Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kidakorn Kiranantawat

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kidakorn Kiranantawat (Thai: รศ.นพ. กิดากร กิระนันทวัฒน์) combines two posts in Bangkok. At Mahidol University he holds the rank of Associate Professor within the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital's Department of Surgery, and the department's staff page places him among the teaching surgeons of its Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at Ramathibodi Hospital. In private practice he consults in Watthana, at Bumrungrad International Hospital, where his directory entry reads 'Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery' and names the Plastic Surgery Center as his clinic.

Bumrungrad describes his interests in three short labels: 'Plastic Surgery', 'Aesthetic & Reconstruction' and 'Reconstructive microsurgery'. Neither hospital goes further than that. No named operations appear on either profile, and the special-expertise box on his Ramathibodi staff entry names none. Under our research method, an operation is linked to a surgeon's page only once an official source states that the surgeon performs it, which is why no individual procedure is linked on this page.

His record says more about direction than about services. Ramathibodi awarded his medical degree and trained him in plastic surgery. Between 2011 and 2014 he spent periods abroad in aesthetic breast surgery, aesthetic surgery, aesthetic rhinoplasty and facial plastic surgery, and completed a clinical fellowship in advanced reconstructive microsurgery and lymphatic surgery in Taiwan. His papers cover the shape of the nasal tip cartilages, warping of carved rib cartilage, the anatomy of the Asian eyelid and lymph node flap transfer for lymphoedema. Use this background to shape the questions you bring to him, not as proof of what he will operate on; the sections below keep the two apart.

Two professional bodies list him. His ThPRS listing (ThPRS being the Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand) shows his name, Thai licence number and Ramathibodi address. Typing his surname, กิระนันทวัฒน์, into the RCST member search returns exactly one entry, his own, under surgery; RCST stands for the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand. His Bumrungrad entry gives two consultation languages, Thai and English. Bumrungrad's English page styles him 'Kidakorn Kiranantawat, M.D.'; the Associate Professor rank is taken from his Ramathibodi and Mahidol University pages. Thai custom is to use a doctor's given name, so this page refers to him as Dr. Kidakorn.

To find out whether he can see you, request a consultation with Dr. Kidakorn. A member of our patient team takes the request to whichever of his two hospitals you pick, and an appointment stands only after that hospital has agreed a date.

Four official sources describe Dr. Kidakorn's training: the English and Thai versions of his Bumrungrad profile, his entry on the Ramathibodi Department of Surgery staff page, and the Plastic Surgery Foundation's list of past International Scholars. Arranged by year:

• 2001, medical degree (M.D.): awarded at Ramathibodi (Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital), part of Mahidol University.
• 2010, postgraduate plastic surgery training at Ramathibodi Hospital: the English Bumrungrad profile files this under 'Fellowships', and the Thai version calls it postgraduate study in plastic surgery (การศึกษาหลังปริญญา ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง).
• 2010, Thai board diploma in plastic surgery: the Thai Bumrungrad profile shows a plastic surgery diploma (วุฒิบัตร) with the Buddhist-era year 2553, which is 2010. The Ramathibodi staff page records the Medical Council of Thailand's board diploma in plastic surgery (ว.ว. ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง).
• Year not given, Thai board diploma in surgery: also on the Ramathibodi staff page (ว.ว. ศัลยศาสตร์).
• 2011, fellowship in aesthetic breast surgery: Mississippi, USA.
• 2011, visiting scholar in aesthetic surgery (plastic surgery): Georgia, USA.
• 2011, visiting scholar in aesthetic rhinoplasty: Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
• 2013, fellowship in advanced reconstructive microsurgery and lymphatic surgery: Taiwan. The Ramathibodi page words it as a Certificate of Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Reconstructive Surgery and Lymphatic Surgery.
• 2014, visiting scholar in facial plastic surgery: Seoul, Korea.
• 2017, International Scholar: The Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) names him among its 2017 International Scholars, and Ramathibodi published a notice congratulating him on the 2017 honour, given jointly by the foundation and the ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons).

Where the sources disagree. The English Bumrungrad page carries one board line, 'Diploma of The Thai Board of Surgery, 2010'. The Thai page attaches the 2010 date to plastic surgery instead, and the university page lists both boards without years. Reading the Thai page and the university page together, we record the plastic surgery board as 2010 and the surgery board as undated.

What the sources leave out. None of the overseas entries names a host hospital or university, and none says how long the stay lasted, so we have not supplied either. If the detail of a particular fellowship affects your choice, raise it with him at the consultation.

Licence status. The ThPRS directory entry for Dr. Kidakorn shows Thai medical licence number 27223. 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. The register is public, and you can look the number up yourself before making travel plans.

Dr. Kidakorn divides his work between a teaching hospital and a private hospital, and patients reach him differently in each.

Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University (current). Mahidol's research portal records his rank as Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery. On the department's plastic surgery staff list he appears with the Thai prefix รศ.นพ. as one of the faculty physicians (อาจารย์แพทย์) of the Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery. An author note on a 2020 paper described him as a lecturer in that same division; his university pages now give the Associate Professor rank. The division's online outpatient timetable places him in routine plastic surgery clinics and in an evening Premium clinic, but that timetable carries an update date of February 2022. We therefore do not rely on it for current sessions and ask the hospital directly when a patient wants a university appointment.

Bumrungrad International Hospital (current). Bumrungrad's directory entry places Dr. Kidakorn in its Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery group, and his clinic runs from the Plastic Surgery Center, up on Building A's 16th floor. Only one weekly slot is published: Monday from 17:00 to 20:00. Clinic slots move, so read this as an indication only; our team confirms the actual date and time when it contacts the hospital.

Research output. Mahidol's research portal credited him with 51 research outputs when we looked in September 2026. We list eight papers on this profile, each carrying his Ramathibodi or Mahidol affiliation, grouped here by theme:

• The nasal framework: a 2025 paper on the two-dimensional shape and dimensions of the lower lateral alar cartilages in corrective rhinoplasty, and a 2024 paper on how the plane of cut influences warping of costal (rib) cartilage. Both appeared in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
• The Asian face: three 2015 articles in Seminars in Plastic Surgery, covering preoperative simulation and planning for Asian rhinoplasty using Adobe Photoshop, eyelid anatomy relevant to Asian patients, and the physical examination of patients seeking Asian blepharoplasty.
• Microsurgery and lymphoedema: a 2017 paper in Microsurgery describing the technique and outcomes of a laparoscopically harvested right gastroepiploic lymph node flap for arm and leg lymphoedema, and a 2014 report in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery introducing SilpaRamanitor, a smartphone application for microsurgery monitoring.
• Gender-affirming surgery, as a review of the literature: a 2018 systematic review and meta-analysis in Annals of Plastic Surgery that pooled complications and patient-reported outcomes of male-to-female vaginoplasty.

A paper tells you what a surgeon has investigated. It does not tell you which operations Dr. Kidakorn takes on in his private clinic, so none of these titles is used on this page as evidence of a service.

The headings in this section use Bumrungrad's own labels for Dr. Kidakorn. Each part separates three things: what the official sources document about him, what they leave open, and general information from our procedure guides that can help you frame a question. The general information is not a description of how he operates.

Aesthetic plastic surgery

His Bumrungrad specialty is Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, and 'Aesthetic & Reconstruction' is one of his three listed interests. The Plastic Surgery Center where his Monday clinic runs advertises a wide cosmetic menu, among it augmentation and reduction rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction. That menu describes the centre's whole team rather than Dr. Kidakorn personally, so the only way to know whether he takes on a given operation is to name it in your request and let our team ask. Patients reading his background usually ask about three areas, each tied to part of his training or research.

Nose. Documented for him: a 2011 visiting-scholar period in aesthetic rhinoplasty in Cleveland, and papers on Asian rhinoplasty planning, nasal tip cartilage dimensions and rib cartilage warping. Not documented: rhinoplasty as a listed service. As general background, rhinoplasty changes the shape of the nose by working on its bony and cartilage framework. Requests in Thailand usually fall into two groups. Reduction work lowers a dorsal hump, makes the nose narrower or gives the tip more definition, while augmentation, covered in our Asian rhinoplasty guide, builds up a low bridge or a short tip. Our guide explains that the material for augmentation is either an implant, commonly silicone or ePTFE, or cartilage harvested from the patient's own body (septal, ear or rib cartilage), and that implants and rib cartilage compare differently on infection, on feel and on long-term stability. Carved rib cartilage can also warp, which is the subject of his 2024 study on cutting planes. When the airway needs work as well, surgeons plan a septorhinoplasty; and if the nose has had earlier surgery, the guide to revision rhinoplasty applies. For planning, the rhinoplasty guide suggests budgeting 7 to 10 days in the country so that the splint can come off at a check-up; most of the visible swelling fades within 2 to 3 weeks, while the final tip shape may take 12 months or more to show. Whether any of this suits you needs an in-person assessment.

