Asst. Prof. Dhave Setabutr

Asst. Prof. Dhave Setabutr, M.D. (Thai: ผศ.นพ. เทพ เศรษฐบุตร) is an otolaryngologist (an ear, nose and throat specialist) with clinics in two places: Bumrungrad International Hospital in central Bangkok, where he works at the ENT Center, and Thammasat University's medical campus in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok. Bumrungrad places him in two specialties, Otolaryngology and Pediatric Otolaryngology. Thammasat's Chulabhorn International College of Medicine (CICM) lists him as an Assistant Professor and as its Vice Dean for Student Affairs, and Thammasat University Hospital publishes weekly ENT sessions for him.

Why does an ENT surgeon appear on a cosmetic surgery platform? His Bumrungrad profile records that in 2023 he became a Diplomate of Thailand's subboard in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and that single documented credential is the reason we place him in our facial plastic surgery (ENT) group. Most of the rest of his record, including two American board certificates, concerns ear, nose and throat surgery in adults and children.

Anyone researching facial cosmetic surgery should weigh the gaps as well. We found no official page naming a cosmetic or facial plastic operation that Asst. Prof. Dhave performs, and the special clinical interest field on his Bumrungrad profile is blank. For that reason this profile is not linked to any of our procedure guides, and we do not state that he offers rhinoplasty, ear correction or any other named operation. If a specific facial procedure is what you have in mind, we can confirm with Bumrungrad whether he offers it before you commit to travel.

Key points:

• Specialty: otolaryngology (ENT); pediatric otolaryngology listed as a sub-specialty; Thai subspecialty diploma in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (2023)
• Hospitals: Bumrungrad International Hospital, Wattana, Bangkok; Thammasat University Hospital, Pathum Thani
• University role: Assistant Professor and Vice Dean for Student Affairs, CICM, Thammasat University
• Languages on his Bumrungrad profile: Thai and English
• Next step: request a consultation with Asst. Prof. Dhave Setabutr; our patient team relays it and the hospital confirms any appointment

Every surgeon-specific fact here was read on an official page on 27 September 2026: his English and Thai Bumrungrad profiles, the CICM faculty page, two Thammasat University Hospital doctor pages, and author records on PubMed. How we choose and cross-check those sources, and why an unanswered question is left open instead of guessed, is set out in our research methodology. Other surgeons and hospitals in the capital are listed in our Bangkok guide.

Asst. Prof. Dhave's medical degree and fellowship were completed in the United States, and his board qualifications come from both American and Thai bodies. Bumrungrad publishes them as follows, set out here by year:

• 2008 – M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Texas, USA
• 2013–2014 – Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, California, USA
• 2016 – Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
• 2018 – Thai Board of Otolaryngology, Diploma (Thai wording: วุฒิบัตร สาขาโสต ศอ นาสิกวิทยา)
• 2021 – Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology – Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology (CPO)
• 2023 – Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Subboard (Thailand), Diplomate (อนุสาขา ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่งและเสริมสร้างใบหน้า)

If you need to match these against Thai paperwork, the Thai version of his Bumrungrad profile uses Buddhist-era years: 2551 for the M.D. through to 2566 for the facial plastic subboard.

What each qualification tells you. The American Board of Otolaryngology certifies ear, nose and throat surgeons in the United States. Its Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery certificate covers the specialty as a whole, while Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology is a narrower certificate from the same board, focused on children with complex ENT problems. The Thai Board of Otolaryngology diploma is Thailand's specialist qualification in the same field. The facial plastic and reconstructive surgery subboard is a further Thai qualification layered on ENT training, and it is the only item in his record that connects him to facial plastic surgery.

In general, surgeons who perform facial cosmetic and reconstructive operations in Thailand reach the field by one of two main routes: plastic surgeons trained through the Thai plastic surgery board, and ENT surgeons who add facial plastic training. Asst. Prof. Dhave has followed the ENT route. In keeping with that, his name is absent from the membership list of ThPRS, the national body for plastic and reconstructive surgeons, which we reviewed in September 2026, and none of his official pages names membership of any professional society.

