Asst. Prof. Dr. Seree Iamphongsai

Asst. Prof. Dr. Seree Iamphongsai (Thai: ผศ.นพ. เสรี เอี่ยมผ่องใส) is a plastic surgeon in Bangkok, Thailand, whose week is split between a university post and private hospital clinics. At Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine he holds the rank of Assistant Professor and works as an attending plastic surgeon at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, part of the plastic and reconstructive surgery unit within its Department of Surgery. Three private hospitals publish outpatient sessions for him: Bumrungrad International Hospital, MedPark Hospital and Vichaiyut Hospital. In 2016 he also set up Seree Plastic & Skin Clinic on Ngamwongwan Road, in Bangkok's Lak Si district, together with a board-certified dermatologist.

His training combined Thai and American programmes: a medical degree with first-class honours from Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University; general surgery residencies at Siriraj and at University Hospitals of Cleveland (Case Western Reserve University); a plastic surgery residency in Cleveland; and a craniofacial fellowship at Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington. Bumrungrad, MedPark, Vichaiyut and two Chulalongkorn University pages all describe him as certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (Diplomate status), while Bumrungrad and Chulalongkorn also record his two Thai Board diplomas, one in surgery and one in plastic surgery.

The cosmetic procedures that official pages document for him fall into three groups: - Face: eyelid surgery, facelift, open and reduction rhinoplasty, endoscopic brow lift and otoplasty - Breast: breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction - Body: liposuction, tummy tuck, circumferential body lift, thigh lift and arm lift (brachioplasty); Bumrungrad also names him as the related doctor on its mommy makeover guide

His Chulalongkorn University profiles add reconstructive work outside cosmetic surgery: craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and cleft palate surgery, ear reconstruction and facial trauma.

The hospitals print his name in slightly different forms. Bumrungrad uses 'Seree Iamphongsai, M.D.', MedPark 'Asst. Prof. Dr Seree Iamphongsai' and Vichaiyut 'Dr. Seree Iamphongsai'. One Chulalongkorn department page spells the surname 'lamphongsai', with a lower-case L in place of the capital I, which is worth knowing if you are cross-checking his credentials online.

If you would like an appointment with Dr. Seree at one of these places, request a consultation and tell us which location suits you. Our patient team relays the request to that hospital or clinic and comes back with what it can offer; nothing is fixed until the facility itself confirms a date.

The record below is assembled from his Bumrungrad and MedPark profiles, the Chulalongkorn Department of Surgery page and the staff page of the university's plastic surgery division (CUPS). Where the sources show different years, it is usually because one gives the start of a programme and another its end; we show the full span where a source gives it.

Medical school and early surgical training in Thailand - Doctor of Medicine with first-class honours, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1992–1998 on the CUPS profile) - Graduate Diploma in Clinical Science (Surgery), Mahidol University, 2000 - Residency in general surgery, Department of Surgery, Siriraj Hospital, 1999–2002 - Thai Board of Surgery: diploma, 2002

Surgical and plastic surgery training in the United States - Residency in general surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, 2003–2006 - Residency in plastic surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the same institution, 2006–2009 - Craniofacial fellowship, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, 2009–2010

Board certification - American Board of Plastic Surgery: Diplomate, listed with the year 2012 - Thai Board of Plastic Surgery: diploma, 2013

In plain terms, he trained in general surgery twice, first in Bangkok and then in Cleveland, before specialising in plastic surgery in the United States. He then spent a further year in craniofacial surgery, the branch that deals with the bones of the skull and face. That fellowship year lines up with the reconstructive areas on his university profile: craniofacial work, cleft lip and palate repair and ear reconstruction.

