Banobagi Plastic Surgery (바노바기성형외과)
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 86.8/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #5 of 10 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
- Specialist-led
- Foreign-patient ready
Summary
Multi-physician plastic-surgery clinic in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu. A co-representative physician is named in the clinic's own site footer and matched in the national specialist-society directory and the facility register with a matching specialist headcount.
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. Physician found in the national plastic-surgery specialist-society directory; facility register shows 8 of 15 physicians as 성형외과 (plastic surgery) specialists at this address. [board] [hira-search] [hira-detail] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Named; role unclear. Named as co-representative in the site footer; no dedicated individual biography page was found. [site-doc] |
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. Facility register entry name and address match the clinic. [hira-search] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. Institution name, address and a registration number are published without an issuing authority label. [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. Three of the five document classes found on the clinic's own pages: risk/complication information, revision-surgery information, and a customer-service contact channel. [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 |
|---|---|---|
| 반재상 (Ban Jae-sang) [site-doc] [board] | Co-representative director (공동대표), plastic surgery specialist | not published |
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Foreign-patient register (KHIDI 국제의료정보포털/메디컬코리아 — 외국인환자 유치의료기관 정보시스템 (Medical Korea foreign-patient-recruiting institution registry)): verified yes [khidi]
- Sanctions / discipline register (보건복지부 — 거짓청구 요양기관 명단공표 (false-claim institution public disclosure) + 불법개설 의료기관 실태조사 결과 공표 (illegally-established institution disclosure)): no entry found [mohw]
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://www.banobagi.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1588-6508 |
| Address | 서울특별시 강남구 논현로 517, 바노바기빌딩 (역삼동), Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Nonhyeon-ro 517 |
| City | Seoul |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.banobagi.com/ | clinic's own site | institution name, address, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| site-doc | https://www.banobagi.com/page/w_doc | clinic's own site | footer representative name and registration number; doctor-selection page | 29 August 2026 |
| board | https://www.plasticsurgery.or.kr/about/hospital/search.php | secondary | POST https://www.plasticsurgery.or.kr/about/hospital/search.php body: local=&country=&limit=1000&get_page=1&keyword=hospital&key=바노바기 — returned 14 certified specialists at 서울시 강남구 논현로 517, 바노바기빌딩 (역삼동), including 반재상 | 29 August 2026 |
| hira-search | https://apm.hira.or.kr/search?where=ykiho&query=%EB%B0%94%EB%85%B8%… | official register | GET https://apm.hira.or.kr/search?where=ykiho&query=바노바기 — 7 results incl. 바노바기성형외과의원, 서울특별시 강남구 논현로 517 (역삼동), ykiho MTIzNDUxOTk= | 29 August 2026 |
| hira-detail | https://apm.hira.or.kr/mapSearch/medicalCareMedicalDetailInfoAjax?y… | official register | GET facility detail fragment — 의사수 총 15명, 전문과목별 성형외과 8명 | 29 August 2026 |
| hometax | https://teht.hometax.go.kr/wqAction.do?actionId=ATTABZAA001R08&scre… | official register | POST JSON {"txprDscmNo":"2200887096",...} — 등록되어 있는 사업자등록번호, 부가가치세 일반과세자 | 29 August 2026 |
| khidi | https://www.medicalkorea.or.kr/korp/agencyStateList.do | official register | POST body: korName=바노바기성형외과 — 6 results incl. 바노바기성형외과의원 / 오창현 / 서울 / 상태 유지 | 29 August 2026 |
| mohw | https://www.mohw.go.kr/claimList.es?mid=a10507010200 | official register | GET — false-claim / illegal-establishment institution disclosure table, browsed and searched for this institution and physician name | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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