Chiangmai Ram Hospital

Chiangmai Ram Hospital (โรงพยาบาลเชียงใหม่ ราม), which patients also call Chiang Mai Ram Hospital or just Chiangmai Ram, is a private hospital in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, with its main building at 8 Boonreungrit Road, Mueang Chiang Mai district. According to the history on its website, a group of Chiang Mai doctors founded it together with Ramkhamhaeng Hospital in Bangkok; the foundation stone went down on 19 August 1991 and the hospital opened on 2 August 1993.

Cosmetic surgery is not what the hospital is organised around. Its named specialist units are a Cardiac Balloon Center, a Stroke & Paralysis Center and a Pediatric Specialty Center, supported by round-the-clock emergency care and a 24-hour ambulance and patient transfer service. A second site on the same road, Chiangmai Ram Health Center, holds the Dermatology and Aesthetic Center, the Dental Center, the Health Check-up Center and the Physical Therapy Center.

Why Chiangmai Ram matters to someone thinking about plastic or eyelid surgery:

• Plastic surgeons with regular clinics. Plastic Surgery (ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง) is one of the specialties in the hospital's doctor directory. Four doctors whose Chiangmai Ram profiles name plastic surgery as their specialty see patients here on set days of the week.
• Oculoplastic training in the eye department. Two ophthalmologists in the Ophthalmology Department list fellowship training in orbit and oculoplastic surgery at the University of British Columbia.
• No published cosmetic surgery menu. The hospital's site has no plastic or cosmetic surgery centre page and no list of cosmetic operations. Which operation a surgeon would carry out here, and in which building, is therefore something to settle at a consultation; the procedures section below sets out exactly what is and is not on record.

On accreditation, Joint Commission International (JCI) lists Chiangmai Ram Hospital as accredited, effective 7 November 2009. Bed numbers, operating theatres and intensive-care capacity are not published on the official website, so this page gives no figures for them.

Everything stated here is drawn from the hospital's own website, the accreditors' databases (JCI and HA Thailand) and the doctors' official profiles, each checked on 27 September 2026. How we verify hospitals and surgeons is described in our provider research methodology.

Chiangmai Ram has no single plastic surgery centre. The relevant clinics are spread over three parts of the hospital, and asking for the right one from the start avoids a wasted appointment.

1. Plastic surgery clinics in the Health Center's skin centre. Three doctors appear under the Plastic Surgery filter of the hospital's online directory, and each of them consults at Dermatology & Laser, Chiangmai Ram Health Center (ศูนย์ผิวหนังและความงาม เชียงใหม่ ราม เฮลท์ เซ็นเตอร์):

• Friday: Asst. Prof. Dr. Krit Khwanngern
• Saturday: Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttan Wongtriratanachai
• Monday and Wednesday: Dr. Anan Watcharhachittitam

2. A plastic surgeon in the Surgical Department. The directory files Dr. Somboon Chaisrisawadisuk under Surgery, yet his Chiangmai Ram profile names his field as plastic surgery (ผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านศัลยกรรมตกแต่ง). His clinic in the Surgical Department (แผนกศัลยกรรม) runs on weekdays, Monday to Friday. A search of the hospital website for ตกแต่ง, the Thai term used for plastic surgery, brings up all four of these surgeons together.

3. Orbit and oculoplastic clinics in the Ophthalmology Department. Dr. Rutchada Siriwanasan carries the published specialty 'Ophthalmologist Orbit & Oculoplastic Specialist' and consults Monday to Friday. Dr. Damrong Wiwatwongwana, listed under Ophthalmology, holds a Saturday clinic; his qualifications include a 2007 clinical fellowship in oculoplastics and orbit. Oculoplastic surgeons are ophthalmologists trained to operate around the eye, on the lids, the tear ducts and the bony socket (orbit), so a lid that sits low or feels heavy is a reasonable thing to bring to this department first.

Skin and injectable treatments (not surgery). The Dermatology and Aesthetic Center publishes a list of dermatology care and non-surgical aesthetic treatments: CO2 laser, picosecond laser, ELOS, Ulthera, Sculptra, dermal filler and botulinum toxin. Our listings cover surgeons only, so the dermatologists and aesthetic-laser doctors in the hospital's directory do not appear on this page.

Gender-affirming surgery. We found no mention of gender-affirming surgery on the Chiangmai Ram pages we reviewed, and it is not on any of the six doctors' hospital profiles. For facilities where these operations are documented, see our gender-affirming surgery section.

