Praram 9 Hospital

Praram 9 Hospital, called โรงพยาบาลพระรามเก้า in Thai and often shortened to Praram 9 or PR9, is a private hospital in the Huai Khwang district of Bangkok. Letters and visitors go to 99 Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310. The official website, praram9.com, presents a general hospital with many medical centres, including a Surgery Center, an Eye Center, an Ear, Nose and Throat Center, a Breast Clinic, a Kidney Disease and Transplantation Institute and a Cardiovascular Institute.

For anyone researching cosmetic, plastic or reconstructive surgery, the key point is what kind of place this is. Praram 9 is a multi-specialty hospital that has plastic surgeons on its roster. It is not a facility built around cosmetic surgery. The cosmetic-related work sits mainly in the Skin and Plastic Surgery centre, which the hospital labels a dermatology and cosmetic laser centre focused on skin rejuvenation, found on the ninth floor of Building B. Two other departments add specialists who matter to this site: the Eye Center lists oculoplastic surgeons, and the ENT Center lists a surgeon whose stated field is facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Counting only the doctors relevant to this site, the directory gives 17 names. Twelve appear under Skin and Plastic Surgery as plastic surgeons, one facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon appears in the ENT Center, and four oculoplastic surgeons appear in the Eye Center. A further 15 doctors in the Skin and Plastic Surgery directory give dermatology as their specialty, so we do not describe them as surgeons.

We built this page using the hospital's published pages together with the researched surgeon profiles on this site, last checked on 2 October 2026. Several facts are simply not published: the number of beds, intensive-care beds and operating theatres, the year the hospital opened, and prices for cosmetic operations. Where a fact is missing we say so instead of estimating it. How we gather and check such details is described on our provider research methodology page.

If Praram 9 is on your shortlist, your move from here is to request a consultation. Our patient team asks the hospital which surgeons can see you and reports back; nothing is confirmed until the hospital agrees.

The hospital's page for the Skin and Plastic Surgery centre reads as a dermatology and aesthetic-treatment service. The treatments it names are:

• cosmetic laser treatments, including CO2, Q-switched Nd-YAG, hair removal, IPL, fractional radiofrequency, Thermage and Body FX;
• botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid filler injections;
• chemical peels, cryotherapy and UVB phototherapy.

Opening hours for the centre are shown as Monday to Saturday from 08.00 to 20.00 and Sunday from 08.00 to 16.00.

The page does not carry a menu of operations such as rhinoplasty, breast augmentation or facelift. For that reason we have not tied this hospital to any procedure page on our site: a facility is linked to a procedure only when an official hospital page names it. The interests of individual surgeons are a different matter, covered further down, and they describe the doctor rather than a hospital service.

It helps to think about what a general hospital offers a surgical patient. In broad terms, a hospital with several specialties under one roof gives a surgeon colleagues to call on, for example an anaesthetist, a breast specialist or an eye doctor, if a case turns out to be more complicated than expected. Praram 9 publishes a Surgery Center and a Breast Clinic among its departments, alongside its cardiovascular and kidney institutes. What it does not publish is the size of its intensive-care unit or the number of theatres, so if those details matter to you, ask us to raise them with the hospital.

Patients interested in an operation, as opposed to a laser or injectable treatment, should settle three questions early. Which surgeon will carry out the operation? In which theatre setting will it take place? Is it planned as a day case or an admission? The answers shape the final cost and the number of nights you need to budget for.

Treat any general description of a procedure as orientation only. Whether a particular operation suits you depends on an examination, your medical history and your goals, and that assessment belongs to the surgeon.

The hospital's doctor directory places the relevant surgeons under three headings. Everything below comes from the hospital's own profiles or from the research profiles we hold for each surgeon.

