Dr. Weerapong Lertsuwannawin

Dr. Weerapong Lertsuwannawin (Thai: นพ. วีระพงศ์ เลิศสุวรรณาวิน) is a plastic surgeon in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, in southern Thailand. Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai, a private hospital on Phetkasem Road, names him as a plastic surgeon working part-time within its Surgery Unit and records his specialty as Plastic Surgery (ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง). That hospital is the one place where an official page confirms his current practice, and it is where our patient team sends consultation requests for him.

His medical degree (2004) and his plastic surgery training and board qualification (both 2012) are all recorded against one Bangkok school, the Ramathibodi medical faculty of Mahidol University. He also has an entry, first posted in 2019 and still live when we checked in September 2026, in the ThPRS member collection, which covers Thai surgeons in plastic and reconstructive work.

Dr. Weerapong at a glance

• Specialty: plastic surgery
• Hospital: Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai, Phetkasem Road, Hat Yai (part-time)
• Hospital clinics he is listed under: the Surgery, Breast, Plastic Surgery, and Hand & Microsurgery clinics, plus the Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery Center
• Education: Doctor of Medicine, 2004; plastic surgery training and board qualification, 2012; all at Ramathibodi, Mahidol University
• Society: ThPRS member entry (posted 2019, still listed in 2026)
• Language on his hospital profile: Thai
• Operations named on an official page: none

That last line shapes this whole profile. Neither his hospital profile nor his society entry names a single operation that he performs, and the hospital's clinic listings group doctors by department rather than by procedure. We therefore attach no procedure to his name. Further down you will find the conditions the hospital's own Plastic Surgery Clinic says it handles, the questions worth putting to him, and how to request a consultation with Dr. Weerapong. For other surgeons and facilities in the region, see our page on plastic surgery in Songkhla & Hat Yai.

Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai publishes Dr. Weerapong's education in three places: the English profile, the Thai profile, and downloadable PDF profiles dated September 2026. They agree on the institution and the years. Thai pages use the Buddhist Era calendar, which runs 543 years ahead of the Western one, so 2547 on the Thai profile is 2004 and 2555 is 2012.

• Doctor of Medicine (แพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต), 2004. Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, in Bangkok. The hospital's profile data dates the degree to March 2004.
• Plastic surgery training, 2012. Same faculty. The English profile shows the entry simply as “2012 Plastic Surgery”.
• Board qualification in plastic surgery (ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง), 2012. Shown on the Thai profile and the Thai PDF as “2555 ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง”, and recorded in the hospital's profile data as a board qualification received in July 2012.

In general, a Thai board qualification in a surgical specialty is the specialist credential awarded after residency training in that field. For a patient it answers a basic question: whether the doctor has completed specialist training in plastic surgery, as opposed to offering cosmetic treatments without a surgical specialty.

A labelling detail we did not turn into a claim

The hospital's underlying profile data tags the 2012 plastic surgery entry as a “Master's Degree” but names no degree. Nothing else points to a master's programme, so we read the tag as a data-entry label for his specialist training and do not describe him as holding a master's degree.

What is not publicly documented

- No fellowship, overseas training, general-surgery residency or additional certificate is listed on his hospital profile. - Ramathibodi's public plastic-surgery alumni page shows no names in its text, so the training could not be cross-checked there. - A PubMed author search for his surname returned no indexed papers. 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.

Missing records are gaps, not evidence against him. If further training or a particular technique matters to your decision, ask him directly at the consultation.

Medical licence

Licence number 31328 is printed on his ThPRS member entry, and the same number appears in the Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai profile data. You can search the register by his name yourself. The sources and check dates behind each fact here are described in our provider research methodology.

No start dates or years of practice are published for any of his roles, so this section records where he is listed, not for how long.

Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai: part-time plastic surgeon (current)

His profile at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai places him in the Surgery Unit as a part-time plastic surgeon and attaches him to five of the hospital's clinics and centres:

• Surgery Clinic
• Breast Clinic
• Plastic Surgery Clinic
• Hand & Microsurgery Clinic
• Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery Center

These are the hospital's own department groupings. They show which services his appointment sits within; they are not a list of operations he performs, and we do not read the laparoscopic-surgery listing, for example, as a sign that he carries out laparoscopic procedures. The part-time status matters for planning: his clinic days at the hospital are not published, so ask for his session times before you fix travel dates. The hospital does not list him at any other hospital in its group.

Hat Yai Hospital: surgery department address (2019)

His ThPRS member entry, posted on 28 November 2019 and last updated on 23 December 2019, gives the Surgery department (กลุ่มงานศัลยกรรม) of Hat Yai Hospital (โรงพยาบาลหาดใหญ่) as a workplace address. It states no job title. Ask our patient team about his present status at Hat Yai Hospital and in what capacity. Hat Yai Hospital and Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai are separate hospitals with similar names; keep them apart when you arrange transport or appointments.

