Prof. Dr. Arthi Kruavit

Prof. Dr. Arthi Kruavit (Thai: ศ.เกียรติคุณ นพ. อาทิ เครือวิทย์) is a male plastic surgeon working in Bangkok, Thailand. MedPark Hospital gives his specialty as plastic and reconstructive surgery. He appears in the doctor directories of two Bangkok private hospitals. At Praram 9 Hospital his name is filed with the Skin and Plastic Surgery doctors, and at MedPark Hospital, where he is shown under the Surgery heading as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

The Thai-language Praram 9 profile carries the honorific of emeritus professor in front of his name. Neither profile we reviewed states which university conferred it, so we repeat the honorific as published and add nothing to it.

Where the record stops. The two hospital profiles set out his training in some detail (covered further down) and name the hospitals that list him, but describe his field only in broad terms. They do not list individual cosmetic procedures, the languages he speaks, professional society memberships, publications or a case record, and no consultation fee is shown for him. For that reason we have not attached any specific procedure page to his profile. Should one specific operation be the reason you are reading this, the sensible first step is to ask through us whether he carries it out and how frequently.

To request a consultation with Prof. Dr. Arthi Kruavit, use our booking page. Requests cost nothing, and no appointment exists until the hospital or the surgeon agrees a date. For an account of how we collect and check surgeon information, see our provider research methodology.

The training record below is taken from the MedPark Hospital doctor profile. The Praram 9 profile confirms his name, title and photograph, but its years differ slightly (it prints surgery as 1979 and plastic surgery as 1980, without naming an institution). Where the two disagree we follow MedPark's version and flag the difference here rather than choosing silently.

• Medical degree (M.D.), 1974: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
• General surgery residency, 1978: Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.
• Plastic surgery residency, 1980: Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.
• Thai Board of Plastic Surgery diploma, 1980.

MedPark also records a run of overseas placements, which it labels as visiting fellowships apart from one that it calls a plastic surgery fellowship in hand and microsurgery:

• New York University Medical Centre, USA (1985): Visiting Fellow, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
• St. Thomas's Hospital, University of London, UK (1986): Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Hand & Microsurgery.
• Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, UK (1986): Visiting Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery.
• Blodgett Memorial Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (1986): Visiting Fellow, Hand and Microsurgery Centre.
• Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (1996): Visiting Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery.
• UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA (1997): Visiting Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery.

Read plainly, the record shows general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at a Thai university hospital, a Thai Board plastic surgery diploma, and later time in plastic surgery and microsurgery departments in the UK, the USA and Taiwan. In general, a visiting fellowship means a period spent inside another institution's department, observing and taking part to a degree that varies from place to place. It should not be assumed to equal a full structured fellowship programme, and the hospital profile does not state how long each placement lasted or what he did during it.

Licence status. The licence can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th, and our patient team can help you confirm it before you travel. Before you commit to travel, you can search that register by hand, which is a sensible step with any surgeon.

Two roles are on record, each taken from a hospital's own doctor page.

• Praram 9 Hospital, Bangkok: shown as a plastic surgeon within the Skin and Plastic Surgery listing. Praram 9 describes that centre as a skin-rejuvenation, cosmetic laser and dermatology unit on the ninth floor of Building B, and its directory places dermatologists and plastic surgeons together under one label. His entry carries the Thai emeritus-professor honorific.
• MedPark Hospital, Bangkok: shown within Surgery, under Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Neither page gives a start date, clinic days, or whether he operates at one site or both. Those are practical details to settle when you ask for a consultation: find out which hospital would host the appointment and, if surgery is planned, the operation itself.

One caution about the Praram 9 listing. The services that Praram 9 publishes for its Skin and Plastic Surgery centre are mainly non-surgical: laser treatments, botulinum toxin and filler injections, peels and phototherapy. That does not mean a plastic surgeon listed there never operates, but it does mean the centre's service list cannot be used to work out which operations he does.