### Plastic surgeons (Skin and Plastic Surgery centre)

• Asst. Prof. Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo: plastic surgeon. Her Praram 9 profile names facial feminization, eyelid surgery and ptosis correction, mastopexy, breast augmentation, facelift and rhinoplasty among her interests. Our research profile records Thai and English as her languages and shows that she also practises at several other Bangkok hospitals.
• Emeritus Prof. Dr. Arthi Kruavit: plastic and reconstructive surgery. His record shows a medical degree from Siriraj Hospital (Mahidol University), a plastic surgery residency at Ramathibodi Hospital and the Thai Board of Plastic Surgery diploma. He is also listed at Medpark Hospital.
• Dr. Kasem Puwiwattanangkura: plastic surgery, with hand surgery and microsurgery, lower-extremity reconstruction and head and neck surgery listed as his areas. He completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship and is an instructor in plastic and maxillofacial surgery at Ramathibodi Hospital. Those areas are reconstructive rather than cosmetic.
• Dr. Kasemsak Pyungtanasup: plastic surgery, whose listed subspecialties are breast surgery and rhinoplasty.
• Dr. Nichakarn Watanaprakornkul: listed by the hospital under Skin and Plastic Surgery. We have not completed a research profile for her, so we state nothing further about her training or procedures.
• Dr. Peera Thianpitoon: plastic surgery. His record shows an M.D. from Chulalongkorn University in 1998, followed by surgery and then plastic surgery training there.
• Dr. Sahatad Haetanurak: plastic surgery. A profile at another Bangkok hospital lists face and neck lift, blepharoplasty and ptosis, endoscopic breast augmentation and VASER liposuction among his interests. His record also includes a male-to-female gender-affirming surgery fellowship at the Chettawut Plastic Surgery Center, plus further training in Korea in Asian eyelid surgery and breast implants. Thai and English are recorded as his languages.
• Dr. Sarayuth Dumrongwongsiri: plastic surgery, with craniofacial surgery as his listed subspecialty and a craniofacial fellowship certificate from Taiwan. He is also a lecturer in Ramathibodi's plastic and maxillofacial unit.
• Dr. Surawej Numhom: plastic surgery, with microsurgery and craniofacial training recorded and a role as head of Ramathibodi Hospital's plastic and maxillofacial surgery unit.
• Dr. Tawisak Labchitkuson: listed by the hospital under Skin and Plastic Surgery. As with Dr. Nichakarn, we hold no researched record of training and make no further claim.
• Dr. Teerapat Jaiprasat: plastic and reconstructive surgery. His record shows an M.D. from Mahidol University and plastic surgery training at the Phramongkutklao College of Medicine.
• Dr. Thiti Tantitham: plastic surgery. Our record shows a Thai Board diploma in plastic surgery for him, training at Ramathibodi Hospital and a current post there as an instructor.

### Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (ENT Center)

• Dr. Satit Chaiprasithikul: the hospital lists facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and otolaryngology as his fields. Our record shows an M.D. from Siriraj Hospital, ENT residency at the Phramongkutklao College of Medicine and a Medical Council certificate in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery dated 2005.

### Oculoplastic surgeons (Eye Center)

• Dr. Pattama Wongwatthanadej: ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery of the eyelid, tear duct and orbit. She trained at Ramathibodi Hospital, held an oculoplastics fellowship in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a special lecturer in the oculoplastic clinic at Ramathibodi.
• Dr. Vorarit Jinaratana: oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery, with eyelid reconstruction, eyelid neoplasm, lacrimal and orbital surgery listed. His oculoplastic training at Ramathibodi is dated 2024.
• Dr. Sunisa Sintuwong: ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery. Her record shows an M.D. from Chiang Mai University, ophthalmology residency at Ramathibodi and an oculoplastic fellowship at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul. She does not yet have a page on our site.
• Dr. Tiparut Thithuan: oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. Her record shows an M.D. and ophthalmology residency at Chiang Mai University and oculoplastic fellowship training at Chulalongkorn University. She does not yet have a page on our site.

Many of these doctors hold appointments at more than one hospital, so a surgeon listed here may run clinics somewhere else. Always confirm where the consultation will take place and where the operation would be done.