Hospital back-up. The main hospital documents a 24-hour emergency department, a 24-hour ambulance and patient transfer service, inpatient rooms and its specialist medical centres. What its pages leave out is where cosmetic operations arranged through these clinics are actually carried out. Before agreeing to surgery, ask whether it would take place in the main hospital's operating theatres, who would be responsible for the anaesthetic and whether an overnight stay is planned.

To build this list we worked through Chiangmai Ram Hospital's whole online doctor directory, including the doctors who sit under no specialty filter, and kept the six whose published specialty is plastic surgery or orbit and oculoplastic ophthalmology. English profiles on the hospital site put 'M.D.' in front of each name, and several surnames are spelt differently from other hospitals' pages; where that happens we add the Chiangmai Ram spelling, so you can match the doctor on the hospital's own website. The clinic days shown are those the hospital published in September 2026, and they can change.

Plastic surgeons

Asst. Prof. Dr. Krit Khwanngern (กฤษณ์ ขวัญเงิน; written KRIT KHWAN-NGERN at Chiangmai Ram), Friday clinic at the Health Center. His main post is at Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Medicine, where he is head of the Plastic Surgery Unit in the Department of Surgery and Deputy Dean for Information Technology and Data Management. He is also acting director of the university's Princess Sirindhorn IT Foundation Craniofacial Center. Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai's profile of him gives a Doctor of Medicine from Chiang Mai University (1995) and a plastic surgery sub-board certificate (2005). ThPRS, the Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand, includes him in its member directory. Most of his published research deals with cleft lip and palate and related craniofacial anomalies, and none of his official profiles lists named cosmetic operations. He also practises at Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital and Sriphat Medical Center. See Dr. Krit's profile.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttan Wongtriratanachai (พุดตาน วงศ์ตรีรัตนชัย; written PUTTAN WONGTRIRATANACHAT and วงค์ตรีรัตนชัย at Chiangmai Ram), Saturday clinic at the Health Center. The qualifications on her Chiangmai Ram profile run from an MD at Chiang Mai University (2000) to the Thai Board in General Surgery (2005) and then the Thai Board in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chulalongkorn University (2007); the same profile names plastic and reconstructive surgery and general surgery as her clinical interests. According to her own clinic's website, she also received a certificate in 2018 from a breast reconstruction and microvascular surgery fellowship programme at Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. She holds an Assistant Professor post in Chiang Mai University's Plastic Surgery Unit, appears in the ThPRS member directory and runs her own practice, Dr.Puttan Plastic Surgery, in Suthep. Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai and Sriphat Medical Center list her as well. Of the six doctors here, she is the only one with an official source naming particular cosmetic operations, and that source is her clinic's service list rather than Chiangmai Ram's (see the procedures section). See Dr. Puttan's profile.

Dr. Anan Watcharhachittitam (อนันต์ วัชราจิตติธรรม; written ANAN WATCHARACHITTITAM and วัชรจิตติธรรม at Chiangmai Ram), Monday and Wednesday clinics at the Health Center. All three qualifications on his Chiangmai Ram profile come from Chulalongkorn University: an MD in 1996, the Thai Board in General Surgery in 2002 and the Thai Board in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2004. Nakornping Hospital in Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, run by the Ministry of Public Health, names him in the Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery group of its Department of Surgery, and Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai lists him too. ThPRS includes him among its members. None of his profiles gives specific procedures or clinical interests. See Dr. Anan's profile.

Dr. Somboon Chaisrisawadisuk (สมบูรณ์ ชัยศรีสวัสดิ์สุข), weekday clinics (Monday to Friday) in the Surgical Department. His Chiangmai Ram profile states plastic surgery as his specialty and Thai and English as his languages; the qualification fields are blank, so we cannot report where he trained. Chiang Mai University's Department of Surgery names him as a special lecturer (อาจารย์พิเศษ) in the Plastic Surgery Unit. He is in the ThPRS member directory, and the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand admitted him as a member in 2013. He also had an entry in the old online directory of the Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand (ThSAPS), whose last archived copy dates from 2020. His recent papers, with a Chiang Mai University affiliation, cover cleft lip repair, frontonasal dysplasia and encephalomeningocele. Dr. Sarut Chaisrisawadisuk, a plastic surgeon at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, shares the surname but is a different surgeon. See Dr. Somboon's profile.

