On April 26, 2024, Mr. Oku Haruki, a sixth-year exchange student from Wakayama Medical University, Japan, successfully completed his elective program with our Department of Emergency Medicine. During his four-week program from April 1 to April 26, 2024, he shared his valuable experiences, remarkable medical insights, cultural exchange, and […]
Inbound Students
MD-KKU welcomes Japanese exchange students from Mie University: April 2024.
On April 17, 2024, MD-KKU extended a heartfelt welcome to Miss Nana Ito and Miss Miyu Iwata, sixth-year medical exchange students from Mie University Graduate School of Medicine. They have joined our Department of Community, Family and Occupational Medicine for a three-week period, from April 17 to May 2, […]
An inspiring chapter unfolded at MDKKU for medical exchange students and residents: March 2024
In March 2024, exchange students from Aichi Medical University in Japan, the University of Bergen in Norway and residents from the University of Health Sciences in Lao PDR completed their MDKKU elective exchange program. It was a truly remarkable experience, filled with good fellowship, cultural exchange, and shared pursuit […]
MD-KKU welcomes Japanese exchange student from Wakayama Medical University: April 2024
On April 1, 2024, MD-KKU warmly welcomed Mr. OKU HARUKI, a fifth-year medical exchange student from Wakayama Medical University, Japan, to our Department of Emergency Medicine. Mr. Haruki will be with us for a duration of four weeks, from April 1 to April 26, 2024. On the morning of […]
MDKKU welcomed Norwegian master’s students to Tropical Disease Research Center (TDRC).
On March 5, 2024, MDKKU welcomed two public health master’s students, Elvira and Kaia, from Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway to the Tropical Disease Research Center (TDRC). Both are involved in the multi-country project named “Pandemic Literacy and Viral Zoonotic Spillover Risk at the Frontline of Disease […]
Japanese medical exchange students at MDKKU: February 2024
Five medical exchange students from Nagoya City University and Wakayama Medical University recently completed electives at MDKKU during February 2024. They were based in different departments including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics, and Surgery. “KKU Staff took very good care of us with excellent clinical internships,” said a Nagoya City […]
Cambodian Students from University of Puthisastra on exchange program at Srinagarind Hospital
MD-KKU recently welcomed third-year Associate Degree students from the Medical Laboratory Program at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Puthisastra, Cambodia for an exchange program at Diagnostic Microscopic Laboratory, Srinagarind Hospital between November 24 and December 1, 2023. They had many clinical learning experiences through the […]
Japanese resident visits MD-KKU Medicine Department on staff exchange program.
MD-KKU’s Department of Medicine recently welcomed Dr. Takeharu Oda, a resident from Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Japan on a one-week staff exchange program at the Division of Cardiology from November 27 to December 1, 2023. Dr. Oda’s visit to KKU was under a MOU to promote academic and medical research […]
MD-KKU welcomes professor from St.Marianna University, Japan.
MD-KKU’s Department of Anesthesiology recently welcomed Assistant Professor Hirotaka Okuda, MD, PhD, a physician anesthesiologist from the Department of Anesthesiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine on a one-week medical exchange from November 20 to 24, 2023. Professor Okuda is currently practicing anesthesia at St.Marianna University Hospital. His career […]
MD-KKU welcomes International Visiting Physician from New Zealand to our Department of Emergency Medicine.
MD-KKU’s Department of Emergency Medicine recently welcomed Dr.Travis Westcott, an emergency medicine specialist from Emergency Medicine Department of Southland Hospital, New Zealand, for a three-month clinical exchange and training program between October 12, 2023 and January 5, 2024. Dr. Westcott has worked in Emergency Medicine since 2005 and is […]