One more point about labels. The hospital's Skin and Plastic Surgery heading gathers dermatologists and plastic surgeons together. A dermatologist and a plastic surgeon do different work, so check that the doctor you are matched with is trained for the operation you have in mind. On this site we describe each surgeon by their own stated specialty, never by the department name alone.

Documented for the hospital: the dermatology, laser and injectable services listed earlier. None of them corresponds to a surgical procedure page on our site.

Documented for individual surgeons, not for the hospital as a whole: some surgeon profiles name procedures that overlap with pages on our site. These are statements about the doctor, taken from the profile named in our research file. They do not promise that the operation is performed at Praram 9.

• Eyes and face: blepharoplasty and ptosis correction appear among the interests of Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo and Dr. Sahatad Haetanurak, and both also list facelift or face and neck lift. The Eye Center's four oculoplastic surgeons are documented for reconstructive eyelid, tear-duct and orbital work.
• Nose: rhinoplasty is named for Dr. Kasemsak Pyungtanasup and for Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo.
• Breast: breast augmentation is named for Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo and Dr. Sahatad Haetanurak, and her Praram 9 profile also lists mastopexy, which our site covers as breast lift. Dr. Kasemsak Pyungtanasup has breast surgery as a subspecialty. The hospital separately runs a Breast Clinic.
• Gender-affirming surgery: Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo's Praram 9 profile lists sex reassignment surgery and facial feminization, and Dr. Sahatad Haetanurak's record includes a gender-affirming surgery fellowship. The hospital's own pages that we reviewed do not describe a gender-affirming programme, so before planning travel, ask our patient team to confirm with the hospital whether such operations are performed there. Our guide to facial feminization explains what that surgery involves.

General background on two common operations. Blepharoplasty reshapes the eyelids by taking out or moving surplus skin and fat, upper or lower. Local anaesthesia with sedation is common and it is usually a day case; stitches typically come out after about five to seven days, and international patients commonly plan five to seven days in Thailand, with most bruising settling over one to two weeks. Our blepharoplasty guide sets this out. Rhinoplasty is usually performed under general anaesthesia, sometimes going home the same day and sometimes staying one night, and patients commonly plan seven to ten days until the splint is removed and the surgeon has checked the result. Swelling mostly eases within two to three weeks, but the nasal tip can go on changing shape for twelve months or longer; see the rhinoplasty guide. These figures describe the operations in general. They are not timings published by Praram 9, and your surgeon will set your own schedule.

Both operations carry risks, among them asymmetry, visible scarring and the possibility of a further procedure, and the guides list them in full. Whether either operation is right for you is something only an in-person assessment can establish.

If the operation you want is not among any surgeon's listed interests, that does not prove it is unavailable. It only means we have not found it documented. Give us the exact operation you are thinking of, and our team will check it with Praram 9.

At present this profile shows no accreditation for Praram 9 Hospital, and the reason is worth explaining.

The hospital's history page says, without giving a date, that it has held Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation since 2010. Current status and expiry date can be checked in the JCI public directory. Our rule is to display an accreditation only when it is visible as current in the accreditor's own records or in a dated official statement. We also did not check the Thai Healthcare Accreditation (HA) records for this hospital.

What that means in practice:

• The hospital's statement exists, but because we have not matched it against the accreditor, we do not present it as verified.
• Accreditation speaks to a hospital's systems, such as infection control, medication safety and patient-rights procedures. It says little about the outcome of any particular operation and does not replace a check of the surgeon's own qualifications.
• We will add the accreditation, with the body, status and expiry date, once a current entry can be seen in the JCI database.

Surgeons are assessed separately from the building they work in. Each surgeon page on our site records the training we could document, such as medical school, residency, fellowships and Thai Board diplomas where a source shows them. Membership of professional societies is not recorded for most of the Praram 9 surgeons, because we could not confirm it.

What the hospital says it provides. According to its page for international patients and its contact page:

• interpreters are available throughout the patient journey, from before arrival until after you leave the hospital, and they work daily from 7.00am to 5.00pm;
• the languages it names are Arabic, Burmese, English, Japanese, Khmer and Mandarin;
• the contact page lists numbers by origin (Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, the Arab region) plus a line for expats and everyone else;
• there is a free hospital shuttle van from Exit 1 of Phetchaburi MRT Station, plus a free bus run from the Makkasan station on the Airport Rail Link.

