Ivor J. Lim Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 91.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 15 ranked clinics · last checked 18 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-site plastic and hand surgery practice at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre led by a named plastic surgeon. Specialist register entry and current practising certificate matched in the SMC 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, status current; the registered specialty matches what this physician advertises. SMC Register of Specialists: Plastic Surgery, entry date 23/08/2002. [smc] |
OFF | 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 Matched by the licence number the clinic itself publishes. Full registration since 01/08/1993; current Practising Certificate 01/01/2026-31/12/2027. [smc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: none_found, 18 September 2026 — facility_registry re-probed 2026-09-18 (still a client-rendered SPA shell behind a recaptcha marker; see registry-map closedAttempt) and no secondary route was found for this class after a fresh search (data.gov.sg dataset catalogue, MOH pages) — see registry-map secondarySearchLog. Clinic's own pages could not be checked for a self-published facility-licence number this pass (site unreachable, connection timed out; see M6/M8/M9 attempts). |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-18 |
| 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. The clinic's own pages checked (home, contact) publish no legal-entity name — brand only. [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-18 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Attempt not completed. Last attempt: clinic_site, 18 September 2026 — connection timed out (curl, 20-30s, IPv4-forced retry also timed out) — second consecutive pass the site cannot be loaded (also down 2026-09-17); gap is 1 day, short of the 7-day rule for the identifiable gate |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-18 |
| 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. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 20 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-18 |
| M9 | Patient documents Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Attempt not completed. Last attempt: clinic_site, 18 September 2026 — connection timed out (curl, 20-30s, IPv4-forced retry also timed out) — second consecutive pass the site cannot be loaded (also down 2026-09-17); gap is 1 day, short of the 7-day rule for the identifiable gate |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-18 |
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 Ivor J. Lim (Lim Jiun Ivor) [site] [smc] | Plastic surgeon | M06310Z |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: could not verify
- Breast surgery: could not verify
- Liposuction & body contouring: could not verify
- Hair transplant: could not verify
- Injectables: could not verify
- Medical weight loss: could not verify
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Register closed to machine queries
- M6 · Self-disclosure of identifiers — Attempt not completed
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
- M9 · Patient documents — Attempt not completed
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://www.ivorjlim.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +65 6887 3852 |
| Address | 38 Irrawaddy Road, #11-60/61/62/63, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore 329563 |
| City | Singapore |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.ivorjlim.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, menu (categories only) | 29 August 2026 |
| smc | https://prs.moh.gov.sg/prs/internet/profSearch/main.action?hpe=SMC | official register | POST getSearchSummaryByName.action name=Lim Jiun Ivor then POST getSearchDetails.action regNo=M06310Z: specialist register entry, current registration, practising certificate window, primary place of practice = Ivor J. Lim Plastic Surgery | 29 August 2026 |
| smc-sanctions | https://www.smc.gov.sg/publications-and-newsroom/published-grounds-… | official register | sanctions check: no active entry for this doctor among the entries visible on this GET (2008-2026 archive, first page only) | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M5: "retry" → 2 (The clinic's own pages recorded on 2026-08-29 name no legal entity (brand only); re-typed from the queued v1.0 retry placeholder without needing a live re-fetch (v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M4: "retry" → "registry_closed" (facility_registry re-probed, still client-rendered/captcha-gated; no secondary route found (clinic site unreachable this pass so the self-published-licence-number check could not be run; v1.2 loop pass 1).) |
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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