The Anhangabaú valley in central São Paulo, in black and white

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🇧🇷  Treatment in São Paulo

São Paulo is in Municipality of São Paulo (São Paulo state). Its private clinics are licensed or registered by the São Paulo Municipal Health Department, Health Surveillance Coordination (COVISA); it also publishes a list of them.

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Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. We never rank, review or recommend clinics in São Paulo.

Region

Municipality of São Paulo (São Paulo state)

Airport

GRU

Time zone

UTC−3

EU rules

No

Who licenses clinics in São Paulo

São Paulo is in Municipality of São Paulo (São Paulo state) (Município de São Paulo).

Regional authority

São Paulo Municipal Health Department, Health Surveillance Coordination (COVISA)

Secretaria Municipal da Saúde, Coordenadoria de Vigilância em Saúde

The city's health surveillance body: through its products and services division and its local units it issues the sanitary licence (Licença Sanitária) of health establishments.

Regional register

COVISA: CMVS lookup and licence authenticity check

Shows the status of establishments registered with the city's health surveillance, and links to a check that a sanitary licence document is genuine. The search by name or address was marked as temporarily unavailable when we checked.

Check a clinic or a doctor in São Paulo

The national registers for Brazil cover São Paulo too:

Doctors

Federal Council of Medicine: search for doctors (Busca por médicos)

Search by the doctor's name, state (UF) or CRM registration number. Ask the surgeon for their CRM number and state.

Dentists

Federal Council of Dentistry: registered professionals

Search registered dentists, and dental companies (clinics).

Clinics

Ministry of Health: national register of health establishments (CNES)

The government register of health establishments: check that the clinic or hospital is registered (Consultas).

Getting there

Most patients fly into São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU).

Estimated flight time
FromEstimated flight
United Kingdomabout 12.3 h
Irelandabout 12.2 h
Germanyabout 12.7 h
Franceabout 11.6 h
United Statesabout 8.7 h
Canadaabout 10.7 h
Australiaabout 16.9 h

Straight-line estimate from the nearest main airport (800 km/h plus 30 minutes), not a timetable: connections add time.

Treatments in Brazil

Sources

Next review due 9 May 2027.