Surplus Clinic (Kliniplast)
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 87.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Private plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery clinic in Antwerp led by two named plastic surgeons, both directors of the operating company. Specialist certification of both surgeons matched in the federal specialist-board register.
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 | 4.3 out of 5 · reviews: 18 |
|---|---|
| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 2 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by 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. HealthPro (FPS Public Health): Vanoorbeek Jo and Verhelle Nicolas, both specialities MBS45 (plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery), qualification code 210, status active; Vanoorbeek's practice address matches ("Surplus", Plantin en Moretuslei 216, 2018 Antwerpen). [healthpro] [healthpro-verhelle] |
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 name in HealthPro (nihdi 14676197 and 13586730). [healthpro] [healthpro-verhelle] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| 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. |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. Company VAT number published on the site; individual physicians' RIZIV/NIHDI numbers are not. [site] |
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. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 17 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents One. Aftercare present: the site states that patients receive clear post-operative guidelines on paper. Consent, risks, revision policy and complaint route not found on the pages checked. [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 Jo Vanoorbeek [site] [healthpro] [kbo] | Plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon; director | 14676197 |
| Dr Nicolas Verhelle [healthpro-verhelle] [kbo] | Plastic surgeon; director | 13586730 |
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Queried, no match
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
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://www.kliniplast.be/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 03 237 15 81 |
| Address | Plantin en Moretuslei 216, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium |
| City | Antwerp |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.kliniplast.be/ | clinic's own site | clinic name, address, phone, physician (Vanoorbeek), VAT number, menu, aftercare statement | 31 August 2026 |
| healthpro | https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro-search-engine/api/professi… | official register | Specialist certification (M1) and medical licence (M3) for Dr Vanoorbeek — HealthPro (FPS Public Health) API, unauthenticated GET, name=Vanoorbeek; matching record professionalId=3d94335f-4cd1-49c6-2ed9-08dac9695077, human deep link https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro/professional/3d94335f-4cd1-49c6-2ed9-08dac9695077 | 31 August 2026 |
| healthpro-verhelle | https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro-search-engine/api/professi… | official register | Specialist certification (M1) and medical licence (M3) for Dr Verhelle — HealthPro (FPS Public Health) API, unauthenticated GET, name=Verhelle; matching record professionalId=8e36276d-f3f5-41d6-ae3b-08dac96fbd28, human deep link https://apps.health.belgium.be/healthpro/professional/8e36276d-f3f5-41d6-ae3b-08dac96fbd28 | 31 August 2026 |
| kbo | https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?lang=… | official register | Legal entity (M5): SURPLUS, directors Vanoorbeek and Verhelle. | 31 August 2026 |
| cobrha | https://publiek.departementzorg.be/cobrha/Institutions/List?cbe=078… | official register | Facility register (M4) — POST https://publiek.departementzorg.be/cobrha/internal/Institutions (DataTables body, CBENumber=0784617459) returned recordsTotal 0: not a recognised facility (expected — Belgium does not license private aesthetic clinics; not a penalty). | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M4: null → null (Re-run against the CoBRHA Viewer of the Flemish Departement Zorg (v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 31 August 2026 | M4 3 -> null: measurement aligned with register map (CoBRHA absence is the legal norm for private clinics; Brussels outside CoBRHA scope). Kernel 1.8 fix. |
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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