Eyelids. Documented for him: two of his 2015 teaching articles deal with Asian eyelid anatomy and with examining the Asian blepharoplasty patient. Not documented: eyelid surgery as a service on either profile, so check before you build a trip around it. As general background, blepharoplasty deals with heavy, hooded upper lids or puffy lower lids by trimming or moving skin, muscle and fat, and double eyelid surgery forms or adjusts the upper-lid crease. The guide describes two routes to a crease: a full incision, or stitches placed without an incision on lids that suit them, an approach that may hold for a shorter time. When the edge of the lid droops, the diagnosis is ptosis; our guide says that needs muscle repair instead, and it has its own ptosis correction page. Before eyelid surgery a surgeon will want to know about any dryness, glaucoma, eye changes from thyroid disease or loss of vision, since these change how safe the operation is. Patients typically go home the same day, frequently after local anaesthetic combined with sedation; the guide's planning figure is 5 to 7 days in Thailand, roughly when stitches come out. Possible complications listed there include dry or irritated eyes, asymmetry, lower lid malposition and, very rarely, bleeding behind the eye.

Breast. Documented for him: the 2011 fellowship in aesthetic breast surgery in Mississippi. Not documented: breast operations as a listed service. As general background, breast augmentation increases volume or improves shape and symmetry, most often with silicone or saline implants and sometimes with the patient's own fat, transferred by liposuction. On its own it will not raise breasts where the nipple sits low, so a breast lift may be advised with it or in its place. Our guide stresses that no implant should be expected to last for life, since many people eventually need another operation to replace or remove one, and it flags a rare lymphoma, BIA-ALCL, whose risk is higher with some textured implant surfaces. For overseas visitors the guide puts the usual time in Thailand at 7 to 10 days, and hard exercise is typically held back for roughly six weeks.

Reconstructive plastic surgery

Reconstruction appears both in his Bumrungrad specialty label and in the name of his university division, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery. The Plastic Surgery Center at Bumrungrad also names reconstructive work, for example after cancer, in children, of the breast, of the hand, and of the facial bones and maxillofacial region; like the cosmetic menu, this list belongs to the centre and not to him. A reconstructive plan starts from the underlying injury, illness or cancer treatment, so the records your own doctors hold, such as operation notes, imaging and treatment summaries, usually matter more to him than photographs.

Reconstructive microsurgery and lymphatic surgery

This is the narrowest interest on his Bumrungrad entry and the one with the most supporting detail in his record: the 2013 clinical fellowship in advanced reconstructive microsurgery and lymphatic surgery in Taiwan, the 2017 paper on a laparoscopically harvested gastroepiploic lymph node flap for limb lymphoedema, and the 2014 smartphone application for monitoring microsurgery. As general background, reconstructive microsurgery relies on an operating microscope to connect very small blood vessels, which lets a surgeon move living tissue from one area of the body to rebuild another. We have no procedure guide on lymphoedema surgery, and neither hospital states whether he currently treats private or overseas patients for it, so that has to be asked, with your records attached.

Not documented: gender-affirming surgery

His name is on a 2018 systematic review of complications and patient-reported outcomes after male-to-female vaginoplasty. Summarising other surgeons' published results is research; it does not show that he performs vaginoplasty, and no official page lists gender-affirming surgery among his services. At Bumrungrad, gender-affirming care, including surgery, is provided through the hospital's Pride Clinic, described on the Bumrungrad hospital profile. For the wider picture in Thailand, start with our gender-affirming surgery section.

Dr. Kidakorn's profiles name broad fields rather than operations, so the first exchange with him, or with his team through us, is about fit: does he do the procedure you want, and at which of his two hospitals? Only after that do the detailed questions become useful.

Choosing between his two hospitals. Ramathibodi is a university hospital and Bumrungrad is a private one. For whichever he proposes, find out who gives the anaesthetic, how many nights you would be admitted, and what happens if you need extra care or have to stay longer than planned. Bumrungrad publishes accreditation details and a coordination office for overseas patients, both summarised in the next section. We have no accreditation or international-office record for Ramathibodi on file, so ask our team what support applies there before choosing it.

Is he the right surgeon for this?

• Is this an operation you carry out yourself, and at Bumrungrad, Ramathibodi or both?
• Roughly how many of these do you perform in a typical year?
• Has this area been operated on before, and how would that change your plan?

Nose questions

• Do I need reduction, augmentation or a mix of the two?
• Which material would you suggest for me, septal, ear or rib cartilage or an implant, and why that one?
• If you use rib cartilage, how do you carve it to limit warping later? His 2024 study on cutting planes makes this a natural question to put to him in particular.
• Should my breathing be assessed or corrected in the same operation?

Eyelid questions

• Is my concern extra upper-lid skin, a missing or uneven crease, lower-lid bags, or a lid that droops (ptosis)?
• For a crease, would you use the incision or the suture method on my lids, and what durability should I expect from each?
• How do my dry eyes, contact lens use or other eye conditions affect what you would do?

Breast questions

• Would implants or fat transfer suit my goals, and which implant size, shape, surface and pocket would you plan?
• Do I need a lift as well?
• Which check-ups do you advise for implants after I return home?

Reconstruction and lymphoedema questions

• What must my treating doctors send before you can advise me?
• Would treatment run through your Bumrungrad clinic, through the university hospital, or either?

