Polrat Wilairatana

Name: Polrat Wilairatana

ชื่อ-สกุล: ศ.เกียรติคุณ ดร.นพ.พลรัตน์ วิไลรัตน์

Position: Professor Emeritus

Department: Clinical Tropical Medicine

polrat.wil@mahidol.ac.th



Last updated: February 6, 2026

Field of Expertise

Field of Expertise

Internal medicine

Gastroenterology

Malariaology


Experience and Professional Memberships

2015 - 2016

Chair, Oversight Committee, Thailand CCM


2015 - 2016

Member, Thailand Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) (National committee that submit funding applications to the Global Fund)


2014 - 2016

Chair, Ethics Committee, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand


2012 - 2016

Deputy dean for value creation, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand


2007 – 2015

Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Clinical Management of Malaria, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand


1996 – 2004 and 2016 – 2019

Vice-president, Hospital for Tropical Diseases foundation under the royal patronage of Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Naradhiwas


1993 – 2016

WHO short-term consultants/Temporary advisers in Sudan, Switzerland, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand


Professional Membership

1998-present

Member of the Thai Academy of Science and Technology (TAST).


1998-present

Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), USA.


1994-present

Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (FACTM), Australia


1993-present

Member of the Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand


1984-present

Member of the Gastroenterological Association of Thailand,


1984-present

Member of the Medical Council, Thailand


Last updated: February 6, 2026