Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan (รศ.พญ. อรวี ฉินทกานันท์) is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bangkok whose subspecialty is female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, the field also known as urogynecology. She sees patients at Bumrungrad International Hospital, in both its Women's Center and its Pride Clinic, and her academic post is at Ramathibodi Hospital, the teaching hospital of Mahidol University's Ramathibodi medical faculty, where she is Associate Professor in the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

She is a gynecologic surgeon, not a plastic surgeon. We list her in our gender-affirming surgery section because she is the gynecologist on the transmen gender-affirming surgery team of Bumrungrad's Pride Clinic, where her label reads 'Gynecologist, Pelvic Reconstruction'. That listing describes her as specialising in vaginal hysterectomy, colporrhaphy (repair), labiaplasty and a laparoscopic neovaginal operation. Her own Bumrungrad profile names four special clinical interests: urogynecology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery; cosmetic gynecology and vaginal rejuvenation; minimally invasive gynecology; and transgender medicine.

Three procedures on our site are linked to her, each from an official Bumrungrad page:

• Labiaplasty, named in her Pride Clinic listing.
• Vaginal tightening (cosmetic vaginoplasty), which our guides also call vaginal rejuvenation, from the matching interest on her profile.
• Hysterectomy and oophorectomy (gender-affirming), which the Pride Clinic offers to trans men through the team she belongs to. The clinic does not say which team member performs each operation, so her exact role in it is something to confirm.

Bumrungrad records two languages for her, Thai and English. To see her at Bumrungrad, or to ask whether an appointment at Ramathibodi is possible, send a consultation request for Dr. Orawee; a coordinator on our patient team passes it to Bumrungrad and replies when the hospital has offered a time.

The qualifications below are the ones Bumrungrad publishes on her English and Thai profiles, in date order. We have not filled any gaps between them.

• 2005, medical degree. Her M.D. with honours comes from Chulalongkorn University (Faculty of Medicine); the Thai profile specifies second-class honours.
• 2009, specialist board. Diploma of the Thai Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• 2013, research fellowship. Research Fellow in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida, United States.
• 2014, clinical fellowship. Fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at International Urogynecology Associates of Atlanta and Beverly Hills in Alpharetta, Georgia (the hospital's page spells the practice name 'Associated').
• 2018, subspecialty board. Diploma of the Thai Subboard of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.
• 2024, two certificates of medical proficiency: one in gynaecological endoscopy and one in female genital aesthetic surgery. The Thai profile names the Medical Council of Thailand (แพทยสภา) as the issuing body and publishes both as valid from 2024 to 2029.

Read together, the record shows a gynecologist who went on to subspecialise in the pelvic floor: board certification in obstetrics and gynecology first, then two fellowships in the United States in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, then the Thai subboard in the same field. The two recent certificates line up with the procedures on this page. Gynaecological endoscopy is the keyhole approach behind minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, which is relevant to laparoscopic hysterectomy. Female genital aesthetic surgery is the field that labiaplasty and cosmetic vaginal tightening belong to.

A few things patients sometimes look for are missing from the public record. Neither of her Bumrungrad profiles names a professional society. Her name is absent from the published member roster of ThPRS, the Thai plastic surgeons' society, an expected gap for a doctor who trained and certified in gynecology rather than plastic surgery; we have not yet looked at the membership lists of Thai obstetric or urogynecology societies. No licence number appears on the official profiles we read; the licence can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th. The register is public, so looking her up there before surgery is a sensible step; for how we verified the sources behind this profile, see our provider research methodology.

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology lists her as Associate Professor (รศ. พญ.) in its Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, and Bumrungrad gives her academic rank as Associate Professor, Mahidol University. Ramathibodi is the faculty's teaching hospital on Rama VI Road in Ratchathewi, Bangkok. We have not found a published clinic timetable for her there; if you would rather be seen at Ramathibodi, say so when you write, and we will ask Ramathibodi directly.

Obstetrician-gynecologist, Bumrungrad International Hospital. Bumrungrad lists her under Obstetrics and Gynecology and under Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, with sessions in two places. The timetable on her profile when we checked on 27 September 2026 was:

• Women's Center, Building B, 2nd floor: Wednesday and Friday 17:00–20:00, Saturday 13:00–16:00, Sunday 09:00–12:00.
• Pride Clinic, Building A, 16A: Wednesday 16:00–17:00.