Orbit and oculoplastic ophthalmologists

Dr. Rutchada Siriwanasan (รัชดา ศิริวันสาณฑ์), Ophthalmology Department, Monday to Friday. The hospital gives her specialty as 'Ophthalmologist Orbit & Oculoplastic Specialist'. Her profile lists an MD (Honor) from Chiang Mai University (1994), a Certificate of Clinical Science in Ophthalmology (1995), the Thai Board in Ophthalmology (1999) and, in the same year, a certificate for an Orbital Diseases and Oculoplastics Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Thailand includes her in its find-an-ophthalmologist directory under Chiang Mai. No eyelid operation is named on her profile. See Dr. Rutchada's profile.

Dr. Damrong Wiwatwongwana (ดำรงค์ วิวัฒน์วงศ์วนา), Ophthalmology Department, Saturdays. Listed under Ophthalmology, he gives two University of British Columbia clinical fellowships among his qualifications: oculoplastics and orbit in 2007, and glaucoma in 2008. His profile names no specific operations, and his languages are not stated in the records we checked. See Dr. Damrong's profile.

Who is not listed here, and why

Chiangmai Ram's directory also includes dermatologists and aesthetic-laser doctors, ear, nose and throat surgeons with no published facial plastic focus, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and hand surgeons. They fall outside our scope, which is plastic, oculoplastic and facial plastic surgeons; their absence here says nothing about their work.

No list of cosmetic operations appears anywhere on Chiangmai Ram Hospital's website. We searched the site in Thai for the everyday terms for double eyelid surgery, nose augmentation, drooping eyelids, eyelid surgery, under-eye bags, liposuction and breast augmentation and got no results, and the Dermatology and Aesthetic Center's list is limited to non-surgical treatments. We therefore link no procedure to the hospital itself.

The missing list is not proof that cosmetic operations never happen here; it means the hospital has not put them on record. Before you book flights, get three things confirmed at a consultation: the operation, the surgeon, and the building where it would be done. Here is how to approach each area.

Eyelid concerns: the oculoplastic clinic is the natural first stop. 'Eyelid surgery' is an umbrella term. In general:

• upper eyelid surgery takes away excess, hooding skin and sometimes fat;
• lower eyelid surgery deals with bags under the eyes by removing or repositioning fat;
• double eyelid surgery creates an upper-lid crease, or refines one that is faint or uneven;
• ptosis correction addresses a separate problem: the lid margin itself sits low, and the repair involves the muscle.

Expect questions about eye dryness, glaucoma, thyroid-related eye disease and your eyesight before any eyelid operation, since each can change what is safe. Dr. Rutchada Siriwanasan and Dr. Damrong Wiwatwongwana both list oculoplastic fellowships, but neither profile says which eyelid operations they perform, so ask them. Our blepharoplasty guide covers the options in more depth; its usual planning figure for overseas patients is 5–7 days in Thailand, which allows for stitch removal.

Nose, face, breast and body: ask a plastic surgeon, and ask where. None of the four plastic surgeons' Chiangmai Ram profiles names a procedure. One official list exists among them, on the website of Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttan Wongtriratanachai's private clinic in Suthep, which describes:

• nose: rhinoplasty, including silicone-implant nose augmentation (Asian rhinoplasty), nasal tip refinement and alar base (nostril) reduction
• eyelids: blepharoplasty, double eyelid surgery, trimming of sagging upper-lid skin and lower-lid bag reduction
• ears, face and chin: otoplasty for prominent ears, facelift, neck lift and chin augmentation with a silicone implant
• breasts: augmentation, lift and reduction
• body: liposuction and tummy tuck

That is her clinic's service list, not a Chiangmai Ram service list. If one of these operations is your goal, ask her where she would do it: at Chiangmai Ram Hospital, at her own clinic or at one of the other hospitals where she works. The venue decides the type of anaesthetic, whether you stay overnight and who looks after you in the days that follow.

Rhinoplasty: what patients generally discuss. People seeking nose surgery in Thailand tend to want one of two things: less (a hump removed, a narrower bridge, a finer tip) or more (a higher bridge or a more projected tip). To build the nose up, surgeons use either cartilage taken from the patient or an implant, silicone and ePTFE being the usual examples, and the options differ in their trade-offs. Ask which the surgeon would choose for your nose and on what grounds. Our rhinoplasty guide suggests commonly 7–10 days in Thailand, enough for the splint to come off and a follow-up check.

Breast surgery: points to understand. An implant adds volume; it does not by itself raise a breast where the nipple sits low, and that is when a lift may be suggested alongside it or instead of it. Implants are not lifetime devices. Settle before the operation how you will be followed up after returning home, and ask for your implant card with the brand, size and type.

