As a young man growing up, Chartchai
Rattanamahattana was influenced by his family's
appreciation of the value of education. They encouraged
him to pursue his goal of becoming a surgeon.
Chartchai was fascinated by the
possibilities that plastic surgery, particularly
reconstructive surgery, offered. To him, this
required a surgeon's dexterity and technical skill,
and much more. It challenged him, as a surgeon
and a humanist, to find solutions for people whose
problems were uniquely their own both medically
and personally.
Today, with several thousand patients
in more than 20 years as a plastic and reconstructive
surgeon, Dr. Chartchai is recognized by colleagues
as a distinguished and skilled surgeon, respected
as much for his honesty, integrity and dedication
to his profession as for his surgical skill and
attention to his patients.
Dr. Chartchai is a board-certified
surgeon, certified in plastic surgery by the Thai
Board of Plastic Surgery and certified in general
surgery by the Thai Board of General Surgery of
the Medical
Council of Thailand. He is an active member
of the Royal
College of Surgeons of Thailand, the Society
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand
and the Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
of Thailand.
He has completed fellowships at
Tokyo University in Japan and Emory University
Hospital in Atlanta Georgia, deemed one of "America's
Best Hospitals".
Dr. Chartchai has admitting and
operating privileges at leading hospitals in Bangkok
including JCI-accredited Samitivej
Hospital Sukhumvit, where he is the lead plastic
surgeon and where he has practiced for more than
12 years. His
practice is now more than 90% international
patients and expatriates who come for cosmetic
and reconstructive surgery from around the globe.
His patients are often direct
referrals from previous clients and other physicians,
or are introduced to him by an international medical
concierge service. He believes traveling
patients who use the services of a medical
concierge or patient care manager are better prepared
not just for the surgery but for all parts of
their medical vacation and surgery aftercare.
He works particularly closely with Concierge
Surgery Travel.
His cosmetic surgical specialties
include facial
surgery, breast surgery, abdominoplasty,
liposuction
and body sculpting. His reconstruction surgery
includes breast
reconstruction after a mastectomy, repair
of congenital and accident-related facial deformities,
and body
lifts after massive weight loss.
For 6 years, he was a lecturer at
Prince of Songkhla University in reconstructive
and cosmetic surgery, and microsurgery. He regularly
presents specialty lectures at the leading medical
schools in Thailand.
Dr. Chartchai is a graduate of the
Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital of Mahidol
University, Bangkok, Thailand.
He is married with 3 children,
the eldest of whom is following in his father's footsteps and studying to become a plastic surgeon.
Dr. Chartchai is a Diplomate,
Thai Board of Plastic Surgery, and Diplomate,
Thai Board of General Surgery.
Dr. Chartchai is a member of:
National
Academy of Medicine
Medical
Council of Thailand
Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand
Society
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand
