Cosmipolis Clinic
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 78.6/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #9 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Multidisciplinary private clinic in Bruges offering plastic and aesthetic surgery alongside dentistry, phlebology and other disciplines. Several of its plastic surgeons, including a visiting consultant who heads the plastic-surgery department of a Ghent hospital, are found in the federal specialist-board register under plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
Registers read for the jurisdiction: VL.
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 | 5 out of 5 · reviews: 5 |
|---|---|
| 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, the clinic's phone number.
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. Four named plastic surgeons found in HealthPro (FPS Public Health) with speciality MBS45 (plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery), status current. [healthpro-vanwaes] [healthpro-decuypere] [healthpro-casaer] [healthpro-dewolf] |
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 name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Matched by NIHDI number: Van Waes 11973956, Decuypere 14893260, Casaer 13631567, De Wolf 13810127. [v1.3 2026-09-22: the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name] [healthpro-vanwaes] [healthpro-decuypere] [healthpro-casaer] [healthpro-dewolf] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Queried, no match. Last attempt: facility_registry, 20 September 2026 — recordsTotal 0 on every leg. The register covers the whole of Flanders, where this treatment address lies, and the positive control Name=Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent returned recordsTotal 2 in the same session. Belgian law recognises hospitals, not private clinics, so the absence of a row is the expected state and is not a finding about this clinic. Queried in the Flemish care-facility register (CoBRHA Viewer) by enterprise number and by name; no row returned. Belgian law recognises hospitals, not private clinics, so this axis carries no value for a private practice. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-20 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability The legal entity and its registration number are published by the clinic and matched in the register. Legal entity Cosmipolis HIC matched in KBO/BCE by name and address; VAT number also published on the clinic's own site. [kbo] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. The clinic publishes its own VAT/enterprise number without naming the issuing register. [site-disciplines] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives or non-absolute safety promises. One soft superlative found ('a leading medical center in Bruges') without an issuer; no guarantee-class statement found. [site-disciplines] |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency All load-bearing fields agree. Mechanical comparison of 3 language fronts (nl, en, fr) on 2026-09-17: every matched physician name, phone number and published number appears on every front. [fronts] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-17 | |
| M9 | Patient documents None. None of the five classes was found. The treatment pages describe possible consequences inside the procedure text (for example reduced nipple sensitivity, and that breastfeeding may no longer be possible after a breast reduction), but the site publishes no risks or contraindications section, no informed-consent document, no aftercare instructions, no revision policy and no complaint route. Pages loaded on 2026-09-20: /, /disciplines/plastische-chirurgie/, /over/, /contact/, /artsen/ and the treatment pages for facelift, fillers, halslift, kincorrectie, neuscorrectie, ooglidcorrectie, oorcorrectie, skinboosters, spierontspanners, wenkbrauwlift, borstvergroting, borstverkleining and borstlift. [site-disciplines] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
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-team] [site-vanwaes] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site-disciplines] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site-disciplines] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site-team] |
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. Carl Van Waes [site-vanwaes] [healthpro-vanwaes] | Plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon (visiting consultant) | 11973956 |
| Dr. Fien Decuypere [site-team] [healthpro-decuypere] | Plastic surgeon | 14893260 |
| Dr. Bob Casaer [site-team] [healthpro-casaer] | Plastic surgeon | 13631567 |
| Dr. Edward De Wolf [site-team] [healthpro-dewolf] | Plastic surgeon | 13810127 |
Legal entity: Cosmipolis HIC · 1010566091 [kbo]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: aesthetic in general clinic (focus adjustment -2) [site-disciplines]
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Queried, no match
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://cosmipolis.care/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +32 50 68 10 60 |
| Address | Sint-Claradreef 77, 8000 Brugge |
| City | Bruges |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site-team | https://cosmipolis.care/artsen/ | clinic's own site | physician names and roles | 31 August 2026 |
| site-vanwaes | https://cosmipolis.care/arts/dr-carl-van-waes/ | clinic's own site | physician name, role, treatments, address, other hospital affiliation | 31 August 2026 |
| site-disciplines | https://cosmipolis.care/disciplines/ | clinic's own site | treatments offered, address, VAT number, advertising text | 31 August 2026 |
| healthpro-vanwaes | https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro-search-engine/api/professi… | official register | specialist certification MBS45, federal visa, NIHDI number for Carl Van Waes | 31 August 2026 |
| healthpro-decuypere | https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro-search-engine/api/professi… | official register | specialist certification MBS45, federal visa, NIHDI number for Fien Decuypere | 31 August 2026 |
| healthpro-casaer | https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro-search-engine/api/professi… | official register | specialist certification MBS45, federal visa, NIHDI number for Bob Casaer | 31 August 2026 |
| healthpro-dewolf | https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro-search-engine/api/professi… | official register | specialist certification MBS45, federal visa, NIHDI number for Edward De Wolf | 31 August 2026 |
| kbo | https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?lang=… | official register | legal entity, registration number, seat address | 31 August 2026 |
| fronts | https://cosmipolis.care/ | clinic's own site | language fronts compared mechanically for M8 — nl: https://cosmipolis.care/ | en: https://cosmipolis.care/en/ | fr: https://cosmipolis.care/fr/ | 17 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 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 not_published) — matched by name) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M9: null → 1 (Completed presence check of the five patient-document classes on the clinic pages (v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M4: null → null (Re-run against the CoBRHA Viewer of the Flemish Departement Zorg (v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 17 September 2026 | axes.M8: null → 5 (Mechanical cross-locale comparison (methodology v1.1, item 9).) |
| 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.