Ramathibodi Hospital

Ramathibodi Hospital, part of Mahidol University, occupies a campus on Rama VI Road in Ratchathewi, central Bangkok. Its formal name, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, reflects how it works: patient care, teaching and research are run by one university faculty. The Faculty gives 1969 as the year the hospital was established, and the plastic and maxillofacial surgery division dates its own patient care to that same year, when the Department of Surgery opened. Residency training happens here too: by the division's own figure, three trainees a year work toward Thailand's plastic surgery board certificate.

Because the surgeons here are university staff, each holds an academic rank (lecturer, assistant professor or associate professor) alongside a clinical role, and several also see patients at private Bangkok hospitals. That matters for anyone considering cosmetic surgery here. Ramathibodi is a university hospital whose plastic surgeons spend much of their time on reconstruction, such as cleft care, burns, hand injuries and rebuilding the breast after cancer surgery. Cosmetic surgery is one listed service among many rather than the hospital's main business, and cosmetic patients are seen in outpatient clinics that share the timetable with that wider workload, including evening and "Premium" sessions (described under services below).

We are an independent patient-support service and are not part of Ramathibodi Hospital or Mahidol University. We help you request a consultation with the surgeon you choose, pass your questions and records to the right office and follow up on the reply. The hospital or the surgeon decides and confirms any appointment or treatment plan.

Cosmetic and plastic surgery at Ramathibodi does not sit in a single cosmetic centre. It is split across four departments, each with its own surgeons and clinics:

• Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, a division of the Department of Surgery. According to its history page, the division covers cleft lip/palate and craniofacial surgery, head and neck tumour surgery, hand surgery, vascular and lymphatic malformations, cosmetic surgery, burns, microsurgery, bone distraction, maxillofacial surgery, breast reconstruction and facial palsy. Techniques it describes as in current use include microsurgical finger replantation, nerve repair and free muscle transfer for facial palsy; tissue expansion; distraction of facial bones and toes; breast reconstruction after mastectomy; and rebuilding the ear, nose or eyelid with the patient's own tissue. It runs a multidisciplinary Cleft Clinic (dental care, speech training, ear examination and corrective surgery) and a Burn Unit. Its surgeons staff the surgical outpatient clinic daily and see emergencies around the clock.
• Department of Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat). Its faculty listing names facial plastic and reconstructive surgery as a special expertise, next to head and neck surgery, paediatric ENT and sleep apnoea work. Three of those ENT surgeons are listed below.
• Oculoplastic Surgery Unit (Department of Ophthalmology). Eye surgeons in this unit carry out cosmetic and reconstructive surgery around the eye: the lids, the tear-drainage system and the orbit. Three full-time faculty staff it, and two special lecturers are listed for a Wednesday-afternoon oculoplastic clinic.
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. One associate professor in its female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery group documents cosmetic gynaecology and gender-affirming work (details under surgeons below).

Clinic sessions. The plastic surgery division's outpatient timetable carries the note "Update 15/02/2565" (15 February 2022), so it may be out of date. It lists in-hours morning (9:00 to 12:00) and afternoon (13:00 to 16:00) clinics, evening clinics outside normal hours (17:00 to 20:00), sessions labelled "Premium" and "Premium skin", Cleft Clinic sessions, and a Transgender clinic session under Dr. Ngamcherd Sitapahul. No days are given here. A consultation request is the way to confirm current clinic days before you book travel.

Our records hold 18 surgeons who appear on Ramathibodi's own department pages across the four departments above. Many also practise at other Bangkok hospitals, and each surgeon's profile shows where.

Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery - Dr. Surawej Numhom heads the division. - Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath: breast work both cosmetic and reconstructive, plus hand surgery and microsurgery; his profile lists further breast, body, eyelid and ear procedures. - Assoc. Prof. Chalermpong Chatdokmaiprai: nose surgery, including rhinoplasty with cartilage grafts and reduction rhinoplasty, along with cleft repair and reconstruction of the skull and facial skeleton. - Asst. Prof. Dr. Kachin Wattanawong: his training includes a fellowship in craniofacial surgery in Taiwan (Chang Gung University), and his listed interests include eyelid surgery, facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty, abdominoplasty, facial bone contouring and orthognathic surgery. - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kidakorn Kiranantawat: reconstructive microsurgery is his stated focus, within a wider aesthetic and reconstructive practice. - Dr. Sarayuth Dumrongwongsiri: his listed interests are cleft care, craniofacial and two-jaw surgery, and facial contouring. - Dr. Kasem Puwiwattanangkura: microsurgery, lower-limb reconstruction, hand surgery and head and neck surgery. - Dr. Ngamcherd Sitapahul: named on the division's timetable for its Transgender clinic session; her listed education includes transgender surgery training at Belgium's Ghent University Hospital, for which she holds a certificate. - Dr. Thiti Tantitham, an instructor in the division.

