Al Shunnar Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 86.2/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #3 of 14 ranked clinics · last checked 1 September 2026
- Specialist-led
- Foreign-patient ready
Summary
Single-site plastic surgery clinic on Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai. Dr. Buthainah Al Shunnar is named as Consultant Plastic Surgeon, alongside three other named physicians. Offers breast surgery, liposuction and injectables among its listed procedures.
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. Consultant Plastic Surgery matched by name at this exact facility; status current. [dha-prof] |
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. Matched by name and facility in the DHA Sheryan register; licence-number cross-check not independently pulled. [dha-lic] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. Facility name and area match the DHA Sheryan register. [dha-fac] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-01 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. A Ministry of Health identifier code is published, naming MOH as issuer; no separate facility or physician numbers. [site] MOH: AJB2GO1L-030621 |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. One award claim names its issuer (Dubai Health Authority, 2018) and named credentials (Johns Hopkins training, American Board certification) are specific and checkable; no unattributed lexicon pattern found on pages checked. [site] |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-01 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. Consent, risk disclosure, aftercare, revision policy and complaint route not found on pages checked. [site] |
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] |
|---|---|
| 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. Buthainah Al Shunnar [site] [dha-prof] | Consultant Plastic Surgeon | 00250831 |
| Dr. Kamal Sawan [site] | Consultant Plastic Surgeon | not published |
| Dr. Claudia Alves Silva Machado [site] | Specialist Plastic Surgeon | not published |
| Dr. Elmira Gesheva [site] | Dermatologist | not published |
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: could not verify
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Foreign-patient register (Dubai Health Experience (DXH) — DHA-accredited medical-tourism 'DXH Group Members' facility list + Medical Facilitators register): verified yes [dxh]
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://alshunnarplasticsurgery.ae |
|---|---|
| Phone | +971 4 395 3033 |
| Address | Villa 591, Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, UAE |
| City | Dubai |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://alshunnarplasticsurgery.ae | clinic's own site | physician(s), address, phone, service menu, self-disclosed identifiers | 1 September 2026 |
| dha-fac | https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/wps/portal/home/medical-directo… | official register | facility registration (M4): POST https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/RestService/rest/retrieve/medicaldirectoryfacilitysearch?key=SHARED_KEY string="Al Shunnar" then GET facility-details?facilityId=0046929 — facility "Al Shunnar Plastic Surgery", area UM SUQAIM FIRST | 1 September 2026 |
| dha-prof | https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/RestService/rest/retrieve/medic… | official register | specialist board (M1): POST https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/RestService/rest/retrieve/medicaldirectorysearchdetails?key=SHARED_KEY body {"string":"Al Shunnar",...,"locale":"en"} — "Buthainah Al Shunnar", Physician-Consultant Plastic Surgery, facility "Al Shunnar Plastic Surgery", dhaUniqueId 00250831 | 1 September 2026 |
| dha-lic | https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/wps/portal/home/medical-directo… | official register | medical licence (M3): GET professional-details?dhaUniqueId=00250831 — licence record | 1 September 2026 |
| dxh | https://dxh.ae/en-US/DXH-Group-Members | official register | medical-tourism accreditation (registry.foreignPatient): GET dxh.ae/en-US/DXH-Group-Members?page=1..7 — "Al Shunnar Plastic Surgery" listed as a DXH Group Member facility | 1 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 1 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.