Hospital timetables change and a listed session is not a reserved slot, so before anything is arranged, our patient team rechecks her times with Bumrungrad.

Gynecologist on the Pride Clinic gender-affirming surgery team. On the Pride Clinic's page about gender-affirming surgery for trans men she appears under the heading 'Gynecologists', separately from the clinic's transgender plastic surgeons: Dr. Phonlawat Trakunngoenthai, Dr. Worawat Kaewwichian, Dr. Krerkwit Visitsakulchai and Asst. Prof. Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo. Someone planning a hysterectomy alongside chest or genital surgery is therefore dealing with two surgical specialties inside one clinic, and it is reasonable to ask which surgeon leads each operation and how the stages are timed.

Earlier academic affiliation. PubMed author records dated 2013 to 2017 list the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University among her affiliations. Her current official profiles do not mention Chiang Mai and no role there is stated, so we note the affiliation and nothing more. Records from 2014 to 2017 also carry International Urogynecology Associates in Atlanta and Beverly Hills, which matches her published fellowship.

Published research. A PubMed author search for 'Chinthakanan O' returned 40 records when we checked in September 2026, with affiliations at Ramathibodi Hospital, Chiang Mai University and International Urogynecology Associates. The eight papers we list on this profile cover:

• surgery for pelvic organ prolapse: quality of life after reconstructive compared with obliterative operations (2018), and a prediction model for voiding problems after prolapse surgery (2026);
• non-surgical pelvic floor care: a randomised trial comparing vaginal moisturisers with ultra-low-dose oestriol and lactobacillus tablets in women with prolapse who use a pessary (2025), and a sham-controlled randomised trial of low-energy radiofrequency thermal vaginal therapy for stress urinary incontinence after menopause (2023);
• vesicovaginal fistula: prevalence, impact and management challenges (2023);
• laparoscopic paravaginal defect repair, a surgical technique paper with a literature review (2015);
• sexual function after vaginal rejuvenation or vaginoplasty for vaginal laxity or reduced sensation, measured with the validated PISQ-12 questionnaire (2014);
• testosterone treatment in transgender men at a single institution (2021).

A paper shows what she has studied. It does not predict the result of any individual operation.

Each area below is linked to her from a Bumrungrad page. For each one we separate what her listings say from general information about the procedure. Our procedure guides carry the fuller detail, and two of them are still being written, so where our guide has no figures we give none. The general points below cannot settle whether an operation suits you; only her own examination, or that of the surgeon who would operate, can.

Labiaplasty. *Documented:* labiaplasty is one of the four operations the Pride Clinic names when it describes her specialisation, and her Bumrungrad profile adds cosmetic gynecology as a special interest and a certificate in female genital aesthetic surgery. The listing sits on the Pride Clinic's page for trans men, but it describes her surgical work in general; it does not say that labiaplasty is part of the clinic's transmasculine programme. *Not documented:* which technique she prefers, whether she combines labiaplasty with clitoral hood reduction, and how often she performs it.

In general, labiaplasty reduces or reshapes the inner labia, and sometimes the outer labia, usually because of discomfort during exercise, irritation from clothing, or appearance. The two common approaches are an edge trim, which removes the outer margin, and a wedge resection, which removes a V-shaped section and keeps the natural edge. According to our labiaplasty guide, the operation typically takes about one to two hours, usually without an overnight stay, with either local anaesthetic plus sedation or a general anaesthetic, with international patients commonly staying five to seven days and many returning to desk work at around two weeks. Sex, tampons, cycling and swimming usually wait about four to six weeks, as the surgeon advises. Labia vary widely, and many people who ask about labiaplasty are within the normal range, so a careful conversation about reasons and expectations comes before any plan. Possible complications include bleeding, infection, wound separation, asymmetry, scarring, over-reduction, altered sensation and pain during sex; over-resection in particular is difficult to undo, so ask her how much tissue she intends to leave.

Vaginal tightening (cosmetic vaginoplasty) and vaginal rejuvenation. *Documented:* 'Cosmetic Gynecology & Vaginal Rejuvenation' is a special clinical interest on her Bumrungrad profile, alongside the female genital aesthetic surgery certificate. One of her papers (2014) studied sexual function in women having vaginal rejuvenation or vaginoplasty for laxity or reduced sensation. *Not documented:* which treatments she offers under the heading of vaginal rejuvenation at Bumrungrad, and whether they are surgical, non-surgical or both.

