Dr. Chartchai Rattanamahattana

Dr. Chartchai Rattanamahattana (Thai: นพ. ชาติชาย รัตนามหัทธนะ) is a plastic surgeon based in Bangkok. Three hospitals publish a current profile of him: Bumrungrad International Hospital, which lists him at its Plastic Surgery Center under the label “Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery”; Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, which files him under both Plastic Surgery and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; and Vichaiyut Hospital, which lists him as a plastic surgeon with a Saturday clinic.

Two Thai Board diplomas appear on his Bumrungrad and Samitivej profiles: one in surgery, dated 1985, and one in plastic surgery, dated 1987. Dr. Chartchai also has an entry in the online directory of ThPRS, Thailand's national society for plastic and reconstructive surgeons, and that entry records Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital as his address. His medical degree, dated 1981, is from Mahidol University. Bumrungrad lists Thai, English and Teochew as his languages, and Samitivej names Teochew as well.

What none of his profiles does is itemise operations. Bumrungrad, Samitivej and Vichaiyut describe his work by specialty and do not name procedures he performs or a special interest, so this page does not attach a procedure list to his name. His documented scope is cosmetic, reconstructive and facial plastic surgery. If you have a specific operation in mind, the dependable way to learn whether he offers it is to ask, and our patient team puts that question to his hospital when you request a consultation.

A note on names: Samitivej Sukhumvit and the ThPRS directory also list a different plastic surgeon with the same surname, Dr. Oumyos Rattanamahattana. Nothing on this page is taken from Dr. Oumyos's listings. When you contact a hospital, give Dr. Chartchai's full name so that your request reaches the right doctor.

The record below comes from the doctor profiles that Bumrungrad, Samitivej Sukhumvit and Vichaiyut publish in English and Thai, all re-opened by us on 27 September 2026, and from the ThPRS member directory. Where the hospitals disagree, both versions are shown.

Medical degree (M.D.), 1981. Bumrungrad (English and Thai pages) and Vichaiyut (English and Thai pages) name Ramathibodi Hospital's Faculty of Medicine at Mahidol University. Samitivej's Thai page names the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital instead, and its English page says only “Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University”. Every version agrees on Mahidol University and on the year; they differ only on the faculty. We show Ramathibodi because two hospitals state it in both languages, and we flag the difference so you can ask about it if it matters to you.

Residency at Siriraj Hospital. Vichaiyut lists a residency at Siriraj Hospital. It does not name the specialty of the residency or give years.

Fellowship at Siriraj Hospital. Vichaiyut's English page lists a fellowship in Reconstructive Surgery at Siriraj Hospital. Its Thai page describes the same entry as specialty training in plastic surgery at Siriraj. No year is given on either page.

Thai Board diploma in surgery, 1985. Listed by Bumrungrad and Samitivej. On the Samitivej profile, The Medical Council of Thailand is named as the body that issued it.

Thai Board diploma in plastic surgery, 1987. Bumrungrad and Samitivej both record this one too, and Samitivej again credits the Medical Council as issuer. For someone weighing plastic surgery, this is the credential that speaks most directly to the field: a specialist board diploma in plastic surgery, recorded with the same year by two separate hospitals.

Professional society. ThPRS (สมาคมศัลยแพทย์ตกแต่งแห่งประเทศไทย), the professional body for Thai plastic and reconstructive surgeons, includes Dr. Chartchai in its online member directory. We looked him up in that directory ourselves instead of taking a hospital's word for it. ThSAPS publishes no member list, and no official page we read says he belongs to it, so this profile shows no ThSAPS membership.

Licence. The ThPRS entry for Dr. Chartchai prints medical licence number 10426. 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. Until the register can be checked, the number is shown as ThPRS prints it, not as a Council-confirmed record. You can run the search yourself, and our research methodology explains how each line of this profile was checked.

All three roles below were still shown on the hospitals' websites at our check on 27 September 2026. No profile gives a start date and we found no earlier posts, so this section describes his present practice only.

Bumrungrad International Hospital. Bumrungrad's profile gives Dr. Chartchai the label Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery. His clinic room is given as Building A, 16A, inside the Plastic Surgery Center; the centre's own page describes the same location as Building A, 16th floor, Counter A. He consults there on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, 13:00–16:00, and his name is on the centre's list of plastic surgeons. The centre asks patients to book ahead, since its doctors consult by appointment only.

Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital. Samitivej lists him under two specialty headings, Plastic Surgery and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the ThPRS directory gives Samitivej Sukhumvit as his address. When we looked on 27 September 2026, the appointment calendar on his Samitivej profile displayed “Doctor is not available”, although the profile itself was live. A calendar message like that can change from week to week, so our team asks the hospital directly rather than relying on it.

Vichaiyut Hospital. Vichaiyut lists him as a plastic surgeon with a clinic on Saturday, 13:00–14:00, on the 14th floor of its Medical Center Building. The hospital notes that its schedules are subject to change.