What the record does not show. No residency programme appears on his official pages, so where he did his core ENT surgical training is not stated. The subboard entry does not describe which facial operations that training covered. On licensing: the Medical Council's public search form at checkmd.tmc.or.th loaded for us on 27 September 2026, but a lookup under his Thai name was halted by Cloudflare protection on that site; his hospital profiles also show no licence number. To confirm his registration yourself, enter เทพ เศรษฐบุตร in the register's search box, or ask our patient team to obtain confirmation from Bumrungrad.

Asst. Prof. Dhave's working week, as published, is split between a private hospital off Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok and Thammasat University's campus hospital in Pathum Thani. The times below were taken from each institution's pages on 27 September 2026. Clinic timetables are revised frequently, so our patient team confirms them with the hospital before proposing dates to you.

• Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok: otolaryngologist at the ENT Center (Building A 12A), under Otolaryngology and Pediatric Otolaryngology. Published clinic hours: Monday 17:00–20:00, Wednesday 17:00–20:00 and Saturday 13:00–17:00.
• Thammasat University Hospital (โรงพยาบาลธรรมศาสตร์เฉลิมพระเกียรติ), Pathum Thani: ENT unit session on Thursday, 09:00–12:00, with listed expertise in otolaryngology, pediatric otolaryngology and the pediatric upper airway. A separate page for him on the same hospital's site shows a Thursday session from 13:00 to 15:00 in the ENT allergy clinic, 2nd floor, อาคารชวนชูชาติ.
• Chulabhorn International College of Medicine (CICM), Thammasat University: faculty member with the rank of Assistant Professor, serving as Vice Dean for Student Affairs.
• Hofstra University, New York: Bumrungrad gives his academic rank as "Assistant Professor, Hofstra University, New York, USA" without saying whether that appointment continues, so we record it as part of his background rather than as a current post.

Put simply, Asst. Prof. Dhave is an academic ENT surgeon whose private Bumrungrad clinics fall on weekday evenings and Saturday afternoons. For someone flying in, those Bumrungrad hours are the practical window.

Research record. PubMed returns more papers under his surname and initial than we list. We include only the eight on which his author affiliation matches an institution named on his official profiles: Thammasat University and its hospital, UC Davis, or Cohen Children's Medical Center and Hofstra Northwell. Grouped by topic:

• *Nasal anatomy:* measurements of the nasal sidewall in the Asian nose, from a Thai cadaver study (2022).
• *Cleft and velopharyngeal surgery:* revision rates and speech results after pharyngeal flap surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency (JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, 2015); how cleft care has changed at a Thai children's referral centre (2020); hearing outcomes in people with cleft lip and palate in a resource-limited setting (2025).
• *Airway:* closure of tracheocutaneous fistulas in children (2016); current practice in balloon laryngoplasty in Thailand (2017); whether longer gaps between paediatric tracheostomy tube changes are safe (2023).
• *Allergy:* exhaled nitric oxide in children with allergic rhinitis (2019).

Full titles, journals and links appear in the publications list on this profile. Being an author shows what a surgeon has studied; it is not evidence of which operations they offer to private patients. The patient articles he has written for Bumrungrad's website follow the same general ENT theme, covering tonsils, nosebleeds, snoring in children and summer travel.

His official pages point to four areas of work. None is a named cosmetic procedure, so under each heading below you will find what is on record, what is missing, and how it relates to a question about your nose, ears or face.

Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery

*On record:* the Thai subboard diploma in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (2023), listed by Bumrungrad.

*Not on record:* which facial operations Asst. Prof. Dhave carries out, at which hospital, or how often. Bumrungrad places him in ENT rather than in its Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center. That centre, on the 16th floor of Building A, is where the hospital presents its cosmetic facial surgery; the operations it names include rhinoplasty (augmentation and reduction), otoplasty, blepharoplasty, facial implants, chin augmentation and face lift.

*For your enquiry:* if you are considering nose reshaping, ear correction or another facial operation with Asst. Prof. Dhave, the first thing to establish is whether he performs it at Bumrungrad at all. For general background on those operations, see our guides to rhinoplasty, Asian rhinoplasty and otoplasty; the links are for reading, not a statement that he offers them. His cadaver study of the Asian nasal sidewall and his cleft and speech-surgery papers show research interest in nasal anatomy and reconstruction, yet no official page lists nasal or cleft surgery among his clinical services.

