Assoc. Prof. Nutcha Yodrabum

Assoc. Prof. Nutcha Yodrabum (Thai: ณัชชา ยอดระบำ) is a Bangkok plastic surgeon who has an entry in the doctor directory run by SiPH, short for Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital. That profile files him under Surgery (Plastic Surgery) and the plastic surgery side of the hospital's Surgery Center. The Thai version of the same page uses the title รศ. นพ., which is how we know he is an Associate Professor and a man.

Three qualifications are recorded there: his medical degree, taken at the Siriraj medical school of Mahidol University and dated 2008; a Higher Graduate Diploma Program in Clinical Sciences dated 2012; and, in 2016, the Thai Board of Plastic Surgery diploma, which makes him a Board Diplomate. His expert field appears only as plastic surgery (ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง). No list of individual operations accompanies it.

That gap is important if you are shopping for a particular operation. Everything on this page is limited to what the hospital and PubMed publish about him. We do not credit him with any named cosmetic procedure, because nothing we opened ties one to his name. For anyone with one particular operation in mind, the sensible first step is to ask our patient team whether he, or a colleague at the same hospital, would be the right person to assess you. How we check and label provider facts is laid out in our provider research methodology.

He works at Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital, a state-run hospital in Bangkok Noi. To ask about an appointment, request a consultation. The request goes to our patient team and starts a conversation; it does not reserve a slot until the hospital has confirmed one.

All of the entries below come from his SiPH doctor profile, which we last read on 2 October 2026.

• Doctor of Medicine (2008): a medical degree from the Siriraj faculty at Mahidol University, Thailand.
• Higher Graduate Diploma Program in Clinical Sciences (2012): a Thai programme. The profile does not say which institution awarded it, so we do not name one.
• Diplomate, Thai Board of Plastic Surgery (2016): recorded against that same Siriraj faculty.

In general, a Thai Board qualification in plastic surgery is a specialty credential that comes after medical school and a period of structured specialty training, and patients comparing surgeons in Thailand often ask about it first. For this surgeon the profile gives the board qualification and its year but does not itemise any residency or fellowship, so we describe none.

Two verification steps remain open. No licence number is shown on this profile; the licence can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th. And we did not find a society member list that names him, while the membership field on his hospital page is empty, so we state no society membership. A patient who wants independent proof of registration can ask our team to raise it during the enquiry or search the Council's register personally.

Current role. On the hospital's site he sits within the plastic surgery services, and the official find-a-doctor page for that specialty includes him in its roster. The profile gives outpatient clinic times of Monday 13:00 to 14:00, Friday 13:00 to 15:00 and Sunday 08:00 to 12:00. Those are the hours as published and they can change, so please confirm any appointment through us or the hospital. Nothing we read describes earlier posts, so we offer no career history.

Published research. Searching PubMed for his name with a Mahidol affiliation turns up three papers. A paper is a research output and does not prove a surgeon offers that operation to private patients, but the titles show the questions he has worked on:

• *Precision of Low-Cost Augmented Reality in Prefabricated Cutting Guide for Fibular Free Flap Surgery* (Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2022). The title concerns how precisely augmented reality can support a cutting guide used when bone from the fibula is transferred as a free flap, a reconstructive technique.
• A 2023 paper in Scientific Reports, described as a preliminary phase and based at Siriraj Hospital, about using photographs and custom 3D-made nostril retainers in patients with cleft lip and the nasal deformity that accompanies it.
• *Quantitative Analysis of Sexual Dimorphism in Three-Dimensional Facial Anthropometry in Contemporary Thai Population: Implications for Facial Feminization Surgery* (Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2025). By its title, a study of how three-dimensional facial measurements differ between men and women in a Thai population.

Read together, the titles suggest an interest in craniofacial and reconstructive problems and in three-dimensional planning. We treat that as an academic interest and nothing more. The facial-feminization paper in particular is research; it is not evidence that he performs that surgery, and we have not linked him to it. Whether any of this work applies to your own operation is a question for the consultation.

What is documented for him. The single practice-area statement on his profile is the expert field of plastic surgery. No individual procedure is attached to his name, and for that reason we have not connected him to any procedure page.

What the hospital says about its service. SiPH operates a combined Skin and Plastic Surgery Center, where dermatologists and plastic surgeons see patients together. The plastic surgery list on that page leans reconstructive: lymphoedema, operations on children, the hand, scars, burns and wounds, facial nerve palsy and breast reconstruction, together with craniofacial, jaw, eyelid and nose work. A further passage names four operations with a cosmetic flavour: lifting a drooping upper eyelid, creating a double eyelid, treating under-eye bags and altering the chin.

