Dermec — Derma Medical Center
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 64.7/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #6 of 16 ranked clinics · last checked 18 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Dermatology clinic offering clinical, surgical and aesthetic dermatology. Responsible physician named with role and consulting-room address; not found in the (plastic-surgery only) national association directory; state registers were not machine-accessible.
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 | 5 out of 5 · reviews: 87 |
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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.
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 Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: cilad, 18 September 2026 — No entry for Dr. José Miguel Cortés in either list on 2026-09-18. |
? | ? | 26 | 2026-09-18 |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — this register is closed to machine queries in this country, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for every clinic on this site. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register closed to machine queries. Last attempt: none_found, 18 September 2026 — MINSA / Consejo Técnico de Salud — Consulta de Profesionales Idóneos re-probed 2026-09-18: GET https://idoneidad.minsa.gob.pa/ and GET https://wsidoneidad.minsa.gob.pa/api/Profesions with a browser User-Agent, both HTTP 000 — no TCP connection after 21 s (host 186.159.119.36, unreachable from every egress since 2026-09-01); the lookup itself is an AngularJS form. Secondary routes for this class: none_found (registry-map secondarySearchLog). Clinic pages loaded 2026-09-18 (https://dermec.net/, https://dermec.net/dr-jose-miguel-cortes/, https://dermec.net/contactanos/): no idoneidad or professional registration number published. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-18 |
| M4 | Facility registration Not applicable: this country has no Facility register. |
— | — | — | 2026-09-18 |
| 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. The DGI electronic-invoicing register returns "DERMA MEDICAL CENTER S.A. | 155726599-2-2022 | PAC | 12/07/2023 | Actividades de médicos y odontólogos", matching the trade name the site uses ("Dermec, Derma Medical Center"); the clinic itself publishes no company name or RUC. [dgi] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-18 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-01 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 18 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-18 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-01 |
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. José Miguel Cortés [site] | Dermatologist, dermatological surgery | not published |
Legal entity: DERMA MEDICAL CENTER S.A. · 155726599-2-2022 [dgi]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: aesthetic in general clinic (focus adjustment -2) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified no
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
What we could not verify
- M1 · Specialist certification of the responsible physician — Register closed to machine queries
- M3 · Basic medical licence — Register closed to machine queries
- 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://dermec.net/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 310-2877 |
| Address | The Panama Clinic, Torre B, Piso 23, Consultorio 2324, Panama City |
| City | Panama City |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://dermec.net/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, phone, menu | 1 September 2026 |
| huli | https://www.hulihealth.com/en/clinic/consultorios-pacifica-salud | secondary | unrelated aggregator listing used only for the Panama Clinic building identification | 1 September 2026 |
| dgi | https://dgi-fep.mef.gob.pa/Consultas/EmpresasEnFacturaElectronica | official register | POST https://dgi-fep.mef.gob.pa/Consultas/EmpresasEnFacturaElectronica Ruc= nombre=DERMA MEDICAL FechaAfiliacionDesde= FechaAfiliacionHasta= Pagina=1 | 18 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 4 (Re-run against the DGI electronic-invoicing register (v1.2 pass 1): entity matched by name) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M1: null → null (Secondary routes for the closed specialist register run and logged (v1.2 pass 1)) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M3: null → null (Re-run against the MINSA idoneidad register and typed registry_closed (v1.2 pass 1): the host accepted no connection and no secondary route publishes Panamanian idoneidad numbers) |
| 18 September 2026 | axes.M1.nullReason: "retry" → "registry_closed" (Methodology v1.2 (owner ruling 2026-09-18): specialist register closed for the whole site (closedAttempt on record): the axis leaves the coverage denominator) |
| 1 September 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
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