Sopon Jirasiritham, MD, FACS Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Specialty
- Vascular Surgery
- Endovascular Surgery
- Kidney Transplantation Surgery
- Chronic foot ulcer
Degrees & Certificates
- 1977 M.D.(honours ) from Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital , Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand
- 1979 Diploma in Clinical Science ( Surgery ) Mahidol University
- 1981 Diploma of Thai Board of Surgery
- 2005 Diploma of The Thai Vascular Surgery
Working Experience
- 1979 – 1981 : Residency in general surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.
- 1981 – 1982 : Staff and instructor in general surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, Prince Songkhlanakarin University, Songkhlanakarin, Thailand
- 1982 – 1984 : Registrar in Vascular Surgery Guy’s Hospital, University of London, U.K
- 1985 – present :
- Staff and instructor in general surgery, transplant surgery, vascular surgery
- Head of General Surgery A. Department of Surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok
- Head of Clinical Lead Team of Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital , Mahidol University - 1985-1986 : Fellow in Transplantation Surgery, Innsbruke Hospital, University of Innsbruke, Austria
- 1986-1987 : Fellow in Transplantation Surgery, Addenbrook’ s Hospital,University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U. K
- 1989 : Fellow in clinical Transplantation in University of Minnesota , USA
- 2008- 2013 :
- - Director of Kidney Transplantation Program Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University
- - Chairman of Organ Donation Working Group Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University
- 2010-2013 : Head of Division of Vascular and Transplantation Surgery Department of Surgery Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University
Scholarships
- King Ananthamahidol Foundation Scholarship 1982
Professional Society
- President of Asian Society for Transplantation (2009-2011)
- President of Thai Transplant Society (2005- 2009)
- President of Thai Vascular Society (2005-2009)
- President of Asian Society of Vascular Surgeons (2008-2009)
- Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon of Thailand (FRCST)
- Fellow of the International college of Surgeons (FICS)
- Executive committee and vice secretary of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand
- Scientific Chairman of the Royal College of Surgeon of Thailand
- Chairman of Vascular Board Surgery of Thailand
- Member of the International Transplant Society
- Councilor and Member of the Asian Society of Transplantation
- Executive Committee of the Kidney Foundation of Thailand
- Editor of The Bulletin of Vascular Surgery
- Associated Editor of the Annal of Vascular Disease
- Editor of The Journal of Thai Vascular Society
- Editor of The Textbook of Vascular Surgery I
- Editor of The Textbook of Vascular Surgery II
- Editor of The Textbook of Vascular Access for Hemodialysis 1st and 2nd edition
- Editor of The Textbook of Emergency Surgery
- Editor of The Textbook of Kidney Transplantation
Main Research Area
- 1.Vascular Surgery
- Atherosclerosis
- Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
- Diabetic Vasculopathy
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Vascular Infection
- Atherosclerosis
- 2.Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation (personal experience > 1000 cases)
- Technique of Kidney Transplantation
- Immunosuppression
- Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
- Post Transplantation Malignancy
- Tolerance
- 3.General Surgery
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Surgical Infection
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Publications
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Textbook:
- Textbook of Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
- Textbook of Kidney Transplantation
- Textbook of Organ Procurement
- Textbook of Vascular Surgery volume 1
- Textbook of Vascular Surgery volume 2
- Textbook of Emergency Surgery
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Articles:
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74 Published articles in national and international journal
Current Position
Professor Emritus of Vascular and Kidney Transplant surgery
- At Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
- At Nonthavej Hospital , Nonthaburi, Thailand blished articles in national and international journals