Mery Álvarez Medicina Estética
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 59.1/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #32 of 33 ranked clinics · last checked 17 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Multi-location aesthetic-medicine clinic operating since 1999 with sites in Medellín and Rionegro. The founding physician is named on the Spanish front; the English front does not name a physician and adds unsourced leadership superlatives. The operating facility is found in the national facility registry and the operating company is found active in the national commercial registry, with the founder matching the registered legal representative.
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 Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: asocolderma, 17 September 2026 — Secondary routes run on 2026-09-17 for Dra. Mery Álvarez (Alba Mery Álvarez Arango): the full AsoColDerma national dermatology directory (1,229 members, all 21 pages pulled and matched on surname and given name) returned no match, and the ISAPS Colombia member list (71 members) returned no match. SCCP (cirugiaplastica.org.co) remains unreachable (TCP connect timeout / ECONNREFUSED). No secondary source supports the certification, so the cell stays empty; this is not a finding about the physician. |
? | ? | 26 | 2026-09-17 |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Named; role unclear. Founder named on the homepage; specific medical specialty/credentials not stated and the clinic operates four locations. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: asocolderma, 17 September 2026 — ReTHUS — the single register that carries both the licence to practise and the certified specialty in Colombia — is CAPTCHA-gated and web.sispro.gov.co is unreachable from this environment. The listed secondary routes were run on 2026-09-17: the AsoColDerma profile page and the ISAPS member card carry name, city, clinic, phone and address but no Colombian registration number, and SCCP remains unreachable (TCP connect timeout / ECONNREFUSED). The clinic’s own pages publish no registro médico number for the responsible physician. No number could be obtained; the cell stays empty. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-17 |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. REPS bulk export: prestador MERY ALVAREZ MEDICINA ESTETICA S.A.S, multiple sedes at Calle 4 Sur # 43A-109, matched by NIT. [reps] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| 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. RUES bulk export: MERY ALVAREZ MEDICINA ESTETICA S.A.S., matrícula 38712912, estado ACTIVA, representante legal Alba Mery Álvarez Arango — matches the physician named on the site; NIT not self-published. [rues] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. "IPS Certificada alta calidad (BPC)" and a Supersalud oversight seal displayed; no licence or registration numbers published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| 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. Repeated unsourced superlatives on the English front ("#1 Aesthetic Clinic in Medellin", "the leading aesthetic clinic in Medellin", "the trusted choice for aesthetic medicine in Medellin") plus "una de las mejores clínicas estéticas en Medellín" on the Spanish front; no outcome guarantee found. [site] [site-en] #1 Aesthetic Clinic in Medellin |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Some facts appear on only one front. |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-17 | |
| M9 | Patient documents None. No informed-consent, risks/contraindications, aftercare, revision-policy or complaints/PQR page found on the site. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dra. Mery Álvarez (Alba Mery Álvarez Arango) [site] [rues] | Founder, medicina estética | not published |
Legal entity: MERY ALVAREZ MEDICINA ESTETICA S.A.S. · 900176114 [rues]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M1 · Specialist certification of the responsible physician — Register closed to machine queries
- M3 · Basic medical licence — Register closed to machine queries
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://clinicameryalvarez.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +57 316 343 3000 |
| Address | Calle 4 Sur # 43A-109, Interior 501, El Poblado, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| City | Medellín |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://clinicameryalvarez.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, locations, services, claims | 29 August 2026 |
| site-en | https://clinicameryalvarez.com/en/ | clinic's own site | English front for cross-locale check and advertising claims | 29 August 2026 |
| reps | https://www.datos.gov.co/resource/c36g-9fc2.json?$where=numeroident… | official register | facility registration, address | 29 August 2026 |
| rues | https://www.datos.gov.co/resource/c82u-588k.json?$where=numero_iden… | official register | legal entity, registration status, legal representative | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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