Division of Pulmonology

1. Staff

No. Name-surname Academic position/position
Academic staff
1. Kanokporn Udomittipong Division chief/ Associate professor
2. Prakarn Tovichien Instructor
Support staff
1. Nuntiya Khaowsibsam Registered Nurse
1. Khunphon Mahoran Medical Scientist
1. Pinyapach  Tiamduangtawan Medical Scientist
1. Pawinee Charoensittisup Physical Therapist
2. Siriporn Gosayayotin
  General administration officer

2. Services

  • Pediatric pulmonology clinic on Wednesday from 1.00-4.00 pm and after hours clinic
  • Inpatient consultation about respiratory problems from both pediatrics department and other departments
  • Referral center for patients with complex respiratory diseases from provincial hospitals
  • Preoperative consultation for risk assessment and preoperative management in high-risk patients for respiratory complications from general anesthesia during surgery
  • Pulmonary function test services with high technology and standardized equipments such as forced oscillation techniques (FOT), spirometry, lung volume measurements, lung diffusion capacity, respiratory muscle strength, cough peak flow, etc
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic interventions include fiberoptic laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and brush biopsy for microbiological examination and cultures, etc.
  • Field exercise test (6 minutes walk test)
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory procedures include thoracentesis, chest tube insertion with/without fibrinolysis, medical pleurodesis, pleural biopsy, etc
  • Diagnostic sleep tests include overnight oximetry and polysomnography
  • Non-invasive ventilation treatments and titration include continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BIPAP) and invasive ventilation treatments and titration include hospital and home ventilator
  • Respiratory care services include bronchial hygiene therapy, lung expansion therapy and respiratory muscle training with effective equipments such as PEP device, EzPAP, incentive spirometer, mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (Cough Assist) and high frequency chest wall oscillation (VEST), etc
  • Respiratory home care program

3. Training

  • Medical student and pediatric resident training about pediatric respiratory problems
  • Fellowship training for certificated pediatric pulmonology fellow
  • Elective program training for interested medical students, postgraduate doctors and nurses

4. Contact