Dr. Kanjana Leelapatranurak

Dr. Kanjana Leelapatranurak (Thai: พญ. กาญจนา ลีลาภัทรานุรักษ์) is a Bangkok ophthalmologist whose published sub-specialty is oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. Oculoplastics means surgery around the eye rather than on the eyeball itself: the lids, the fine tear channels that drain into the nose, and the orbit, the bony cavity that houses the eye with its muscles and fat. After gaining the Thai specialist board in ophthalmology, she trained in the United States at UC San Diego (University of California, San Diego), where her fellowship covered orbital and ophthalmology plastic and reconstructive surgery. Her background is eye surgery, not general plastic surgery, and each clinical interest published for her lies in the area around the eye.

She is currently listed by two facilities in Bangkok:

• [Bumrungrad International Hospital](/hospital/bumrungrad-international-hospital/) in Wattana. Her profile assigns her to the hospital's eye department (Eye Center, Building A, level 18) and tags her with Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgery; the department's own doctor list names her too.
• At Eye Clinic, an eye clinic in the Lat Yao area of Chatuchak, off Ratchadaphisek Road. Its profile of her gives 'Ophthalmology - Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgery' as her expertise. We have not yet built a page for this clinic.

Her Bumrungrad profile lists four special clinical interests: eyelid and reconstructive surgery, cosmetic eyelid surgery, lacrimal surgery and orbital reconstructive surgery. Only the second corresponds to a cosmetic procedure on our site, so she appears among our blepharoplasty surgeons. Tear-duct, orbital and reconstructive lid work fall outside our cosmetic guides, but they are part of her documented practice, and we explain each of them further down this page.

Her name can also be found through the public ophthalmologist search run by the RCOPT, Thailand's Royal College of Ophthalmologists, with oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery given as her field of interest. Neither facility gives her an academic title; both publish 'M.D.' after her name.

If you would like her opinion on your eyelids, or on a tear-duct or eye-socket problem, request a consultation with Dr. Kanjana Leelapatranurak. Our patient team finds out from the hospital or clinic when she is free and then confirms a time with you; nothing is booked before that.

Bumrungrad and At Eye Clinic publish the same education record for Dr. Kanjana. It runs in three steps: medical school in Bangkok, specialist board certification in ophthalmology, then close to two years of fellowship training in California focused on the eyelids and the orbit.

• Medical degree, 1998. Earned with honours at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, part of Mahidol University. The English page reads 'M.D. (Honors)'; the Thai-language page narrows this to second-class honours and gives the year as B.E. 2541.
• Thai ophthalmology board diploma, 2004. Its full title is Diploma, Thai Board of Ophthalmology, shown on the Thai page with the Buddhist-era year 2547. This is Thailand's specialist qualification for doctors who diagnose and operate on eye conditions.
• Fellowship, May 2006 to February 2008. Orbital and Ophthalmology Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, San Diego (May 2549 to February 2551 in the Thai listing).

What this sequence means at an eyelid consultation. Board training in ophthalmology deals with the eye as a whole, from sight to the eye surface; the fellowship then concentrated on the tissues that surround and protect it. For someone considering cosmetic eyelid surgery, that is relevant because the checks before surgery are largely eye checks. Our blepharoplasty guide notes that eyesight, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease and any tendency to dry eye are reviewed beforehand for safety reasons, and how well the lids close and how the tear film behaves both influence how the eye copes afterwards.

Research from her fellowship period. Two 2011 papers on PubMed carry her name among the authors, and both trace back to the ophthalmic plastic surgery division at UC San Diego:

• *Medial canthal degloving injuries: the triad of telecanthus, ptosis, and lacrimal trauma*, in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2011). The medial canthus is the inner corner of the eye. The paper deals with injuries at that point, which can push the inner corners further apart (telecanthus), let the upper lid droop (ptosis) and damage the tear-drainage channels.
• *Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the orbit in adults: a case series*, in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2011), a report from several centres on a tumour arising in the eye socket.

