Dr Leo Kim
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 65.2/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #7 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-physician reconstructive plastic surgery practice at BMA House, Sydney CBD, with a stated focus on skin cancer reconstruction and eyelid surgery; also performs breast reduction. The responsible surgeon is named with role on the practice's own site; specialist plastic surgeon status and an AHPRA registration number are published on the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons member directory.
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 (association, aggregator) supports the certification. Not found in an official specialist register (Ahpra specialist registration is not machine-accessible in Australia); found as a Specialist Plastic Surgeon on the ASPS member directory (secondary provenance, capped at 2 per country m1Rule). [asps] |
SEC | 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 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. Site names St Luke's Hospital as an operating location; it carries a NSW licence with the class "Cosmetic surgery". [site] [nsw-overnight] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Matched by name. Matched by name and location in the Australian Business Register (not self-published on the clinic site). [abr] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. Qualification claimed (FRACS) without a published registration number on the practice's own site. [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 One. Risks disclaimer published; no consent, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route document found. [site-about] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Leo Kim [asps] | Specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon | MED0001195893 |
Legal entity: Leo Kim · ABN 87 741 883 255 [abr]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (Office of the Health Ombudsman Queensland — actions/orders against health practitioners register): no entry found [hccc]
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://drleokim.com.au/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1300 663 767 |
| Address | BMA House, Suite 904, Level 9, 135 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 |
| City | Sydney |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://drleokim.com.au/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| site-about | https://drleokim.com.au/about/ | clinic's own site | risks disclaimer | 29 August 2026 |
| asps | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-leo-kim/ | secondary | ASPS member page: specialist plastic surgeon, AHPRA ID, hospital affiliations | 29 August 2026 |
| nsw-overnight | https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Hospitals/privatehealth/Pages/list-ov… | official register | facility register: St Luke's Hospital PH504, class Cosmetic surgery | 29 August 2026 |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=87741883255 | official register | legal entity ABN 87 741 883 255, entity name KIM, LEO, main business location NSW 2113 | 29 August 2026 |
| hccc | https://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/Decisions-Orders/register-of-prohibitio… | official register | NSW Health Care Complaints Commission prohibition-order register queried by surname, no entry | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 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.