Dr. Orawan Chansanti

Dr. Orawan Chansanti (พญ. อรวรรณ ชาญสันติ) is a Thai plastic surgeon who sees patients at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai, the single practice location our research could confirm; it is a private hospital in the city of Hat Yai, Songkhla. On its doctor pages the hospital files her under the specialty Surgery and gives her sub-specialty as Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่งและเสริมสร้างใบหน้า). Her profile links her to five hospital units: two general ones (the hospital's Surgery Clinic, and its Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery Center) and three more focused clinics for plastic surgery, breast problems, and hand and microsurgery.

Three bodies outside the hospital record her as a specialist. The Medical Council of Thailand's register recognises two specialties for her (surgery, then plastic surgery). Plastic surgery is also the field the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand gives for her, and ThPRS, the national society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons, has a member entry under her name. Her route into the specialty began at Prince of Songkla University, where she graduated in medicine in 2001, continued with surgical training at the same university (2006) and ended in 2008 with plastic surgery training in Bangkok, at Siriraj Hospital's Faculty of Medicine, part of Mahidol University.

Alongside hospital practice she has a university record. Prince of Songkla University's Department of Surgery showed her as a faculty member (อาจารย์) of its Plastic Surgery Unit on a staff page archived in 2019. Four of the five papers listed on this page give the university's Division of Plastic Surgery as her affiliation, and the publisher's metadata for the fifth gives its Department of Surgery. The papers deal with pressure ulcers and other slow-healing wounds, keloid scars that return after removal, and rare congenital conditions of the skull, face and chest wall.

At a glance, as the sources we opened record it:

• Specialty: plastic surgery; hospital sub-specialty facial plastic and reconstructive surgery
• City: Hat Yai, Songkhla province, southern Thailand (our Songkhla and Hat Yai guide covers the city)
• Address of her hospital: 75 Soi 15, Phetkasem Road, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla province
• Languages on her hospital profile: Thai, English and Chinese
• Licence: number 26987, confirmed on the Thai Medical Council's register; licensed since 2001
• Named procedures: none published by any official source

That last line shapes the whole page. A sub-specialty label describes the region of the body and the type of surgery a doctor is associated with; it is not a list of operations. We therefore do not say that Dr. Orawan performs rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, a facelift or any other specific cosmetic procedure. What follows is what the sources document and how to find out the rest before you travel. To ask about your own situation, request a consultation with Dr. Orawan Chansanti; our patient team puts your question to the hospital and checks her availability before any date is set.

Her Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai profile gives three dated stages of training:

• 2001, Doctor of Medicine (แพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต), Prince of Songkla University
• 2006, Surgery, Prince of Songkla University
• 2008, Plastic surgery at Mahidol University (Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital), entered twice on the profile for that year, once with the faculty's full name and once as Mahidol University alone

The order matters. She completed training in surgery first and then moved into plastic surgery, which explains why the national register records both specialties for her.

A plastic surgeon rather than an ENT surgeon. In some countries 'facial plastic surgery' is a branch of ear, nose and throat (otolaryngology) training. That is not her route: nothing published shows ENT training, and her facial sub-specialty at the hospital rests on qualifications in general surgery and plastic surgery.

Checking her licence. On 27 September 2026 we looked her up by name in the Thai Medical Council's online register at checkmd.tmc.or.th. It showed a single entry, พญ. อรวรรณ ชาญสันติ / ORAWAN CHANSANTI, M.D., with a licence to practise dating from 2001 (พ.ศ. 2544) and two specialties the Council recognises: ศัลยศาสตร์ (surgery) and ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง (plastic surgery). A separate licence-number check on the same register confirmed that number 26987 belongs to her, and her ThPRS member entry prints the same number. Anyone can run this search, and it is worth doing before paying a deposit anywhere.

