Dr Chayamote Chayangsu

Dr Chayamote Chayangsu (Thai: นายแพทย์ ชยาโมท ชยางศุ) is a Thai plastic surgeon who performs male-to-female sex reassignment surgery (SRS) at The Suporn Clinic in Chonburi. Inside the clinic he goes by Dr “Bank”: that nickname is the only name printed on its surgery calendar and in its warranty terms, while the clinic's Doctors page gives both names side by side. The 2026–2027 calendar offers SRS dates with two surgeons, Dr. Bank and Dr. Prae. The operation he performs is the Suporn Technique, which the clinic credits to Dr Suporn Watanyusakul, whose name it carries, and which it presents as a method that does not use penile inversion.

He also appears on the doctor list of the Plastic Surgery Center at Samitivej Chonburi Hospital. The Suporn Clinic's Hospital page gives that hospital, about 5 km from the clinic, as the partner where its major operations under general anaesthetic take place. Separately, the clinic's Doctors page says he performs facial cosmetic surgery and body contouring at a clinic of his own in Chonburi. We found no official website or procedure list for that clinic, so it is not listed on our site.

Procedures official sources connect him with

All three are feminizing genital operations, documented on The Suporn Clinic's own pages: - Vaginoplasty: standard, full-depth SRS on calendar dates labelled “Dr. Bank's Surgery”. - Vulvoplasty and shallow-depth vaginoplasty: grouped by the clinic as SDV and scheduled on dates labelled “Dr. Bank's SDV Surgery”. - Revision vaginoplasty: what the clinic calls cosmetic improvement surgery, carried out by Dr Bank or Dr Prae for clients whose SRS the clinic performed.

Credentials in brief. He qualified in medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, in 2006, and holds two Thai specialist diplomas: general surgery, awarded in 2011, and plastic surgery, awarded in 2014. From August 2017 he operated alongside Dr Suporn on shared SRS cases, and since October 2018 he has done SRS without Dr Suporn's input. His name is in the online member directory of Thailand's Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ThPRS), and the honorary-member list of THAI-PATH, Thailand's professional association for transgender health, includes him.

Gaps in the public record. Official sources are silent on the languages he speaks, the number of operations he has performed, his complication or revision rates, or his fees; the clinic prices each case individually. This page leaves those facts out rather than guessing, and the sections below suggest how to ask for them.

Our patient team can pass your enquiry to the clinic: request a consultation with Dr Chayamote Chayangsu. Your date is held only after the clinic's own confirmation.

Three official sources describe his training. The Suporn Clinic's Doctors page sets out the full sequence with dates. His Samitivej Chonburi Hospital profile gives a shorter list, his medical degree and two specialist diplomas, with the same years. The plastic surgery division at Chulalongkorn University (CUPS) names him on its alumni list, which backs up the residency. The clinic and the hospital word his diplomas differently, and both versions are given below.

2006: medical degree. He earned his M.D. at Mahidol University, studying in the Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital.

2006–2011: general surgery in Chonburi. An internship in general surgery in the Department of Surgery at Chonburi Hospital (2006–2007) led into a general surgery residency at the same hospital (2007–2011). The 2011 qualification that followed is shown on the clinic's page as a Thai Board of General Surgery diploma, and on the Samitivej Chonburi profile as a diploma in surgery from Chonburi Hospital (วุฒิบัตร ศัลยศาสตร์).

2011–2014: plastic surgery at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. He spent three years as a plastic surgery resident at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, and the CUPS alumni pages place him in class 30. The residency ended with his 2014 plastic surgery diploma: a Thai Board of Plastic Surgery diploma as the clinic words it, and a diploma in plastic surgery from Chulalongkorn University (วุฒิบัตร ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง) as the hospital words it.

2017–2018: learning the Suporn Technique. The clinic's Doctors page describes a period of shared SRS operations with Dr Suporn Watanyusakul beginning in August 2017. From October 2018 he has undertaken SRS operations without Dr Suporn's input. The clinic's home page calls him the first surgeon added to the team, in 2017, and says he was “exclusively trained by Dr. Suporn”.

