Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 82.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 12 ranked clinics · last checked 1 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-site plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery practice in Port of Spain, with hand, craniofacial and burn surgery subspecialties. The responsible surgeon is named with role and a Trinidad and Tobago registration number, matched in the national medical register; the operating company is matched by name in the companies register.
Google Maps listing (reference, not scored)
What the clinic's public Google Maps listing showed when we read it: the rating other people gave, the number of their reviews and the hours the clinic itself publishes there. This block is a reference only — it does not enter the score, the rank, the ceilings or the holds, and we have not checked it beyond matching the listing to this record.
| Google rating | 3.1 out of 5 · reviews: 22 |
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| Opening hours as published on the listing |
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| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 4 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's website 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 Found, status current; the registered specialty matches what this physician advertises. MBTT National Register, matched by registration number S-378: Status 'Specialist Registration - Plastic Surgery', current. [mbtt] [mbtt-detail] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Full Registration matched by the exact number the clinic publishes (S-378). [v1.3 2026-09-22: the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit short_number) — matched by name] [mbtt] [mbtt-detail] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Not applicable: this country has no Facility register. |
— | — | — | 2026-09-01 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability The clinic names the legal entity or the responsible person in its legal notice and the record is found by name; or the number the clinic publishes leads to an entity with a different name that is tied to this location by the same address or the same responsible person. Companies Registry: TRINIDAD INSTITUTE OF PLASTIC SURGERY LIMITED, T6283(95), ACTIVE, matched by name; the clinic's own site does not publish this number. [company] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers All load-bearing numbers published with issuers. Site publishes registration numbers with issuers for Trinidad and Tobago (S-378), the UK GMC (#5989437), the German Board of Plastic Surgery (#2008/002872) and Mississippi USA (20023). [site-bio] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Systematic superlatives without a guarantee: “world class”, “We are the experts”, “The Superior Choice for Plastic Surgery in the Caribbean” appear across the home, about and FAQ pages. [site] [site-faq] We provide world class plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 19 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-01 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. No informed-consent, risk/contraindication, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route content found on the pages checked (home, surgeon bio, FAQ). [site] [site-bio] [site-faq] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-01 |
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] |
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| 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-bio] |
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. Arno R. Schleich [site-bio] [mbtt] [mbtt-detail] | Board-certified plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon; hand, craniofacial and burn surgery subspecialties; medical director | S-378 |
Legal entity: Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery Limited · T6283(95) [company]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
These cells score nothing and are not negative findings. A cell on a register that is closed to machine queries is left out of the coverage calculation; the others count against it. Each one names why it is empty; an attempt that did not complete is re-run in the next collection pass. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://caribbeanplasticsurgery.net/ |
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| Phone | +1-868-794-1350 |
| Address | Newtown Medical Centre, #55 Woodford Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. |
| City | Port of Spain |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://caribbeanplasticsurgery.net/ | clinic's own site | clinic name, address, phone, menu (segments), marketing text | 1 September 2026 |
| site-bio | https://caribbeanplasticsurgery.net/plastic-surgeon-dr-schleich/ | clinic's own site | physician name, role, credentials and registration numbers with issuers (Germany, Mississippi USA, Trinidad and Tobago S-378, UK GMC) | 1 September 2026 |
| site-faq | https://www.caribbeanplasticsurgery.net/plastic-cosmetic-aesthetic-… | clinic's own site | marketing text; absence of consent/risk/aftercare/revision-policy/complaint-route content | 1 September 2026 |
| mbtt | https://mbtt.org/national-listing/?search=true®istration_number=… | official register | GET plain unauthenticated search by registration number S-378 — returns exactly Arno Schleich, Specialist Plastic Surgery | 1 September 2026 |
| mbtt-detail | https://mbtt.org/member-detail/?member_id=12599 | official register | Full Name 'Dr. Arno Schleich', Status 'Specialist Registration - Plastic Surgery', Registration Date 20-01-2010 | 1 September 2026 |
| company | https://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/namesearch-server/webapi/en/search | official register | Two-step: (1) GET https://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/namesearch-server/webapi/en/session/new/ttNameSearch for an anonymous jwt cookie; (2) POST JSON {"rvr-input-lang":"en","CompanyName":"TRINIDAD INSTITUTE OF PLASTIC SURGERY","searchName":"ns-public-search"} — returns TRINIDAD INSTITUTE OF PLASTIC SURGERY LIMITED, T6283(95), RecordStatus ACTIVE, RegistrationDate 07/04/2010 | 1 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | sources.company.kind: "official" → "secondary" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — rule 7 — society route "society" is secondary provenance) |
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M3: 5 → 4 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § F rule 6 — the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit short_number) — matched by name) |
| 1 September 2026 | Initial collection. |
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