Membership records we opened

• ThPRS (in full, Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand). Posted in November 2019 and checked again by our team on 27 September 2026, her member entry reads 'พญ.อรวรรณ ชาญสันติ / Orawan Chansanti' and gives her address as the plastic surgery unit within the surgical department of Prince of Songkla University's medical faculty.
• RCST (Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand). Searching her surname on the college's website returns a single member, พญ. อรวรรณ ชาญสันติ, whose field is recorded as สาขาศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง (plastic surgery).
• ThSAPS (in full, Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand). Her name, พญ. อรวรรณ ชาญสันติ, is on a February 2020 snapshot of the member directory that the society used to publish online. The old directory no longer loads, and ThSAPS has not put up a new public list, which means her 2020 listing is confirmed but her current membership is not.

Gaps we have left as gaps. No official source lists an overseas fellowship, a foreign board certificate or an academic rank for her, and none gives a number of operations performed. We have not estimated any of these. Our provider research methodology describes how the checks behind this page were carried out.

Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai (current). The hospital's English and Thai profiles and its downloadable PDF profile describe her in the same way: specialty Surgery, sub-specialty Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with five linked units. None of them states when she joined or publishes her clinic days, so her schedule is one of the first things our patient team asks about. For the facility itself: HA Thailand, the national Healthcare Accreditation Institute, records its current standard-level accreditation cycle as beginning on 22 July 2025 and ending on 21 July 2028, and Joint Commission International's directory does not include it. Our Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai profile sets out that record.

Prince of Songkla University (current status unconfirmed). On a May 2019 archived copy of the Department of Surgery's staff page she appears as a faculty member (อาจารย์) listed under หน่วยศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง, the department's plastic surgery unit. The ThPRS entry from late 2019 uses the same unit as her address, and a paper published as recently as 2026 still gives the university's Division of Plastic Surgery as her affiliation. Ask our patient team about her present university title and whether she also treats patients at Songklanagarind Hospital, the university's hospital. For that reason Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai is the only place of practice we list for her.

Research papers indexed in PubMed. Her name appears on the author lists below. Co-authorship shows that she took part; it does not say what her role in each study was.

• 2026, *The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds*. Pressure ulcers were the subject of this randomised controlled trial, run at several centres, which tested low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma (LTAPP) as a treatment.
• 2024, *The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery*. A survey, carried out across several Thai centres, of craniofacial anomalies other than clefts.
• 2023, *Dermatologic Surgery*. A prospective randomised pilot study of zinc hyaluronate injected into the lesion site, to see whether it lowers keloid recurrence after the keloid is cut out.
• 2022, *Journal of Surgical Case Reports*. A case report describing how a sternal cleft (a rare split in the breastbone present from birth) was rebuilt using tissue taken from the patient.
• 2020, *Journal of Wound Care*. A comparison of a nanosilver biocellulose dressing with silver sulfadiazine for ulcers that are slow to heal.

Read as a group, the papers point to reconstructive interests: difficult wounds, scars that come back, and congenital differences of the skull, face and chest wall. They describe research, not clinical services. Co-authoring a keloid trial, for instance, does not establish that she offers keloid treatment at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai; that has to be asked.

Three kinds of record describe Dr. Orawan's work: the sub-specialty on her hospital profile, the hospital units she is linked to, and the topics of her research. Not one of these amounts to a list of operations, which is why every part below closes with a practical question to put to her.

Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (her listed sub-specialty)

This label is the clearest published statement of her clinical focus. Her hospital's Plastic Surgery Clinic, one of the five units on her profile, divides its work in two. On the reconstructive side it names the correction of abnormal facial features and of defects present at birth, treatment of people burned by flames or scalding water, and repair of facial wounds and broken facial bones after accidents. The cosmetic side is described only by body region (face, chest, abdomen), with no operations named. According to the clinic, care comes from a multidisciplinary team: surgeons, anaesthesiologists, nursing staff and physicians from other fields such as internal medicine.

For you, this means that a face-related concern, whether it follows an injury, dates from birth or is cosmetic, is a sensible thing to raise with her. It does not tell you that she carries out any particular operation. Facial procedures differ widely in technique, recovery and risk. Our general guides to rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery and the facelift explain what each typically involves, but none of them appears on her profile. Treat them as background reading, remember that suitability for any operation needs an in-person assessment, and have our patient team confirm with the hospital before you plan a trip around a specific procedure.