Society memberships, and how far we could check them - ThPRS: confirmed through his entry in the online member directory kept by Thailand's Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. The clinic dates his membership from 2015. - THAI-PATH: confirmed; on the transgender health association's members page, นายแพทย์ชยาโมท ชยางศุ appears under the honorary-members heading. - Stated by the clinic only: ThSAPS, the aesthetic plastic surgeons' society of Thailand (2016), the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand (2012) and a body the clinic names as the “International Society of Plastic Surgery” (2016). ThSAPS, for one, does not publish a member list, so these are reported here as the hospital states them. - The clinic also records him as a member of the Thai Medical Council since 2006.

Licence number. ThPRS publishes licence number 34740 in his member entry. 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. Consider running that search yourself before any deposit; our provider research methodology explains how we mark facts we could not verify.

Research papers. We found no PubMed-indexed publications by him; papers returned for the surname Chayangsu are by other authors.

The Suporn Clinic: Suporn Team surgeon (since 2017). He joined the team in 2017. According to the clinic's Doctors page, last revised on 25 August 2023, he took over sole responsibility for SRS operations with the Suporn Technique in October 2018. The clinic's calendar, updated on 22 September 2026, is the more recent record. Its colour key uses one label for “Dr. Bank's Surgery”, another for “Dr. Bank's SDV Surgery” and a third for Dr. Prae's operating days, and patients may ask for either surgeon. The key has no SDV label for Dr. Prae.

Samitivej Chonburi Hospital: listed doctor (current). The hospital's Plastic Surgery Center names him among its doctors. His English profile there records his specialty and department simply as Surgery; the Thai version adds plastic surgery (ศัลยกรรมตกแต่ง) as his area of special expertise. The centre advertises facial, breast and body procedures without assigning them to individual doctors, so we do not attribute any of them to him. The Suporn Clinic's Hospital page (2024) names Samitivej Chonburi as the place where the clinic's major operations under general anaesthesia are done. That page words them as Dr Suporn's operations and does not mention Dr Bank, so confirm the venue for your own date.

His own clinic in Chonburi (current, per the 2023 Doctors page). The Suporn Clinic says he performs facial cosmetic surgery and body contouring locally at his own clinic. His ThPRS entry, dated 26 November 2019, gives that practice as คลินิกอนุชิต-ชยาโมท, 870/39-40 Chaiyachana Road, Bang Pla Soi, Mueang Chon Buri. We could not find an official website or a published list of its procedures.

Chonburi Hospital: staff surgeon and lecturer (from 2014). On the 2023 Doctors page the clinic lists him as Staff Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon and Lecturer in Chonburi Hospital's Department of Surgery from 2014, and describes the hospital as an affiliated co-training institute of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. When we read the department's own staff list on 27 September 2026, his name was not among its plastic surgeons, so we do not present the post as current. If a hospital teaching appointment matters to you, ask the clinic.

Reading the record. The dates show when he began performing SRS on his own: October 2018. How many operations he has done since then is not published anywhere we looked, so it belongs on your list of questions for him.

Each area below starts with what the clinic's pages say about Dr Chayamote, marked Documented. What follows is general information drawn from our vaginoplasty guide. It describes this type of surgery across providers, not his results or the operative details of the Suporn Technique, which only he and the clinic can explain for your anatomy. Whether any of these operations suits you, and in which form, is a judgement for an individual assessment, not for this page.

1. Full-depth SRS (vaginoplasty) using the Suporn Technique

Documented: standard, full-depth SRS dates are marked “Dr. Bank's Surgery” on the 2026–2027 calendar. The clinic describes its method as one Dr Suporn developed that avoids penile inversion, and its Doctors page records Dr Suporn's view that Dr Bank's technique is identical to his own in every respect.

In general: in a vaginoplasty the surgeon forms a canal, a clitoris and labia; in most cases the testes are taken out in the same sitting (an orchiectomy). It is major surgery under general anaesthesia, with an operating time commonly in the 3–6 hour range and a hospital stay commonly of 5–7 nights. Dilation starts under supervision before discharge and has to carry on long term if the canal is to hold its depth and width, although the sessions thin out over the months. Many surgeons want permanent hair removal on any skin that may end up inside the canal, and finishing it can take months.

Worth asking him: because the clinic explicitly does not use penile inversion, descriptions of penile inversion vaginoplasty may not apply to his operation. Ask which tissues his technique uses for the canal and for the labia, how that affects hair removal in your case, and what dilation schedule he sets.