In general, cosmetic vaginoplasty tightens the vaginal canal. It is a different operation from gender-affirming vaginoplasty. 'Vaginal rejuvenation' is a looser term that clinics use both for surgical tightening and for non-surgical energy-based treatments, so it helps to establish early which one is being discussed. Our own vaginal tightening guide is not finished yet, which is why this page gives no hospital-stay or recovery figures for it; the written plan from Bumrungrad should state them. Because her subspecialty is the pelvic floor, mention any urinary leakage, a feeling of bulging or heaviness, and previous births or pelvic surgery. A sense of looseness can overlap with pelvic floor conditions, and that may change what is recommended.

Hysterectomy and oophorectomy (gender-affirming). *Documented:* Bumrungrad's Pride Clinic lists laparoscopic hysterectomy and oophorectomy, meaning removal of the uterus and ovaries, among its gender-affirming operations for trans men, and she is the gynecologist named on that team. Her Pride Clinic listing names vaginal hysterectomy among her specialisations, her profile lists minimally invasive gynecology and transgender medicine, and she holds a certificate of proficiency in gynaecological endoscopy. *Not documented:* the clinic's page does not say which member of the team performs which operation, so it does not state in so many words that she performs this one. Our patient team will confirm who would operate, and by which route, before you plan travel.

In general, a hysterectomy removes the uterus and an oophorectomy removes the ovaries. In gender-affirming care they may be done together or separately, and the laparoscopic (keyhole) route works through small incisions in the abdomen. Removing the ovaries ends their egg and hormone production, so fertility preservation and your long-term hormone plan belong in the discussion before you decide. The WPATH Standards of Care, the main international guidance in this field, describe an individual assessment before gender-affirming surgery, and the Pride Clinic says its own evaluation covers physical fitness for surgery and your capacity to weigh up its benefits and risks. Hysterectomy and oophorectomy (gender-affirming) is one of several transmasculine operations the same clinic lists, together with top surgery, metoidioplasty and phalloplasty, so if you are planning more than one, ask how they would be sequenced.

Two items on her listing that we have not linked. Colporrhaphy (repair) is a gynecological repair of the vaginal wall, typically for prolapse. It is reconstructive rather than cosmetic, so we have not treated it as perineoplasty. The laparoscopic neovaginal operation is named without a technique or a patient group, and she is not listed on the Pride Clinic's team page for trans women, where vaginoplasty is offered, so we have not linked her to vaginoplasty. If one of these two is the reason you are getting in touch, mention it by name when you write, and our team will put the question to Bumrungrad and report back what it involves in her practice.

A first consultation is where you learn what she recommends for you, what it involves and who does what. Writing your questions down beforehand helps, especially if you are seeing her during a short visit to Bangkok or online through an interpreter.

For any procedure

• Which session should I book: the Women's Center or the Pride Clinic?
• Will you perform the operation yourself, and who else will be involved, including the anaesthetist?
• Is there more than one technique or route that would suit me, and what makes you favour one of them in my case?
• What anaesthesia do you plan, will I be admitted overnight, and from what point could I safely fly?
• What does the written estimate include, and what could be charged separately, such as tests, a longer stay or extra follow-up visits?
• After I fly home, who reviews my healing, and which number do I call if a wound or symptom worries me?

For labiaplasty

• Would you use an edge trim or a wedge technique for my anatomy, and how much tissue do you plan to remove?
• Is the clitoral hood part of what bothers me, and if so, would you address it?
• How are scarring, sensation and comfort during sex protected, and what happens if the two sides heal differently?

For vaginal tightening or rejuvenation

• Is your recommendation surgical or non-surgical, and what exactly is it meant to change?
• Could a pelvic floor problem, such as prolapse or leakage, be part of what I am noticing, and should it be assessed first?
• How might a future pregnancy or vaginal birth affect the result?

For gender-affirming hysterectomy and oophorectomy

• Will you perform the operation, or which member of the Pride Clinic team will?
• Laparoscopic, vaginal or a combination of the two: which route suits my body and history, and what are the trade-offs?
• Uterus only, or uterus and ovaries: what are the implications of each for fertility and for my hormone treatment?
• What assessment or letters does the Pride Clinic need from me, and what should I do about testosterone around the time of surgery?
• Can this operation be coordinated with other surgery I am planning with the clinic's plastic surgeons?

In general, a good consultation leaves room for the answer that surgery is not the right step, or not yet. That is particularly relevant for labiaplasty, where normal variation is wide, and for any gender-affirming operation, where requirements differ between hospitals and are set by your own assessment.

