The Sharp Clinics
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 69/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 30 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Solo specialist plastic-surgery clinic in South Brisbane, with an Ipswich satellite location. The site publishes the surgeon’s own AHPRA registration number and an explicit results-not-guaranteed disclaimer; 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 | 2026-08-30 |
| 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: The Trustee for Sharp Service Trust, ABN active from 2015, registered postcode adjacent to the clinic’s South Brisbane address. [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Physician numbers published; facility or legal-entity numbers not. The site publishes the physician’s own AHPRA registration number; no facility or legal-entity number is published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Quote not re-verified on 2026-08-30; previous value 4 withdrawn. |
? | ? | 12 | 2026-08-30 |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-30 |
| M9 | Patient documents Four. Risk/results-vary disclaimer, post-operative/recovery information, a stated follow-up policy and a complaint pathway published; no dedicated informed-consent document found. [site] [site-contact] |
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 David Sharp [site] [asps] | Specialist plastic surgeon, principal | MED0000962857 |
Legal entity: The Trustee for Sharp Service Trust · ABN 33 484 514 450 [abr]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- 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
- M7 · Advertising honesty
- 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://www.plastic-surgery-brisbane.com.au/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | (07) 3202 4744 |
| Address | Atlas, Ground Level, 39 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101 |
| City | Brisbane |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.plastic-surgery-brisbane.com.au/ | clinic's own site | physician name, AHPRA number, procedure menu, memberships, hospital affiliations | 29 August 2026 |
| site-contact | https://www.plastic-surgery-brisbane.com.au/contact/ | clinic's own site | street address, postcode, phone (structured data) | 29 August 2026 |
| asps | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-david-sharp/ | secondary | ASPS member page: AHPRA ID, "Specialist Plastic Surgeon" wording | 29 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=33484514450 | official register | ABN Lookup record: The Trustee for Sharp Service Trust, ABN 33 484 514 450, active from 04 Nov 2015, QLD 4103 | 29 August 2026 |
| qldfac | https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/443994/pr… | official register | Queensland Licenced Facilities List: Greenslopes Private Hospital, Newdegate Street, Greenslopes QLD 4120 | 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 Sharp, no match | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 30 August 2026 | axes.M7: 4 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://www.plastic-surgery-brisbane.com.au/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 29 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.