Dr Suporn Watanyusakul

Dr Suporn Watanyusakul (Thai: สุพร วทัญญูสกุล) is a Thai plastic and reconstructive surgeon whose published work concerns gender-affirming genital surgery for trans women. The Suporn Clinic in Chonburi, which carries his name, credits him as the originator of the “Suporn Technique”, its non-penile inversion method of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery (SRS). According to the clinic's Doctors page he has used the technique since 2000, and the career outline on that page places him at the clinic from 1992 onwards.

Two facilities name him in official listings: - The Suporn Clinic, 938 Sukhumvit Road, Bang Pla Soi, Mueang Chon Buri. The clinic publishes the Suporn Technique and organises each patient's care, from the first written enquiry through to aftercare. - [Samitivej Chonburi Hospital](/hospital/samitivej-chonburi-hospital/), a private hospital roughly 5 km from the clinic. Its doctor directory shows him under Plastic Surgery, and the clinic's Hospital page names it as the place where Dr Suporn's major operations under general anaesthetic are performed.

On our site he appears under Pattaya & Chonburi. Both facilities are in fact in Chonburi town, which the clinic describes as about 80 km south-east of Bangkok; neither is in Pattaya.

Whether he operates today. Read this before asking for him by name. The Suporn Clinic reports that in May 2017 Dr Suporn announced his intention to withdraw from full-time surgery, with surgeons of the Suporn Team taking on the balance of operations. Its Our Commitment page, last edited in September 2025, states that after 31 December 2019 he undertakes primary operations on a limited basis only, while he may continue with revision operations when requested. The clinic's 2026–2027 surgery calendar, updated on 22 September 2026, offers dates with two other surgeons, Dr Chayamote Chayangsu (called Dr. Bank at the clinic) and Dr. Prae, and Dr Suporn is not on it. In practice, then, asking for Dr Suporn means asking the clinic what part, if any, he could play in your treatment. We put that question to the clinic on your behalf and relay its reply without changing it.

Documented procedure area. Official sources connect him with one procedure listed on our site: vaginoplasty, performed with the Suporn Technique. Two further special interests appear in the clinic's material about him: sensate reconstruction of the clitoris and labia minora, and a vaginal lining built from full-thickness skin grafts taken from the scrotum and groin. Both come from conference abstracts on male-to-female SRS that the clinic reproduces on its Paper page.

Professional bodies. ThPRS, the society that brings together Thailand's plastic and reconstructive surgeons, has a member page for Dr Suporn in its online directory. On the honorary-members list of THAI-PATH, the Thai professional association for transgender health, he appears as นายแพทย์สุพร วทัญญูสกุล.

If you would like to explore a consultation, send a request for Dr Suporn. A request does not reserve anything: only the clinic can confirm a date, and we cannot promise one with him. Suitability for surgery is a clinical judgement the operating surgeon makes after assessing you in person.

Two official sources set out Dr Suporn's education, his doctor profile at Samitivej Chonburi Hospital and the career outline on The Suporn Clinic's Doctors page, and they are consistent with each other.

Medicine at Chiang Mai University (1979–1985). Samitivej Chonburi's profile gives 1985 as the year Chiang Mai University awarded his Doctor of Medicine. His medical studies there ran from 1979 to 1985, according to the clinic's outline.

General surgery at Chonburi Hospital (1985–1990). Next in the outline comes general surgery training at Chonburi Hospital from 1985 to 1990, with certification in general surgery recorded for 1992.

Chulalongkorn University, specialist training (1990–1992). His specialist years followed at Chulalongkorn University, where the outline places him from 1990 to 1992 in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Certification is again recorded for 1992.

The outline does not say which body issued either certificate, and we have not filled that gap. It mentions no overseas fellowship and no dedicated training programme in gender surgery. The clinic presents the Suporn Technique as his own development, first used in 2000, eight years after his plastic surgery training ended.

Society membership. ThPRS, whose members are Thai plastic and reconstructive surgeons, carries an entry for him. THAI-PATH, an association working in transgender health, counts him among its honorary members. That honorary status reflects his long association with gender-affirming care; it is not a surgical qualification.

Licence. His ThPRS entry, dated 28 November 2019, shows medical licence number 12522. The number is reported exactly as ThPRS shows it; it can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th. The clinic's own site says he is certified by the Medical Council of Thailand. Anyone can look him up on checkmd.tmc.or.th by entering his Thai name, สุพร วทัญญูสกุล. How we check surgeon credentials is set out in our research methodology.

