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Dr. Pojjanun Jomkho is an aesthetic medicine physician. He has been licensed since 2012. He earned his M.D. from the Faculty of Medicine, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Thailand, in 2012.

He practiced in the Aesthetic Medicine Departments at Lerdsin Hospital (2015–2020) and Mahasarakham Hospital (2020–2023). He currently works at Angthong Hospital (2023–present).

His research includes SBface for facial paralysis evaluation (Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2021) and ICG fluorescence angiography of clavicle flaps (Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2022). He received the Silver Award for Medical Research Presentation from the Department of Medical Services, Thailand, in 2019.

Dr. Sirinda “Ning” Kittiprachakul is a board-certified physiatrist (Thai Board of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2025) at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. She focuses on neurorehabilitation and cardiac rehabilitation. Her expertise includes geriatric rehabilitation, chronic pain management using Western dry needling, and electrodiagnostic and electromyographic studies.

She earned her MD with First Class Honors in 2020 and completed her Rehabilitation Medicine residency in 2025. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Sciences at Chulalongkorn University. Her research includes authorship in JACC (2019) and an abstract in Gut (IDDF 2025). She trained at KNRC in Korea in 2024. She received the MDCU Congress 2023 E‑poster consolation prize. She also completed training in HMS telemedicine, Nature Masterclasses, and focused shockwave therapy.

Dr. Napassorn Khumchum is a board-certified physiatrist (Diplomate, Thai Board of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2024) at Chonburi Hospital. She provides care in modality, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and electromyography (EMG) clinics. Her expertise includes neurorehabilitation, stroke recovery, and geriatric rehabilitation. She treats chronic pain and performs ultrasound-guided procedures. She also offers robotic and wearable exoskeleton gait training.

She helps develop and apply advanced rehabilitation technologies. She also serves as a medical lecturer. Her research on the Ipswich Touch Test was presented at the Royal College of Physiatrists Conference 2024. It was published in The Foot (Vol. 61, Dec 2024). Her advanced training includes AOCNR 2023 and courses in spasticity, pain, and ultrasound-guided toxin injection.

Residency: Rehabilitation Medicine, Chulalongkorn University (2024). M.D., Thammasat University (2017). She was an invited speaker at Chonburi Cancer Hospital on swallowing rehabilitation in head and neck cancer patients.

Dr. Sirada Udombhakdibongse (Dr. Dream) is a physiatrist at Chiraprawat Fort Hospital, Nakorn Sawan. Her focus is geriatric and sports rehabilitation, ultrasound‑guided interventions, and chronic pain management. She completed a PM&R residency at Phramongkutklao Hospital (2021–2024). She earned her M.D. from Phramongkutklao College of Medicine (2012–2017).

Her work includes a 2024 study on the prevalence and associated factors of neck and shoulder pain in medical students at a Thai military school. She also conducted earlier studies on prevalence and quality‑of‑life outcomes in type 2 diabetes and childhood obesity.

She has advanced training in dry needling (TASP–TMS), MSK interventions (Vachira Phuket Hospital, 2025), sports rehabilitation, and ultrasound‑guided injections. She has also joined international programs (Atlantic Sport Health System, New Jersey, 2024; TOSSM 2025; AOCNR 2023).

Dr. Thanit Tundamrongpong is a board-certified physiatrist (Diplomate, Thai Board of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2024). He practices at Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Hospital (2024–present) and lectures in rehabilitation medicine.

Expertise includes neurorehabilitation and stroke recovery; geriatric rehabilitation and active aging; chronic pain; robotic and exoskeleton gait training; ultrasound-guided interventions and hydrodissection; and advanced laser and radiofrequency therapies. Clinics: Modality, Musculoskeletal Pain, Diabetic Foot, EMG (electromyography), and interdisciplinary care.

Education: M.D., Thammasat University, 2018. Residency in Rehabilitation Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 2024. Training: AOCNR 2023; Practical Spasticity; TASP Pain Management; Advanced Imaging and Ultrasound-Guided Toxin Injection Strategies.