ENT surgeons with facial plastic and reconstructive surgery as a special expertise - Assoc. Prof. Chalermchai Chintrakarn, Deputy Head of the Department of Otolaryngology, who also practises head and neck surgery. - Assoc. Prof. Jumroon Tungkeeratichai: facial plastic surgery, head and neck surgery and obstructive sleep apnoea; he also founded a private practice, Jumroon Clinic. - Dr. Nualwan Leelapatharaphan: facial plastic surgery alongside paediatric ENT.

Oculoplastic Surgery Unit - Asst. Prof. Weerawan Chokthaweesak, head of the unit. - Asst. Prof. Dr. Bunyada Putthirangsiwong and Dr. Chawawat Kangwanwongpaisan, full-time faculty members of the unit. - Dr. Pornchai Mahaisavariya and Dr. Pattama Wongwatthanadej, special lecturers listed for the Wednesday 13:00 to 16:00 oculoplastic clinic; both also practise at other Bangkok hospitals.

Obstetrics and Gynecology - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Her listed work covers vaginal hysterectomy, vaginal-wall repair (colporrhaphy), labiaplasty and laparoscopic neovaginal surgery, and Bumrungrad International Hospital lists her on its Pride Clinic gender-affirming surgery team for transmen.

Ramathibodi's department pages list service categories, not a menu of named cosmetic operations or prices. We therefore connect a procedure to this hospital only through a surgeon who practises here and documents that procedure on their own profile. Much of that documentation comes from the surgeons' private-hospital listings, so it shows what a surgeon does, not necessarily that the operation is carried out at Ramathibodi. Ask which hospital would host your surgery when you request a consultation.

• Nose. Rhinoplasty is documented for Assoc. Prof. Chalermpong Chatdokmaiprai and Asst. Prof. Dr. Kachin Wattanawong.
• Eyelids. Blepharoplasty is documented for Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath, Asst. Prof. Dr. Kachin Wattanawong and, on the eye-surgery side, Dr. Pornchai Mahaisavariya, who also documents ptosis correction. Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath's profile also lists upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty and double eyelid surgery.
• Face and neck. Facelift and neck lift are documented for Asst. Prof. Dr. Kachin Wattanawong.
• Ears. Otoplasty is documented for Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath.
• Breast surgery. Breast lift, breast augmentation and breast reduction all appear on Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath's profile. Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is a listed service of the plastic surgery division as a whole.
• Body. Tummy tuck is documented for Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath and Asst. Prof. Dr. Kachin Wattanawong; arm lift for Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath.
• Gynaecology and gender-affirming surgery. Labiaplasty, cosmetic vaginoplasty and gender-affirming hysterectomy are documented for Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan. The plastic surgery division's Transgender clinic session is listed under Dr. Ngamcherd Sitapahul, but no Ramathibodi page we checked names the gender-affirming operations offered in it.

What to raise in a consultation for these areas (general guidance). In general, a nose consultation covers breathing as well as shape, whether cartilage grafting might be needed, and how long swelling takes to settle. Before eyelid surgery, including ptosis correction, surgeons usually check for dry eye, lid position and vision, so bring any recent eye-test records. For facelift, neck lift, tummy tuck and arm lift, smoking, weight stability and where the scars will sit are standard topics. Breast patients commonly ask about implant choice, future breast screening and the chance of revision. For labiaplasty, cosmetic vaginoplasty and gender-affirming hysterectomy, expect questions about gynaecological history and, for gender-affirming care, about hormone treatment and any referral letters. Every one of these operations carries risks, including bleeding, infection, poor scarring, asymmetry and the need for further surgery, and your suitability for any of them needs an in-person assessment by the surgeon before anything is planned.

We list an accreditation only when it is visibly current, meaning we can find it in a JCI or HA Thailand listing or on a hospital page whose validity date has not yet passed. Ramathibodi's healthcare quality unit publishes these certificates:

• HA (Hospital Accreditation), Re-Accreditation 4th cycle: valid 9 March 2017 to 8 March 2020.
• Advance HA, certificate No. 1/AHA001/2563: valid 11 February 2020 to 10 February 2023.
• ISO 9001:2015: listed as valid 12 January 2021 to 12 January 2024.

Every one of those periods was over when we checked on 27 September 2026. This page shows no current accreditation; ask the hospital for the current position. A lapsed certificate on a hospital website is not evidence that standards have fallen, and the gap in our records is not a safety finding; it only means we have nothing current to cite. We will re-check HA Thailand before adding anything. Certificates held by other Faculty sites, such as the Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute in Samut Prakan, are not counted for this campus.