All of Dr Suporn's published posts are in Chonburi province. The clinic's outline shows three that began in 1992, the year his specialist training finished: - Chonburi Hospital, 1992–1998: plastic and reconstructive surgery. - [Aikchol Hospital](/hospital/aikchol-hospital/), Chonburi, 1992–2006: plastic and reconstructive surgery. He does not appear in Aikchol's current doctor directory. - The Suporn Clinic, 1992 to the present: written in the outline as “Dr Suporn Clinic, Chonburi”.

Samitivej Chonburi Hospital's doctor directory also lists him today, with Plastic Surgery as his specialty. That profile gives no start date and no description of his work at the hospital; the connection comes from the clinic's Hospital page, which names Samitivej Chonburi as the partner hospital for his operations under general anaesthetic.

The development of the Suporn Technique, as the clinic tells it. The clinic's Technique and Paper pages set out the timeline below. It is the clinic's account; we have not seen the underlying records. - 29 September 2000: the technique is used for the first time. - 2002: the first 100 cases are reported, with their results, to the annual meeting of Thailand's Royal College of Surgeons. - 2003: he speaks at a “Symposium of Sex Reassignment Surgery” held during the ThSAPS annual meeting. A speaking slot does not show ThSAPS membership, and this profile records none. - December 2004: two papers at the 9th OSAPS meeting in Bangkok. The abstracts, reproduced on the clinic's site, cover sensate clitoris and labia minora reconstruction using a flap the authors name the “Chonburi Flap”, and a vaginal canal whose lining comes from full-thickness skin grafts harvested from the scrotum and groin.

The clinic also gives case totals. Its Doctors page says he had carried out more than 2,500 primary SRS operations, for patients of about 40 nationalities, by 2017, and its page on the non-penile inversion technique mentions more than 3,000 clients since 2001. Both figures are as published on the clinic's profile. A running total says little about the outcome in any individual case, so use your consultation to ask for the figures that bear on your decision, such as how often complications occur and how often revisions are needed.

Publications. A PubMed search for his surname returns two papers, both carrying a Suporn Clinic affiliation: - “Vaginoplasty Modifications to Improve Vulvar Aesthetics”, *The Urologic Clinics of North America*, 2019. - “Serving transgender people: clinical care considerations and service delivery models in transgender health”, *The Lancet*, 2016. On this paper his affiliation is given as “Suporn Clinic, Division of Plastic Surgery, Aikchol Hospital, Chonburi”, even though the clinic's career outline ends his Aikchol post in 2006.

Stepping back from full-time surgery. According to the Doctors page, last edited in August 2023, he announced in May 2017 that he intended to withdraw from full-time surgery, with fellow Suporn Team surgeons performing the balance of operations. The Our Commitment page, last edited in September 2025, describes what followed: primary operations after 31 December 2019 on a limited basis only, and revision operations possibly continuing on request. Only Dr. Bank and Dr. Prae are named as surgeons on the 2026–2027 SRS calendar. That is why this profile does not present Dr Suporn as available for primary surgery unless the clinic confirms it for your case.

Official sources tie Dr Suporn to a single procedure area: male-to-female genital surgery, which the clinic calls SRS and our guides call vaginoplasty. Under each heading, the facts on record for Dr Suporn come first, then broader notes drawn from our vaginoplasty guide, which describes the operation across all surgeons. Only the clinic can say how the Suporn Technique would be applied to your body, and nobody can tell whether one of these operations is right for you without examining and assessing your own case.

1. Non-penile inversion vaginoplasty (the Suporn Technique)

*Documented:* the clinic describes the Suporn Technique as a gender confirmation method for trans women, devised by Dr Suporn, that does not use penile inversion, and his entry on the Doctors page dates his use of it to 2000. One conference abstract on the clinic's site describes lining the new vagina with full-thickness skin grafts from the scrotum and groin.

*In general:* vaginoplasty forms a vaginal canal as well as a clitoris and labia; removal of the testes (orchiectomy) normally happens during the same operation. It is major surgery under general anaesthetic, commonly lasting three to six hours. The most established approach, penile inversion vaginoplasty, uses penile skin as the main lining of the canal, frequently supplemented with grafts of scrotal skin; the Suporn Technique is the clinic's alternative to that method. Long-term dilation is usually required to keep the canal's depth and width. It begins under supervision during the hospital stay, and the sessions become less frequent over the months that follow.

