Cañizares Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 81.7/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #4 of 7 ranked clinics · last checked 2 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Family plastic-surgery practice in the Hato Rey area of San Juan operating out of the Clinica Las Américas medical building, a federally certified ambulatory surgical centre. Two physicians and a gynecologist are named with role.
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 by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. ABMS Certification Matters: Dr. Orlando Cañizares (the more recently certified of two same-name San Juan matches, consistent with the practice’s current lead surgeon) currently certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, specialty Plastic Surgery, first certified 2016. [abms-profile-jr] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Physicians named with role and tied to the San Juan address. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-02 |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found with a spelling discrepancy. CMS Provider of Services file: an ambulatory surgical centre certified for plastic surgery (plstc_srgry_sw=Yes) is registered at the same building and street address (“Clinica Las Americas”, 400 Ave Roosevelt) under a different suite number (301 vs. the clinic’s own suite 412) and municipality label (Hato Rey vs. San Juan). [cms-pos] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. Departamento de Estado corporate register: Cañizares Plastic Surgery, LLC, index 397018-1511, status ACTIVE; resident agent and officer Orlando Cañizares Rosario match the named physicians (Dr. Orlando Cañizares), and the registered address (Clinica Las Americas, San Juan) matches the clinic address exactly. [rcp-search] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Page metadata names the American Board of Plastic Surgery and describes the team as “board-certified specialists”; no licence or registration number published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Quote not re-verified on 2026-09-02; previous value 3 withdrawn. |
? | ? | 12 | 2026-09-02 |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-02 |
| M9 | Patient documents One. General post-operative care (“cuidado postoperatorio”) is mentioned as part of the practice’s philosophy; no consent form, itemised risks, revision policy or complaint route found. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-02 |
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. Orlando Cañizares, Jr. [site] [abms-profile-jr] | Plastic surgeon | not published |
| Dr. Orlando Cañizares, Sr. [site] [abms-profile-sr] | Plastic surgeon (founder) | not published |
| Dra. Lisandra Pagán [site] | Gynecologist | not published |
Legal entity: Cañizares Plastic Surgery, LLC · 397018-1511 [rcp-search]
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 yes →
- Sanctions / discipline register (OIG LEIE — HHS Office of Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (federal healthcare exclusions, filterable to Puerto Rico)): no entry found [leie]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M7 · Advertising honesty
- 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://drcanizares.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 787-753-1999 |
| Address | Clinica Las Américas, 400 Avenida Roosevelt, Suite 412, San Juan, PR 00918 |
| City | San Juan |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://drcanizares.com/ | clinic's own site | physicians, address, phone, menu, superlative quotes | 2 September 2026 |
| abms-profile-jr | https://www.certificationmatters.org/practitioner/?crtmat_pid=11021… | official register | GET certificationmatters.org/find-my-doctor/?dsearch=1&lname=Canizares&fname=Orlando&state=PR then practitioner profile (2016 certification) | 2 September 2026 |
| abms-profile-sr | https://www.certificationmatters.org/practitioner/?crtmat_pid=28260… | official register | same search, second San Juan result (1987 certification, consistent with the founder) | 2 September 2026 |
| cms-pos | https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/086e48c4-87a6-4be1-8823-29… | official register | GET data.cms.gov Provider of Services file filtered state_cd=PR, row prvdr_num=40C0001028 fac_name=CENTRO DE CIRUGIA AMBULATORIA LAS AMERICA, plstc_srgry_sw=Yes | 2 September 2026 |
| leie | https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/downloadables/UPDATED.csv | official register | OIG LEIE bulk CSV filtered STATE=PR, LASTNAME contains CANIZARES/PAGAN: no matching active exclusion | 2 September 2026 |
| rcp-search | https://rceapi.estado.pr.gov/api/corporation/search | official register | POST rceapi.estado.pr.gov/api/corporation/search q=CANIZARES → CAÑIZARES PLASTIC SURGERY, LLC, 397018-1511, ACTIVE | 2 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 5 (Departamento de Estado RCP match (follow-up pass)) |
| 2 September 2026 | axes.M7: 3 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://drcanizares.com/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 2 September 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.