Society memberships - ThPRS: Dr. Seree is on the public member list of this national society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons, and its executive committee page lists him as Assistant Secretary-General (no term dates are shown). The CUPS profile dates his active membership to 2013. - ThSAPS, Thailand's aesthetic plastic surgery society: Wayback Machine captures from December 2019 and February 2020 show his name on the letter 'ส' page of the society's old directory of aesthetic plastic surgeons. The society has since taken that directory down, and without a current public list his membership after 2020 remains unconfirmed. - American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS): the CUPS profile lists him as an active member from 2012. - Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand: the CUPS profile shows membership from 2002.

What we could and could not verify Checking Dr. 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. His ThPRS member entry shows Thai medical licence number 22993, and you can check that number on the Medical Council register before you travel. The ABPS certification above rests on the hospital and university profiles, which state it consistently. Our research methodology explains how each item on this page was sourced and checked.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Seree Iamphongsai combines a university appointment with private practice. The clinic times below are taken from each institution's own page as we found them on 27 September 2026. Sessions change, and an outpatient time is not the same as an operating day, so our patient team confirms the real options when you send a request.

Current roles - Chulalongkorn University / [King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital](/hospital/king-chulalongkorn-memorial-hospital/) (Thai Red Cross Society, Pathumwan): Assistant Professor; the CUPS profile dates his start as an attending plastic surgeon in the university's plastic surgery division to June 2011. The Department of Surgery page lists an in-hours clinic on Monday and Wednesday, 08.00–14.00, in the Chakri Thodsom building, 6th floor. - [Bumrungrad International Hospital](/hospital/bumrungrad-international-hospital/) (Sukhumvit Soi 3): his profile there carries the specialty 'Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery', and he sees patients through the hospital's Plastic Surgery Center, found on the 16th floor of Building A. Published sessions: Tuesday and Thursday 17:00–20:00, and Saturday and Sunday 13:00–17:00. - [MedPark Hospital](/hospital/medpark-hospital/) (Rama IV Road): MedPark's page gives his sub-specialty as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and places his clinic at Counter D on the 6th floor, inside the Surgery, Breast, Urology, Prostate Center. Routine schedule: Wednesday 16.00–18.00. - [Vichaiyut Hospital](/hospital/vichaiyut-hospital/) (Phaya Thai): plastic surgeon, Sunday 09:00–12:00, 14th floor of the Medical Center Building. - Seree Plastic & Skin Clinic (207/13 Ngamwongwan Road, Thung Song Hong, Lak Si, Bangkok 10210): the clinic's website says he founded it in 2016 with a board-certified dermatologist. Its surgical services include open rhinoplasty, face lift, blepharoplasty, breast augmentation, breast lift and reduction, abdominoplasty and liposuction; its skin and other non-surgical treatments are offered with the clinic's dermatologist. The clinic does not have its own facility page on our site, but you can name it as your preferred location in a request.

Earlier role - Attending surgeon, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Siriraj Hospital, July 2002 to June 2003, between his Thai and American training.

Teaching, society work and patient information Chulalongkorn University's medical faculty trains its students and residents at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, where Dr. Seree holds his academic post. If you are treated there, you can ask him which colleagues or trainees would take part in your operation and what each of them would do. On the ThPRS executive committee page he is listed as Assistant Secretary-General. Bumrungrad's health blog names him as the related doctor on two patient articles, 'The Complete Guide to Mommy Makeover 101' and 'Q&A on Abdominal Surgery Scars'. His clinic's website reports that he has lectured on endoscopic brow lift, rhinoplasty, facelift and abdominal wall tightening and has attended the ASPS annual meeting; these are the clinic's own reports.

Published research PubMed lists articles with him among the authors. Those carrying his Chulalongkorn affiliation include an anatomical study of the nasal septal cartilage (Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2021), an anthropometric study of the external ear in the Thai population (Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 2022), a 3D app for calculating burn surface area in children (Health Science Reports, 2022), a randomised study of cold water for pain during negative pressure wound therapy dressing changes (The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2022) and a study of spermatogenesis after hormone therapy in trans women (BioMed Research International, 2018). Three earlier papers that his university profile lists as his own date from his US training years: the effect of suture materials on cartilage reshaping (Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2009), facial changes with Le Fort III distraction osteogenesis (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2012) and a palatoplasty technique for the secondary management of velopharyngeal incompetence, a cleft palate problem (The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2015).