The units she is linked to

Besides the Plastic Surgery Clinic, her profile ties her to the hospital's clinics for breast problems and for hand and microsurgery, to its general Surgery Clinic and to its centre for minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgery. These are organisational groupings within the hospital. They tell you where she may see patients, not what she operates on in each. Her place in the Breast Clinic, for example, is no evidence that she performs a breast reduction, implant augmentation or a lift. If you are considering breast surgery, ask whether she performs that operation at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai and, if she does not, which surgeon there does.

Research themes that may be relevant to you

• Keloids and difficult scars. Her 2023 pilot study asked whether zinc hyaluronate injections reduce the chance of a keloid growing back once it has been surgically removed. In general, a keloid is a raised scar that spreads beyond the edges of the original wound, and it can return after being cut out, which is why removal is often combined with another treatment. If a keloid is your concern, ask her whether she treats it at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai and what would be done to lower the risk of recurrence.
• Chronic wounds. Two papers test treatments for pressure ulcers and for ulcers that heal slowly. This is wound care rather than cosmetic surgery, and it belongs to the reconstructive side of plastic surgery.
• Congenital differences of the face, skull and chest. One study surveyed craniofacial anomalies other than clefts across several Thai centres, and a case report describes rebuilding a sternal cleft with the patient's own tissue. Correction of birth defects also appears in the Plastic Surgery Clinic's reconstructive work. For a child or adult with such a difference, expect the surgeon to ask for the full history and imaging, to explain which other specialists would need to be involved, and to say whether any stage would take place elsewhere.

Not documented for her: gender-affirming surgery, hair transplantation, body contouring (for example liposuction or abdominoplasty) and any named cosmetic operation. Anyone researching gender-affirming care can start from our gender-affirming surgery section, which covers providers that document this work on their own pages.

Because her profile does not list procedures, a first consultation with Dr. Orawan, or the first message our patient team sends on your behalf, has an extra job: establishing whether what you want is something she does, and where she does it. Pick the questions below that fit your situation.

Scope and setting

• Do you carry out the operation I am interested in, and would you do it at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai or somewhere else?
• How often do you carry out this operation? No figure is published for her, so a direct answer helps you compare.
• Would I have general or local anaesthesia, and would I stay on the hospital's inpatient ward afterwards? The hospital says its Plastic Surgery Clinic has a dedicated ward for patients after surgery.
• Which days are you at the hospital, and who sees me if a problem arises when you are not there?

Suitability and plan

• Is surgery the right step for me now, or would you try something else first?
• What exactly would you do, and what should the area look like at the first check and once healing has settled?
• Which risks matter most for someone with my health history, and how would each be handled?

Reconstructive and scar questions

• How does the treatment I have already had change your plan? Bring the records.
• For a keloid: if it is removed, what else would be done to lower the chance of it returning, and what follow-up would that need after I go home?
• For a facial problem after an injury or from birth: would other specialists at the hospital be involved, and would any stage take place elsewhere?

Questions for travellers

• How long after the operation do you want to see me before I fly? Our procedure pages describe typical stays in general, but her advice for your case takes precedence.
• Which parts of the aftercare can be done at home, and how do I reach you if something worries me after I leave? The hospital says a dedicated nursing team advises patients on continuing self-care at home.
• Which items does the written quotation cover (surgeon's fee, anaesthesia, hospital stay, dressings, medicines and follow-up appointments), and how would a revision or treatment of a complication be charged?

What a consultation usually involves. In general, the surgeon takes a medical history, examines the area concerned and may take photographs for your record. By the end you should understand what is proposed, the alternatives and the risks, and you should not feel pressed to decide on the day. Surgeons generally confirm a surgical plan only after examining you in person, even when the first conversation has been remote.

Everything in this section is offered by Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai itself, according to its own pages. These are hospital services, not arrangements Dr. Orawan makes personally, and not part of what our patient team provides.

