On August 26th, 2019, Assoc.Prof. Chanean Ruansetakit, Chairman of Department of Surgery and team along with Prof. Thawatchai Akaraviputh, Deputy Dean for International Relations welcomed Prof. Stephen Arthur Deane from Macquarie University, Australia to visit Department of Surgery and deliver a special lecture on “Medical Education in Surgery” at Udom Posakrisana Meeting Room, 12th floor, Syamindra Building.
During August 2nd – 4th, 2019, Assoc.Prof. Suebwong Chuthapisith, Chief of the Division of Head, Neck, and Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, attended the international conference “22nd Asian Congress of Surgery” in Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Assoc.Prof. Suebwong was a designated chairperson of the SYMPOSIUM 16 – Surgical Techniques In Breast Surgery: Beyond The Norm.
During this occasion, Assoc.Prof. Suebwong also visited the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Malaya, and discussed about the MoU in Fellowship Exchange Program, and the Research in Breast Diseases.
On August 5th, 2019, Assoc.Prof. Suebwong led 12 faculty members from Department of Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, to attend the “Non-Technical Skills Workshop” co-hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the College of Surgeons of Malaysia at the Advance Surgical Skill Center, UKM Medical Center, Malaysia.
On behalf of all the participants on this occasion, we would like to thanks Assoc.Prof. Chanean Ruansetakit, Chairman of Department of Surgery, for his kind support.
Welcome! Mr. Mikolaj Czerwinski and Mr. Marek Pavlisin from International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations to undertake an elective at Department of Surgery from August 5th – 16th, 2019.
Welcome! Ms. Raquel Llopis, Ms. Agata Kaczmarek, Mr. Mauricio Soto Guanotasig, Ms. Idoia Uriarte, Ms. Lidia Gacsi, Mr. Nikita Maslenko and Mr. Mauricio Soto Guanotasig from International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations to undertake an elective at Department of Surgery from August 5th – 16th, 2019.
On August 2nd, 2019, Prof. Thawatchai Akaraviputh, Deputy Dean for International Relations and MIS surgeon along with Assoc. Prof. Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul, Chairman of Siriraj Cancer Center attended the training session of DAVINCI Xi, the surgical robot which is the first model in Thailand.
For more information about the study of robotic surgery please subscribe to Siriraj Medical Journal. (Siriraj Med J 2018; 70: 466-470).
Welcome! Ms. Kunanon Ittikraicharoen from Charles University, Czech Republic, to undertake an elective at the Division of Pediatric Surgery, and Department of Surgery from August 1st- 30th, 2019.
Teleconference on “Advance GI Surgery: Cases Presentation from different MIS center around the world using special devices, instruments or new robotic system” between Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, University of Putra Malaysia, Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, Yangon General Hospital, Kyushu University Hospital (TEMDEC), Japan, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia, Vachira Hospital, and the Valley Hospital, New Jersey, USA on July 25th, 2019.
For over 12-year of the initiation of the first public hospital who performed robotic surgery and more than 3,000 cases were succeeded. Division of Urology Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital has debuted the 3rd surgical robot with is the first model in Thailand (da Vinci XI). The 1st case has been successfully completed on July 23rd, 2019.
In the study of Yiengpruksawan et al. (2018) on Robotic Surgery in Thailand: Current Status and Future Development emphasizes “… any robotic surgery program in Thailand is a luxury – that is an undeniable fact. It is not, by any evidence-based information we have to date, superior to the existing technology.
However, the reality is that there is now no turning back on this technology on the local and international level. Moreover, it is no longer beyond the means of an increasingly affluent and internationalizing Thai medical community. But whatever goals we may set for robotic surgery in Thailand, the most important priority must be the safety of the patient and an excellent surgical outcome. These goals are definitely attainable through careful and realistic program design, selection of an exemplary surgical team, ongoing self-evaluation, and analysis through prospectively collected data and videos, teaching and training of a new generation of robotic surgeons, and last, but not least, a smart business plan…” (Siriraj Med J 2018; 70: 466-470).
Welcome, Dr. Thet Naung Soe and Dr. Aung Ye Kyaw from Myanmar to undertake a short training program, under the scholarship from Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand. The short training program focuses on Colorectal Surgery and Upper GI Surgery at the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery between July 22nd – October 18th, 2019.
