Dr. Parichart Ritchim

Dr. Parichart Ritchim is named in the physician listing on the Bangkok Hospital Siriroj website; the hospital is a private one in Phuket, in the south of the country. The profile names plastic surgery as the specialty and attaches the surgeon to its Phuket Plastic Surgery Institute. No subspecialty is named.

All of the facts below were taken from that single hospital profile, opened by our team on 2 October 2026. The profile documents a name, a specialty, a place of work, a medical degree, two residencies and two spoken languages. It says nothing about which operations the surgeon carries out, and it gives no Thai-script name, society membership, published research or case volume. Because of that, none of those items is claimed below.

The workplace is Bangkok Hospital Siriroj, located in Phuket. Anyone weighing up plastic surgeons on the island will get the most from this page by treating it as a record of what is confirmed, followed by a list of questions to put to the surgeon in person.

To ask whether an appointment is possible, use our consultation request for Dr. Parichart Ritchim. Each request is read by one of our coordinators, and we regard nothing as arranged until the hospital offers a date and we confirm it to you.

The hospital lists three entries under education, each with the year it gives:

• Doctor of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (2002). The basic medical degree.
• Residency in surgery, Chiang Mai University (2007). Broad surgical training at the same university.
• Residency in plastic surgery, Mahidol University (2009). Specialist plastic surgery training, listed at Mahidol University.

The order of these entries, a medical degree, then general surgery, then plastic surgery, is the order one would expect for a surgeon who specialised in this field. That observation is only background. We do not read anything more into the profile than the three entries it contains, and we have not attached any title such as fellowship or certificate that the hospital did not state.

Several points remain unconfirmed. 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. The plastic surgery society in Thailand says that its members must hold the national plastic surgery board qualification, but we could not find a public roster to check a name against. For that reason we neither state nor imply a membership or a board qualification for Dr. Ritchim.

If these details matter to you, ask the hospital for the surgeon's licence number and specialist qualification in writing before you commit to anything; our patient team can forward the request. Our research methodology page explains how we collect and label provider details.

The hospital's profile shows one current position: plastic surgeon at Bangkok Hospital Siriroj, working in the Phuket Plastic Surgery Institute (PPSI). Earlier hospital posts, university appointments and any private clinic work do not appear in the material we reviewed, so nothing is listed.

The institute's own overview page describes the setting. The unit occupies level four of Building 5 and opens every day from 08.00 until 16.00; the hospital says most of its plastic surgery patients come from abroad. The hospital's history page also calls its plastic and aesthetic centre the biggest in Phuket. Both statements are the hospital's own description of itself, reported as such and not independently confirmed by us.

The hospital has also been known as Siriroj International Hospital and as Phuket International Hospital, and it gives 1982 as the year it opened. As for accreditation, the public directory of Joint Commission International carries a hospital-programme entry for it dated 15 December 2012, with no end date given. That is a statement about the hospital as a whole; it does not describe any single surgeon. Further background is on our page for Bangkok Hospital Siriroj.

No procedure is attributed to this surgeon, and we want to be direct about why. The surgeon's profile contains no list of operations or areas of special interest, and a specialty label of plastic surgery tells us nothing about which specific operations someone performs. We therefore make no claim that Dr. Parichart Ritchim carries out any particular procedure.

What we can describe is the institute where the surgeon works. The overview page of the institute arranges its work in six groups, running from the face and breasts through body contouring to intimate, gender-affirming and metabolic procedures. The hospital information we hold links the institute with the following services, shown here so that you can read general guidance on each:

• Face: facelift, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), brow lift, otoplasty, chin augmentation, facial fat grafting and cheek augmentation.
• Breast: breast implant removal, breast reduction, breast augmentation and breast lift.
• Body: VASER liposuction, liposuction, body lift, thigh lift, arm lift, tummy tuck and buttock implants.
• Intimate surgery: labiaplasty.

