KM Surgical & Dermatology Associates
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 83.5/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #5 of 23 ranked clinics · last checked 30 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Dermatology and cosmetic-surgical-dermatology practice within Avenue Health, Christchurch. The responsible physician is named with role and matches a current vocational scope in dermatology in the national medical register; the practice's own legal entity is matched in the companies register.
Google Maps listing (reference, not scored)
What the clinic's public Google Maps listing showed when we read it: the rating other people gave, the number of their reviews and the hours the clinic itself publishes there. This block is a reference only — it does not enter the score, the rank, the ceilings or the holds, and we have not checked it beyond matching the listing to this record.
| Google rating | 4.3 out of 5 · reviews: 121 |
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| Opening hours as published on the listing |
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| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 4 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's website address, the clinic's phone number.
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. MCNZ register: Vocational scope Dermatology (awarded 1 December 1986), status Practising with a current practising certificate; matches the clinic's advertised dermatologic/cosmetic-surgical specialty. [mcnz] |
OFF | 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). Matched by name; status Practising with a current practising certificate. MCNZ's public register carries no registration number. [mcnz] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Queried, no match. Last attempt: facility_registry, 30 August 2026 — 0 matching rows (HealthCERT certified-private-hospital register checked by the practice's own name and address (Avenue Health, 202 Bealey Ave); no record. The site describes its own 'Day Stay Surgery and Procedures accredited' facility without naming an external certified provider.) Register queried, no record found. HealthCERT certified-private-hospital register checked by the practice's own name and address (Avenue Health, 202 Bealey Ave); no record. The site describes its own 'Day Stay Surgery and Procedures accredited' facility without naming an external certified provider. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-08-30 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability The clinic names the legal entity or the responsible person in its legal notice and the record is found by name; or the number the clinic publishes leads to an entity with a different name that is tied to this location by the same address or the same responsible person. KM Surgical Limited (company no. 1825829, NZBN 9429034074251), Registered; sole director Kenneth John Stewart Macdonald. [v1.3 2026-09-22: the number is not printed on the clinic pages (audit not_published); the clinic names the entity at http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/ — matched by name] [companies] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-30 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-30 | |
| 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 | 2026-08-30 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Aftercare instructions are given to surgical clients and a risk of liposuction is discussed in the practice's FAQ; no consent, revision or complaint documentation found. [site-aftercare] [site-faq] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-30 |
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] |
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| 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-team] |
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 Kenneth John Stewart Macdonald [site-team] [mcnz] | Dermatologist, practice lead | not published |
Legal entity: KM Surgical Limited · 1825829 [companies]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Queried, no match
- 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 | http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/ |
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| Phone | 03 379 9467 |
| Address | Avenue Health, 202 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch 8013 |
| City | Christchurch |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/ | clinic's own site | address, phone, menu structure | 30 August 2026 |
| site-team | http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/About-KM-Surgical/Meet-the-team | clinic's own site | physician name, role | 30 August 2026 |
| site-proc | http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/Procedures-and-Treatments | clinic's own site | segments (liposuction, injectables), wording check | 30 August 2026 |
| site-aftercare | http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/About-KM-Surgical/Aftercare-and-Support | clinic's own site | aftercare document | 30 August 2026 |
| site-faq | http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/About-KM-Surgical/FAQs | clinic's own site | risk disclosure (liposuction) | 30 August 2026 |
| mcnz | https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/mac… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence status | 30 August 2026 |
| healthcert | https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/LegalEntitySummaryNGOHospit… | official register | facility registration check (searched, no matching row) | 30 August 2026 |
| companies | https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/co/1825829 | official register | legal entity, registration number, director | 30 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M5: 5 → 4 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § F rule 6 — the number is not printed on the clinic pages (audit not_published); the clinic names the entity at http://www.kmsurgical.co.nz/ — matched by name) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M4: 3 → null (Methodology v1.2 (owner ruling 2026-09-18): a register miss is never a value — M4 = 3 was written for "register exists, no record found"; re-typed not_found with the logged query) |
| 30 August 2026 | Initial publication; every citation and the clinic site re-checked on this date. |
Correction or right of reply
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