Her Bumrungrad sessions are held at the hospital's main site in Wattana (33 Sukhumvit 3, Soi Nana Nua), a private hospital that its own factsheet describes as having 580 inpatient beds. Three accreditation bodies list it. Joint Commission International shows the hospital programme as accredited, effective since 2 February 2002. HA Thailand renewed its Advanced Hospital Accreditation with effect from 23 May 2025, and that certificate expires on 22 May 2029. Since 20 September 2017 it has also appeared in the directory of Global Healthcare Accreditation.

What the hospital publishes for patients coming from abroad, and how it fits the kind of care she provides:

• Before you travel. Bumrungrad's Medical Coordination Office is a free service staffed by coordination physicians and nurses, based on Building A's 10th floor. Ahead of your trip its staff look over your medical records, prepare an estimated price, book appointments and can hold a telemedicine call. After discharge it is also the office that issues your medical report and fit-to-fly letter and keeps follow-up going, which matters after labiaplasty, where our guide describes a check-up at about one week before flying.
• Language. Her own profile gives Thai and English. Where another language would help, the hospital's factsheet counts over 130 interpreters, and its Cultural Support Officers work with medical travellers who would rather not rely on English.
• Getting there. A Bumrungrad desk operates in the arrivals hall at Suvarnabhumi Airport (Area C). Bumrungrad also operates a no-charge airport van that drops passengers at the hospital itself or at nearby hotels, on an hourly timetable that depends on passenger numbers. On the Skytrain side, Nana and Phrom Phong stations are both served by a free hospital van seven days a week. Her Wednesday and Friday Women's Center sessions finish at 20:00, so if you plan to use the station van, ask whether it is still running at that hour.
• Longer stays. If recovery runs past the end of your visa, the hospital's Business Center can arrange an extension through the Bangkok Immigration Office covering you and those accompanying you, and it also books hotels and flights. The hospital lists embassy assistance and coordination with international insurers as well.

For gender-affirming care, the Pride Clinic (16th floor, Building A, counter A) describes its scope as running from hormone treatment through surgery to post-surgical care, and says it can help with gender-affirming legal documentation. Her Wednesday Pride Clinic session is held there; her Women's Center sessions are in Building B.

Ramathibodi Hospital, where she holds her academic post, is at 270 Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok. We have no international-patient services on record for it; if you want to be seen there, our team will ask the hospital what it can offer.

Packing for labiaplasty is simple: our guide suggests loose clothing for the journey home and a supply of sanitary pads. For any of her procedures, a return ticket you can change is sensible, because the date you are cleared to fly depends on how you heal and is the operating surgeon's call rather than a fixed number of days. For the city itself, including other hospitals and clinics there, see our Bangkok guide.

Nothing here is compulsory for a first message, but each item helps Bumrungrad judge which of her sessions, and which specialist, fits your request. Use the booking form, or the WhatsApp number published on this site, for anything medical, including images.

Whatever the procedure

• Why you are writing: the symptom, worry or operation behind the request, and what outcome would make treatment worthwhile for you.
• Your age, general health, allergies, smoking status and the medicines you take, hormones and blood thinners included.
• Previous operations, especially pelvic, abdominal or genital surgery, with operation notes or reports if you have them.
• Any pregnancies and births, and whether births were vaginal or by caesarean, where this is relevant to you.
• Your possible travel window, plus a note on whether a remote first conversation or an in-person visit suits you.

For labiaplasty or vaginal tightening

• What bothers you: discomfort during exercise, irritation from clothing, appearance, comfort during sex, or a feeling of looseness.
• Any urinary leakage, a sense of bulging or heaviness, or bowel symptoms, since these fall within her pelvic floor subspecialty.
• Previous genital cosmetic procedures or non-surgical vaginal treatments, with dates.
• No photos unless her team requests them. Intimate photos are sensitive; we will tell you exactly what is needed and why before you send anything.

For gender-affirming hysterectomy and oophorectomy

• Whether you take testosterone, since when, and who prescribes it.
• Any assessment letters or reports you already have from your gender care providers. Requirements differ between hospitals, so ask what the Pride Clinic's own evaluation needs.
• Whether you have made a decision about fertility preservation.
• Other gender-affirming operations you have had or are planning, such as top surgery or metoidioplasty, and where.
• Recent gynecological test or scan reports, if you have them.