That inventory reflects the institute's range. In a unit with several surgeons, each doctor usually concentrates on certain operations, so the list cannot tell you what Dr. Ritchim in particular does day to day. The sensible approach is to name your operation in your enquiry and ask three things: does the surgeon perform it, how regularly, and would a colleague at the institute suit your case better? An honest answer to those questions will tell you more than any web page, this one included.

Our procedure guides cover what each operation generally involves, the usual themes of recovery and the questions worth raising. Each guide is general information, and whether an operation is right for you is a decision for a surgeon who has examined you.

With no operations attached to this surgeon's name, the appointment itself is where your goals and the surgeon's practice are matched. The topics below are those a careful patient would cover with any plastic surgeon, and all of them can be raised with Dr. Ritchim.

Match with your operation. Ask which techniques would be considered for your anatomy, how often the surgeon carries them out, and what the alternatives are, non-surgical ones included. If you are shown photographs of past patients, remember that they show possibilities and do not promise your own result, since outcomes differ between people.

Your health background. Tell the surgeon about earlier operations, the medicines and supplements you take, allergies, tobacco or vaping, any history of blood clots or bleeding problems, and long-term conditions. An incomplete history is a safety problem and should never be treated as a formality.

Risks and aftercare. All surgery carries risk, for example infection, bleeding, wound healing and scarring problems, reactions to anaesthesia, and sometimes the need for a further operation. Ask how the hospital manages complications, who you can call once you have left the ward, and how follow-up works if you return home abroad.

Anaesthesia and setting. Find out who will give the anaesthetic, whether the operation takes place in the hospital's own theatres, and whether you are expected to stay overnight.

Time in Phuket. Ask how long you should remain on the island, when dressings and stitches are reviewed, and when air travel is normally considered acceptable after your specific operation. These answers depend on the operation and on your health, which is why we give no single figure here.

If you want to read more before you write to us, start with the guide for the operation you are considering, for example rhinoplasty, or send your questions with your request and we will pass them on.

Dr. Parichart Ritchim is shown with English and Thai as working languages, so English-language consultation is documented. The hospital also describes a mainly foreign patient base at its plastic surgery institute, which hints that its staff are used to overseas visitors. We do not convert that into any statement about the quality of service.

For directions, the hospital sits on Chalermprakiat Ror 9 Road (no. 44) in Wichit, Mueang Phuket District, postcode 83000; once inside the grounds, find Building 5 and go to level four. The institute's public pages give the telephone 076-361-888 (extensions 3418 and 3419) and an email address. Our patient team usually makes first contact for you so that the enquiry reaches the right department.

Some things are not stated in the pages we read: an international patient desk, airport pick-up, interpreters for languages beyond English and Thai, and any partner for recovery accommodation. If one of these is important to you, say so in your enquiry and we will ask the hospital instead of guessing.

Some habits suit nearly everyone who flies in for surgery. Leave a margin of days before your flight home, bring a companion if you can, check whether your travel insurance covers complications from elective surgery, and keep copies of your operative notes and the medicines you were given. Settle with the hospital, before you leave, how you will be followed up from a distance. For the destination itself, see our Phuket guide.

Gathering a few things beforehand makes the first conversation more productive. Please collect:

• The operation you are asking about, described in your own words together with what you want to change, and whether you have had it or something similar before.
• Photographs suited to the area. For the face, send clear front and side views in even light, with no makeup or filters. For breast or body questions, send standing views from the front, side and back in underwear or plain close-fitting clothing, lit the same way each time. Do not retouch any picture.
• Height and weight, plus any large recent weight change or plan to become pregnant.
• Health information: past operations, any difficulty with anaesthesia, the medicines and supplements you take, allergies, nicotine use, and blood-thinning treatment.
• Papers from any earlier operation if your question concerns a revision, with implant size and type if you were issued an implant card.
• Timing: the period you could be away from home and how long you could stay on the island.

Please send only what you are happy to disclose, and route it via our patient team rather than any public channel. The surgeon may ask for other or additional information at the appointment.