Bangkok Hospital Phuket has been meeting the medical needs of international clients for more than ten years with UK and American trained, English speaking health professionals on staff. Bangkok Hospital Phuket boasts full-time physicians across the spectrum of medical care and a further 75 on a consulting basis. A team of dedicated nurses and well trained technicians provide world class support. Please check out our doctors' credentials and experience below.
Medical degree: Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand
General surgical residency, Pramongkutklao Army Hospital, Bangkok, 2002
Diploma Thai Board in Family Medicine, 2006
Graduate Fellow in Hair Restoration Surgery from Stough Clinic, Bangkok, 2007, certified by ISHR
Experience :
Absolutely Devoted to Hair Restoration
“We, being human, can only approach perfection by concentrating or specializing.” Richard C. Webster, MD
Dr.Kongkiat Laorwong is a Family Physician who is totally committed to hair restoration using the most advanced, state-of-the-art techniques in hair transplant surgery to replace hair and re-establish hair lines. He is a Graduate Fellow in Hair Restoration Surgery certified by ISHRS which successfully completed in fellowship training in 2007 and he is an active member of ISHRS. He has trained extensively with Dr. Damkerng Pathomvanich who is a pioneer in open technique of donor harvesting which is the finest method and gives lowest hair transection combined with lower edge Trichophytic closure and retention stitch to minimize donor scar. He also uses the coronal incision (lateral slit) technique for creating the most natural-looking hair transplant you have ever seen and he does mega-session with cosmetic density (35-45 FUGs/cm2) to make you look good in one pass.
Professional Record/ Seminar/ Publications
15th Annual Scientific Meeting, ISHRS, Las Vegas, September 2007
“Optimal Aesthetic Result of Eyebrow Transplantation in Asians”
“Recipient Area Folliculitis following follicular Unit Transplantation:
Post-operative Edema in Mega to Super-mega Session:
- A prospective Study in Preventive Protocol and Risk factors
Hair transplantation in Asian Women:
- A Retrospective Review of Common Indications, Procedural Techniques and Post-operative Outcomes
FUE in Chinese Population - Importance Factors to Consider
The Open-FUE Technique:
A New Combined Approach in Harvesting of Invisible Hair Follicles
The Double-Guns Technique for Difficult Follicular Unit Extraction
Donor Site Effluvium:
Retrospective and Prospective Studies to Define the Incidence, Pattern, and Associated Factors
How to Minimize Donor Site Wound Closure Tension and the Effects of Age, Scalp Elasticity, and Donor Strip Excision
14th Orlando Live Surgery Workshop, Florida, April 2008
“Eyebrow Transplantation in Asians” in pending for publishing on March 2009 in Dermatologic Surgery Journal
“Eyebrow Transplantation” in Hair Transplantation in Asians Textbook in pending for publishing in 2009 by Sprinker
Guest lecturer in hair transplantation at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Ear Nose and Throat department, Chulalongkorn Hospital; Master of Cosmetic Science, Mae Pha Lhuang University, Bangkok.
Membership
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
Skill and Training and Today's Hair Restoration Doctor
Surgical hair restoration is a specialty of cosmetic surgery that requires specific training and experience in addition to the general training received by all surgeons. Its body of knowledge has been growing for decades and has been incorporated into formal medical education programs. Its growth into a unique body of knowledge marks the evolution of hair restoration surgery into a unique surgical discipline. Some surgeons who specialize in hair restoration do no other type of cosmetic surgery. In other instances, hair restoration surgery may be performed in an overall practice of dermatologic or plastic surgery. In either case, the surgeon who is qualified to perform surgical hair restoration must have received the requisite training and experience in an approved training program. When choosing a hair restoration surgeon, it is always a good idea to ask specific questions about the surgeon's training and experience.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University : BSc. (Biochemistry)
Chulalongkorn Medical School, Chulalongkorn University: Doctor of Medicine : M.D.
Department of Surgery, Royal Thai Navy Hospital, Thailand : Diplomatic, Thai Board of General Surgery.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand : Diplomatic, Thai Board of Plastic Surgery.
1993 Doctor of Medicine degree with first class honours from Songkla University, Thailand
Education History
Dr.Pongsatorn is an active member of the Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand, the Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand, and other medical societies
Before becoming a plastic surgeon at Bangkok Phuket Hospital, Dr.Pongsatorn worked as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and medical teacher at Songklanagarind Medical School from 2000 to 2009. He also worked as a consulting physician at Bangkok Hatyai Hospital and Rajyindee Hospital. He has performed more than 2000 successful cosmetic and reconstructive operations.
Dr.Pongsatorn is surgical techniques are state-of-the-art. He is particularly interested in facial rejuvenation, breast surgery, and advanced body contouring surgery and the results of the micro surgeries that he has conducted are also widely admired.
The beautiful, natural results of the procedures he performs will increase his patients' self-confidence and self-esteem. Dr.Pongsatorn' s goal of improving a person's quality of life through plastic and reconstructive surgery will certainly be met.
A position as an Orthodontist and/or Prosthodontist where I will be able to fully utilize my professional experience with patients.
ACEDEMIC BACKGROUND
MSc (Orthodontics) (pending, September 2009) University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong MOrth RCSEd (pending, November 2009), 2009.
MDSc (Prosthodontics),Chulalongkorn University (CU), Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.
DDS, Chulalongkorn University (CU), Bangkok, Thailand.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Orthodontic Specialist Registrar, 2006-2009.
Worked as a prosthodontic specialist at Samitivej Hospital and Silom Dental Clinic in Bangkok.Provided treatments of full mouth rehabilitation,removable and fixed prosthodontic works, veneers and dental implants,2005-2006.
Performed as the instructor at Department of General Dentistry, Srinakarinwirot University (SWU), Bangkok, Thailand, 2003- 2005.
Prosthodontic Specialist Registrar, 1999-2003.
Performed as the instructor at Department of General Dentistry, Srinakarinwirot University (SWU), Bangkok, Thailand.Worked in charitable forums for helping the under privileged people,1997-1999.
PRESENTATIONS AND RESEARCH
Poster presentation at the 85th Congress of the European Orthodontic Society, Helsinki, Finland, 2009.
Research submission to European Journal of Orthodontics on “Assessment of maxillary positioning: Implant method versus lateral cephalometric method”, 2009 .
Guest Speaker at the 4th Annual Conference of the Thai Prosthodontic Association, Bangkok Thailand on “Contemporay Implant Design”, 2003.
Poster presentation at the 18th International Association for Dental Research, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2003.