Dr. Prae

Dr. Prae is a gender-affirming surgeon at The Suporn Clinic in Chonburi, Thailand, and one of the two surgeons the clinic currently offers for male-to-female sex reassignment surgery (SRS). On the clinic's 2026–2027 surgery calendar, refreshed on 22 September 2026, a colour key marks certain operating days as “Dr. Prae's Surgery”, and the text beside it leaves the choice of surgeon to the patient, who can ask for a date with Dr. Prae or with Dr. Bank. The clinic's warranty terms also name Dr. Prae, together with Dr. Bank, as a surgeon who carries out the cosmetic improvements its SRS clients ask for after their primary operation.

Two procedure areas are documented for Dr. Prae on the clinic's own pages:

• [Vaginoplasty](/gender-affirming-surgery/vaginoplasty/), as full SRS, performed with the clinic's non-penile inversion method. The clinic calls it “The Suporn Technique” after the surgeon who developed it, Dr Suporn Watanyusakul.
• [Revision vaginoplasty](/gender-affirming-surgery/revision-vaginoplasty/), in the particular form the clinic calls cosmetic improvement surgery, for clients who had their primary SRS there.

The clinic stands at 938 Sukhumvit Road, Bang Pla Soi, in the Mueang Chon Buri district, about 80 km south-east of Bangkok. That is Chonburi town, not Pattaya, even though our directory groups the two under Pattaya & Chonburi. For major operations under general anaesthetic, the clinic's Hospital page names Samitivej Chonburi Hospital, roughly 5 km from the clinic, as its partner hospital.

What the clinic does not publish. On its English website The Suporn Clinic refers to this surgeon only as “Dr. Prae”. It gives no full name, Thai name, photograph, medical school, specialist board, society membership or spoken languages for Dr. Prae, and its Doctors page, last edited in August 2023, does not mention Dr. Prae at all. None of those details appear on this profile, and we do not fill the gap with information from unofficial sources. If you are weighing surgery with Dr. Prae, you can ask the clinic for the surgeon's full registered name and training before any money changes hands; if you prefer, tell our patient team and we will send that query to the clinic for you.

To begin, request a consultation with Dr. Prae through our patient team. We forward your request to the clinic and tell you what it needs next. Nothing is booked until the clinic itself confirms.

The Suporn Clinic has not published a training record for Dr. Prae. Its calendar and warranty pages give the name and the surgical role, and stop there: they do not say where Dr. Prae qualified in medicine, which Thai specialist board Dr. Prae holds, or how Dr. Prae learned the clinic's technique. A search of the clinic's published pages turned up nothing further. Because we list a qualification only when an official source states it, this section is short on purpose. A blank here means the clinic has not put the information online; it is not evidence that the training is missing.

The contrast with the clinic's other surgeons is worth knowing. The Doctors page sets out the background of Dr. Bank, whom it identifies as Dr Chayamote Chayangsu, and of Dr Suporn Watanyusakul. A patient choosing between the two surgeons on the current calendar can fairly ask for the same level of detail about Dr. Prae.

How to verify before you commit

1. Get the full registered name. Thailand's register of doctors is searched by name, and a short name such as “Prae” is not enough to find anyone. Ask the clinic for Dr. Prae's full name in both English and Thai.
2. Check the Medical Council of Thailand. With that name you can use the Council's public doctor check at checkmd.tmc.or.th to confirm a current medical licence. 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.
3. Ask about specialist training. Useful questions: whether Dr. Prae is board-certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery or another surgical specialty, where the residency was completed, and how Dr. Prae was trained in the Suporn Technique and by whom.
4. Check society lists yourself. ThPRS, the national society for Thai plastic and reconstructive surgeons, keeps a searchable member list online. If the clinic tells you Dr. Prae is a member, the full name lets you look for the entry there.

If the clinic provides these details and we can confirm them on an official page, we will add them here. The sources we accept, and the way to report a mistake on this page, are set out in our research methodology.