These are statements about a department, not about one surgeon. Our guides give general background on those four:

• Lifting a drooping upper lid: ptosis correction
• Creating a lid crease: double eyelid surgery
• Under-eye bags: lower blepharoplasty
• Reshaping the chin: genioplasty

Please do not take that list to mean Assoc. Prof. Nutcha carries out each one. Ask our patient team to tell you in writing which surgeon would examine you. Operations the centre does not name, such as breast augmentation or body contouring, are not shown as services of this hospital in what we reviewed, so we would not expect to place you with him for those without further confirmation.

Why the distinction matters. In general, a hospital department can list a wide range of services while individual surgeons concentrate on only some of them. Patients commonly ask which operations a named surgeon performs in a typical month and whether the person who plans the surgery is the person who carries it out. Neither answer can be drawn from a department page, which is why we keep surgeon-level and hospital-level facts apart on this profile.

With no individual operation documented under his name, the most productive questions start with suitability and scope, and only then move to technique. The suggestions below are general. They follow the services the hospital says its plastic surgery centre provides, and none of them assumes he performs a given operation.

Scope and fit.

• Does the surgeon seeing me carry out the specific operation I am asking about, and is it done at this hospital?
• Is my aim cosmetic, reconstructive or a mixture? In a public hospital, plastic surgery departments often handle both, and the route through the system can differ.
• Will the surgeon who assesses me also operate, and who reviews me afterwards?

If you are considering eyelid surgery. In general, patients ask how the crease height and shape will be planned for their eye shape, whether a drooping lid needs correction of the lifting muscle as well as skin, and what scarring and early swelling usually look like. A droopy lid caused by a muscle problem is a different clinical question from excess skin, and suitability needs a hands-on assessment. Our guides to ptosis correction and double eyelid surgery give the general background.

If you are considering chin surgery. Patients commonly ask how the chin is judged from the front and in profile, whether an implant or a bone-based technique is being proposed and why, and how numbness, swelling and settling are usually handled. See genioplasty. Whether chin surgery is right for you depends on your bite, facial proportions and goals, and an in-person examination is needed.

If the concern is reconstructive (a scar, a difference in the nose, or a cleft history). Bring earlier operation records and ask whether your case sits within the department's scope and whether input from other specialties would be sensible. His published work on cleft-related nasal deformity and craniofacial reconstruction is a reason to ask the question, not a promise that he will treat your condition.

Questions for any surgeon. Ask who provides the anaesthesia, how long a hospital stay is normally expected, what the follow-up schedule is, what happens if a complication needs treatment, and what the total cost will be. Request a written estimate rather than relying on a figure in a message. All surgery carries risk, among them infection, bleeding, visible scars, uneven results and sometimes a second operation, and a good consultation sets these out for your own case.

Where it is. SiPH is at 2 Wanglang Road in Bangkoknoi, Bangkok. Our Bangkok guide describes the city for first-time visitors.

Accreditation. On its accreditation page the hospital says it is Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited, for a fourth cycle that began on 18 November 2023 and is stated to end on 17 November 2026, and calls itself the first state hospital in Thailand to gain that accreditation. The accreditation wording is the hospital's own; JCI's public directory shows current status. The stated end date is close, so confirm the current status before you book travel.

Centre hours and booking line. The hospital shows the centre as open from early morning until evening, closing an hour earlier on Saturdays, and appointments are arranged via its call centre, number 1474 with option 1. The hospital publishes no international services or language list, so ask our patient team what support applies to your visit.

Languages. No language is named on his profile. If you do not speak Thai, ask us to find out before you commit whether English communication with him and with the nursing team can be arranged for the consultation and aftercare.

Planning the trip. In general, anyone having surgery abroad should expect a pre-operative assessment, a recovery period in the country before the flight home, and a defined route for follow-up care once back. Ask our team what that would mean for the specific operation under discussion, and agree in advance who you can contact if something concerns you after you travel.

A well-prepared enquiry saves time and lets a surgeon give a more useful first view. Helpful items are:

• A few lines in your own words about what you would like to change or what problem needs treatment.
• Your age, height and weight, plus current medicines, allergies and medical conditions.
• Notes on any earlier surgery in the same region, including dates, operation notes and discharge summaries if you have them.
• Sharp, evenly lit, unedited photographs from the front and each side, without filters or heavy makeup.
• For eyelid concerns, a pair of pictures: gaze level with the camera, then lids softly shut. Say whether either lid droops.
• For chin or jaw concerns, a relaxed side view with the teeth together.
• For a scar, a close-up and a wider shot, with what caused it and roughly when.
• For reconstructive or cleft-related history, earlier scans, photographs or specialist letters.
• Your preferred travel window and how long you can be away from home.

In general, a surgeon will not settle a final plan or a price from pictures alone. Expect a physical examination to be part of the decision, and ask whether any pre-operative tests can be done near home. Send only material you are happy to share, and tell us if records are in a language other than English or Thai.