Gustavo Colberg, MD
Verification pending: less of the axis weight is sourced than the threshold requires, so no score is published yet.
Status: verification pending · last checked 2 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-physician plastic-surgery practice in the Mayagüez/Cabo Rojo area. Physician named with role; the operating address is a federally certified ambulatory surgical centre matched by name and address in the facility register; the physician’s only ABMS record on file is a general-surgery certification that is no longer current.
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. ABMS Certification Matters record under this name shows only a General Surgery certification (American Board of Surgery, first certified 1997) that is no longer current; no Plastic Surgery board certification is on file. Scored from the clinic’s own experience claim, per the country’s ABMS-based M1 rule. [abms-profile] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Sole physician named with role and tied to the Cabo Rojo 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: name, address and status match. CMS Provider of Services file: an ambulatory surgical centre certified for plastic surgery (plstc_srgry_sw=Yes, status Certified) is registered under a matching name and the identical building/address (“Edif Dres Colberg”, Carr. 100 Km 5.2, Cabo Rojo). [cms-pos] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. no matching entity for GUSTAVO COLBERG / COLBERG MD PSC/CSP/LLC in the Departamento de Estado register (COLBERG MD LLC, 486217-1511, belongs to a different Colberg — Pedro Colberg of Bayamón — not this Cabo Rojo physician). |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-02 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. No certification, licence or registration number published; the site states years of experience only. [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 4 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 None. No consent, risk, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint content found on the pages checked. [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. Gustavo Colberg [site] | Plastic surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified no
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- 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
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- 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://www.gustavocolbergmd.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 787-805-3232 |
| Address | Edificio Drs. Colberg, Carr. 100 Km 5.2, Cabo Rojo, PR 00623 |
| City | Cabo Rojo |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.gustavocolbergmd.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, phone, menu, superlative quote | 2 September 2026 |
| abms-profile | https://www.certificationmatters.org/practitioner/?crtmat_pid=56864… | official register | GET certificationmatters.org/find-my-doctor/?dsearch=1&lname=Colberg&fname=Gustavo&state=PR then practitioner profile (“No Longer Certified”, General Surgery) | 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=40C0001036 fac_name=CENTRO DE CIRUGIA PLASTICA Y OFTALMICA DRES COLBER, 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 COLBERG: no matching active exclusion | 2 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2 September 2026 | axes.M7: 4 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://www.gustavocolbergmd.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.