PubMed records an affiliation only for the lead authors of these papers, not for her. Both are reconstructive and tumour papers: they show the setting she trained in, not cosmetic results.

Gaps in the public record. The official profiles do not state when she began specialist practice, where she worked before, how many operations she has done, or any awards. On society membership, we searched the member records of Thailand's plastic surgery society, ThPRS, and her name was not among them. ThPRS is a body for plastic surgeons, and the professional college that lists her is the RCOPT, the body for her own specialty.

Eye Center, Bumrungrad International Hospital. Dr. Kanjana Leelapatranurak is a current ophthalmologist in Bumrungrad's Eye Center, located in Building A on the 18th floor. When we viewed her profile on 27 September 2026, it showed outpatient hours on three days:

• Tuesday, 09:00–16:00
• Thursday, 09:00–14:00
• Saturday, 09:00–12:00, then 13:00–14:00

These are clinic sessions rather than open slots, and hospitals revise timetables, so our team asks for her current diary each time a request comes in.

Her profile ties her to the Eye Center. Two floors lower, on level 16 of the same building, Bumrungrad runs a separate Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center, and it too includes blepharoplasty among its listed services. If you want Dr. Kanjana in particular, name her in your request so that it is directed to her rather than to the hospital in general.

At Eye Clinic, Chatuchak. She is part of the doctor team at At Eye Clinic, whose address is 9/99 Ratchadaphisek 33 Alley in Lat Yao, Chatuchak district (postcode 10900). The clinic describes her expertise as 'Ophthalmology - Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgery'. We did not verify her hours at the clinic. If Chatuchak is more convenient for you, mention it and we will check with the clinic directly.

Career history. Neither facility gives a start date for her post or lists earlier appointments. Beyond the San Diego fellowship years, we could not document her past positions from official sources, so this page makes no estimate of her years in practice.

Patient education she has contributed. Episode 20 of a Thai-language podcast on Bumrungrad's health blog, published on 29 September 2021, is credited to her and discusses drooping or sagging eyelids. It is general health information for the public and does not set out which operations she performs.

The special clinical interests on Bumrungrad's profile are the only official statement of her focus. For each one, we start with what that listing says, then add general information from our guides and points to raise with her. None of this replaces an examination: whether any operation suits you is decided at assessment.

Cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)

Bumrungrad's English and Thai profiles both include 'Cosmetic eyelid surgery', and this is what connects her to blepharoplasty on our site. As our guide describes the operation, surplus skin, muscle and fat in the upper or lower lids is taken away or repositioned. The usual aims are to soften hooding and under-eye bags; where heavy upper lids hang into the field of view, removing skin may also improve sight.

The listing does not break cosmetic eyelid surgery down further. On our site the related operations are upper-lid blepharoplasty, lower-lid blepharoplasty, double eyelid surgery for creating or refining a crease, and ptosis correction, which raises a low lid margin by working on the lifting muscle rather than on the skin. We do not link her to any of these four, because no official page names her for them. At Eye Clinic has service pages on double eyelid surgery and ptosis, but those pages do not identify the surgeon. Name the operation you want and the facility will be asked, through us, whether she performs it.

General figures from our blepharoplasty guide, for planning only: anaesthesia either local with sedation, or general; about 1–2 hours of operating time; usually a day case; sutures out after roughly 5–7 days; bruising largely faded by 1–2 weeks. Whether these apply to you depends on her assessment and the hospital's plan.

Eyelid and reconstructive surgery

'Eyelid and Reconstructive surgery' heads her Bumrungrad list and lines up with the 'Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgery' label at both facilities. In general terms, reconstructive lid surgery rebuilds the structure and function of an eyelid damaged by injury, by previous surgery or by the removal of a lesion. Function comes first, because the lids shield and moisten the eye. Her 2011 paper on inner-corner injuries belongs to this area. It is medical rather than cosmetic treatment, and the approach depends entirely on the cause, so gather every clinic letter and operation note you have before contacting her.

