Cognitive Assessment and Dementia from Detection to Care

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You are cordially invited to Thailand – USA Seminar on “Cognitive Assessment and Dementia from Detection to Care”

We are honored to have Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katherin Possin fron UCSF and Prof. Weerasak Muangpaisan, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital to share an insightful experience between cases of Thai and USA.

Date: Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
Time: 1.50 PM – 4.00 PM
Venue: Room 101, 1st floor, SiMR Building

ALL ARE INVITED !!!

The 11th IAGG Asia/Oceania Regional Congress

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Prof. Prasert Assantachai, Head of Geriatric Medicine Division, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, and President of IAGG Asia/Oceania Region attended the 11th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Regional Congress: Health & Wellbeing in the Silver World: From Bench to Policy during October 23rd – 27th, 2019 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taiwan. #irsiriraj #sirirajfacultyabroad

Multidisciplinary Care in Dementia: Sweden and Thailand Exchanging Experience

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Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital welcomed Dr. Melker Löwenhoff from Vrinnevi hospital, Norrköping, Sweden to Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.

On September 30th, 2019, Dr. Löwenhoff delivered a lecture on “How to Initiate Standard Geriatric ward/Mobile team with Multidisciplinary Cooperation” and “How to Deal with BPSD In People with Dementia” at the joint conference between Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Vrinnevi hospital, Norrköping, Sweden, “Multidisciplinary Care in Dementia: Sweden and Thailand Exchanging Experience” at 12th floor, Siriraj Medical Research Center.

On October 2nd, 2019, Dr. Löwenhoff also paid a visit at International Relations Division, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and received a very warm welcome by Assoc. Prof. Prapat Wanitpongpan, Assistant Dean for International Relations. #irsiriraj #sirirajdementia

Students from Nagoya University Attend the Short Training Program at Siriraj

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On September 13th, 2019, the faculty members and students from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Health Sciences (consisting of eight nurses, five medical technologists, one occupational therapist, and three faculty members) attended Siriraj’s international short training program on the topic “Diseases Prevention & Promotion in the Aging Society: Integrating Modern and Traditional Medicine” delivered by Prof. Prasert Assantachai, Deputy Dean and Chief of Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

The delegations from Nagoya University also visit Siriraj Geriatric Medicine Clinic and Siriraj Bimuksthan Museum to obtain a deeper understanding of the geriatric medicine experience and Siriraj history.

Siriraj Faculty Delivered a Poster in Spain

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Dr. Harisd Phannarus from Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital delivered the poster presentation on “Development of a Thai Tool for Assessing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD-T)” at IPA/SEPG Joint International Congress, Santiago de Compostela, Spain during August 31st – September 3rd, 2019.

Siriraj Scholarship Recipient Completed Master Degree in Sweden

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Congratulations!

Dr. Sichon Luerithiphong, the recipient of the Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholarship year 2014, from the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine has completed the master degree in Health Economics, Policy, and Management at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.”

His thesis was in an area of health economics with the title of “A Cost-Utility Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation versus Blood Transfusion Plus Iron Chelation Therapy in Thalassaemia Patients in Thailand”

#irsiriraj #sirirajfacultyabroad

Multidisciplinary Care for Dementia: Sweden – Thailand Exchanging Experience

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You are cordially invited to the workshop on “Multidisciplinary Care in Dementia: Sweden-Thailand Exchanging Experience” at Siriraj Medical Research Center (SiMR) on September 30th, 2019 starting from 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

This workshop will be in Thai and English.

Free registration (80 participants only !).

Online registration:

http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDEUZVvXeiXPhnOf9TR7-7PCNqBK3AFs8TYDNk89lQx6DibA/viewform

Downloadable form: จดหมายเรียนเชิญผู้สนใจเข้าร่วมการอบรมระยะสั้นเพื่อพัฒนาการดูแลผู้ป่วยสมองเสื่อม

Siriraj Faculty Attended the Expert Group Consultation to Review Manual for Training Primary Care Physicians in Care for Older People

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Prof. Weerasak Muangpaisan from Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital attended the Expert Group Consultation to Review Manual for Training Primary Care Physicians in Care for Older People hosted by the World Health Organization in New Delhi, India on August 20th – 21st, 2019.

Elective Study at Department of Preventive and Social Medicine

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Welcome! Ms. Ladawan Thammasat and Mr. Ratchata Mukrattanamaneesri from Medical University of Lublin, Poland to undertake an elective at Department of Preventive & Social Medicine from August 5th – 16th, 2019.

Elective Program at Osaka University

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Dr. Ekkaphop Morkphrom, Dr. Harisd Phannarus, and Dr. Apinantana Apiwathana from Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, undertake an elective program at the Center of Medical Innovation and Translational Research (CoMIT) and Geriatric Department, Osaka University Japan, starting from July 29th – August 9th, 2019. We thank Prof. Hironori Nakagami and the team for a very warm welcome and hospitality ! #irsiriraj #sirirajelective