Operating surgeon on the SRS calendar (current). The clinic's calendar images, updated on 22 September 2026, use a colour legend to show whose list each date belongs to: “Dr. Bank's Surgery”, “Dr. Bank's SDV Surgery” and “Dr. Prae's Surgery”. Dr. Prae's dates are for standard SRS. The separately marked SDV dates (shallow-depth or zero-depth vaginoplasty) all belong to Dr. Bank. The page text lets a patient choose between the two surgeons when asking for a date.

Cosmetic improvement surgery (current). The clinic's Our Commitment page, last edited on 24 September 2025, states that Dr Bank and Dr Prae will carry out any cosmetic improvements that clients request after their primary SRS.

Earlier roles and other workplaces. The clinic does not say when Dr. Prae joined the team, what Dr. Prae did before, or whether Dr. Prae also works at another hospital or clinic. No former position is documented, so none is listed here.

The team around Dr. Prae. The Suporn Clinic is built around the SRS technique developed by Dr Suporn Watanyusakul, who, according to the clinic's Doctors page, has withdrawn from full-time surgery. The current calendar divides SRS dates between Dr. Bank and Dr. Prae. The clinic's pages do not describe how the two surgeons share the work beyond those dates, for example whether one assists at the other's operations. If that matters to you, ask.

The two areas below are linked to Dr. Prae because The Suporn Clinic's own pages name Dr. Prae for them. In each part, the *documented* paragraph is what the clinic states. Everything else is general information from our procedure guides: it describes this kind of surgery in general, not Dr. Prae's results and not the inner workings of the Suporn Technique, which only the clinic can explain for your case. Your own suitability for either operation is something only a surgeon's assessment of you can settle.

1. SRS (full-depth vaginoplasty) with the Suporn Technique

*Documented:* the calendar offers SRS dates marked for Dr. Prae. The clinic describes its SRS as a non-penile inversion technique developed by Dr Suporn Watanyusakul. Under its surgery protocols, an SRS patient should plan on no fewer than 24 days in the country, ideally 30, and 7 nights of that time in hospital.

*In general:* whatever the technique, the operation shapes labia and a clitoris and constructs a vaginal canal, and removal of the testes is normally part of the same procedure. Our procedure guide gives a typical operating time of 3 to 6 hours under general anaesthesia, which puts it firmly in the category of major surgery. Our vaginoplasty guide explains the approaches most often discussed: penile inversion, peritoneal and colon (sigmoid) vaginoplasty. Because the clinic says its method is not penile inversion, our page on penile inversion vaginoplasty does not describe how Dr. Prae operates. Ask the clinic which tissues its technique uses for the canal and the labia in your case, and what that means for hair removal, depth and dilation.

*Recovery, in general:* our guide describes roughly a week on the ward. Bed rest comes first, with a catheter draining the bladder and a pack or stent holding the new canal open, and the first dilation sessions follow under supervision. The remaining weeks in Thailand go on check-ups, wound care and building a dilation routine you can keep up at home. Expect to dilate several times daily in the early weeks, less often as the months pass, and in most cases for the long term if depth and width are to be kept. A return to desk work is often possible at around 6 to 8 weeks; lifting heavy things and sexual activity usually come later, once the surgeon agrees.

*Risks, in general:* the general risk list includes bleeding, infection and slow or poor wound healing; urinary problems, for example a stream that sprays or a urethra that narrows; a canal that loses depth or tightens; altered sensation; and, uncommonly, a rectovaginal fistula, a serious complication in which an opening forms between the vagina and the bowel. Ask Dr. Prae's team how complications are handled while you are still in Chonburi and after you have flown home, and what their complication and revision rates are.

2. Revision vaginoplasty: cosmetic improvement surgery for the clinic's own SRS clients

*Documented:* in the clinic's warranty text, the surgeons responsible for requested cosmetic improvements are Dr Bank and Dr Prae. These are secondary operations after the clinic's own primary SRS. They fall under a time-limited warranty, subject to the clinic's conditions, and are charged for once the warranty has run out. The clinic's terms treat minor work done at the clinic differently from work that needs a hospital admission.