The procedure areas below are the ones an official source links to Asst. Prof. Dr. Seree Iamphongsai: the list headed 'Special Clinical Interests' that Bumrungrad publishes for him, his Chulalongkorn University profiles, his own clinic's service pages and, for the mommy makeover, a Bumrungrad article that names him. For each area we first say what the source shows, then add general guidance drawn from our procedure guides. Suitability, and the technique he would use, can only be settled when he examines you at a consultation.

Rhinoplasty: open and reduction techniques Rhinoplasty appears in three places: 'open rhinoplasty' on Bumrungrad, 'Reduction Rhinoplasty' on the Chulalongkorn Department of Surgery page and 'Open Rhinoplasty' on his clinic's service list. PubMed also lists him as an author of a 2021 anatomical study of the nasal septal cartilage, the cartilage inside the nose that surgeons often use as graft material.

In general, the open approach to rhinoplasty places a tiny incision on the columella, the narrow column of skin separating the nostrils, so that the surgeon can lift the skin and work on the cartilage and bone under direct view; the resulting scar is small and usually becomes hard to spot. Reduction means taking something away, such as lowering a hump, narrowing the bony bridge or refining a full tip. Raising a flat bridge or projecting the tip is a different task that relies on cartilage grafts taken from the patient or on an implant. His sources name open and reduction work, so if a higher bridge is your aim, ask him whether he offers augmentation and which material he would choose. For a nose operation our guide plans 7–10 days in Thailand, time for the splint to be taken off and the nose reviewed; it also notes that the tip may keep settling for 12 months or longer.

Eyelid surgery: upper, lower and double eyelid Bumrungrad lists 'eyelid surgery' among his interests. His clinic's blepharoplasty page covers two operations, an upper-lid procedure through an incision in the lid crease and a lower-lid procedure for bags under the eyes, and the clinic's Thai service menu also names double eyelid surgery (ศัลยกรรมตาสองชั้น) and under-eye bag correction.

In general, blepharoplasty on the upper eyelids removes overhanging skin, occasionally along with some fat, and hides the scar in the natural fold, while lower eyelid surgery deals with puffiness below the eye, where fat is taken out or moved. Double eyelid surgery, which his clinic's Thai menu names, builds a new upper lid fold or alters one that is already there. Our guide describes two routes: a full incision, or on suitable lids a stitch-only technique whose result can fade sooner. A drooping lid edge (ptosis) is a separate muscle problem that skin removal will not correct, and he will check for it when he examines you. Our eyelid guide puts stitch removal at around day 5–7, and most patients fly home at about that point, which makes 5–7 days the usual plan for this group of operations.

Endoscopic brow lift Bumrungrad ('endoscopic brow lift') and the Chulalongkorn Department of Surgery page ('Endoscopic Eyebrow Lifting') both name this operation. An endoscopic method uses a small camera through a few short incisions instead of one long cut across the scalp; ask him where yours would be placed. Our brow lift page is still a short planning page, and it gives 7–10 days in Thailand. The reason this pairing matters with him in particular: a heavy upper lid can come from a lowered brow as well as from surplus eyelid skin, and since he lists both the brow and the eyelid operations, he can tell you whether one of them, or the two together, fits what you see.

Facelift Bumrungrad lists 'face lift', and a face lift appears among his clinic's services. In general, a facelift works on the lower face and neck: deeper tissues are lifted back into position and surplus skin is removed, with jowls and a loose neck as the usual targets. The forehead and the eyelids lie outside its reach, so a person troubled by all three areas may be offered a combined plan, and a brow lift and eyelid surgery are both on his documented list. Our guide describes several techniques, including the SMAS facelift, which tightens the tissue layer under the skin, and the deep plane facelift, which moves deeper tissues as a single unit; none of his profiles names a preferred method, so it is worth asking him which one he would pick for you, and why. Our facelift guide links smoking to poorer skin healing, which makes quitting nicotine for a good while on both sides of the operation part of getting ready. Our guide gives 1–2 nights in hospital and a common stay of 10–14 days in Thailand.

