If anyone has had any experience with this doctor (orthopedic surgeon on staff at both St Louis and Bangkok Hospital) positive or negative I would much appreciate hearing of it, either by post here or PM.

A close Cambodian friend needs spinal surgery. We've made the rounds of the best docs/hospitals and accumulated enough opinions to know that the surgery does need to be done. She has no money so it's on me, and I cannot begin to afford the costs at BNH and the like. St Louis is half the cost of those places (although still far from cheap) and the above is apparently the only English speaker specialist in spinal surgery there. Trying to decide if we are comfortable enough with him to proceed. I'm not worried about the hospital, just the choice of surgeon.

Any feedback much appreciated

Dr. Chookiet Chalermpanpipat is a professor of Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

Thanks, that's encouraging to know.

Anyone out there had surgery by him?