2. SDV: shallow-depth or zero-depth vaginoplasty

Documented: separate dates are reserved for “Dr. Bank's SDV Surgery”, and the clinic spells SDV out as shallow-depth or zero-depth vaginoplasty. On the current calendar, no SDV dates are marked for Dr. Prae.

In general: zero-depth vaginoplasty, filed on our site as vulvoplasty, shapes only the outer genitals and leaves no canal, which removes the need for lifelong dilation. The clinic does not say how deep a shallow-depth canal would be.

Worth asking him: which depth he would plan for you, whether any dilation would then be required, whether penetrative sex would be realistic, and whether a full-depth canal could still be created later if your priorities change.

3. Cosmetic improvement (revision) after SRS at the clinic

Documented: under the clinic's Our Commitment terms, cosmetic improvements that clients ask for are done by Dr Bank or by Dr Prae. For the clinic's own SRS patients this work falls under a warranty that runs for a limited period and carries conditions; after it ends, it is charged for.

In general: our vaginoplasty guide notes that some people have a further, smaller operation once the first has healed, refining the labia being one example. Our site groups these procedures under revision vaginoplasty.

Worth knowing: the clinic's pages describe this service only for people whose primary SRS was done there. Nothing published says whether he takes on revisions of other surgeons' work. If your first operation was elsewhere, have our patient team put the question to the clinic before you make travel plans.

4. Facial cosmetic surgery and body contouring

Documented only in broad terms: the Doctors page says he does this work at his own clinic but names no specific operations, so we link him to no facial or body procedure. Our patient team can ask what he offers and where. If you would rather choose from surgeons whose facial and body procedures are documented on official pages, browse the providers in Pattaya & Chonburi.

Consultation at The Suporn Clinic starts on paper. New clients fill in a client profile covering personal details, medical history and previous surgery, and no date can be reserved until the clinic's medical team has reviewed and approved it. Use that exchange to get written answers to the points below; numbering your questions makes the replies easier to track.

Before you qualify 1. What the clinic needs from your psychosexual or mental health professionals: which diagnoses or referral letters, and in what format. The clinic says it applies WPATH guidance to the extent it judges reasonable, alongside Thai medical standards. 2. What it expects about hormone therapy before surgery, and whether anything should be paused. As our vaginoplasty guide explains, SOC-8 (the eighth version of the WPATH standards) proposes a minimum of six months on hormones ahead of genital surgery, except where hormones are clinically unsuitable or the person does not want them. 3. Whether any health condition or regular medicine changes the plan or its timing. 4. How the clinic's age rules apply to you. The minimum age for SRS there is 18. Anyone younger than 20 must bring written consent, which a parent, a legal guardian, a direct blood relative or a holder of legal power of attorney can give. From age 55, SRS patients are no longer accepted.

About the operation 5. Full depth or SDV: which he recommends for your body and goals, and why. 6. How his technique builds the canal, clitoris and labia, and what that means for hair removal before you travel. 7. Whether the testes are removed during the operation, and how a previous orchiectomy would change things. 8. Which hospital your operation will be in and who will give the anaesthetic. Samitivej Chonburi is the hospital on the clinic's Hospital page, but its surgery protocols page still mentions an anaesthetist from another hospital, so get the venue confirmed for your date. 9. How often he will review you in hospital and at the clinic, and which checks the nursing team handles.

After surgery 10. The dilation routine for the first weeks and for home, and whether dilators are part of the package. 11. Which symptoms should make you contact the clinic urgently once you are home. After a primary operation, the clinic offers advice by email for as long as twelve months. 12. The risks most relevant to you. For this operation in general, our vaginoplasty guide lists bleeding; infection; wounds that heal slowly or badly; urinary effects, for instance a stream that sprays or has narrowed; a canal that tightens or shortens; changed sensation; and, uncommonly, a rectovaginal fistula, an opening between the vagina and the bowel that counts as a serious complication.

Money and paperwork 13. What the cosmetic improvement warranty covers, how long it lasts and what conditions it carries. 14. What the quotation includes; the clinic publishes no price list. Our cost guides explain what usually affects the total. 15. Whether operation notes in English can be provided for your doctors at home, in addition to the clinic's medical certificate of the surgery performed.

Finally, ask him directly for his yearly SRS numbers and for his own complication and revision figures. Our vaginoplasty guide recommends putting these questions to every surgeon, and no public source gives his figures.

