps-southwick | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/associate-professor-graeme-so… | secondary | specialist plastic surgeon society listing, AHPRA ID cross-check, address | 29 August 2026 |
| asps-ritz | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/mr-morris-ritz/ | secondary | specialist plastic surgeon society listing, AHPRA ID cross-check, address | 29 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=97081128154 | official register | legal entity, ABN, ACN, registered business name | 29 August 2026 |
| vic-dpc | https://www.health.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-03/contact-d… | official register | facility register, address match | 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. |
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