Lacrimal (tear-duct) surgery

The lacrimal drainage system is a set of fine channels running from the inner corner of each eye down into the nose. Lacrimal surgery, which Bumrungrad lists among her interests, deals with problems in these channels. People are commonly referred for an eye that waters all the time or produces sticky discharge because tears are not draining away; the cause is found on examination and sometimes with drainage tests. We have no procedure guide for tear-duct surgery, so these enquiries go to the hospital through our team. Tear function also matters to cosmetic patients, since dry eye is screened for before blepharoplasty.

Orbital reconstructive surgery

Orbital reconstruction, in general, repairs the eye socket after trauma such as a fracture, or rebuilds it after a tumour has been removed. Orbital surgery is part of her fellowship title, and her second 2011 paper is a case series on orbital tumours in adults. This is hospital-level specialist care: send scan reports and your ophthalmologist's letter, and expect the team to decide whether more imaging or an in-person examination should come first.

Comprehensive ophthalmology

Her second Bumrungrad sub-specialty label is Comprehensive Ophthalmology, meaning general eye care. For eyelid patients this means her training covers the eye beneath the lid as well as the lid itself; ask at booking whether any separate eye tests will be arranged.

Not documented for her. Official pages do not name her for brow lift, facelift, rhinoplasty or any procedure away from the eye area, and she has no listing for gender-affirming surgery. If an assessment shows that a low brow, not the lid, is the main issue, ask whether she treats this herself or would refer you to a colleague.

Dr. Kanjana's own consultation format is not published. What follows is general guidance from our blepharoplasty guide, matched to the areas listed for her.

Health checks that shape the plan. Screening before eyelid surgery normally covers eyesight, dry eye, thyroid eye disease and glaucoma, since any of these can change whether and how an operation is done. The examination also pins down the source of the concern: loose lid skin, bulging fat, a low lid margin (ptosis) or a low brow. A brow that has dropped can make the upper lid look heavy, and in that situation a brow lift may deal with the cause better than lid surgery alone. As an ophthalmologist she may cover the eye examination within the same assessment; ask whether the hospital wants separate tests before a date is set.

Questions to take to Dr. Kanjana Leelapatranurak

• Is my concern mainly skin, fat, lid position or the brow?
• Do you recommend upper, lower or combined lid surgery for me, and why?
• Where would the scars be? In general, upper-lid incisions are hidden in the natural crease, while lower-lid surgery uses either a cut just beneath the lashes or a transconjunctival route through the inner surface of the lid, avoiding an external scar.
• Will I be sedated under local anaesthesia, or fully asleep under a general anaesthetic?
• Is surgery done at Bumrungrad or at the clinic in Chatuchak, and where are my check-ups held?
• When do the stitches come out, and from what point is flying reasonable?
• Which eye drops or lubricants will I need during recovery and on the plane?
• How often do you perform this particular eyelid operation, and who looks after a complication that shows up once I am back in my home country?
• My lids have been operated on before: would you consider further surgery on them?

Risks to weigh. The complications named in our guide range from infection, uneven results between the two sides and visible scars, to eyes that feel dry or gritty, blurring that passes, incomplete closure of the lids and a lower lid that is drawn downwards (malposition). Very rarely, bleeding behind the eye can threaten sight. If you notice severe pain or any drop in vision after the operation, treat it as an emergency. Ask her how each risk applies to your lids, how it is watched for, and whom to call out of hours.

Non-cosmetic consultations. For reconstruction, a watering eye or an orbital problem, expect the first appointment to focus on diagnosis. Ask which investigations are needed, whether treatment can realistically fit into a single trip, and how follow-up is organised once you are home.

Costs. We do not publish prices for her. Bumrungrad's Medical Coordination Office offers international patients price estimates before travel, and any estimate stays provisional until she has examined you. For eyelid surgery, the cost drivers named in our guide are which lids are operated on, the crease technique where one is created, the anaesthetic, and whether a second procedure such as a brow lift is added.

