Organizing Committee Member
Attapon Cheepsattayakorn
Director
10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center
Thailand
Biography
Dr. Cheepsattayakorn graduated Doctor of Medicine from Chiang Mai Medical School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1986. He then further had trained in Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, and Radiology at Chiang Mai University Medical School. He graduated numerous Fellowships in Respiratory Medicine from the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh and Thailand, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, American College of Physicians, and American College of Chest Physicians. Presently, he serves both Editor and Editorial Board Member and also referee of several international journals. He has very high experience in the fields of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis including Infectious Diseases and Immunology. He has numerous scientific publications, more than 130 publications both in national and international journals and books.
Research Area
1.) Novel Therapeutics in Lung Cancer 2.) Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in HIV- infected patients 3.) Multidrug – resistant tuberculosis patterns in HIV- infected patients 4.) Chemokine gene polymorphisms and their susceptibility to tuberculosis 5.) Breath Tests in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 6.) Tropical Infectious Diseases 7.) Human Genetics and Infectious Diseases 8.) Environmental and Occupational Pulmonary Diseases