Ear, nose and throat surgery (otolaryngology – head and neck)

*On record:* this is his main specialty at both hospitals, supported by the American board certificate in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (2016) and the Thai Board of Otolaryngology diploma (2018).

*For your enquiry:* appearance is only one side of nasal surgery; the nose also has to let you breathe. Our rhinoplasty guide explains that when the internal septum is corrected to improve airflow as part of reshaping, the operation is called a septorhinoplasty, and that suitability for any nasal operation depends on a surgeon examining the nose, skin thickness and breathing. A blocked nose, an old nasal fracture or previous nose surgery are all reasons to have the airway assessed during planning, and airway assessment falls within the specialty Asst. Prof. Dhave is documented in.

Children's ENT and the paediatric upper airway

*On record:* the Pediatric Otolaryngology sub-specialty label at Bumrungrad, the UC Davis fellowship (2013–2014), the American Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology certificate (2021), and the expertise shown on both Thammasat University Hospital pages.

*For your enquiry:* this is medical and surgical ear, nose and throat care for children, not cosmetic surgery, and our site does not publish guidance on children's ENT conditions. Parents can still send a consultation request through our patient team or contact Bumrungrad's ENT Center directly. Sudden or severe breathing difficulty in a child is an emergency and needs immediate local care, not an online form. On cosmetic questions for young people: our rhinoplasty guide notes that surgeons generally wait until facial growth is complete, and our otoplasty guide notes that ear correction is commonly done in children once the ears are close to adult size. Whether either is suitable for a particular child can only be judged after an examination.

ENT allergy

*On record:* a Thursday afternoon session in the ENT allergy clinic at Thammasat University Hospital, and a 2019 study of allergic rhinitis in children. Allergy is not among his Bumrungrad specialty labels.

*For your enquiry:* hay fever, allergic rhinitis and long-term nasal stuffiness form part of the medical history a surgeon will want before any nasal operation, and our rhinoplasty guide lists allergies and breathing problems among the details to send with a request. Include them in yours so they can be covered at the consultation.

Because Asst. Prof. Dhave's official pages record a facial plastic qualification without naming any operations, a first consultation with him has an extra job compared with surgeons whose procedures are listed: confirming scope before discussing technique.

Settling the scope

• Do you perform this operation in your Bumrungrad practice, and about how many a year?
• Would it be handled by the ENT Center alone or jointly with another department, and at which hospital?
• Is the goal appearance, breathing or both, and how would that change what you do?
• If this is outside your practice, which colleague would you refer me to?

Questions about the operation. Adapted from the general questions in our facial surgery guides for a nose or ear enquiry:

• Which technique do you suggest for my nose or ears, and if cartilage or an implant is needed, what material and why?
• Who will give the anaesthetic, and is it a day case or an overnight stay?
• Which items does your written estimate cover and exclude, including any later revision?
• How soon after surgery could I fly, and who handles a complication that appears once I am home?

Risks. In general, every operation carries risk. For nose surgery, our rhinoplasty guide lists bleeding, infection, reactions to anaesthesia, persistent swelling, numbness, difficulty breathing through the nose, asymmetry and a result you are not happy with, and notes that some patients go on to a revision. Ask Asst. Prof. Dhave which of these apply to you, and whether surgery is suitable at all, once he has assessed you.

Planning the trip around his clinics. His Bumrungrad sessions, as published in September 2026, are Monday and Wednesday evenings (17:00–20:00) and Saturday afternoons (13:00–17:00). If you are travelling for the consultation, build a few spare days into your plans. In general, any plan drawn up from photographs remains provisional until the surgeon has examined you face to face, so it is sensible to treat the in-person consultation and a decision on surgery as two separate steps.

Starting remotely. Nothing on his profile says whether Asst. Prof. Dhave holds video consultations. At hospital level, the office that coordinates care for Bumrungrad's overseas patients includes telemedicine in its work, and the Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center advertises tele-consultation with a doctor. Our patient team can find out whether a remote first review with him is available for your question.