Two practical points follow from this. First, these are the practices we could find on official websites; he may also see patients somewhere else. Second, a clinic schedule tells you when and where he consults, not where an operation would take place. If you go ahead with surgery, confirm with his team which of the three hospitals would be used, because admission, the price estimate and the services for international patients are all arranged by that hospital.

We found no academic appointment on the pages we read, and a PubMed author search returned no articles under his name.

Dr. Chartchai's hospital profiles describe his work by specialty, not by operation. Below, each documented label is explained alongside what the hospital's plastic surgery service lists around it and what to ask him. The procedures named here are services the hospitals list for their plastic surgery centres. They are not a statement that Dr. Chartchai personally performs each one.

Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (Samitivej Sukhumvit). Samitivej places Dr. Chartchai under Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as general Plastic Surgery. In general, facial plastic surgery covers operations on the nose, eyelids, brow, face and neck, ears and chin, while facial reconstruction deals with repair after injury, earlier surgery or a difference present from birth. The facial operations Samitivej's Plastic and Esthetic Surgery Institute lists are rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, otoplasty, facelift, neck lift, fat grafting to the face and chin augmentation; the same institute also lists breast surgery and body contouring.

For any facial operation, settle three things with Dr. Chartchai before booking flights: whether it is an operation he does himself, which approach he would consider for your face, and whether he would operate at Samitivej or at Bumrungrad or Vichaiyut. Our procedure guides explain the general choices so that you can follow his answer, for example open versus closed rhinoplasty and cartilage versus an implant when the bridge is built up, or where the incision sits in upper and lower eyelid surgery.

Plastic cosmetic surgery (Bumrungrad). At Bumrungrad, the specialty line on his profile reads Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery. The Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center where he holds his Tuesday and Thursday clinics says it offers cosmetic procedures for both men and women. Its list covers the face (eyelid surgery, facelift, forehead lift, chin augmentation, facial implants, otoplasty, and augmentation and reduction rhinoplasty), the breast (breast reduction, breast augmentation, gynecomastia surgery and breast lift) and the body (tummy tuck and liposuction). The centre also covers hair transplantation. That list describes the centre, which several surgeons share. Ask Dr. Chartchai which of these operations he performs himself and how often he performs the one you are considering; the answer tells you more than any label.

Reconstructive surgery (Bumrungrad, Samitivej and his Siriraj fellowship). Reconstruction appears in his labels at both Bumrungrad and Samitivej, and Vichaiyut's English profile lists his fellowship at Siriraj Hospital as Reconstructive Surgery. Bumrungrad's centre lists reconstructive work including breast reconstruction, facial bone reconstruction, hand surgery, maxillofacial reconstruction, reconstruction for children and reconstruction after cancer treatment; Samitivej's institute also names reconstructive surgery among its services. In general, reconstructive surgery is planned around a medical history more than around a photograph: the original injury or illness, what earlier operations were done, and, after cancer, the treatment you had and what your cancer team says about timing. Expect his team to ask for those records before it can say whether an operation is possible and where it would be done.

What is not documented. No official page lists a special interest for Dr. Chartchai, a number of operations, results, or a technique he prefers. No gender-affirming surgery is attributed to him: the surgeons Bumrungrad names at its Pride Clinic for those operations are other doctors, and our gender-affirming surgery section covers them. If a detail is missing here, it is because we did not find it on an official source, not because we are hiding it; the consultation is the place to fill the gap.

Because Dr. Chartchai's public profiles say little about individual operations, the first consultation does more work than usual. It is where you learn what he offers as well as whether an operation suits you. The questions below follow the order in which most patients need the answers.

Whether he does it, and what he would suggest - Is the operation I want part of your own surgical work, and roughly how many of them do you carry out in a year? - What would you recommend for my situation, and is there a smaller or non-surgical option worth considering first? - Which technique would you use, and why does it suit me? If an implant or graft is involved, which material, and what are the trade-offs? - Do you have photographs of patients with a problem like mine, shared with their consent, that I could look at?

Where it happens and who is involved - At which hospital would you operate: Bumrungrad International, Samitivej Sukhumvit or Vichaiyut? Where would my follow-up visits take place? - Will a specialist anaesthetist be involved, and do you plan general anaesthesia, sedation or a local? - Is this a day case or an admission at that hospital, and who covers the cost if I have to stay longer than planned?

About recovery and aftercare - For my operation, how many nights in Bangkok would you want me to book before you would sign off on the flight home? - Who do I contact after I return home, and how is a problem handled once I have left Thailand? - Which items appear in the written quote (surgeon's fee, anaesthetist, room, tests, follow-up, any revision), and which would be charged as extras?

About credentials, if you want to check them - Ask for his Medical Council of Thailand licence details and search the Council's register yourself. - If it matters to you, ask which Mahidol University faculty awarded his medical degree, since the hospital profiles differ on this point.

On language: his profiles list Thai, English and Teochew, so English can likely be used with him directly, without an interpreter. If you need a third language, the hospital can be asked to supply an interpreter; Bumrungrad publishes interpreter and cultural support services, described in the next section.