For any procedure

• What is included in the written price, and what would I pay if a revision or a complication needed treating?
• On which day after surgery do you usually clear a patient like me for the flight home, and who takes my call if something worries me after I have left Bangkok?

Language and remote first contact. His Bumrungrad entry records Thai and English, so you should be able to hold the consultation with him in English; for any other language, Bumrungrad provides interpreters. The Plastic Surgery Center advertises tele-consultations with its doctors, but whether Dr. Kidakorn himself does remote first appointments is confirmed request by request. Anything planned from photographs alone remains a first draft until he has examined you face to face.

Dr. Kidakorn's two hospitals are both in central Bangkok, yet the support they publish for visitors from abroad differs a great deal. For the wider city, see our Bangkok guide.

Bumrungrad International Hospital

• Where it is: 33 Sukhumvit Soi 3, also called Soi Nana Nua, in Wattana district, Bangkok 10110.
• His clinic: the Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center, Counter A, 16th floor of Building A. The centre publishes opening times of weekdays 8.30 to 20.00 and weekends 8.00 to 17.00, and its doctors see patients by appointment only.
• Help for overseas patients: Bumrungrad does not charge for its Medical Coordination Office, found on level 10 of Building A. Before a trip, its coordinating doctors and nurses look through medical records, provide price estimates and arrange appointments or telemedicine; they stay involved during the admission, and once you leave hospital they write up your medical report, issue a fit-to-fly letter and organise follow-up.
• Interpreters: Bumrungrad's factsheet cites over 130 interpreters, and patients who prefer a language other than English can also ask for its Cultural Support Officers.
• Getting there: Bumrungrad keeps a representative's desk in the Suvarnabhumi Airport arrivals hall. A complimentary van leaves the airport for the hospital and hotels nearby, and further complimentary vans run every day of the week between the hospital and two Skytrain stations, Nana and Phrom Phong.
• Visas and insurers: visa extensions for patients and companions arranged with the Bangkok Immigration Office, help with embassies, and coordination with international insurers.
• Accreditation: Joint Commission International lists Bumrungrad under its Hospital Program with a first effective date of February 2002. An advanced hospital re-accreditation valid through 22 May 2029 appears in the records of HA Thailand (the Healthcare Accreditation Institute). The hospital is also on the Global Healthcare Accreditation list. These bodies assess a hospital's systems, not the results of any one surgeon.

Ramathibodi Hospital

• Address: Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 270 Rama VI Road, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400.
• On record: it is part of Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine, and its Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, where Dr. Kidakorn teaches, lists cosmetic as well as reconstructive surgery among its services.
• Not on record: accreditation, an international patient office, interpreters, or a current clinic timetable for Dr. Kidakorn. Check each of these with our team rather than assuming it.

How long to stay. Only your surgeon can clear you to fly. As general guidance, our procedure guides give a stay of about 7 to 10 days for a nose operation or a breast augmentation, against 5 to 7 days when only the eyelids are treated; healing varies between people, and whether you are a candidate at all is decided only after an in-person assessment. Because his one published Bumrungrad clinic falls on Monday evenings, add spare days for the first appointment, pre-operative tests and a post-operative review, and keep your return flight changeable.

The more precise the first message, the more useful the first reply. Gather the items below, but hold back health information and photographs until his team asks, and then send them only by our booking form or by WhatsApp to the number on this site.

Basics for any request

• The operation or problem on your mind, plus your choice of Bumrungrad, Ramathibodi or either
• Travel dates, and a video or face-to-face first meeting
• Age, current health, regular medicines, known allergies, and any smoking, vaping or other nicotine use
• Operation notes or discharge letters from earlier surgery on the same area
• A short list of the questions you want him to answer

For a nose enquiry

• Unfiltered photos in even light: straight on, both profiles, and a view from underneath
• Any past nose surgery or injury, blocked breathing or allergy symptoms
• If you already have an implant or a cartilage graft, whatever is known about it

For an eyelid enquiry

• Straight-on photos with the eyes open and lightly shut, without make-up or glasses
• Your eye history: dryness, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease, changes in vision, and contact lens use

For a breast enquiry

• Previous breast operations and, if you have it, the implant card
• Any recent mammogram, ultrasound or MRI reports
• Your goals in everyday words, for example more volume, a different shape, better symmetry or a higher position

For reconstruction, microsurgery or lymphoedema

• Letters from the doctors treating you, operation notes and relevant scans
• After cancer, the treatment summary from your oncology team
• For lymphoedema, how the swelling has been diagnosed, measured and treated so far, as recorded by your treating team

When you are not sure whether a document matters, mention it in a line instead of attaching it; our team will ask for it if Dr. Kidakorn needs to see it.