The single documented practice area is plastic and reconstructive surgery, as MedPark gives it. In general, reconstructive surgery aims to restore form or function after injury, illness, cancer treatment or a difference present from birth, while cosmetic (aesthetic) surgery changes appearance by choice. A surgeon trained across plastic surgery may work in either field, but the proportion varies from surgeon to surgeon, which is why it is worth asking.

His fellowship record includes hand and microsurgery (St. Thomas's Hospital and Blodgett Memorial Hospital). Microsurgery is operating with a microscope or loupes on structures too fine for the naked eye, such as tiny vessels and nerves, and some tissue-transfer reconstruction relies on it. The profiles do not tell us whether he performs such operations now, so we make no claim that he does.

Why no procedure pages are attached. We link a surgeon to a procedure only where an official hospital page or the surgeon's own page says he performs it. Neither of his profiles names a specific operation, so none is linked.

If you would like background reading while you decide what to ask, the guides below are written for patients in general and do not describe his own practice:

• Breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction
• Blepharoplasty
• Body lift

A guide appearing here is not a statement that he performs the operation. Use these pages to prepare questions, and then put those questions to him directly.

With no individual procedure on record for Prof. Dr. Arthi Kruavit, a worthwhile first consultation begins by establishing whether your goal falls within what he does. Patients commonly ask:

• Do you perform this operation, and how often? Ask for the answer in writing within your treatment plan if you are travelling for it.
• Which of the two hospitals would host the operation, and who gives the anaesthetic? He is listed at both, so the answer shapes your travel and stay.
• What outcome is realistic, and which risks weigh most for me? In general, plastic surgery carries risks such as bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry and the chance of further surgery. How much each one matters depends on the operation and on your own health, so ask him to name the ones relevant to you.
• What does recovery involve, and when may I travel home? Advice about flying after surgery differs between operations, so ask for his guidance on yours instead of relying on a general rule.
• Who is my contact once I am abroad and a concern arises? Ask how aftercare is organised, whether follow-up is by photo or video, and what happens if more treatment is needed.
• What does the quoted price cover? Ask for the plan and what it includes in writing. No fee is documented for him, so none is shown here.

If your reason is reconstructive, such as after an injury, tumour surgery or an earlier operation that needs correcting, bring your medical records and operation reports and ask whether he takes on that sort of case at the hospital where you intend to be treated. He cannot say what is suitable for you until he has assessed your situation, whether face to face or from the records and photographs you supply.

Praram 9 Hospital is in Huai Khwang district. Its page for overseas patients says interpreters are on hand across the whole journey, from before you arrive to after you leave, and that the service covers every day of the week from early morning (7.00) to late afternoon (17.00). The languages it lists are Japanese, Arabic, Khmer, Burmese and Mandarin, alongside English. Its contact page gives separate international numbers for patients from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China and the Arab world, plus a line for expatriates and others. Transport is complimentary: two free transfers are offered, one by van to the Phetchaburi MRT station (Exit 1) and one by bus to Makkasan, where the airport train stops.

MedPark Hospital: we do not hold verified facility research for MedPark, so we make no statements here about its international desk, languages or location. The MedPark page on this site gives what we have on that hospital, and our team can confirm current arrangements with it.

These services belong to the hospitals. No language is recorded for Prof. Dr. Arthi Kruavit himself, so please ask our team to check whether your appointment would be conducted in English or through an interpreter. Accreditation is another gap: neither hospital has one recorded on our profiles yet, since we list an accreditation only after checking it against the awarding body's records or a recent dated announcement.

For wider planning, including areas to stay and getting around, see our Bangkok city guide.

Good preparation shortens the first conversation and lets the surgeon say honestly whether he can help. In general, include:

• A short note on what you want changed or restored, and why you are asking now.
• Clear, well-lit photographs of the area, typically from the front and both sides. Ask our team which views your case needs.
• Your medical history: previous operations, current medicines, allergies, smoking status, and conditions such as diabetes or clotting problems.
• For reconstructive or revision cases, operation reports, scans and the name of the earlier surgeon or hospital.
• Possible travel dates, and a preference between his two Bangkok hospitals if you have one.

Send only what the team asks for, using the request form or the channel they give you, and do not post medical images in public.