In general, any plan made from photos before you travel is provisional. Our procedure guides give the same advice: the surgeon confirms or changes the plan after examining you in person, so leave room in your schedule for that examination before the day of surgery.

The three hospitals publish different levels of support for patients coming from abroad. Which one you use shapes the practical side of the trip, so it helps to settle it early with his team.

Bumrungrad International Hospital hosts Dr. Chartchai's Tuesday and Thursday clinics from its site on Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Soi Nana Nua), street number 33, in Watthana district. Its published services for overseas patients go into detail: - Building A's 10th floor houses the Medical Coordination Office, which charges nothing. Ahead of your flight, its coordinating doctors and nurses look over your records, provide cost estimates, book appointments and set up telemedicine; once you are discharged, the same office issues medical reports and fit-to-fly letters. - By its own count, Bumrungrad has over 130 interpreters; alongside them, Cultural Support Officers look after patients more comfortable in a language other than English. - Landing at Suvarnabhumi? Bumrungrad keeps a representative by Exit C, Gate 9, of the International Arrival Hall, daily from 07:00 to 23:00. From that desk, a no-charge van sets off once an hour for the hospital or hotels close to it, though departures depend on passenger numbers. - If you are staying along the Skytrain line, complimentary vans run daily between the hospital and two stations, BTS Nana and BTS Phrom Phong. - Need more time in Thailand? Bumrungrad's Business Center applies for visa extensions through the Bangkok Immigration Office, for you and anyone accompanying you, and it books rooms and air tickets too. - On its web page, the Plastic Surgery Center offers remote tele-consultation with a doctor.

Bumrungrad's JCI Hospital Program accreditation appears in the JCI directory, while HA Thailand, the national accreditor, lists its Advanced Hospital Accreditation as valid through 22 May 2029.

Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, the address on Dr. Chartchai's ThPRS entry, runs an international patient desk; our hospital listing records eight desk languages: English, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian. Samitivej's Plastic and Esthetic Surgery Institute sits on the sixth floor of Building 2.

Vichaiyut Hospital, where he holds his Saturday clinic, is at 53 Set Siri Road in Phayathai. Its international patient desk lists Thai and English, and its Skin and Cosmetic Center brings dermatologists and plastic surgeons together. For Samitivej Sukhumvit and Vichaiyut, see the accreditation details on their hospital pages here and ask each hospital to confirm its current status before you commit.

Timing your trip around his clinic days. His published clinics are Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at Bumrungrad and Saturday early afternoon at Vichaiyut. Should the first face-to-face meeting need to land on one of those afternoons, build the rest of the itinerary around it and keep a spare day or two in case the appointment moves.

Planning the length of your stay. Only the operating surgeon can clear you to fly, and that decision depends on how you heal. As general guidance from our procedure guides, a stay in Thailand of roughly 5–7 days is common for international patients having eyelid surgery or otoplasty, which are usually day cases; about 7–10 days after rhinoplasty, a span that takes in splint removal and a follow-up check; and about 10–14 days after a facelift, which usually means one or two nights in hospital. These ranges are not a plan for you: whether an operation suits you needs an in-person assessment, every operation carries risks such as bleeding, infection and healing problems, and Dr. Chartchai may advise a longer stay. Add the days needed for the first consultation and pre-operative tests.

Family and language. Teochew is listed among his languages, which may help a Teochew-speaking relative follow the discussion. For other languages, Bumrungrad is the one of his three hospitals that describes its interpreter service at length.

A well-prepared first message saves a round of questions, which matters when the answer has to travel from you to our team, on to the hospital and back. Have the following ready: - The operation or concern, in your own words. If you do not know the name of the operation, describe what you would like to change. Because his profiles do not list procedures, this is also how we ask whether he performs it. - Where and when. Your preferred hospital (Bumrungrad, Samitivej Sukhumvit or Vichaiyut, or no preference), your possible travel window for Bangkok, and which kind of first consultation suits you, video or face to face. - Language. Thai, English or Teochew with Dr. Chartchai directly, or another language through a hospital interpreter. - General health. Any long-term conditions, operations you have had, the medicines and supplements you take now, allergies, and your smoking or nicotine habits. - For a facial concern. Details of earlier surgery, injury or treatment in the same area. For the nose, mention any breathing problems or previous nose surgery; for the eyelids, tell us about any dry-eye symptoms, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease or trouble with your sight, conditions our eyelid surgery guide flags as safety issues. - For a reconstructive concern. The history of the injury or illness, operation notes and reports from previous surgery and, after cancer treatment, a summary from your treating team. - Photos, only if the team asks. Sharp, unfiltered pictures of the area taken in soft, even daylight with no make-up: usually front and both sides, plus any angle requested, such as a view from below for the nose. - Your questions for Dr. Chartchai. Borrow from the consultation questions earlier on this page and add your own.

Hold back medical records and photos until Dr. Chartchai's team asks for them, and then share them only through our consultation request form or the WhatsApp line listed on ThaiCosmeticSurgery.com.