Faculty Staff
 
 
   
Name: Sornchai Looareesuwan
Position: Professor
Department: Clinical Tropical Medicine
E-mail: -
   
 
Field of Expertise   |   Publications   |   Academic Qualification   |   Award   |   Letters/Correspondence   |   Book Chapters   |   Invited Speaker   |   Presented Papers
 
Research Training and Appointments
  2000-2004 Program manager, the Asian Centre of International Parasite Control (ACIPAC) supported by JICA.
  1998-present Secretary General/Coordinator, SEAMEO TROPMED / Network.
  1996-2004 Dean, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
  1996-2004 Director, SEAMEO TROPMED/Regional Centre for Tropical Diseases, Thailand
  1994-1996 Head, Division of Critical Care in Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. Deputy Director, Hospital for Tropical Diseases
  1990-present Professor, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
  1985-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
  1982-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
  1981-1982 Wellcome Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, England.
  1979-1981 Lecturer, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
  1976-1978 Resident training in general medicine , Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
  1974-1975 Rotating intern, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
     
Recognition
  2004-present Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, USA.
  2002 Presented the Priscella Kincaid-Smith Oration at RACP/FRCP meeting, Brisbane, Australia.
  2000-2005 President of the International Federation for Tropical Medicine.
  2000-2002 Local Secretary to the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK.
  2000-2004 MMV Expert Scientific Advisory Committee of Medicine for Malaria Venture (ESAC).
  1998 The Representative of the Government of Thailand at the 20 th Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), and elected Vice-Chairman of the JCB, WHO Geneva (1998-1999).
  1997-2000 The Representative of the Government of Thailand at the 19 th – 22 nd Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), WHO Geneva.
  1996-2000 President-Elect of the International Federation for Tropical Medicine, Cartagena, Colombia in the year 2000
  1996-present Steering Board, Thailand-Tropical Diseases Research Program.
  1995-2000 USP Expert Advisory Panel on Parasitic and Tropical Disease, The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., USA
  1994-present Short - Term Consultant and/or WHO Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organization (STC, WHO)
     
Memberships
  2004-present Honorable member of the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (The first person for this membership)
  1985-present Member of the Infectious Disease Association of Thailand.
  1984-present Member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
  1982-present Member of the Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand.
  1981-present Member of the Medical Association of Thailand.
  1981-1982 Member of the St. Cross College, Oxford University.
  1974-present Member of the Thai Medical Counc il.
     
Social Works for the Communities
  2004-present Vice Chair, Tropical Medicine Diseases Free Trust Fund.
  1996-2004 Chair, Faculty of Tropical Medicine Foundation.
     
Fellowships
  2003-present Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, UK. (FRCP)
  1995-present Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. (FACTM;Aust)
  1984-present Fellow of the Royal College of Physician of Thailand. (FRCP;T)
     
Editorial/Advisory Board
  2005-present “Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine”
  2002-present “ Am J Trop Med & Hyg” USA.
  2002-present “International Medicine J. of Thailand”
  2001-present “Acta Tropica” Elserier Science, The Netherlands.
  2001-present “The Malaria Journal and Pubmed” Liverpool, UK.
  2001-present “Internal Medicine Journal of Thailand”, Thailand.
  2000-present “The Lancet Infectious Diseases” UK.
  1999-present “The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology” Thailand.
  1997-2000 “International Journal for Parasitology” Australia.
  1996-present “Parasitology International” Elsevier Science, Ireland.
  1996-present “Mahidol University Journal” Bangkok Thailand.
  1990-present “Journal of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Agents” Bangkok, Thailand.
     
Royal Decorations (top four only)
  2005 Companion (Fourth Class) of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn.
  2001 Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant.
  1998 Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand.
  1995 Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant.
  1992 Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand.
     
 
Last updated: June 10, 2008
 
 
 
Copyright © 2008 Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. All rights reserved.
Webmaster : tmwww@mahidol.ac.th