Where accreditation exists, it assesses a hospital's systems (infection control, medication safety and similar processes) at the time of the survey; it cannot predict the result of a particular operation. Whatever a hospital's status, the most useful checks sit with you and the surgeon: confirm the surgeon's licence on the Medical Council of Thailand register, ask which building and operating theatre will be used and who will give the anaesthetic, find out the plan should you need more care or a longer admission, and get the plan, what the price covers and the follow-up schedule in writing before you commit.

We found no international patient service for cosmetic or plastic surgery at Ramathibodi. The Faculty does have an International Relations Section, but it is an academic office dealing with visiting students' electives and scholarships, and Ramathibodi Health Space describes health service centres away from the hospital (for example at Lotus North Ratchapruek and Paradise Park). Neither is a programme for patients travelling from abroad, and we found no published list of languages offered by the hospital as a whole.

What that means in practice if you are coming from overseas:

• Language. Several surgeons listed here also practise at Bumrungrad International Hospital, whose profiles list Thai and English for them: Asst. Prof. Ajchariya Sarovath, Assoc. Prof. Chalermpong Chatdokmaiprai, Asst. Prof. Dr. Kachin Wattanawong, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kidakorn Kiranantawat, Dr. Pornchai Mahaisavariya and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan. Do not assume English is available at every registration desk or ward at Ramathibodi; ask in advance whether you should bring an interpreter.
• Prices and payment. Without an international desk, there is no published package price or overseas-patient billing process for cosmetic surgery here. Ask for a written estimate, what it includes and how payment is taken before you travel.
• Timing. Cosmetic clinics share the timetable with teaching, reconstructive and emergency work, so keep some flexibility around your consultation date and plan to stay in Bangkok for the check-ups your surgeon recommends.
• Records. Bring copies of earlier operation notes, scans and a medication list, in English or Thai where possible.

Our patient team can help you shape your questions, pass messages to the surgeon's office and follow up for you.

The hospital's address is 270 Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, in the Ratchathewi district of central Bangkok. The Faculty's hospital-and-services page describes several buildings on the campus: a Main Building with more than 1,000 beds for tertiary care, the Sirikit Medical Center with operating rooms and intensive care units, and the Somdech Phra Debaratana Building, which that page describes in the future tense. Departments see outpatients in different places, so before your visit tell our patient team which surgeon and department you are seeing (plastic and maxillofacial surgery, ENT, ophthalmology or obstetrics and gynaecology) and we will ask the hospital where you should register. Bangkok traffic is hard to predict, so leave generous travel time from your hotel, particularly for evening clinics that begin at the end of the working day.

We work independently of Ramathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University; our patient team acts as the go-between. The steps:

1. Open a consultation request for Ramathibodi, or start from a surgeon's own page, for example Assoc. Prof. Chalermpong Chatdokmaiprai for nose surgery, Dr. Pornchai Mahaisavariya for eyelid and ptosis surgery, or Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan for cosmetic gynaecology and gender-affirming hysterectomy, and use the request button there.
2. Tell us which procedure you are considering and where you would prefer to be treated, since several of these surgeons also operate at private hospitals.
3. Add the photos and medical history described in the next section.
4. Our team reviews the request, contacts you and, where useful, relays questions between you and the surgeon's office.

Nothing is booked until Ramathibodi or the surgeon's clinic confirms a date to us; we cannot reserve a slot ourselves. Submitting a request is free. Reply times vary with each surgeon's teaching, emergency and clinic commitments in a given week.

A request that already contains the basics usually gets a more useful first answer from the surgeon's office. Please include:

• The procedure and surgeon, if you know them. Say whether you want treatment at Ramathibodi itself or are open to the surgeon's private-hospital practice.
• Photos of the area concerned. For nose or face: front, both profiles and three-quarter views, hair tied back, no make-up, even daylight. For eyelids: close front views with eyes open, looking up and gently closed. For breast or body: front, side and back views in plain fitted clothing or underwear against a plain wall.
• Medical history. Any earlier surgery on that area (operation reports help if you still have them), long-term conditions, medicines and supplements, allergies, smoking or vaping, and any bleeding problems. For eyelid surgery add recent eye-test results; for gender-affirming or gynaecological procedures add details of hormone treatment and relevant gynaecological history.
• Your goals and constraints. What you hope to change, when you plan to travel and how many days you can remain in Bangkok for check-ups.

Patients commonly ask whether a short enquiry is enough to start. It can be, but in general the office will then come back with questions, so sending a fuller picture at the outset tends to save a round of messages.