Dr. Praweena Pongpattanawut is a vein and hair removal specialist at Yanhee International Hospital. She has worked there since 2004 and focuses on varicose vein treatment and hair removal.

She earned her Doctor of Medicine from Rangsit University in 2001. She practiced general medicine at Klang Hospital in Bangkok from 2002 to 2003, and at Chao Phya Abhaibhubate Hospital in Prachinburi from 2003 to 2004.

In 2010, she completed the Comprehensive Phlebology course at the Australasian College of Phlebology in Australia. That same year, she received a Certificate in Aesthetic Medicine from the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine in Kuala Lumpur. She attended the 16th World Meeting of the Union of International Phlebology in Monte Carlo in 2009. She also attended the Institute of Dermatology meeting in Thailand in 2003. She is a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine.

Dr. Rattalerk Arunakul is a specialist in Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, and Adult Reconstructive Spine Surgery. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Chulalongkorn Hospital in 1999. He completed his orthopedic surgery training at Srinakarin Hospital, Khon Kaen University in 2004.

Dr. Arunakul has worked in research and clinical roles at top institutions. These include the University of California Irvine, Rady Children’s Hospital at UC San Diego, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Yale School of Medicine. He has completed international training and fellowships in both adult and pediatric spinal care.

Rawipa Khunnarong, M.D. (Dr. Praew), is a physiatrist at Police General Hospital, Bangkok (2025–present). She provides rehabilitation for musculoskeletal pain, neurological disorders, and functional impairments. She works with multidisciplinary teams and teaches and supervises residents.

Education: M.D., Rangsit University/Rajavithi Hospital (2019). Rehabilitation Medicine Residency, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine (2025). Core expertise includes pain and interventional rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation (stroke, spinal cord injury), dysphagia, and sports and exercise medicine.

Advanced training includes Sports Rehabilitation Beyond Strength (2025), PMK Dry Needling (2025), and the 3rd Musculoskeletal Intervention Course (2025). She also completed a BASEM study visit (2024), Olympus FEES for dysphagia (2024), AOCNR (2023), TRMA (2022), and Viatris programs (2022–2023).

Thanet Narula. General Practitioner. (English, Thai Speaking). With on-going specialist training in Internal Medicine, Dr. Thanet is a skilled physician

Education

Honours Graduate, MD, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Malaysia, 2019

Certifications

Currently a Resident in Internal Medicine, Lerdsin Hospital Bangkok

Languages spoken: Thai and English

Education

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 2022

Certifications

Certification of Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine from The American Board of Antiaging and Regenerative Medicine (ABAARM)

Certification of Nutritional Wellness from The American

Naturopathic Certification Board (ANCB)

Clinical Focus

General disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as wellness care

Languages spoken: Thai and English

2002 – 2008 – Siriraj Medical School, Mahidol University

2008 – 2013 – Department of Internal Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital

2013 – 2015 – Department of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Rajavithi Hospital

2019 – 2020 – Cardiology Intervention, Department of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Rajavithi Hospital

Languages: English and Thai

Professeur Somsak Varakamin, MD, Dr PH.

Formation

• Docteur en santé publique (Dr.PH.) Université de Tulane, États-Unis
• Maîtrise en santé publique (MPH) Université de Tulane, États-Unis
• Maîtrise en santé publique (MPH), Université Mahidol
• Docteur en médecine, Université Chulalongkorn
• Faculté de droit, Université de Thammasat
• Enseignement secondaire : Collège Vajiravudh, Amnuay Silpa, Triam Udom Suksa, Wathana Silpa

Expérience professionnelle

• Secrétaire permanent du ministère de la Santé publique
• Directrice du Projet national de planification familiale, ministère de la Santé publique
• Directeur général du Département des sciences médicales
• Directeur général du ministère de la Santé
• Membres de la Chambre des représentants
• sénateur
• Présent - Président de l'Association thaïlandaise de thérapie cellulaire