SRS with Dr Chayamote means about a month based in Chonburi town. The clinic sets 24 days in Thailand as its minimum and 30 as its preference, with 7 of those nights in hospital. Our vaginoplasty guide describes three to four weeks as usual for this operation in Thailand. Buy a return ticket you can change, because the day you are fit to fly is the surgeon's decision.

The three places you will spend time - The clinic: 938 Sukhumvit Road in Bangplasoi, Muang District, Chonburi 20000. By its own account it lies roughly 80 km south-east of Bangkok, with a reception area, consulting rooms, a lounge for patients and its own operating theatre and recovery rooms. It is in Chonburi town; Pattaya is a separate city, although our directory files both under Pattaya & Chonburi. - The hospital: Samitivej Chonburi Hospital, which the clinic says is some 5 km away. Its Hospital page describes an upper floor set aside for Dr Suporn's patients; ask whether Dr Bank's patients stay there too. - The hotel: normally the Rattanachol Hotel, which the clinic books and places within 200–300 metres of its door.

What the clinic arranges, stage by stage (from its Our Commitment and Patient Administration pages; these are the clinic's services, not ours): - Arrival: staff meet you at Bangkok airport at whatever hour you land and drive you to Chonburi in the clinic's coach. - The hospital week: English-speaking nurses on rotating shifts, and a visit from clinic staff every day. - Recovery at the hotel: after discharge, clinic nursing assistants call on you at the hotel daily, and all trips between hotel, clinic and hospital are covered. - Paperwork: help extending your visa and confirming your flight home, documents supporting a visa application if you must stay beyond 30 days, a medical certificate of the operation, and notarisation of the SRS certificate for a fee if you want it. - Departure and afterwards: a transfer back to Bangkok airport, then email support during the first year after your primary operation.

Language. The clinic's working language is English. It asks for enquiries by email, in English, and says it does not generally take telephone messages. For Japanese speakers, a Japanese attendant company operates the clinic's Japanese site and provides interpreting. No official source says which languages Dr Chayamote himself speaks, so if you want to talk to him directly, ask whether that is possible and in what language.

Hospital accreditation. The HA Thailand database, consulted while researching our Suporn Clinic listing, recorded Samitivej Chonburi Hospital's re-accreditation as running 21 November 2023 until 20 November 2026. Because that end date is close to the date this page was checked, look up the hospital's current HA status, or ask the hospital for a dated statement, before you travel. The Suporn Clinic claims no accreditation of its own.

Before you fly. Leave enough time to finish any hair removal the clinic asks for, since it can take months. Arrange with your own doctor at home to see you after you return. Decide early whether someone will travel with you; our guide observes that a companion is common for this operation. In general, a desk job is often possible again at roughly six to eight weeks, while lifting heavy loads and sexual activity tend to wait longer, on your surgeon's advice.

The clinic's client profile asks for most of this, so collecting it first shortens the back-and-forth. Medical details belong in our booking form, our WhatsApp line or a channel the clinic itself gives you, never in public forums or social media posts.

Full-depth SRS or SDV: a checklist - Age: your date of birth, because the clinic applies its age limits first. - Letters: diagnoses or referral letters from the psychosexual or mental health professionals supporting you, or when you expect to receive them. - Hormones: medicines and doses, the date you started, and any pause your prescriber has mentioned. - Health: diagnosed conditions, allergies, everything you take regularly including supplements, and any past trouble with anaesthesia or bleeding. - Surgery so far: earlier operations with dates, above all any genital surgery or orchiectomy, plus operation notes where you have them. - Hair removal: areas treated, the method, and the number of sessions to date. - Your preference: full depth or SDV, and what you are prioritising, such as depth, appearance, avoiding dilation or a shorter recovery. - Travel: the month you could come, whether someone will accompany you, and whether you need a letter for your visa.

Cosmetic improvement after surgery at the clinic - When you had your primary operation, and which of the clinic's surgeons did it. - In plain words, what you would like changed. - Whether you think you are still inside the warranty period. - Photographs, but only on the clinic's request and through a channel our patient team or the clinic confirms. Intimate images should only be sent to an address you have confirmed with our patient team.

Face or body work at his own clinic - The area and the change you hope for. - Front and side photos taken in even light, with no make-up or filters. - Previous surgery, fillers or other treatment in that area.

Keep a folder with everything you send and receive, including the approved profile and the quotation. It helps when comparing options and when briefing your doctor at home.