*In general:* revision vaginoplasty covers secondary procedures after earlier gender-affirming genital surgery. Our vaginoplasty guide notes that some people choose a secondary procedure, for instance to refine the labia, after the primary operation has healed. Any second operation needs its own assessment of healing, tissue and goals.

*What to know before asking:* the clinic's pages speak only of improvements for its own SRS clients. They do not say whether Dr. Prae revises operations done by other surgeons or at other clinics, so do not assume it; ask before you plan any travel. When you write, give the date of your primary SRS and the surgeon who performed it, check whether you are still inside the warranty period, and describe the change you would like in plain words.

Not documented for Dr. Prae

• Zero-depth or shallow-depth vaginoplasty (SDV). The clinic offers SDV, which our site covers under vulvoplasty, but on the current calendar every SDV date is labelled as Dr. Bank's. If you want external genitals without a full-depth canal, ask whether Dr. Prae performs SDV before you pick a surgeon.
• Facial feminization and breast surgery. Some older wording on the clinic's administrative pages still mentions facial feminization and breast augmentation, but the current calendar lists only SRS and SDV dates, and no page connects Dr. Prae to those operations.
• Other procedures or places of practice. No other procedure, hospital or private clinic is published for Dr. Prae.

At The Suporn Clinic, the opening stage happens in writing rather than in a consulting room. New clients complete the clinic's client profile, which covers their background, health and past operations, and no operating date is held until the clinic's doctors have gone through it and given their approval. That written exchange is the place to get clear answers to the questions below. Sending them as one numbered list makes the replies easier to keep and compare.

About Dr. Prae - What is Dr. Prae's full name as registered with the Medical Council of Thailand, and which specialist qualifications does Dr. Prae hold? - How was Dr. Prae trained in the Suporn Technique, and for how long has Dr. Prae been operating with it at the clinic? - Roughly how many SRS operations does Dr. Prae perform each year, and what are the complication and revision rates? - If I book one of Dr. Prae's dates, does Dr. Prae perform the whole operation, and who else is in the theatre?

Eligibility and preparation - In what form must the diagnosis or referral letters from psychosexual or mental health specialists reach the clinic? It makes them a condition of SRS and describes its approach as based on WPATH guidance, applied where it judges that reasonable, alongside Thai medical standards. - What does the clinic expect about hormone therapy before surgery, and should any medicine be paused beforehand? As general background, WPATH's current guidance, SOC-8, recommends a period of hormone treatment, typically six months or longer, before genital surgery for most people; the exceptions are people for whom hormones are unsuitable on clinical grounds or who do not want them. Individual surgeons set their own rules. - Is hair removal needed with the clinic's technique, which areas, and how many months ahead should it start? - Do any of my health conditions or regular medicines affect whether, or when, I can have surgery?

The operation and the hospital stay - Will the operation take place at Samitivej Chonburi Hospital, which the clinic names as its partner hospital, and who gives the anaesthetic? - Given my anatomy, what depth and appearance are realistic with this technique? - The clinic's protocols give 7 hospital nights for SRS: if my recovery needs more nights on the ward, how is that arranged and charged?

Recovery and after-care - Which dilation schedule will I follow, which dilators are supplied, and how long will I need them? - If a problem appears after I have flown home, what support is there? The clinic offers email advice for up to a year after primary surgery; ask whether operation notes can be provided in English for your own doctors. - How long does the cosmetic improvement warranty last, what does it cover, and what does it exclude?

Costs and commitments - What exactly does the quotation include: surgery, hospital nights, accommodation, transfers, nursing, dilators and medicines? - What are the deposit, cancellation and refund terms? The Patient Administration page sets the deposit at no less than 20% of the quotation, due within 14 days of your request for a date, and paying it is what secures the booking.

