Stem Cell Treating Physicians

Professor Suphachai Chaithiraphan
Chaophya Hospital

President of the Thai Heart Association and President of the Thai Atherosclerosis Society

Certainly one of the leading cardiologists in Asia, Dr. Suphachai did his residence and trained for several years at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. During this time he had a son, Vitthaya Chaithiraphan, who, a quarter-century later, also residenced at Beth Israel. Dr. Suphachai is, to this day, accredited to practice in the USA. Latest among his many honors is his election to the presidency of ASEAN Federation of Cardiology representing cardiologists in 10 Southeast Asian countries. Last year, Vitthaya moved from Beth Israel and joined his father at Chao Phya Hospital, giving TheraVitae's faculty of treating physicians still another world-class cardiologist.

• Director of Chao Phya Hospital Cardiac Unit.
• Chairman of the Executive Board of Chao Phya Hospital Public Company Limited
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Fellow of the American College of Physicians
• Fellow of the Academies of Medicine of Malaysia and Singapore
• Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • merican Board of Cardiology

Kit V. Arom M.D., Ph.D
Bangkok Heart Hospital

Dr. Kit trained and worked in the USA for over thirty years. He was a co-founder of the world-famous Minnesota Heart Institute where he worked until the turn of the century when he moved back to his native country to upgrade the quality of Thai thoracic surgery. Dr. Kit was the first Asian surgeon to use the mini-surgery technique originally developed by his friend and colleague, adult stem cell pioneer Amit Patel (University of Pittsburgh) to inject patients' own stem cells into their failing hearts. Among his many honors, he is the current president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons of Thailand.

• Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Bangkok Heart Hospital, Thailand
• President, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons of Thailand
• Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon, United Hospital-St.Paul Heart & Lung Center, St.Paul, Minnesota, USA
• Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon, John Nasseff Heart Hospital, St.Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• Founder, Minneapolis Heart Institute & Minneapolis Heart Institution Foundation, USA
• Board of Directors, President of Minneapolis Heart Institute, USA
• Founder and President Minnesota Society of Thoracic Surgeons, USA
• Member and Past president Minnesota Society of Thoracic Surgeons, USA
• Member Society of Thoracic Surgeons, USA
• Member American Association for Thoracic Surgery, USA

Permyos Ruengsakulrach, M.D., Ph.D., FRCST., FCCP.
Bangkok Heart Hospital

• Member, Medical Council of Thailand
• Member, Medical Association of Thailand
• Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand
• Member, The Australia Thailand Association
• Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians
• Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, University of Toronto

Nattanun Prasassarakich, M.D. FCCP.
Bangkok Heart Hospital

• Central Committee of The Heart Association of Thailand
• Head of Cardiac Center and Cardiac Catheterization Unit, Police General Hospital
• Certificate of Training Laser Angioplasty, Arkansas, USA
• Certificate in Diploma Cardiology Hammersmith Hospital (LONDON)
• Board of Internal Medicine MRCP (T)

Eugene Sim, M.D.
Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagle Hospital

• Secretary General, Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Asia.
• Clinical Fellow, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas
• Clinical Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
• Clinical Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
• Vice President, International Bioassist Association.
• Medical Director, Gleneagles JPMC Cardiac Center, Brunei Darussalam.
• Head and Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery, Gleneagles JPMC Cardiac Center, Brunei Darusalam.
• Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Mount Elizabeth Hospital Singapore.
• Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore.
• Visiting Consultant, National Heart Centre, Singapore
• Former Head, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Former Head, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore

Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, MD , FACC, FSCAI
Praram 9 Hospital

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine & Cardiovascular Diseases.
• Fellow, American College of Cardiology.
• Fellow, Society of Cardiac Angiography & Intervention.
• Director, Cardiac Catheterization & Intervention Services, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand
• Physician Consultant, Praram-9 Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

Prasert Trairatvorakul, MD
Praram 9 Hospital

• 1992-Present :
  • Staff Surgeon and a Member of the Board of Directors, Praram 9 Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital and Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1988 -- Diplomate, Thai Board of Surgery
• 1981 -- Certificate, Fellowship in Vascular Surgery
• 1980 -- Member of the Thai Vascular Society DIPLOMATE, American Board of Surgery Certificate No. 26129

Assoc.Prof. Damras Tresukosol, MD, FRCPT
Phyathai Hospital

• Director of Phyathai-Harvard Heart Center
• Director of Catheterization Laboratory, Her Majesty Cardiac Center ,Siriraj Hospital.
• Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,Siriraj Hospital,Mahidol University, Bangkok, 2000 to present.
• Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mahidol University Bangkok, 1994 to 2000.
• Instructor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Her Majesty’s Cardiac Center, Siriraj Hospital, 1989 to 1994.

Zannos G. Grekos, Director of Cardiology and Vascular Disease
The Heart & Vascular Institute: Naples, Florida

• Princple Consultant at HOMS. (Metropolitan Hospital)