คลินิกวีว่าบิวตี้: private clinic address (2019)

The same society entry lists a clinic, คลินิกวีว่าบิวตี้, at 109 ถนนศุภสารรังสรรค์ in Hat Yai. We found no official website and no official English name for it, so we give the name only in Thai, as published. Ask our patient team whether the clinic is open today and what his role there is.

Professional society

ThPRS still held his entry in its member collection when we checked on 27 September 2026. We also checked ThSAPS, the society for aesthetic plastic surgeons in Thailand: its former online member list for names starting with ว, as archived in February 2020, does not include him. No current public ThSAPS list exists, so this profile records no ThSAPS membership.

Because no official page names an operation for Dr. Weerapong, this section is built in layers, and each layer is labelled. First, what Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai says its Plastic Surgery Clinic does. Second, what his clinic listings suggest you ask him. Third, general guidance from our own procedure guides, which describes the operations in general and says nothing about his methods or results.

What the hospital's Plastic Surgery Clinic describes (clinic-level, documented)

• Reconstruction: birth defects and unusual facial features, burns from fire or scalding water, and facial wounds or broken facial bones after accidents.
• Cosmetic surgery: the hospital names the face, chest and abdomen as example areas.
• Team and ward: the hospital says care comes from a mixed team, with specialist surgeons and anaesthesiologists working alongside nurses and doctors from other fields, internal medicine among them. A nursing team teaches patients how to look after themselves once home, and patients recover on a dedicated inpatient ward after surgery.

Chest and breast: the Breast Clinic listing

His place in the Breast Clinic, together with the chest being one of the clinic's cosmetic examples, makes breast surgery an obvious first question. The listing does not say whether he performs cosmetic breast operations or which ones, so confirm before you plan around it. In general, from our guides:

• Breast augmentation uses implants or transferred fat. Patients commonly stay about 7–10 days in Thailand. Implants are not lifetime devices, and you should leave with an implant card recording the brand, size, type and lot numbers.
• Breast reduction is done under general anaesthesia. Our guide's typical figures are 1–2 nights on the ward, then roughly 10–14 days spent in Thailand altogether, and breastfeeding may be reduced or impossible afterwards.
• Men asking about an enlarged chest can read our gynecomastia surgery guide before asking whether he treats it.

A useful opening question for him: which breast operations do you perform at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai, and which approach would you suggest for my chest, and why?

Abdomen and body contour

The abdomen is the third example area the clinic gives. Nothing official ties a particular body-contouring operation to Dr. Weerapong. General points from our guides:

• Liposuction removes localised fat and is not a weight-loss treatment. Patients commonly stay 7–10 days, and the final contour appears over 3–6 months as swelling settles.
• A tummy tuck removes loose lower-abdominal skin and usually repairs separated abdominal muscles. Plan on about 12–14 days in Thailand. Drains are common for the first days, and blood clots are a greater concern after a tummy tuck than after many other cosmetic operations, which matters before a long flight home.

Face

The face appears in both strands of the clinic's work, cosmetic surgery and repair after injury. Whether Dr. Weerapong performs cosmetic facial operations is not stated. As general context:

• Patients asking about rhinoplasty in Thailand usually want either a reduction (removing a hump, narrowing) or an augmentation of a low bridge, and the two involve different techniques and risks. Augmentation can use your own cartilage or an implant, each with trade-offs. Most people stay about 7–10 days, so that the splint is off the nose and a surgeon has looked at it again before departure.
• Eyelid surgery usually means 5–7 days in Thailand, until the stitches come out. A drooping lid margin (ptosis) is a separate problem, and you will be asked about dry eyes, glaucoma and thyroid eye disease.

Reconstruction, burns and hand surgery

This is the part of the clinic's work that the hospital's page describes in most detail, and his profile also places him in the Hand & Microsurgery Clinic. We have no guides for these conditions and give no general figures for them. If you are asking about burn scars, a facial injury, a condition present from birth or a hand problem, send the medical records, operation notes and imaging you already have; the hospital decides whether he, or a colleague, is the right surgeon to see.

Gender-affirming surgery

No official page associates Dr. Weerapong with gender-affirming surgery, and the Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai clinic page does not mention it. If that is what you are looking for, tell our patient team, and we will point you to surgeons whose official profiles document the work.

A first consultation with Dr. Weerapong has two jobs. One is to fill the gaps his public profiles leave; the other is the ordinary work of planning an operation. Both go better if you write your questions down and send them with your request or bring them to the appointment.

About his practice

• Do you perform the operation I am asking about, and how many do you perform?
• On which days do you see patients at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai, given your part-time schedule?
• Would my operation take place at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai, and would I recover on its inpatient ward?
• Who else is in the team: which anaesthesiologist, and who looks after me on the ward?
• Have you trained further, since your 2012 board qualification, in the technique you are recommending?