Reconstructive and craniofacial work. Asst. Prof. Dr. Krit, Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttan and Dr. Somboon all teach at Chiang Mai University, and Dr. Krit's and Dr. Somboon's publications centre on cleft lip and palate and craniofacial conditions. A research interest does not tell you what is offered at Chiangmai Ram, and our procedure guides do not cover cleft or craniofacial surgery, so raise it with the surgeon directly.

Questions to take to a Chiangmai Ram consultation

• For my concern, which operation would you suggest, and what else could I consider?
• Would you operate in Chiangmai Ram's main hospital, or somewhere else?
• Who gives the anaesthetic, and should I expect to stay the night?
• Who sees me after the operation, and who do I call if something goes wrong once I have flown home?
• Could I have the treatment plan and a full breakdown of the price in writing?

JCI: listed as accredited. Joint Commission International's directory of currently accredited organisations includes 'Chiangmai Ram Hospital', Chiangmai, Thailand, under its Hospital Program (IHCO ID 60000020). The entry shows 'Accredited' as the decision and 7 November 2009 as the effective date, with no expiry date displayed. We re-checked it on 27 September 2026. The directory now sits on jointcommission.org under 'Find accredited international organizations', and a search for 'Chiangmai Ram' brings up the entry.

HA Thailand: no current accreditation. HA Thailand is the country's national hospital accreditor. Its record for Chiangmai Ram shows a first accreditation running from 9 March 2004 to 8 March 2006, then four re-accreditations, the last of them valid from 14 August 2018 to 13 August 2021. A current-status search returns the hospital without an active accreditation, so we do not call Chiangmai Ram HA-accredited.

ISO 9002. The hospital's About page refers to 'ISO 9002 standards'. We could not confirm this with a certification body, so we do not list it.

How much weight to give accreditation. A hospital accreditation survey reviews organisation-wide systems, for example infection prevention and patient-safety procedures, as they stood when the surveyors visited. It says nothing about a particular surgeon's cosmetic results and guarantees no outcome. Check the individual doctor as well. Thai medical licences can be looked up in the Medical Council of Thailand's online register. 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. The surgeons section above shows which specialty society or college lists each doctor.

Services the hospital documents

• Interpreters in seven languages. Chiangmai Ram's International Patients Services offers professional medical interpreting in English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Burmese and Korean. Ask for an interpreter at the time you make the appointment; the hospital wants these requests in advance.
• Doctors who list English. English appears next to Thai on the Chiangmai Ram profiles of five of the six doctors above. For Dr. Damrong Wiwatwongwana, the records we checked give no languages.
• Visa medicals. Medical examinations for visa applications are done at the Health Check-up Center, which states that embassies including those of Australia, Canada and New Zealand certify them. This matters more to Chiang Mai residents than to people visiting for surgery.
• Ambulance and patient transfer, 24 hours, within Chiang Mai and from other provinces (052-004601).

Nothing on the official pages we reviewed describes airport pick-up, hotel bookings, cosmetic surgery packages or video consultations. If you need any of these, ask rather than assume.

How ThaiCosmeticSurgery.com fits in. We are independent of Chiangmai Ram Hospital, and our patient coordinators do not give medical advice. With your request, we:

• send it on to Chiangmai Ram Hospital and chase a reply
• line up your dates with the published clinic days of the doctor you pick, or ask the hospital which clinic suits your concern
• add an interpreter request in your language when needed
• find out whether a remote first consultation is possible before you travel
• let you know which photos, records or history the doctor wants to see
• report back with the hospital's offer: possible dates, whether the first consultation is in person or remote, and what happens next

Requests made through us are free of charge. An appointment exists only when Chiangmai Ram Hospital confirms it, and if a deposit or other payment is required, the hospital sets the terms.

The hospital's address is 8 Boonreungrit Road, Si Phum subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai 50200 (Thai: 8 ถนนบุญเรืองฤทธิ์ ตำบลศรีภูมิ อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ 50200). Some of the hospital's own material spells the road Boonruangrit. The pin on the map embedded in its contact page sits at roughly 18.7948° N, 98.9780° E.

Main hospital and Health Center. A map published by the hospital places Chiangmai Ram Health Center 50 metres short of the main hospital along Boonruangrit Road. Three of the plastic surgeons consult in the Health Center's skin centre building; the hospital's photos show the complex as a group of Lanna-style buildings with signposted parking. Dr. Somboon's Surgical Department clinic and the two ophthalmologists' clinics belong to hospital departments, not to the Health Center, so check which building your confirmed appointment is in.

