Clínica Fossati
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 80.5/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #5 of 13 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Family-run plastic and reparative surgery clinic in Pocitos, founded in 1999. The named plastic surgeons on the current team are found in the MSP register of health professionals with a current plastic-surgery posgrado title.
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. MSP Infotítulos register: GONZALO LUIS FOSSATI AVILES, JUAN MANUEL FOSSATI COLA and SANTIAGO ARTURO FOSSATI COLA, each with Título 'CIRUGIA PLASTICA' or 'ESPECIALISTA EN CIRUGIA PLASTICA REPARADORA Y ESTETICA', Estado Habilitado. [infotitulos] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by licence number. MSP Infotítulos register: same physicians, Título 'DOCTOR EN MEDICINA', Estado Habilitado, matched by name and Caja Profesional. [infotitulos] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Not applicable: this country has no Facility register. |
— | — | — | 2026-08-31 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. No licence, facility or legal-entity numbers published on the reviewed pages. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. No lexicon pattern found on the reviewed pages; patient quotes appear only inside the testimonials block, out of scope. [site] |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. None of the five document classes published on the reviewed pages. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
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. Gonzalo Fossati [site2] [infotitulos] | Director de Clínica Fossati, cirujano plástico, reconstructivo y estético | Caja Prof. 45204 |
| Dr. Juan Manuel Fossati [site] [infotitulos] | Cirujano plástico | Caja Prof. 143035 |
| Dr. Santiago Fossati [site] [infotitulos] | Cirujano plástico | Caja Prof. 111532 |
Legal entity: could not verify
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 (Colegio Médico del Uruguay — Fallos del Tribunal de Ética Médica (Ley N° 18.591, Decreto 083/010)): no entry found [cmu]
What we could not verify
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- 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://clinicafossati.com.uy/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +598 2707 4294 |
| Address | Ramón Masini 3077, Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| City | Montevideo |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://clinicafossati.com.uy/ | clinic's own site | clinic history, address, contacts, postbariatric menu item | 31 August 2026 |
| site2 | https://clinicafossati.com.uy/cirugia-estetica/ | clinic's own site | surgical-menu segments; https://clinicafossati.com.uy/team/gonzalo-fossati/ for director biography | 31 August 2026 |
| site3 | https://clinicafossati.com.uy/medicina-estetica/ | clinic's own site | non-surgical injectable menu (toxina botulínica, ácido hialurónico) | 31 August 2026 |
| infotitulos | https://www.gub.uy/tramites/infotitulos-consultas-registro-profesio… | official register | POST bpmgob.msp.gub.uy/etapas/ejecutar_form (tramite 226) apellido=Fossati captcha_infotitulos=(empty) -> GONZALO LUIS FOSSATI AVILES Caja Prof. 45204, JUAN MANUEL FOSSATI COLA Caja Prof. 143035, SANTIAGO ARTURO FOSSATI COLA Caja Prof. 111532, all Estado Habilitado | 31 August 2026 |
| cmu | https://www.colegiomedico.org.uy/fallos-emitidos-por-el-tribunal-de… | official register | GET of the 2013-2026 Tribunal de Ética Médica case listing; normalised surname search for Fossati, no hit | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 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.