Otoplasty and ear surgery Bumrungrad lists otoplasty. His Chulalongkorn profile adds ear reconstruction (การผ่าตัดสร้างใบหูใหม่, building a new ear), a reconstructive operation outside our cosmetic guides. PubMed lists him among the authors of a 2022 anthropometric study of the external ear in the Thai population and, from his training years, a 2009 study of how suture materials affect cartilage reshaping.

In general, otoplasty is ear-pinning or ear-reshaping surgery: it sets prominent ears back or alters their folds. The incision lies in the crease behind the ear, and the cartilage is held or reshaped by permanent sutures, by scoring its surface or by taking out a small piece, as each ear requires. Adults mostly have local anaesthesia; children usually have a general anaesthetic. Plan on 5–7 days in Thailand by our guide's reckoning; a soft night-time headband, often kept on for several weeks, guards the reshaped cartilage.

Breast surgery: augmentation, lift and reduction Bumrungrad files all three under breast surgery on his profile, and his clinic lists breast augmentation and 'Breast Lift / Reduction'. In general: - Breast augmentation draws its extra volume from an implant or from fat moved from elsewhere in the body, but a low nipple stays low unless a lift is added. Expect 7–10 days in Thailand, going by our guide. Whichever of his hospitals you use, make sure you leave holding your implant card, which records the device's make, size, type and lot numbers, and store it alongside your other medical papers, and ask him how silicone implants should be monitored with periodic imaging once you are home. - A breast lift moves the nipple and areola higher and reshapes the breast by removing skin. The more lift required, the longer the scars: some lifts need only a scar around the areola, while others add a vertical line or an anchor-shaped scar. Our guide gives 10–14 days in Thailand. - Breast reduction makes the breasts smaller and lighter by removing tissue, fat and skin, reshaping and lifting them at the same time. Many who request it want relief from pain in the neck, back and shoulders. The guide plans for 1–2 hospital nights and a 10–14 day stay in Thailand, and it cautions that the operation can reduce or prevent breastfeeding later.

With all three on his list, a consultation with him can compare an implant with a lift, or a lift with a reduction, instead of starting from one fixed operation.

Body contouring: liposuction, tummy tuck and lifts Bumrungrad lists his body contouring interests as liposuction, tummy tuck, circumferential body lift, thigh lift, buttock lift and brachioplasty (arm lifting); his clinic lists liposuction and abdominoplasty. Bumrungrad also names him as the related doctor on its article about abdominal surgery scars. In general: - Liposuction takes stubborn fat from chosen areas using a slim suction tube (cannula) passed through small cuts. It shapes the body rather than reducing weight, and it does not tighten loose skin. Our guide gives 7–10 days in Thailand, more after large-volume or combined work. - A tummy tuck (abdominoplasty, the term his clinic uses) removes the slack skin and fat of the lower abdomen, and usually also tightens the abdominal wall muscles where pregnancy has separated them. Blood clots are a greater concern after this operation than after most cosmetic surgery, according to our guide; walking soon after surgery and a plan for preventing clots on the long flight are therefore worth raising with him. It also gives 1–3 nights in hospital and 12–14 days in Thailand. - Loose skin after major weight loss is the usual reason for a body lift (circumferential or lower body lift, sometimes called a belt lipectomy), a thigh lift or an arm lift. Our guides to these three are still in preparation; the thigh and arm lift pages suggest allowing 10–14 days in Thailand, and the body lift page has no figure yet.

The buttock lift on his Bumrungrad list has no guide on our site yet, but you can still ask our team about it.

