Docteur Sami Mezhoud
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 68.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 1 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Solo plastic and aesthetic surgery cabinet in Tunis, operating from Clinique Medespoir. The Ministry of Health’s private-specialist directory lists this physician as CHIRURGIE PLASTIQUE at a Rue du Lac address; the physician’s own site discloses ISAPS membership.
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; specialty adjacent to what is advertised (noted on the profile). Ministry of Health private-specialist directory: SAMI MEZHOUD, CHIRURGIE PLASTIQUE, adr1 "RUE DU LAC - MAZUKIE", TUNIS 1053; specialty matches, but the practice name disclosed on the physician’s own site ("Clinique Medespoir") was not independently confirmed identical to the register’s street-level address. [moh] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Physician named with role and consultation address on his own site. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M4 | Facility registration Register exists; no record found (we do not claim 'unlicensed'). INEAS accreditation register queried; no entry for this cabinet. [ineas] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Site discloses ISAPS membership and a claim of Tunisian health-authority certification, without publishing a licence number. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives without guarantees. Systematic superlatives without an issuer, e.g. "l’un des meilleurs chirurgiens plasticiens du monde" and "le meilleur chirurgien esthétique pour le remodelage du corps en Tunisie"; no outcome/safety guarantee found. [site] Le Dr Mezhoud est considéré comme l’un des meilleurs chirurgiens esthétiques de Tunisie et l’un des meilleurs chirurgiens plasticiens du monde. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency All load-bearing fields agree. |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M9 | Patient documents Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
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 Sami Mezhoud [site] [moh] | Chirurgien plasticien; président de la Société Tunisienne de Chirurgie Plastique, Esthétique et Réparatrice | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M9 · Patient documents
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.docteur-sami-mezhoud.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +216 71 663 316 |
| Address | Clinique Medespoir, Rue du Lac – Mazukie, 1053 Tunis, Tunisie |
| City | Tunis |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.docteur-sami-mezhoud.com/ | clinic's own site | physician identity, role, practice name, menu, advertising text | 31 August 2026 |
| site-ar | https://www.docteur-sami-mezhoud.com/ar/ | clinic's own site | Arabic-language front: physician identity, ISAPS membership, advertising text | 31 August 2026 |
| moh | https://catalog.data.gov.tn/dataset/08146867-841e-498e-8f72-94cab50… | official register | named plastic surgeon, specialty, Tunis address (specialist board substitute) | 31 August 2026 |
| ineas | https://catalog.data.gov.tn/dataset/32db1d45-5682-42b9-9f65-12f6eab… | official register | facility accreditation register checked, no matching entry | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 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.