For overseas patients The Suporn Clinic organises most of the practical side itself, and these arrangements are described for its SRS clients in general rather than for one surgeon. According to its Our Commitment and Patient Administration pages, the clinic:

• has staff waiting at Bangkok airport whatever time you land, drives you to Chonburi on its own coach and takes you back to the airport when you leave;
• books your accommodation in Chonburi, normally at the Rattanachol Hotel, a few hundred metres from the clinic;
• provides transport for every trip you make among the hotel, clinic and hospital;
• provides English-speaking nurses on shifts throughout the hospital stay, with clinic staff visiting every day, and sends nursing assistants to see you at the hotel each day once you are discharged;
• helps with visa extensions and confirming return flights, and can supply documents showing that a stay beyond 30 days is needed if that happens;
• issues a medical certificate of the surgery performed and, for a fee, can arrange notarisation of the SRS certificate;
• keeps answering emailed questions about your recovery for as long as a year following the primary operation.

Timing your trip. Build the trip around the clinic's minimum of 24 days in Thailand, and aim for 30 if your leave allows. That sits within the three to four weeks our vaginoplasty guide describes as common after this operation. Buy a return flight you can change without heavy penalties: the day you are cleared to travel is the surgeon's call and cannot be fixed in advance.

Language and contact. English is the working language named on the clinic's website. The clinic wants first contact in written English by email and says phone messages are not something it usually deals with. Japanese speakers are served by a separate attendant company, which operates the clinic's Japanese-language website and can provide an interpreter. Which languages Dr. Prae speaks is not published. If you want to speak with the surgeon directly rather than through clinic staff, ask whether that is possible and in which language.

Where you will spend your time. Three places make up the stay. The clinic building in Bang Pla Soi holds a reception, rooms for consultations, an operating theatre with its own recovery area, and a lounge for patients. Samitivej Chonburi Hospital, about 5 km away, is where the clinic's Hospital page places its patients, on an upper floor kept for them; that page dates from 2024 and is written around Dr Suporn's own operations, so ask whether the same arrangement applies to Dr. Prae's dates. The hotel is close to the clinic. The clinic puts Chonburi about 80 km from Bangkok, and its own airport transfers mean you do not need to arrange that journey yourself.

Travelling with someone. Many patients bring a companion for a stay of this length. If someone is coming with you, tell the clinic early so that accommodation can be planned for two.

Most of what the clinic asks for ends up in its client profile, so gathering it before you write shortens the medical team's review. Please keep medical information to secure routes: the request form on this site, our WhatsApp line, or a contact method the clinic itself gives you.

For primary SRS (vaginoplasty) - Your date of birth and country of residence. Age is checked early at this clinic: it will not operate on anyone younger than 18, it asks 18- and 19-year-olds for signed consent from a parent, a legal guardian, a relative in the direct blood line or a person granted legal power of attorney, and it has stopped taking SRS patients who are 55 or older. - Copies of the diagnosis or referral letters the clinic requires from psychosexual or mental health specialists; if they are not ready yet, say when you expect them. - Details of your hormone treatment: the medicines, their doses and the date you began. - Current health conditions, regular medicines, allergies and previous operations, particularly any earlier genital surgery such as an orchiectomy. - Whether you have had hair removal in the genital area, by which method, and how many sessions. - Your height and weight. - The months you could travel, and whether a companion will come with you. - Your numbered questions for Dr. Prae, including any about the surgeon's registration and training.

For a cosmetic improvement after SRS at the clinic - The date of your primary SRS at The Suporn Clinic and which surgeon performed it. - What you would like improved, described in your own words. - Any problems since the operation, such as difficulty with dilation, urinary symptoms or slow-healing areas, and any treatment you have had for them at home. - Photos, only when the clinic asks for them.

A note on photos. Genital photos are sensitive medical records. Do not send them unless the clinic's medical team requests them, and then only through a secure channel that the clinic or our patient team provides. Never post them on forums or social media.