Richard Theile Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 63.2/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #9 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Solo plastic and reconstructive surgery practice on Wickham Terrace, offering paediatric, reconstructive and cosmetic (breast, abdominoplasty, rhinoplasty) procedures. Specialist certification matched in the professional-society directory; legal entity and an affiliated licensed facility both matched in official registers.
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 Only a secondary source (association, aggregator) supports the certification. Named surgeon found in the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons directory with "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording; Australia’s official specialist register is not machine-accessible, so this is secondary provenance only. [asps] |
SEC | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-29 |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. Business register: individual practitioner entity, ABN active since 2000, registered location matches the clinic postcode. [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. No physician registration, facility or legal-entity numbers published on the clinic site. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Risk information, a stated revision/second-opinion pathway and the recommendation to seek independent advice before proceeding are published; no dedicated informed-consent document or complaint-route page found. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
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 Richard Theile [asps] | Plastic and reconstructive surgeon, principal | MED0001377742 |
Legal entity: THEILE, RICHARD JAMES WILLIAM · ABN 73 223 106 920 [abr]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (State health-complaint regulators' public registers of orders and actions against health practitioners. PRIMARY (the only one that names Ahpra-REGISTERED practitioners with their registration numbers): Office of the Health Ombudsman (Queensland) — 'Actions/orders taken against health practitioners' (immediate registration actions, prohibition orders, QCAT prohibition decisions). Also open and tested: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission — 'List of Prohibition Orders' and 'Public Statements'; Health Complaints Commissioner Victoria — 'Prohibition orders'.): no entry found [oho]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- 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://richardtheile.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | (07) 3839 8827 |
| Address | 7th Floor, 'Alexandra', 201 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane QLD 4000 |
| City | Brisbane |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://richardtheile.com/ | clinic's own site | physician name, procedure menu, hospital affiliations, address, phone | 29 August 2026 |
| asps | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-richard-theile/ | secondary | ASPS member page: AHPRA ID, "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording | 29 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=73223106920 | official register | ABN Lookup record: THEILE, RICHARD JAMES WILLIAM, ABN 73 223 106 920, active from 22 May 2000, QLD 4000 | 29 August 2026 |
| qldfac | https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/443994/pr… | official register | Queensland Licenced Facilities List: Pacific Day Surgery Centre, 38 Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 | 29 August 2026 |
| oho | https://www.oho.qld.gov.au/public/protective-orders | official register | Queensland Office of the Health Ombudsman public orders register — searched for Theile, no match | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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