About the operation

• Which technique do you recommend for me, and what are the alternatives?
• Which anaesthetic would I have, how long would I stay on the ward, and when could I safely fly out of Hat Yai?
• What are the main risks for someone with my health history?
• Once I have left Thailand, how do I reach your team about a wound or healing worry, and who answers?
• Can I have a written, itemised quote, including what happens if further surgery is ever needed?
• If implants are involved: which type and surface do you use, and will I receive an implant card?

Language

His hospital profile lists Thai as his language and does not list English. Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai says its international patient programme provides translation and interpretation, and the hospital's pages mention English, Malay (Bahasa Melayu) and Chinese alongside Thai. Ask for an interpreter for the consultation, above all for the discussion of risks and consent, where exact wording matters.

Online first, in person second

Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai offers overseas patients free medical advice by e-mail before they travel, and says it can send back an outline treatment plan and an early fee estimate shaped by what the specialist recommends. If you live abroad, that can be a sensible first step towards seeing Dr. Weerapong. Keep in mind that anything planned from photos and messages is provisional: he confirms or revises it only after his own examination in Hat Yai, and the quote may change with it.

Everything below is published by Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai about its own services. None of it is known to apply at Hat Yai Hospital or at the clinic named on his 2019 society entry.

Getting there

For taxis and maps, the hospital is number 75 in Soi 15 of Phetkasem Road, Hat Yai 90110. It says its representatives and a van service can meet you at Hat Yai's airport, bus terminal or train station, or at the Sadao border post if you come overland from Malaysia. It also organises airport pick-ups and drop-offs, hotel-to-hospital rides and hotel reservations.

The International Patient Advocate Program

Under the IPAP (International Patient Advocate Program), each patient from abroad is paired with one advocate, who stays with them from the first message until they are back home. Services the hospital lists under the programme and on its facilities page:

• translation and interpretation
• guidance on Thai visa questions
• insurance support, including contact with your insurer in your home country
• contact with embassies and international bodies on a patient's behalf
• medical reports and fit-to-fly certificates for the journey home
• meals to suit vegetarian, Muslim or western diets, halal-certified food from a restaurant inside the hospital, and prayer rooms for Muslim patients
• online payment, or a MasterCard, Visa or American Express card

Accreditation and size

Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai is accredited by HA Thailand (the Healthcare Accreditation Institute); the HA database shows the current re-accreditation running from 22 July 2025 to 21 July 2028. We found no entry for it among the Thai hospitals in the Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited-organisations list, and its own pages make no JCI claim. It says it opened in 1997 and gives a figure of 400 beds.

Planning your stay

In general, how long you stay in Hat Yai depends on the operation. Typical figures from our guides: eyelid surgery about 5–7 days; breast augmentation, liposuction and rhinoplasty 7–10 days each; breast reduction 10–14 days; a tummy tuck 12–14 days. When you are fit to fly is Dr. Weerapong's decision. Because he works part-time at the hospital, check that your follow-up appointments with him fall inside your planned stay, and ask who sees you on days he is not there. Before you leave, collect your operation summary and any medical report or fit-to-fly certificate you need.

Clear information at the start lets the hospital answer the first question, whether Dr. Weerapong is the right surgeon for your request, without a long exchange of messages. Please send photos and health information only through our request form or directly to our patient team, and limit the photos to the ones they ask for.

For every request

• What you want changed or treated, in a sentence or two, and what concerns you most
• Your age, current height and weight, and any large weight change in recent months
• Medical conditions, current medicines and supplements, allergies, and any past problems with anaesthesia
• Whether you smoke or use other nicotine products, which affect wound healing
• Previous operations, especially on the same area, with dates and operation notes if you have them
• Your preferred dates, how long you can stay in Hat Yai, and whether you need an interpreter

Photos by area

Use a plain background and even light, with no filters; for facial photos, no make-up.

• Nose: front, both sides, and a base view from below, as our rhinoplasty guide describes. Mention any earlier nose surgery, injury or breathing problems.
• Eyelids: close views facing the camera: eyes open in one, softly shut in the other. Mention dry eyes, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease or recent eye surgery.
• Breasts or chest: a front view, a view from each side and an angled view from each side, framed from neck to waist. Add your current bra size if relevant, your implant card details or operation notes if you have had breast surgery before, and reports of any recent breast imaging.
• Abdomen and body: standing views of the area from the front, sides and back. Say whether you have had pregnancies and whether you plan more; in general, surgeons prefer to do a tummy tuck once a patient's family is complete.
• Scars, burns, facial injuries or hand problems: photos of the area, plus discharge summaries, operation notes and imaging reports such as X-ray or CT from earlier treatment.

Records in other languages

If your records are not in English or Thai, tell us. The hospital lists a translation and interpretation service, and our patient team can ask how it handles medical documents before you travel.