Clínica Varela
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 55.5/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #25 of 25 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Plastic-surgery practice in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, run by a married pair of plastic surgeons. Both surgeons named with role; each is found in the national health-establishment facility register under their own name at this address, registered as an individual practice with no separate company.
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 (society, association, directory) supports the certification, while the official register of this class is open in the jurisdiction. Supported only by a secondary source: SBCP member listing (association) for both named physicians. The national specialist-board register is not machine-accessible for a Rio de Janeiro registration. [sbcp] |
SEC | 26 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Both named physicians were matched by full name in the Ministry of Health CNES professional register on 2026-09-20, each with a current medical post (competência 09/2026) at a registered establishment. CNES records the occupation held at a registered establishment; it is not a licence-number match, and the Rio de Janeiro council search is served by the captcha-gated national CFM API, so no match by CRM number was possible. [cnes-prof-loop] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Found with a spelling discrepancy; or the location is registered under the name of the host facility at the same address (a practice inside a hospital or a centre); or the value comes from a mirror or from a directory that shows no status — the profile names the record holder verbatim. Facility records found for both named physicians at this exact address (Av. das Américas 4801, Sala 242); the register entries are flagged administratively inactive for non-update, which is not a sanction. [cnes-est] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Only a brand, without a legal form and without a responsible person. Whatever we find ourselves is shown on the profile as a fact and does not raise this cell. Both physicians are registered as individual practices (pessoa física); no separate company or CNPJ was found for the clinic brand. [cnes-est] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Physician numbers published; facility or legal-entity numbers not. Physician licence numbers published (CRM-RJ) for both surgeons; no facility or legal-entity number published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Superlative claims without a named issuer recur on the home page, the clinic page and both physician pages. No outcome or safety guarantee was found. Pages loaded on 2026-09-20: /, /clinica-varela/, /dr-victor-varela/, /dra-daniella-varela/, /procedimentos/, /lipoaspiracao/, /abdominoplastia/, /mamoplastia/, /contato/. [site] Somos uma clínica referência na realização de cirurgias plásticas! Nosso objetivo é oferecer saúde e bem-estar aos pacientes, por meio de um atendimento de excelência e humanizado! |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-20 | |
| 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. One of the five document classes found: the procedure pages describe the recovery period, its duration and the use of a drain. No consent material, risk or contraindication information, revision policy or complaint route published. Pages loaded on 2026-09-20: /, /clinica-varela/, /dr-victor-varela/, /dra-daniella-varela/, /procedimentos/, /lipoaspiracao/, /abdominoplastia/, /mamoplastia/, /contato/. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Victor Ragonha Varela [site] [sbcp] | Cirurgião plástico | CRM-RJ 52730270 |
| Daniella Baptista Varela [site] [sbcp] | Cirurgiã plástica | CRM-RJ 52821381 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- 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://clinicavarela.com.br/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +55 21 99986-0705 |
| Address | Av. das Américas 4801, Sala 242, Centro Médico Richet, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ |
| City | Rio de Janeiro |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://clinicavarela.com.br/ | clinic's own site | physicians, roles, address, menu, identifiers | 30 August 2026 |
| sbcp | https://busca.cirurgiaplastica.org.br/perfil?cod=105198 | secondary | SBCP member listing (association), CRM number — Victor Ragonha Varela; same source pattern for Daniella Baptista Varela at cod=106070 | 30 August 2026 |
| cnes-est | https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/services/estabelecimentos/3304551055909 | official register | GET facility register detail — facility registration, address, email match; same endpoint pattern for Daniella Baptista Varela at id 3304551070045 | 30 August 2026 |
| cnes-prof-loop | https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/services/profissionais?nome=VICTOR%20RA… | official register | GET https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/services/profissionais?nome=VICTOR%20RAGONHA%20VARELA then GET https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/services/profissionais/9E2CAB213B54F5F4BBE07D5F3C2B7A582D77E6B6483D17F9D4F7A0840740B788 (header Referer: https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/pages/profissionais/consulta.jsp) — VICTOR RAGONHA VARELA: MEDICO CIRURGIAO PLASTICO (CBO 225235), CNES 9196951, Rio de Janeiro/RJ | GET https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/services/profissionais?nome=DANIELLA%20BAPTISTA%20VARELA then GET https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/services/profissionais/472A6B4BE891D5B4F964EB4EE3C919002D77E6B6483D17F9D4F7A0840740B788 (header Referer: https://cnes.datasus.gov.br/pages/profissionais/consulta.jsp) — DANIELLA BAPTISTA VARELA: MEDICO CLINICO (CBO 225125), CNES 7421710 HOSPITAL PASTEUR, Rio de Janeiro/RJ | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M9: null → 2 (Re-run: full presence scan of the clinic’s own pages for the five document classes (v1.1 pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M7: null → 3 (Re-run: full lexicon scan of the clinic’s own pages (v1.1 pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M3: null → 4 (Re-run against the CNES professional register of the Ministry of Health (v1.1 pass 1); the Rio de Janeiro council route is the captcha-gated CFM API, re-probed today with both user agents.) |
| 30 August 2026 | axes.M7: 4 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://clinicavarela.com.br/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 30 August 2026 | Initial publication; every citation and the clinic site re-checked on this date. |
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.