Published contact details

• Telephone: 052-004699 (+66 52 004 699 when calling from outside Thailand)
• E-mail: chiangmairam@chiangmairam.com
• Emergency and ambulance, 24 hours: 052-004601
• Cardiac Balloon Center, 24 hours: 052-004602
• Website: chiangmairam.com

Watch the 'Get Directions' link. When we checked, the 'Get Directions' shortcut in the website footer led to Ramkhamhaeng Hospital in Bangkok, the hospital Chiangmai Ram was founded with, rather than to the Chiang Mai site. Navigate by the street address or by the map on the contact page instead.

The doctors' other Chiang Mai practices. Between them, the surgeons on this page also work at Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Sriphat Medical Center, Nakornping Hospital in Mae Rim and Dr.Puttan Plastic Surgery in Suthep. Our Chiang Mai city guide lists every surgeon and facility we cover in the city.

Our patient team can request a consultation at Chiangmai Ram Hospital on your behalf. It costs nothing, and a request becomes an appointment only when Chiangmai Ram says yes.

• Choose the clinic. Eyelid or eye-area concern: one of the oculoplastic ophthalmologists. Nose, face, breast or body: one of the plastic surgeons. Skin treatments and injectables belong to the Dermatology and Aesthetic Center, which our surgeon listings do not cover. Not sure? Describe the problem and we will ask the hospital who should see you.
• Send the request. Use request a consultation at Chiangmai Ram Hospital, or go through a specific doctor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Krit Khwanngern, Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttan Wongtriratanachai, Dr. Anan Watcharhachittitam, Dr. Somboon Chaisrisawadisuk or Dr. Rutchada Siriwanasan. To see Dr. Damrong Wiwatwongwana, send the hospital request and put his name in it.
• Match your dates to the clinic days. As published in September 2026: Dr. Anan on Mondays and Wednesdays, Dr. Krit on Fridays, Dr. Puttan and Dr. Damrong on Saturdays, and Dr. Somboon and Dr. Rutchada on weekdays. Schedules shift, so offer a spread of possible dates rather than one.
• Mention an interpreter. Interpreters must be requested ahead of time; the hospital covers English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Burmese and Korean.
• Wait for the hospital's answer. We relay what Chiangmai Ram proposes (dates, format, next steps), and the decision to go ahead is yours. If a deposit or payment is needed, the terms come from the hospital.

You can also book with the hospital yourself: some doctor profiles on chiangmairam.com carry an online appointment link. Coming through us helps when you want advice on choosing a clinic, need an interpreter arranged or want to compare Chiangmai Ram with other options in Chiang Mai.

If you are planning an operation rather than only a consultation, budget time in Thailand for recovery. Our procedure guides give usual figures, for instance 5–7 days for eyelid surgery and commonly 7–10 days for rhinoplasty and for breast augmentation. When you are fit to fly is your surgeon's call.

The better the information in your request, the easier it is for a Chiangmai Ram doctor to judge whether a consultation is worthwhile and what to get ready for it. Include whatever applies to you.

In every request

• The change you are hoping for, described your own way, and any doctor or clinic you prefer
• Dates you can attend, with the clinic days above in mind
• Whether you need an interpreter, and the language
• Health background: ongoing conditions, all medicines and supplements (blood thinners such as aspirin especially), allergies, earlier operations and any past reaction to anaesthesia
• Any tobacco, vaping or nicotine use
• Whether you live in Thailand or are travelling in, and where you will be staying

Eyelids (oculoplastic clinic)

• Straight-on photos in soft, even light with no make-up or glasses: one set with your eyes open and one with them gently shut
• What bothers you most: skin folding onto the lashes, under-eye bags, a crease that is missing or uneven, or a lid edge that sits low
• Eye conditions past or present (dryness, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease, poor sight) and whether you wear contact lenses
• Earlier eyelid or eye operations, injuries or injections near the eyes
• Your most recent eye-test report, if you have one

Nose (plastic surgery clinic)

• Photos from the front, from each side and from underneath (the nostril view), in plain light
• Whether your aim is a smaller nose or a higher, more projected one, plus any previous nose operation or implant
• Past injury to the nose, trouble breathing through it, or allergies

Breasts or body (plastic surgery clinic)

• Front view and both side views of the area, against a plain background
• Height and weight
• Earlier breast or body surgery, and your implant card if you have implants now

Leave out for now

• Card or payment details: a request through us is free, and deposit terms, if any, come from the hospital
• Original documents: scans or photos of them are enough at this stage

The doctor may ask for more once they have read your request. Any plan based only on photos is provisional until you have been examined in person.