Category: Awards

Great news for the Faculty of Medicine and Khon Kaen University, another individual had contribute as a reviewer for one of the science publisher and got the certificate of recognition for it. Dr. Patorn Piromchai, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCOT, FICS, a lecturer and specialist, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for services as an Outstanding Reviewer for Bentham Science Publisher.

Reported by Natakon Naowarojna
English Editing by Duncan Mark Foster

Associate Professor Supinda KOONMEE, MD, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, brings a medical innovation called “Patum Raksa Technique” which investigates cancer cell of the breast with the highest accuracy.
This technique helps patients receive medical treatment which is appropriate for each patient.

Professor Supinda wins “The Outstanding Innovation Award” from Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS) as her innovation “Patum Raksa” which develops the level of superior treatment for breast cancer patients.  The treatment is a combination form various professional, interdisciplinary Thai medical and health science personnel, including operating theater teams, in diagnosis teams, and treatment teams.  It is also connected with visits to patients at theirs houses.  The house visits are for following up patients with holistic care.  The relevant data is developed through the I.T. System named   “Thai Care Cloud”.  Thai Care Cloud is run by G-Cloud which is the cloud-based system of the Government Agency (DGA).  Thai Care Cloud is the Data-base of the health and medical electronics service.  This system was developed by Thai programmers, and the targets of this program are Thai people.  The users of “Thai Care Cloud” use this database free of charge.  Thai Care Cloud is run by the Data Management and Statistical Analysis Center or DAMASAC.
This innovation will bring the Better Solution for Breast Cancer – Specimen preservation and online monitoring Breast Cancer.

Professor Supinda had presented this innovation at the international conference in Japan on 60^th Annual Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology held on 7^th – 9^th June, 2019, Tokyo, Japan.

Reported by Natakon Naowarojna
English Editing by Duncan Mark Foster

Professor Pisake LUMBUGANON, MD, MS (Penn), has been appointed Vice President of Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AOCOG) from June 2017 to June 2019

Historical Background

Professor Pisake Lumbiganon, President of RTCOG, and a technical advisor of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarter in Geneva.
He was Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand between 2011-2014.

Professor Pisake is a specialist on obstetrics and gynecology, working enthusiastically in various roles: clinician, teacher, supervisor, trainer, researcher, visiting professor to foreign universities, administrator as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, university council member, international committee member, and so on.  Also, Professor Pisake is involved with various WHO reproductive health research projects and is a regional editor of the WHO Reproductive Health Library.  As convenor of the Cochrane Thailand, he is actively involved in disseminating the concept of research synthesis in Southeast Asia by working closely with the Cochrane Collaboration.

The Cochrane Library, Thai Cochrane Network (TCN), http://tcn.cochrane.org/th
Reported by Duangsamorn Chankwang, Head, International Relations Section, MD, KKU
English Editing by Duncan Foster, MD-KKU