Mommy makeover Bumrungrad's patient guide 'The Complete Guide to Mommy Makeover 101' lists him as the related doctor, and each usual component (tummy tuck, breast lift or augmentation, liposuction) is also among his listed interests. In general, a mommy makeover is a set of operations chosen for the individual after pregnancy and breastfeeding. Our guide describes an operating time of 4–6 hours or more, 1–3 nights in hospital and about 2–3 weeks in Thailand. A longer operation adds anaesthetic time and makes complications, blood clots among them, more likely, which is why some surgeons divide the plan into two stages several months apart; ask him how he would sequence yours.

Reconstructive and other listed work His profiles also list work that we do not cover with procedure guides: craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and cleft palate surgery, ear reconstruction and facial trauma (Chulalongkorn); congenital anomalies (Bumrungrad); scar revision and surgery for skin tumours and skin cancer (Bumrungrad's Thai-language profile); facial bone contouring (Bumrungrad); and Botox and filler injections, which are non-surgical. For any of these, tell our patient team what you need, and they can ask the hospital of your choice whether he would see you for it.

Because Asst. Prof. Dr. Seree Iamphongsai works across a university hospital, three private hospitals and his own clinic, some of the most useful questions are about logistics as much as technique. Bring a written list, and ask for the key answers on paper or by email.

Place and people - Where will the consultation take place, and at which hospital or clinic would he operate on you? The place where you are seen is not necessarily where surgery happens. - Who gives the anaesthetic, and what happens if you need an extra night in hospital or further care? - Who else will be involved in your care before, during and after the operation?

Technique, by procedure - Rhinoplasty: open or closed approach, reduction or augmentation, and which graft or implant material, if any, he would use for your nose. - Eyelids and brows: does the heaviness come from the eyelid, the brow, or both? Would eyelid surgery, a brow lift or a combination suit you, and where would the scars sit? - Facelift: which technique he would use, whether he would treat the neck, and whether he suggests combining it with brow or eyelid surgery. - Ears: what shape change he expects, whether stitches or cartilage removal are planned, and how long the night-time headband is needed. - Breasts: implant type, size and placement, whether a lift is needed now or later, and what scar pattern he expects. - Body contouring and mommy makeover: one operation or two stages, how many nights in hospital, whether drains are used, and how clot risk is managed, including on the flight.

Travel and aftercare - How many days after surgery does he want to see you before you fly? Compare his answer with the typical ranges in our guides, and book a flexible ticket. - When are stitches, drains or splints removed, and by whom? - If something goes wrong after you get home, whom do you contact, and will he send a medical report to your own doctor? - If a revision were ever needed, who pays for what, and which items does the written quote leave out?

A first opinion from a distance Bumrungrad lists tele-consultation with a doctor among the services of its plastic surgery department, and Thai hospitals often give a preliminary view from photographs. Our team can find out whether Dr. Seree personally reviews cases remotely, and through which of his hospitals. Photos can start the conversation; his plan is settled only at an in-person examination.

Every place where Asst. Prof. Dr. Seree Iamphongsai sees patients is in Bangkok, yet their published support for visitors from overseas ranges from a full international department to nothing at all. What follows is each facility's own description, not a service run by ThaiCosmeticSurgery.com.

[Bumrungrad International Hospital](/hospital/bumrungrad-international-hospital/), Wattana (33 Sukhumvit 3, also called Soi Nana Nua) - Accreditation on record: JCI for the hospital programme; HA Thailand's Advanced Hospital Accreditation (the current certificate dates from May 2025 and expires on 22 May 2029); plus Global Healthcare Accreditation, a programme aimed at medical travel. - The hospital's free Medical Coordination Office for overseas patients sits in Building A, on the 10th floor. Before you travel it reviews records, gives estimated prices and arranges appointments and telemedicine; after discharge it prepares medical reports and fit-to-fly paperwork. - For arrival, the hospital describes a representative desk in Suvarnabhumi Airport's arrivals hall, an hourly complimentary van from the airport (depending on passenger numbers), free shuttles to and from two Skytrain (BTS) stops, Nana and Phrom Phong, and visa-extension help through the Bangkok Immigration Office. - Language support is published for a long list of languages, among them Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese. - His Bumrungrad clinic belongs to the Plastic Surgery Center, up on the 16th floor of Building A; consultations there are strictly by appointment.

