Borja Clinic
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 83.1/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 1 ranked clinics · last checked 30 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-site plastic-surgery clinic in Kennedy Norte, Guayaquil. The responsible surgeon is named with role and is tied to this address. A matching postgraduate specialist title was found in the national higher-education register, and the surgeon's personal tax registration is open at this address in the tax authority's register.
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. SENESCYT/MINEDEC register (Consulta de Títulos Registrados), record opened via the register's session-bound image captcha per the country m1Rule: título de posgrado 'ESPECIALISTA EN CIRUGIA PLASTICA Y RECONSTRUCTIVA', Universidad de Guayaquil, número de registro 1006R-07-4172, fecha de registro 2007-12-07, identificación 0906348594, matching the surgeon named on the clinic site. [senescyt] |
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 Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Medical-licence register (ACESS) unreachable on the research date; could not verify. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-30 |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Facility register (ACESS) unreachable on the research date; could not verify. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-08-30 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. The site displays association logos (ASPS, ISAPS, AEXPI, SECPRE) without registration numbers or issuers. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. One soft superlative about the surgeon's standing; the rest of the page is descriptive. [site] Francisco Borja Zavala MD, es uno de los Cirujanos Plásticos más prestigiosos del Ecuador |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. The site publishes a single language front, so no cross-locale comparison is possible. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-30 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. A pre/post-surgical patient guide and a WHO smoking-risk notice are published; no informed-consent form, revision policy or complaint route was found. [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. Francisco Borja Zavala [site] [senescyt] | Plastic surgeon, medical director | 1006R-07-4172 (SENESCYT posgrado, Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva) |
| Dra. Beatriz Ponce de Borja [site] | Laser treatments | not published |
Legal entity: BORJA ZAVALA JOSE FRANCISCO · 0906348594001 [sri] [sri-est]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M4 · Facility registration
- 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.clinicaborja.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +593 4 2680508 |
| Address | Edificio Borja Clinic, Cdla. Kennedy Norte, Mz 110 solar 8-9-10, Av. José Santiago Castillo, Guayaquil |
| City | Guayaquil |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.clinicaborja.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, menu, documents, advertising text | 30 August 2026 |
| senescyt | https://titulos-edusuperior.minedec.gob.ec/consulta-titulos-web/fac… | official register | specialist degree record for BORJA ZAVALA JOSE FRANCISCO (identificación 0906348594), retrieved by reading the register's session-bound image captcha, per country registry-map m1Rule | 30 August 2026 |
| sri | https://srienlinea.sri.gob.ec/sri-catastro-sujeto-servicio-internet… | official register | legal entity / taxpayer status | 30 August 2026 |
| sri-est | https://srienlinea.sri.gob.ec/sri-catastro-sujeto-servicio-internet… | official register | registered establishment address and status | 30 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 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.