Récompenses

• Classé 1er en Thaïlande en 8e année du secondaire dans la filière scientifique.
• Ancien élève exceptionnel de l'Université de Tulane, États-Unis
• Chercheur exceptionnel, Conseil national de recherches
• Docteur en médecine (honoraire), Université Chulalongkorn
• Chevalier Grand Cordon (KGE)
• Prix Conch des relations publiques exceptionnelles
• Inscrit au Temple de la renommée du ministère de la Santé publique

Travaux et publications académiques

• Un bref aperçu du programme national de planification familiale de la Thaïlande
• Problèmes de santé en Thaïlande
• Le concept et la portée de la santé familiale
• Interaction entre la planification familiale et la santé
• L'approche post-partum de la planification familiale
• Étude de suivi d’un cas de vasectomie réalisée par des médecins et des ambulanciers
• Modèle de services intégrés de santé familiale et de planification familiale pour les zones rurales
• Étude pilote sur la formation des infirmières à la stérilisation féminine post-partum
• Étude pilote sur la formation des ambulanciers paramédicaux pour la stérilisation du courrier
• Étude sur l'avortement : attitude des étudiants en médecine et des médecins à l'égard de l'avortement
• Un projet pilote pour prévenir les avortements non achevés grâce aux services de contraception
• Rapport du séminaire sur les recherches récentes sur la planification familiale en Thaïlande
• Ligature des trompes post-partum par des sages-femmes en Thaïlande : un essai clinique
• Perception et acceptabilité des implants Norplant en Thaïlande
• Livre : L'eau pour la vie (en thaï)
• Livre : Enzyme : la clé de la vie (en thaï)
• Livre : L'alimentation du futur (en thaï)
• Livre : Le Magnésium Magique (en thaï)
• Livre : Secret de beauté ; L'histoire inédite (en thaï)
• Livre : Omega-3 Amazing Fish Oil (en thaï)
• Livre : Le Roi des Herbes (en thaï)
• Livre : Cellules souches ; Espoir pour les désespérés (en thaï)
• Livre : Le bêta-glucane ; le stimulant immunitaire le plus puissant connu de l'homme (en thaï)
• Livre : Grenade (en thaï)
• Livre : Jiaogulan (en thaï)

Dr. Gun Keorochana specializes in spinal interventions and minimally invasive spine surgery. His expertise includes MIS TLIF, LLIF, MIDLF, endoscopic spine surgery, and vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty. He received his Doctor of Medicine with First Class Honors from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in 2000.

Dr. Keorochana completed orthopedic surgery training at Srinakarin Hospital, Khon Kaen University in 2004. He then joined a spinal surgery program at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University in 2006. He continued his training with a spine fellowship at UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, he also completed a visiting fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery at the Desert Institute for Spine Care in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, docteur en médecine

Éducation

• 1984 Docteur en médecine, Université Chulalongkorn
• 1985-1988 Résidence en chirurgie thoracique Université Chulalongkorn
• 1992-94 Bourse de recherche en chirurgie cardiaque, hôpital St. Vincent, Portland, Oregon, États-Unis
• 2005 Formation en chirurgie cardiaque robotique, East Carolina University, Caroline du Nord, États-Unis
• 2006 Formation en chirurgie cardiaque robotique, hôpital Alliance, Odessa, Texas, États-Unis

Expériences professionnelles

• 1994 - 2001 : Chef du Service de chirurgie cardiaque, Hôpital général de la police
• 2001 - 2009 : Chirurgien cardiovasculaire, Bangkok Heart Hospital
• 2009 - 2011 : Chirurgien cardiovasculaire, Hôpital Bangkok Phuket
• 2012- 2021 : Chirurgie cardiovasculaire, Directeur médical du Centre cardiaque de l'hôpital de Bangkok Pattaya, Pattaya, Thaïlande