*Questions shaped by his technique:* since the abstract describes a lining made from scrotal and groin skin, ask whether the clinic wants those areas permanently cleared of hair before surgery, and by what date. Our guide explains that skin placed inside the canal may grow hair afterwards and that hair removal can take several months. Ask too what canal depth the clinic aims for and what could limit it for you.

2. Clitoris and labia minora reconstruction

*Documented:* among his listed interests is sensate reconstruction of the clitoris and labia minora with a dorsal neurovascular island flap of glans and preputial tissue, the “Chonburi Flap” of the clinic's 2004 conference abstract. His 2019 paper in *The Urologic Clinics of North America* deals with vaginoplasty modifications intended to improve the appearance of the vulva.

*In general:* the aim of vaginoplasty is genitals that look and work in keeping with the person's gender, sensation included. Altered sensation is one of its recognised risks, and a second, smaller operation, to refine the labia for instance, is something a number of patients decide on later.

*What to ask:* how the clinic forms the clitoris and labia minora, what sensation you can realistically expect, and how often patients go on to have a refinement.

3. Revisions and cosmetic improvement after surgery at the clinic

*Documented:* the Our Commitment page says Dr Suporn may continue to carry out revision operations on request. Separately, the clinic offers its own SRS clients cosmetic improvement (revision) surgery under a warranty that is time-limited and subject to conditions. Nothing on its pages says revisions are available to people whose first operation took place elsewhere.

*In general:* our revision vaginoplasty page gives general information about secondary procedures after earlier gender-affirming surgery.

*What to ask:* if your primary surgery was at The Suporn Clinic and you want Dr Suporn himself to perform a revision, say so in your request. Whether he can is for the clinic to decide.

Procedures not documented for Dr Suporn - Facial feminization surgery: the Doctors page refers to FFS only as work he would continue on a reducing basis during 2019. No current official page offers FFS with him, so it is not on his profile. For general information, see our facial feminization guide. - Breast augmentation: a few of the clinic's administrative pages still refer to it, but the current calendar offers genital surgery dates only, and no page connects it with him now. - Zero-depth vaginoplasty: the calendar holds separate dates for shallow- or zero-depth vaginoplasty (SDV; see our vulvoplasty guide), yet no source names Dr Suporn for it. - Masculinizing surgery: none of the official sources we reviewed connects him with any procedure for trans men.

Consultation at The Suporn Clinic begins in writing. A new client fills in a client profile covering personal, medical and surgical history, and the clinic's medical team has to review and approve it before any surgery date can be reserved. Its contact page asks for English-language email and warns that telephone messages are not generally taken, so expect to set out everything in writing. If Dr Suporn is your reason for contacting the clinic, these are the points to settle.

His part in your treatment - Whether Dr Suporn can see you, operate, or be involved in some other way, given that he now accepts primary cases only on a limited basis. - If he will not operate, which surgeon will, and whether you can choose. The calendar lets patients request a date with either Dr. Bank or Dr. Prae. - Who reviews your client profile, and who sees you once you arrive in Chonburi.

Eligibility - The clinic's age rules: no SRS for anyone under 18; written approval from a parent, legal guardian, direct blood relative or holder of a legal power of attorney for patients under 20; and no SRS patients aged 55 or over. - Which written diagnoses or referrals from psychosexual professionals it requires. The clinic says it follows WPATH guidelines as far as it considers reasonable and complies with Thai medical standards. - Hormone therapy. For genital surgery, the WPATH Standards of Care (SOC-8) suggest the person has been on hormone therapy for six months or longer, unless hormones are clinically inappropriate for them or not something they want. Ask the clinic what it expects of you and how your hormones should be handled around the operation.

The operation and its risks - How the non-penile inversion method would be adapted to your anatomy, and whether earlier surgery, such as an orchiectomy, alters the plan. - What hair removal is needed first, and the deadline for it. - The depth you can expect, how the dilation routine works, and what support you have with it once home. - The clinic's own complication and revision rates. Our vaginoplasty guide lists the general risks: bleeding; infection; problems with wound healing; urinary trouble, for instance spraying or narrowing of the urinary passage; loss of canal depth or a tightening canal; altered sensation; and, uncommonly, a serious complication known as rectovaginal fistula, in which an abnormal passage forms between vagina and bowel.

Aftercare, warranty and paperwork - The scope, duration and conditions of the warranty on cosmetic improvement surgery. - How post-operative advice by email works; the clinic provides it for up to one year after primary surgery. - Whether you will be given English operation notes to pass to your own doctors, besides the medical certificate of the surgery that the clinic issues. Notarisation of the SRS certificate can be arranged for a fee.