[King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital](/hospital/king-chulalongkorn-memorial-hospital/), Pathumwan (1873 Rama 4 Road) - Dr. Seree's university base: the Thai Red Cross Society owns the hospital, and Chulalongkorn University's medical faculty trains its doctors there. HA Thailand has granted it Advanced Hospital Accreditation until 22 May 2029; it is absent from the JCI directory. - The hospital publishes nothing we could find about an overseas-patient desk, interpreters or airport pick-ups. His clinic here is a daytime session on Mondays and Wednesdays.

[MedPark Hospital](/hospital/medpark-hospital/), Khlong Toei (3333 Rama IV Road) - MedPark says it runs an international patient desk, and the languages it names are Thai, English, Japanese, Chinese and Arabic. Our MedPark profile does not yet record an accreditation.

[Vichaiyut Hospital](/hospital/vichaiyut-hospital/), 53 Set Siri Road, Phayathai - An international patient desk is described, with Thai and English named as its languages. Our Vichaiyut profile does not yet record an accreditation. His published session here is on Sunday mornings.

Seree Plastic & Skin Clinic, Ngamwongwan Road, Lak Si - This is his own outpatient clinic. We have not looked into its facilities or any arrangements it makes for visitors from abroad, so ask our team to find out if you would like to be seen there.

Language Thai and English are the languages his Bumrungrad profile lists. Among his hospitals, Bumrungrad publishes the widest interpreter and language service, which helps if you would rather speak another language.

Planning the length of your trip Your procedure, not the hospital, sets how long you stay. Matching his documented procedures to the common ranges in our guides: eyelids or ears, about 5–7 days; nose, brow, breast implants or liposuction, around 7–10 days; facelift, breast lift or reduction, thigh or arm lift, around 10–14 days; for his abdominal work, a tummy tuck calls for 12–14 days and a mommy makeover for 2–3 weeks. He gives the all-clear to fly only after checking you, so a few spare days and a changeable ticket are sensible.

Details in your first message let the hospital judge what kind of appointment with Dr. Seree makes sense, whether a short clinic visit or a longer surgical planning session, and they spare you a round of follow-up questions. Photos and health details should reach us only by the booking form or by WhatsApp, never by other channels.

Basics for any procedure - Your concern and the change you are after, put in your own words - Which of his five locations you prefer, if any, and when you can travel - Your age, height and weight; any ongoing illness; every medicine or supplement you take; and any allergy - Smoking, vaping or other nicotine use - Any past surgery on the area you want treated: what was done, when, and the operation notes if you kept them

Nose (rhinoplasty) - Nose photos: straight on, both profiles and a view looking up from below, in even daylight with no make-up - Any breathing problem, injury or earlier nose surgery, and whether you want a reduction or a higher bridge

Eyelids and brows - Close-up photos looking straight ahead in good light, one with the eyes gently closed, and a side view - Any dry eye, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease or recent change in vision, and whether you wear contact lenses

Face (facelift) - Front, both sides and three-quarter views, face relaxed and hair tied back - Any previous injectables or thread lifts, with approximate dates

Ears (otoplasty) - A front view and a view from behind showing both ears, and a side close-up of each ear

Breasts - Front and side photos, your current bra size and the size you hope for - Current implants, if any: the card from your operation, or at least their make, size and the year of surgery - Any breast imaging you have had, and any family history of breast cancer

Body (liposuction, tummy tuck, lifts, mommy makeover) - Front, side and back photos of the areas concerned, standing, in plain underwear - Your weight history, including any major weight loss and how stable your weight is now - For a tummy tuck or mommy makeover: your pregnancy history and any plans for further children

If the hospital wants anything further, such as blood tests or a letter from your own doctor, our team will tell you.