Certifications

• 1988 Diplôme du Conseil thaïlandais de chirurgie thoracique, Université Chulalongkorn
• 1994 Certification de Fellowship en chirurgie cardiovasculaire, Hôpital Saint Vincent, États-Unis

Domaine d'intérêt

• Pontage aortocoronarien sans circulation extracorporelle (PAOC)
• Chirurgie mini-invasive des valves cardiaques
• Transplantation autologue de cellules souches dans les cardiomyopathies terminales
• Collecte, stockage et traitement des cellules souches du sang périphérique et des cellules souches mésenchymateuses
• Pharmacogénomique dans le traitement personnalisé des médicaments cardiovasculaires
• Traitement anti-âge personnalisé et modification du mode de vie par séquençage génétique

Naphat Sirinimnualkul, M.D. (Dr. Ken), is a psychiatrist and clinical instructor at the Excellence Center for Sleep Disorders, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (2022–present). He previously served as a psychiatrist and clinical instructor at the General Police Hospital (Aug–Dec 2021). He completed his psychiatry residency at Chulalongkorn University (2018–2021).

Board/education: Diploma, Board of General Psychiatry, Thai General Medical Council (2018–2021). Graduate Diploma in Clinical Sciences (Psychiatry), Chulalongkorn University (2018–2021). M.D., Second Class Honors, Chulalongkorn University (2011–2017). Training: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia.

Expertise: sleep medicine, neuropsychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and psychopharmacology. He focuses on the interface between sleep and mood disorders.

Patthama Likitwittaya, M.D., physiatrist. Diplomate, Thai Board of Rehabilitation Medicine (2025). Rehabilitation Medicine Residency, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University (2025). Doctor of Medicine, First-Class Honors, Thammasat University (2019).

Current role: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Somdech Phra Pinklao Hospital (July 2025–present). Prior internships: Queen Sirikit Naval Hospital (2019–2020). Songkhla Naval Base Hospital (2020–2021). Naval Hospital Bangkok (2021–2022).

Research: Principal investigator of “Effect of vibrotactile stimulation on gait in Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism.” Presented at the Royal College of Physiatrists of Thailand (2025).

Advanced training: 29th TOPF Osteoporosis and Related Diseases Grand Round (Dec 2024). Pain management with Focus Shock Wave Piezo Technology (Jul 2024). 35th TASP Annual Scientific Meeting (Mar 2024). Academic and Midyear Conferences of the Royal College of Physiatrists of Thailand (2022). Good Clinical Practice and human subject protection training (Jun 2022).

Dr. Ornicha Thititagul (Dr. Faangkaow) is a geriatrician and lecturer in the Geriatric Medicine Division at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. She practices at Siriraj Samut Sakhon Geriatric Healthcare Center and Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital.

Accreditations include: M.D. (Second Class Honors, 2017); Diplomate, Thai Board of Internal Medicine (2021); WHO‑SEARO ICOPE Master Trainer (2021). Additional credentials: Diplomate in Geriatric Medicine (2023); Diplomate, International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (2024).

Research highlights include: a randomized controlled trial on oral nutritional supplements in older adults (Geriatrics, 2024); PG‑SGA versus MNA in hepatocellular carcinoma (Support Care Cancer 33, 116, 2025); and Thailand’s first abacavir hypersensitivity case report (J Med Assoc Thai, 2021). She was on the host team and served as a moderator at the 10th Asian Conference of Frailty and Sarcopenia in 2024.

Dr. Nantinee Vilainerun is a glaucoma surgery specialist. She provides care in Thai and English.

She completed ophthalmology training at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital. She then finished a glaucoma residency in the glaucoma unit at Ramathibodi.

She is a listed ophthalmologist at Bangkok Eye Hospital (โรงพยาบาลจักษุกรุงเทพ). She also serves as a glaucoma subspecialist at Chulabhorn Hospital and Bangkok Eye Hospital.