Pacific Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 71.8/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #17 of 22 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
71.8/100
coverage 85% (threshold 75%)
Summary
Multi-physician cosmetic plastic surgery practice in Vancouver. Responsible plastic surgeon named with role and tied to this address, matched by name and address in the official British Columbia physician register under the plastic surgery specialty. Two visiting physicians (a cosmetic physician and a restorative gynecology surgeon) are also named, each registered at separate addresses. No legal entity name or matching non-hospital surgical facility record was found.
Registers read for the jurisdiction: BC.
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. CPSBC registrant directory: 'Tregaskiss, Ashley Paul', practice type 'Specialty practice - plastic surgery', address 'Pacific Plastic Surgery, 401-555 8TH Ave W, Vancouver' — matches this clinic exactly. [board-tregaskiss] |
OFF | 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 Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). CPSBC: MSP 66576, Licence status Practising, Licence class Full. [v1.3 2026-09-22: the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name] [board-tregaskiss] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Queried, no match. Last attempt: facility_registry, 20 September 2026 — 0 matching facility entries; the only West 8th Avenue entry in the edition is a fertility centre at 525 West 8th Avenue. The register covers non-hospital premises accredited for procedures under sedation or general anaesthesia. Queried against the British Columbia non-hospital surgical facility accreditation list; no entry for this clinic name, address or named physicians. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-20 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Only a brand, without a legal form and without a responsible person. Whatever we find ourselves is shown on the profile as a fact and does not raise this cell. Complete scan of the clinic's own pages (home, about, the three physician pages, team and offices, out-of-town patients, privacy policy, terms of service, contact): no operating company, legal form or registration number is named; the footer carries the trading name alone. [site-privacy] [site-terms] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Fellowship credentials (FRCS, FRCSC) stated as text; no licence or registration numbers published. [site-tregaskiss] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Multiple unattributed superlatives found on the clinic's own pages (surgeon banner, product marketing, general marketing copy). [site] LEADING PLASTIC SURGEON IN VANCOUVER |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| 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 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Recovery/aftercare information and a detailed potential-complications section are published on procedure pages; no dedicated informed-consent or complaint-route page found on the surveyed pages. [site-breastaug] |
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. Ashley Tregaskiss, MB, BS, MSc, FRCS (Plast), FRCSC [site] [site-tregaskiss] [board-tregaskiss] | Plastic surgeon | MSP 66576 |
| Dr. Farah Kassam [site-dermatologist] [board-kassam] | Cosmetic physician | MSP 37179 |
| Dr. Darren Lazare [site-gynecology] [board-lazare] | Restorative gynecology surgeon | MSP 28486 |
Legal entity: could not verify
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 | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 604-694-0015 |
| Address | 401-555 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1C6 |
| City | Vancouver |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/ | clinic's own site | clinic name, address, phone, physician named with role, menu, marketing language | 29 August 2026 |
| site-tregaskiss | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/meet-dr-tregaskiss/ | clinic's own site | surgeon bio, credentials, training | 29 August 2026 |
| site-dermatologist | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/meet-the-dermatologist/ | clinic's own site | cosmetic physician named ('Dr. Farah Kassam') | 29 August 2026 |
| site-gynecology | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/meet-the-restorative-gynecolog… | clinic's own site | restorative gynecology surgeon named ('Dr. Darren Lazare') | 29 August 2026 |
| site-breastaug | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/procedures/breast-augmentation/ | clinic's own site | recovery timeline and potential-complications section | 29 August 2026 |
| board-tregaskiss | https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory | official register | 2-step: GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory (form_build_id) then POST https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory?ajax_form=1 (ps_last_name=Tregaskiss) then GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory/search-result — 'Tregaskiss, Ashley Paul', MSP 66576, Licence status Practising, Licence class Full, Practice type Specialty practice - plastic surgery, address Pacific Plastic Surgery, 401-555 8TH Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1C6, phone 6046940025 | 29 August 2026 |
| board-kassam | https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory | official register | 2-step: GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory (form_build_id) then POST https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory?ajax_form=1 (ps_last_name=Kassam) then GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory/search-result — 'Kassam, Farah Altaf', MSP 37179, Licence status Practising, Licence class Full, Practice type Family practice, address 3029 Cambie St, Vancouver (separate from Pacific Plastic Surgery) | 29 August 2026 |
| board-lazare | https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory | official register | 2-step: GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory (form_build_id) then POST https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory?ajax_form=1 (ps_last_name=Lazare) then GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory/search-result — 'Lazare, Darren Mitchell', MSP 28486, Licence status Practising, Licence class Full, Practice type Specialty practice - obstetrics and gynecology, address City Centre Obstetrics & Gynecology, Surrey (separate from Pacific Plastic Surgery) | 29 August 2026 |
| notifications | https://www.cpsbc.ca/news/public-notifications | official register | GET — no entry for Tregaskiss, Kassam or Lazare among nominal/non-nominal disciplinary actions or interim orders (5 pages checked) | 29 August 2026 |
| facility | https://www.cpsbc.ca/files/pdf/NHMSFAP-Accredited-Facilities.pdf | official register | CPSBC Non-Hospital Medical and Surgical Facilities Accreditation Program list, edition dated August 18, 2026; full-text search for the clinic name, for 555 West 8th Avenue and for the named surgeons returned no entry | 20 September 2026 |
| site-privacy | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/privacy-policy/ | clinic's own site | privacy policy; no operating legal entity named | 20 September 2026 |
| site-terms | https://www.pacificplasticsurgery.ca/terms-of-service/ | clinic's own site | terms of service; no operating legal entity named. Site footer carries the trading name only | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | sources.facility.kind: "official" → "secondary" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — rule 7 — directory route "cpsbc-practice-type" is secondary provenance) |
| 22 September 2026 | sources.notifications.kind: "official" → "secondary" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — rule 7 — directory route "cpsbc-practice-type" is secondary provenance) |
| 22 September 2026 | sources.board-lazare.kind: "official" → "secondary" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — rule 7 — directory route "cpsbc-practice-type" is secondary provenance) |
| 22 September 2026 | sources.board-kassam.kind: "official" → "secondary" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — rule 7 — directory route "cpsbc-practice-type" is secondary provenance) |
| 22 September 2026 | sources.board-tregaskiss.kind: "official" → "secondary" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — rule 7 — directory route "cpsbc-practice-type" is secondary provenance) |
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M3: 5 → 4 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § F rule 6 — the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 2 (Re-run: complete scan of the clinic's own pages for a named legal entity (v1.2 pass 1).) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M4: null → null (Re-run against the CPSBC non-hospital facility accreditation list (v1.2 pass 1); the earlier placeholder pointed at the Ontario register.) |
| 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.