Price and deposit - Prices are not published. Each patient receives an individual quotation, and the date is secured once a deposit of at least 20% of that quotation reaches the clinic within 14 days of the reservation request. - Ask what the quotation covers, such as hospital nights, hotel, transfers and dilators, and what happens to the deposit if your date has to change.

In general, the price of vaginoplasty depends on the technique, hospital nights, anaesthesia, pre-operative tests and what the package includes; our cost guides explain these factors.

Where you will be. You will find The Suporn Clinic on Sukhumvit Road in Chonburi town, at number 938, Bang Pla Soi, Mueang Chon Buri, Chonburi 20000. Inside are a main reception, consulting rooms, an operating theatre with recovery rooms, and a patient lounge. The clinic normally puts patients up at the Rattanachol Hotel, a short walk away; its pages give the distance as about 200 metres in one place and about 300 in another.

Where the operation takes place. The clinic's Hospital page says Dr Suporn's major operations under general anaesthetic are performed at Samitivej Chonburi Hospital, which lies some 5 km away, and that his patients stay on an upper floor of the hospital reserved for them alone. Our facility research found Samitivej Chonburi Hospital in the HA Thailand database with a re-accreditation valid until 20 November 2026, having started on 21 November 2023. Because that end date falls soon after this profile was reviewed, check the hospital's current status before you travel.

Length of stay. The clinic's minimum for SRS patients is 24 days in Thailand, with 30 preferred, including 7 nights as a Samitivej Chonburi inpatient. Our vaginoplasty guide, speaking generally, gives a comparable pattern: close to a week on the ward inside a total trip of three to four weeks. A changeable return ticket gives you room to wait until the operating surgeon agrees you are fit to travel home.

Services listed by the clinic (Our Commitment and Patient Administration pages): - Clinic staff meet you at Bangkok airport, day or night, and bring you to Chonburi on the clinic's coach; your return to the airport is arranged as well. - Accommodation booked in Chonburi, usually at the Rattanachol Hotel. - Transport for every trip between the hotel, the clinic and the hospital. - During your hospital stay, English-speaking nurses work in shifts and clinic staff visit daily, and once you are discharged, the clinic's nursing assistants come to see you at your hotel each day. - Help with visa extensions and with confirming return flights and, where a stay beyond 30 days is needed, documents to support your visa application. - A medical certificate of the surgery performed; notarisation of the SRS certificate is available for a fee. - Email advice for up to one year after primary surgery.

Languages. The clinic works in English and asks for enquiries in English. For Japanese speakers, a Japanese attendant company runs the clinic's Japanese-language site and offers interpreting. Dr Suporn's own languages are not published, so ask if that matters to you.

Planning around recovery. Our vaginoplasty guide suggests somewhere to stay that allows rest and privacy, and many patients travel with a companion. Before leaving Chonburi, find out what follow-up the clinic offers after you get home and how your local doctors can obtain information about your operation if they need it. As general guidance, desk-based work is often possible from about six to eight weeks after vaginoplasty; lifting heavy loads and sexual activity usually have to wait longer, on the surgeon's advice.

Most of what the clinic needs ends up in its client profile, so having it ready when you write saves a round of emails. Please keep medical details to our booking form, the WhatsApp number on this site, or whatever route the clinic assigns you.

For primary vaginoplasty (SRS) - Your date of birth, because the clinic checks its age limits before anything else. - Written diagnoses or referral letters from your psychosexual or mental health professionals, or the date you expect to receive them. - Your hormone history: which medicines, what dose, and since when. - Health conditions, regular medicines, allergies and earlier operations, particularly any in the genital area such as an orchiectomy. - How far you have got with genital hair removal: the method and the number of sessions so far. - Whether you are asking for Dr Suporn in particular, and whether Dr. Bank or Dr. Prae would be acceptable if he is not available. - The months you could travel, bearing in mind the clinic's stay of 24 days or more.

For a revision after surgery at The Suporn Clinic - The year of your primary operation, who performed it, and any reference number the clinic gave you. - In your own words, what you would like changed. - Any treatment you have had since, at home or elsewhere. - Whether, as far as you know, the clinic's warranty period still applies to you.

Photos Genital photos are needed only on the clinic's request; send them through the channels above and no other way.

Your list of questions Pick the points from the consultation section that matter most to you, beginning with what role Dr Suporn himself would have, so the clinic can answer them in writing before you commit to a date.