Dr Phaethon Karagiannis
Verification pending: less of the axis weight is sourced than the threshold requires, so no score is published yet.
Status: verification pending · last checked 29 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-physician facial plastic surgery practice consulting in Woollahra, Epping, Miranda and Wollongong, with a stated focus on facelift, neck, eyelid and nose surgery. The responsible surgeon is named with role and an AHPRA registration number published on the practice's own site, matched 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 Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-08-29 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-29 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Physician numbers published; facility or legal-entity numbers not. AHPRA registration number published in the site footer; no facility or legal-entity number published. [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 and informed financial consent discussed; no dedicated aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route document found. [site-visit] |
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 Phaethon Karagiannis [site] [asps] | Specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon | MED0001666891 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified no
- 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
- M4 · Facility registration
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- 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.drkaragiannis.com.au/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1300 311 224 |
| Address | The Woollahra Clinic, Level 1, 156 Edgecliff Rd, Woollahra NSW 2025 |
| City | Sydney |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.drkaragiannis.com.au/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, menu, identifier | 29 August 2026 |
| site-visit | https://www.drkaragiannis.com.au/your-visit/ | clinic's own site | risks and informed financial consent | 29 August 2026 |
| site-contact | https://www.drkaragiannis.com.au/contact/ | clinic's own site | address of the Woollahra Clinic | 29 August 2026 |
| asps | https://plasticsurgery.org.au/surgeon/dr-phaethon-karagiannis/ | secondary | ASPS member page: specialist plastic surgeon, AHPRA ID | 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.