Dr Dawid Potgieter — Plastic Surgery Cape Town
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 84.8/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Plastic, reconstructive and hand-surgery practice consulting at Mediclinic Constantiaberg (Plumstead) and two further Cape Town locations. The responsible surgeon is named with role and matched in the national specialist register; the operating hospital is independently accredited.
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. Matched by registration number in HPCSA iRegister: ACTIVE, category contains SPECIALIST and PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, matching the advertised segment. [hpcsa-dpotgieter] |
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. Matched by licence number: ACTIVE "INDEPENDENT PRACTICE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER" row in the same register. [hpcsa-dpotgieter] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found with a spelling discrepancy. Mediclinic Constantiaberg, one of the practice’s listed operating locations, is COHSASA-accredited (Private And Non-private Hospitals, South Africa, February 2025 - February 2028) — name and location match. [cohsasa] |
SEC | 10 | 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 registration numbers published on the site. [site] [site-aesthetic] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Single-language (English-only) site; no second front to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 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] [site-aesthetic] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] [site-aesthetic] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] [site-aesthetic] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] [site-aesthetic] |
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 Dawid Potgieter (Dawid Jacobus Potgieter) [hpcsa-dpotgieter] [site] [site-aesthetic] | Specialist Plastic Surgeon | MP 0538604 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site] [site-aesthetic]
- Rhinoplasty: could not verify
- Breast surgery: could not verify
- Liposuction & body contouring: could not verify
- Hair transplant: could not verify
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: could not verify
- Sanctions / discipline register (HPCSA published Professional Conduct Committee guilty verdicts, plus the ERASED/SUSPENDED status in the HPCSA iRegister): no entry found [hpcsa-sanc-dpotgieter]
What we could not verify
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
- M9 · Patient documents
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://plasticsurgery.capetown/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +27 21 712 1312 |
| Address | Room 121, North Suites, Mediclinic Constantiaberg, Burnham Road, Plumstead, 7800 |
| City | Cape Town |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://plasticsurgery.capetown/ | clinic's own site | physician name, role, addresses, phone, email | 31 August 2026 |
| site-aesthetic | https://plasticsurgery.capetown/aesthetic-procedures/ | clinic's own site | non-surgical aesthetic procedures (botox, fillers, chemical peels, dermabrasion) | 31 August 2026 |
| hpcsa-dpotgieter | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/i_reg_form | official register | HPCSA iRegister: POST .../getDataFromRnow regNumber=MP0538604 w_id=27 — Dr Dawid Potgieter (Dawid Jacobus Potgieter), matched ACTIVE rows "INDEPENDENT PRACTICE SPECIALIST ... PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY" and "INDEPENDENT PRACTICE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER" | 31 August 2026 |
| hpcsa-sanc-dpotgieter | https://www.hpcsa.co.za/api/website/find-all-document | official register | HPCSA published Guilty Verdicts 2025/2026 (category Judgements) checked for registration number MP0538604 — no match; cross-read against iRegister Status = ACTIVE (no ERASED/SUSPENDED/TERMINATED row) | 31 August 2026 |
| cohsasa | https://cohsasa.co.za/accredited-facilities/ | secondary | COHSASA accredited-facilities list: Mediclinic Constantiaberg listed as accredited (Private And Non-private Hospitals, South Africa, February 2025 - February 2028) — name and location match | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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