Background

Dr. Polrat Wilairatana is a Professor in the Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine. He graduated from Mahidol University with a Doctor of Medicine degree, obtained his M.Sc. in Internal Medicine from Chulalongkorn University, and Ph.D. in Tropical Medicine from Mahidol University. He holds a number of diplomas, including Thai Board of Internal Medicine-subspecialty Gastroenterology and Thai Board of Internal Medicine-subspecialty Infectious Diseases from the Thai Medical Council, to name just a few. Dr Polrat is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Thailand, Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (FACTM), Australia, and Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), USA.

Departments/Centers

• Clinical Tropical Medicine

Research

Dr. Polrat is a medical doctor with expertise in malaria, gastroenterology, and internal medicine. He is an authority in research aiming to improve case management of malaria, including antimalarial drug trials, clinical pharmacology of adjuvant drugs, nursing and intensive care, epidemiology of drug resistance, and related research in case management of uncomplicated and complicated/severe malaria. He is also largely involved in research related to anti-malarial drug resistance and clinical management.

Ongoing Research Project(s)