How we verify

Plastic Surgery Index is compiled from public records, not from who paid to be listed.

Sources

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) — The federal registry of National Provider Identifiers; the monthly bulk file is our source.
• American Board of Plastic Surgery — Where to verify board certification in plastic surgery.
• DocInfo (Federation of State Medical Boards) — Physician license and disciplinary information across states.

We read the NPPES monthly bulk file and keep active NPIs whose primary taxonomy is Plastic Surgery (208200000X), in the United States and its territories. Individual records last updated before 2013 are left out because those providers have mostly retired or moved. Organizations with the same name, address and ZIP are merged.

The specialty in NPPES is self-reported. We show it as Registered specialty: plastic surgery and never as board certification. A license number on a record is what the provider entered; we do not verify it.

Profiles show NPI, dates, credentials listed, the authorized official of organizations when the role is a practice leader, and links to the registry. We do not publish ratings, reviews, prices or outcomes.

Order within a city: most recently updated NPI record first, then alphabetical. Featured listings appear in a separate, labelled box and never change that order.

What a badge means

NPI active: the federal NPPES registry lists an active NPI with Plastic Surgery as the registered specialty. The specialty is self-reported, so this is not board certification or a license check. We only publish positive matches. A listing without a badge is not an accusation — most gaps are name variations between registries.

Freshness

Data was last refreshed on 2026-10-02. CMS publishes a new NPPES file monthly; we re-load it regularly.

Corrections

Email sabrsystemssoftware@gmail.com or claim your listing on the for-business page. We fix verified errors within two business days.