Languages in and around the consultation. Thai, English and Chinese are the languages on her hospital profile. The hospital's international patient programme works in Thai, English and Malay (Bahasa Melayu), and the hospital's information page adds Chinese. If you would rather go through the details in Malay, say so when you write to us; we will ask the hospital whether an interpreter can sit in on the consultation.

One advocate for the whole stay. Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai's International Patient Advocate Program (IPAP) pairs every overseas patient with one advocate, who stays with the case from the first enquiry until the patient has gone home. According to the programme page, the advocate can arrange a free review of your case by e-mail before you travel, which includes a proposed treatment plan and a first fee estimate drawn from the specialist's recommendation. The same programme covers interpreting and translation, advice on Thai visas, contact with embassies and international organisations, and the medical reports and fit-to-fly certificates that travellers may need. The hospital also helps with health-insurance paperwork and deals with insurers based outside Thailand.

Arriving in Hat Yai. The hospital's arrivals page lists four places where its staff and a van can meet patients: Hat Yai International Airport, the city's bus station and railway station, and the Sadao immigration checkpoint for those crossing overland from Malaysia. It also lists airport pick-up and drop-off, transport between your hotel and the hospital, and help with arranging a hotel. If you travel independently, the hospital is at number 75 on Soi 15, Phetkasem Road, in Hat Yai (postcode 90110).

Meals, prayer and payment. Vegetarian, Western and Muslim meals can be provided, the hospital has an on-site restaurant with halal certification as well as Muslim prayer rooms, and it takes MasterCard, Visa and American Express as well as payment online. The hospital sets its own deposit and cancellation rules; get them on paper together with the quotation. Help with insurance forms is not the same as insurance cover: cosmetic procedures are often excluded, so check your own policy before relying on it.

Safety and timing. Some governments advise against travel to parts of Thailand's far south, including some districts of Songkhla province. Read your own government's current guidance and your travel-insurance terms, particularly if you plan to come overland from Malaysia. Do not set your return flight too tightly: the time you need in Hat Yai after surgery depends on the operation, and only the surgeon can advise on it once you have been assessed. Before you leave, ask for a written summary of the procedure, the medicines you are taking home and the follow-up arrangements, in a language your doctor at home can read. Our guide to Songkhla and Hat Yai covers the city itself.

The more complete the first message, the sooner the hospital can tell whether Dr. Orawan is the right surgeon and the more useful her first reply can be. Include whatever fits your situation; our patient team forwards it.

For every enquiry

• your age, height, weight and country of residence
• a few lines on what bothers you about the area and the result you are hoping for
• any illnesses you are being treated for, your regular medicines and supplements, and known allergies
• smoking or vaping, and any past trouble with wound healing, bleeding or blood clots
• any previous surgery, above all on the area you are asking about, plus copies of operation notes where available
• when you could travel, and your preferred language (Thai, English and Chinese are listed on her profile)

Face: cosmetic questions and injuries

• photographs in soft daylight with no make-up or filters: facing the camera, a three-quarter view from each side and a full profile from each side
• close-up shots of the area that concerns you
• for an injury or a broken facial bone: the date of the accident, how it was treated and any X-ray or CT reports

Scars and keloids

• a close photograph of each scar and one from about arm's length, ideally with a ruler held next to it
• how and when it started (surgery, injury, acne, a piercing) and whether it itches, is painful or is still enlarging
• each treatment you have already had, such as steroid injections, silicone gel or sheets, pressure garments or previous removal, and what happened afterwards
• whether you or members of your family have developed keloids in other places

Differences present from birth in the face, skull or chest

• photographs and any written diagnosis
• a list of earlier operations and where they were carried out
• imaging reports, and for a child, the medical records the family keeps

Breast concerns

• photographs from the front and each side with your arms hanging relaxed
• if you have implants: the implant card, or failing that the manufacturer, size, type and year of surgery
• reports of any recent breast ultrasound, mammogram or MRI

Please share photographs only through the secure route our patient team gives you, not on social media or in public groups. Sending records is simply information-gathering and does not sign you up for any treatment.