Bumrungrad International Hospital, where Asst. Prof. Dhave's evening and weekend ENT clinics run, is in Bangkok's Wattana district; the address is 33 Sukhumvit 3, known locally as Soi Nana Nua, Bangkok 10110. Of his two hospitals it is the more practical for a visitor from abroad, because it publishes a range of services for international patients. As the hospital describes them:

• Medical Coordination Office: found on Building A's 10th floor, it is a free service for patients from overseas. Its doctors and nurses can look at your records before you travel, provide a price estimate, book appointments, set up telemedicine and help with medical transport, insurance companies and embassies. After discharge, the same office supplies medical reports and fit-to-fly paperwork and handles follow-up.
• Language support: Cultural Support Officers and Cultural Helpdesks assist medical travellers who would rather not use English, and the hospital's factsheet refers to more than 130 interpreters.
• Arrival: Bumrungrad keeps a representative in the arrivals area at Suvarnabhumi (International Arrival Hall; look for Gate 9 near Exit C), staffed 07.00–23.00 each day. A free van goes from that airport to the hospital or hotels close by about once an hour, subject to how many passengers are waiting.
• Getting around: every day of the week the hospital's free vans connect Bumrungrad with two Skytrain (BTS) stations, Nana and Phrom Phong.
• Travel admin: its Business Center arranges hotels, air tickets and transport, and liaises with the Bangkok Immigration Office when patients or their companions need a visa extension.

On accreditation, Joint Commission International's directory shows Bumrungrad's Hospital Program accreditation dating from 2002, and the factsheet names re-accreditations through 2023. In HA Thailand's register the hospital holds Advanced Hospital Accreditation with an expiry date of 22 May 2029, while the GHA (Global Healthcare Accreditation) directory has carried it as a medical-travel hospital from 2017 onwards. These awards assess how the hospital as a whole is run; they say nothing about the outcomes of any single surgeon. Our Bumrungrad hospital page covers the facility in more depth.

Asst. Prof. Dhave consults at the ENT Center, Building A 12A. With Thai and English on his profile, an English-language consultation should be possible; if you need another language, request an interpreter at the time of booking.

Thammasat University Hospital, Pathum Thani, is where he runs his Thursday university ENT and allergy sessions. We have not researched its services for international visitors, and it has no page on our site yet, so we cannot describe the support it offers. If you would specifically like to be seen there, let our patient team know and we will enquire.

Length of stay. This depends on what is agreed with the surgeon. As general guidance only: our rhinoplasty guide puts the usual time in Thailand after nose surgery at 7–10 days, long enough for splint removal and a follow-up check, while for ear pinning our otoplasty guide suggests planning around 5–7 days. These figures describe those operations in general and are not a plan with Asst. Prof. Dhave; the decision on when you are fit to travel home rests with your treating surgeon.

Before anything else, the aim is to learn whether your question falls within Asst. Prof. Dhave's practice, so a focused request with clear photographs and whatever records you already hold is the most useful thing to send.

For any request

• your age, and the problem or change you have in mind, described in your own words, noting whether it concerns appearance, breathing or both;
• your health background: heart, lung or bleeding conditions, diabetes, any previous blood clot and any illness currently being treated;
• a list of your medicines and supplements, with aspirin, other blood-thinning drugs and herbal products clearly marked (keep taking them unless your own doctor advises a change);
• known allergies, hay fever or allergic rhinitis included, and your smoking, vaping or other nicotine use;
• any previous surgery on the nose, ears or face, with dates and operation notes where available;
• when you plan to travel, and whether you would prefer Bumrungrad or Thammasat University Hospital.

Nose enquiries

• photographs from the front, both profiles and underneath (a base view), taken in even daylight with no filters;
• notes on blockage, snoring, sinus problems, any past nasal injury and any fillers;
• copies of ENT letters, nasal endoscopy reports or sinus scans, if you have them.

Ear enquiries

• side and rear views of each ear, plus one photo of your face from the front.

Requests for a child or teenager

• the child's age, the main worry, and any earlier ENT letters, hearing tests or scans.

Everything you send goes to the hospital together with your request. If Asst. Prof. Dhave needs extra tests or images before he can give a view, we will let you know which ones and the reason.