Ambassadors for risk reduction.
Verified Surgeons exists to reduce uncertainty in medical travel by investigating, documenting, and publishing the source-checked evidence patients need before choosing a surgeon.
Verified Surgeons is a not-for-profit organization of experienced healthcare-industry researchers and medical publicists who have worked with surgeons across medical specialties worldwide for a combined twenty-eight years.
It operates a surgeon verification process built around discovery, evidence-gathering, and the publication of information patients rarely receive in one organized record: credentials, clinic context, patient testimony, and verification limits.
We build source-checked surgeon profiles for patients who need more than reputation, price, or advertising.
How we gather
the evidence.
Verification is an investigation, not a questionnaire. Our agents work in the field, on the record, and at the source, gathering records that can be reviewed, compared, and re-checked.
- iPatient interviews — we speak directly with patients before and after surgery to establish first-hand accounts of their treatment.
- iiAuthentication of reviews — we corroborate published reviews across digital platforms against payment, travel, and laboratory records.
- iiiRecorded procedural evidence — when appropriate, we document workflow, team protocol, and case context instead of relying only on promotional claims.
- ivRecording of the clinic's sterilization process — we observe and record sanitation and sterilization protocols on site.
- vSworn affidavits from colleagues — peers who have witnessed the surgeon operate corroborate identity, certifications, and performance under oath.
Four departments, one verification.
Research
Discovers and consolidates every piece of published information about a surgeon into a single, organized record.
Investigation
Tests every claim in the field — gathering interviews, recordings, and affidavits that confirm or contradict what was found.
Verification
Confirms academic credentials, licenses, and board certifications at their source, and cross-checks findings against multiple records.
Development
Publishes the fact-checked findings as a cohesive Verified Surgeon™ profile and maintains it as evidence is re-verified.
Why Verified Surgeons exists.
From reputation management to risk reduction.
From 2005 to 2016, the Verified Surgeons founding team provided reputation management and image consulting to surgeons across Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe, working closely with 72 surgeons in cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, orthopedic, plastic, and bariatric specialties.
After repeatedly seeing surgeons place patient safety second to profit, the team spent three years investigating diploma mills and fake medical universities — even acquiring, in Mexico City, a convincing university degree with transcripts plus a medical and a specialization certificate for $6,500 in two days, with a board-certification document offered for $50,000. That investigation became the foundation of Verified Surgeons.
Headquartered where
it matters.
Verified Surgeons operates from Yuma, Arizona — on the border, within reach of the surgeons and the patients it serves.
- Headquarters
- Yuma, Arizona, USA
- Public record
- Profiles show confirmed evidence and stated limits.
Help patients choose
with evidence.
Whether you are a surgeon ready to submit credentials or a patient choosing care abroad, the path forward begins with a record that can be reviewed. Start here.
Editorial record: page reviewed by the Verified Surgeons editorial team. Technical, accessibility, and content review completed 31 July 2026. The stated scope, applicable sources, and limits remain visible on the page.