Of her two facilities, only Bumrungrad publishes services for patients travelling from abroad. The hospital stands on Soi Nana Nua, at number 33 Sukhumvit 3, Wattana, Bangkok 10110. Everything below is offered by Bumrungrad itself, as described on its official website, not by ThaiCosmeticSurgery.com.

• Medical Coordination Office (Building A, 10th floor). Free of charge for patients from abroad and staffed by coordination physicians and nurses, it can look over your records, prepare a cost estimate, arrange appointments and telemedicine before you fly, support you while you are in hospital, and, after discharge, provide your medical report, a fit-to-fly certificate and arrangements for follow-up.
• Arriving by air. Bumrungrad keeps an airport representative on Suvarnabhumi's arrivals level (International Arrival Hall; Exit C, Gate 9), every day from 07:00 to 23:00. A complimentary van also carries passengers from Suvarnabhumi to Bumrungrad or to hotels close by, leaving hourly when passenger numbers allow.
• Getting to appointments. Free hospital vans connect Bumrungrad with the BTS Skytrain at Nana and at Phrom Phong, every day of the week.
• Interpreters. Bumrungrad reports more than 130 interpreters on staff. If English is not your preferred language, its Cultural Support Officers and Cultural Helpdesks can also help with coordination. Dr. Kanjana's own profile lists Thai and English.
• Visas, embassies and insurance. Visa extensions for you and your companions can be handled through the hospital's Business Center, and Bumrungrad also assists with embassy matters and deals with international insurers.
• Accreditation. The hospital's JCI accreditation dates from February 2002, when it first took effect. HA Thailand's advanced-level re-accreditation is valid through 22 May 2029, and a third accreditor, Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA), shows the hospital on its list from September 2017 onward. We confirmed each on the accrediting body's own listing.

At Eye Clinic. Ask our patient team what services the Chatuchak clinic offers visitors from abroad. If you want to be seen there, ask our team before you book travel.

How long to stay for cosmetic eyelid surgery. The general advice in our blepharoplasty guide is to allow roughly 5–7 days in Thailand, so that stitch removal and a post-operative check can happen before you leave. Pack sunglasses, keep eye make-up off and stay out of pools until you are told it is safe, and ask Dr. Kanjana which drops to use during the flight. A changeable ticket is sensible, because the decision on when you can fly rests with her. Reconstructive, lacrimal and orbital care has no typical stay; the hospital proposes a timetable once it has assessed you.

Medical details belong in the request form or in a WhatsApp message to our team, and hold back photos until the hospital or clinic asks for them. The useful material differs with the reason for your visit.

Cosmetic eyelid surgery

• Which lids concern you (upper, lower or both) and what troubles you most: hooding, bags under the eyes, an absent or uneven crease, or heavy lids that get in the way of your sight.
• Your eye history: any problem with your vision, glaucoma, dry eye or thyroid eye disease, plus whether you use glasses or contact lenses.
• Any past eyelid, brow or facial procedure, with dates and operation notes where you have them.
• Current medicines, supplements and allergies, and any general health conditions.
• If photos are requested: sharp, evenly lit pictures of the eye area without make-up or glasses, taken face-on with the eyes open, gently closed and looking upwards, plus a view from each side. Let your brows relax, because their position is part of the assessment.

Reconstructive, tear-duct or orbital problems

• A brief history: when the problem began, what caused it (an injury, an earlier operation, a growth that was removed) and which treatments you have already had.
• Letters and reports from your own eye doctor, including the results of any tear-drainage tests.
• CT or MRI reports and any pathology reports; the hospital may ask for the scan images themselves at a later stage.
• Photos of the eye area, if the team requests them.

Practical details

• Your preferred dates, and whether you would rather be seen at Bumrungrad or at At Eye Clinic.
• Whether you want your first consultation online or in person.
• The questions you plan to ask Dr. Kanjana, so that the team can allow enough time for them.