What our patient team does. This is a different service from anything the hospital provides. After you request a consultation, our team gathers your goals and dates, contacts the hospital to find out which surgeon is free and what documents it wants, and sends you the choices. The hospital makes the booking, and any deposit and payment conditions are set by Praram 9 alone.

What is not published. We did not find an official page describing airport pickup arranged by the hospital, accommodation partnerships, a recovery hotel, or a price list for cosmetic surgery. If any of those matter to you, put the question in your request. The answer will come from the hospital, not from us.

If your language is not on the list, say so early. Individual surgeons' languages are shown on their pages only where we found a source; for example, Thai and English are recorded for Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo and Dr. Sahatad Haetanurak, while no languages could be confirmed for several other surgeons here. A hospital interpreter may be able to bridge the gap, but the team can confirm how that would work for your appointment.

Praram 9 Hospital sits in Huai Khwang, one of Bangkok's central-eastern districts, with the address 99 Bang Kapi. Our Bangkok guide describes how neighbourhoods, hotels and transport fit together on a medical trip.

The hospital's contact page describes two free links to the site. One is a shuttle van that starts from Exit 1 of Phetchaburi MRT Station. The other is a shuttle bus that runs from Makkasan, a station on the Airport Rail Link. Makkasan is on the line that many visitors use between Suvarnabhumi Airport and the city, so it may suit your first journey, though that comparison is our general observation, not a statement from the hospital. The pages we reviewed carry no shuttle timetable, so confirm the departure times before relying on either service, particularly for an early appointment or on the day you are discharged.

Practical suggestions based on general experience of Bangkok, not on anything the hospital says: allow extra time in the morning and evening rush hours, and after facial surgery consider a taxi or ride-hailing car for the trip to your hotel instead of the train, which can be crowded and bright. Pick accommodation that lets you reach the hospital easily, because your surgeon may ask to see you for a check a few days after the operation.

All requests go through our patient team. We do not offer instant booking, because the hospital must agree the surgeon, the date and the format first.

1. Send a request. Say whether you would like to talk online, come in person, or receive a written treatment plan first, then name the procedure you are weighing up and the dates that suit you. Begin from the Praram 9 Hospital request form, or from the page of a surgeon you already favour.
2. We contact the hospital. We check which surgeons are available and what Praram 9 needs from you before an appointment.
3. You get our reply. We send back possible dates, the consultation formats the hospital offers and what happens next. The decision to continue is yours.
4. The hospital confirms. A booking exists only once Praram 9 itself confirms it.

Not sure which kind of surgeon you need? Describe what you want to change. In general, eyelid and tear-duct concerns point towards the oculoplastic surgeons in the Eye Center, nasal and facial reconstruction can involve the ENT facial plastic surgeon, and breast, body or reconstructive questions point towards the plastic surgeons. We use the specialties documented on each surgeon's page when suggesting who to ask.

Good information shortens the wait for an answer. Prepare the following.

• Your goal in plain words: what bothers you about the area and what you hope to change.
• Recent photos in daylight against a plain background. For eyelids, send front and side views with eyes open and closed. For the nose, send front, both sides, oblique angles and a shot taken from underneath. For the breasts or body, send front, side and back views.
• Medical history: earlier operations, allergies, regular medicines and supplements, smoking or vaping, clotting problems, and long-term conditions such as diabetes or thyroid disease. For eyelid and tear-duct questions, mention dry eyes, glaucoma and any past eye surgery, because these affect safety.
• Your travel window: when you can arrive and how long you can stay. Our procedure guides give general stay lengths, but the surgeon's team decides the real follow-up schedule.
• Earlier operations you want reviewed, with operation notes or implant details if you have them.
• Language needs, so the right interpreter can be arranged.

Please do not send passport scans or payment details with a first request. The hospital will tell you, through our team, what it needs for admission and consent.