Medlab Asia 2022 - Speakers
The carefully designed conferences at Medlab Asia features speakers from across the region and internationally, sharing the very latest updates and insights into cutting-edge laboratory procedures, techniques and skills.
Medlab Asia Congress 2022 featured speakers in the following specialities:
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Laboratory Management
Chair:
- Prof Kanit Reesukumal, President, Thai Society of Clinical Pathology; Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Speaker Faculty:
- Dr Aaron Han, Consultant, Pathologist, Adj Professor, MBRU School of Medicine; Vice President, Emirates Pathology Society; Deputy International Commissioner for UAE, CAP; King's Hospital London, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Leonard Valentino, President & CEO, National Hemophilia Foundation, New York City, New York, USA
- Dr Leslie Lam, Deputy Medical Director, Consultant Pathologist, Parkway Health Laboratory; President, Singapore Association of Clinical Biochemists, Singapore
- Dr Naravat Poungvarin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Romel Saceda, President, Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Manila, Philippines
- Dr Sadudee Peerapornratana, Lecturer, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Prof Young Kyung Lee, Director of Scientific Affairs, Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Services; Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
- Dr Yusra Sp.PK, Indonesian Association of Clinical Pathologist, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Dr Zulhainan Hamzah, Consultant, National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Clinical Chemistry
Chair:
- A/Prof Busadee Pratumvinit, Assoc Professor, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Speaker Faculty:
- Prof Joris R. Delanghe, Professor, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Dr Samia Sobki, Chairperson, Saudi Society of Clinical Chemistry; Consultant, Head, Clinical Chemistry Division, PSMMC, Riyadh, KSA
- Dr Tararat Khaokhiew, Head of Holistic Health and Medical Diagnostic,Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Tze Ping Loh, Senior Consultant, Clinical Chemistry Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
- Asst/Prof Wanvisa Treebuphachatsakul, Asst Professor, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
COVID-19 Updates
Chair:
- Dr Arunee Thitithanyanont,Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Speaker Faculty:
- Dr Aaron Han, Consultant, Pathologist, Adj Professor, MBRU School of Medicine; Vice President, Emirates Pathology Society; Deputy International Commissioner for UAE, CAP; King's Hospital London, Dubai, UAE
- Adhi Kristianto Sugianli, Clinical pathologist, Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Dr Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia
- Archawin Rojanawiwat, Director, National Institute of Health, Bangkok, Thailand
- Chun Kiat Lee, Laboratory Supervisor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Diagnosis Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore
- Dr Jos Vandelaer, WHO Representative to Thailand, World Health Organization, Bangkok, Thailand
- Lin-Fa Wang, Director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Dr Mongkol Kunakorn, Head, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine- Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Director of the Division of Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Supamit Chunsuttiwat Advisor, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
- Surakameth Mahasirimongkol, Director, Genomic medicine and innovation support division, Ministry of Public Health Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
- Prof Wasun Chantratita, Chief of Virology and Molecular Biology Unit, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
- Prof Dr Yong Poovorawan, Head, Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Clinical Microbiology
Chair:
- Dr Suwatchareeporn Rotcheewaphan, Director of the Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Sunisa Chirakul, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Speaker Faculty:
- Dr Arkom Chaiwongkot, Researcher, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Ariya Chindamporn, Associate professor at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Khaled S Allemailem, Head of Basic Health Sciences Dpt. College of Applied Medical Science, Qassim University, KSA
- Dr Kiatichai Faksri, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Dr Kornvalee Meesilpavikkai, Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Methee Chayakulkeeree, Associate professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine of the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Rongpong Plongla, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Antimircobial Resistance and Stewardshio Research Unit, Faculty Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Tanittha Chatsuwan, Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Thaddeus M. Carvajal, Division Representative Medical Microbiology, Philippine Society for Microbiology; Associate Professor, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
- Dr Wael Faroug Mohamed Elamin, Medical Director, G42 Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Molecular & Genomic Diagnostics
Chair:
- Dr Pokrath Hansasuta, Assistant Professor, Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Speaker Faculty:
- Selvaratnam, Consultant Hematologist, Ampang Hospital, Ampang, Malaysia
- Amy Jennison, Supervising Scientist, Molecular Epidemiology, Public Health Microbiology Forensic and Scientific Services, Health Support Queensland, Department of Health Queensland Government, Queensland, Australia
- Dr Masafumi Inoue, Group Leader, Molecular Diagnostics, Experimental Therapeutics Centre, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
- Dr Naravat Poungvarin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Niranjan Nagarajan, Senior Group Leader, Associate Director, Computational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
- Dr Pa-thai Yenchitsomanus, Head, Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Cancer Immunotherpay, Faculty of Medicine Siririaj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr Shanop Shuangshoti, Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Haematology
Chair:
- A/Prof Phandee Watanaboonyongcharoen, Medical Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Speaker Faculty:
- John Sioufi, Manager-User Experience, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, New South Wales, Australia
- Prof Leonard Valentino, President & CEO, National Hemophilia Foundation, New York, New York City, USA
- Dr Metha Apiwattanakul, Neurological Institute of Thailand, Executive committee -Research, Thai Society for Apheresis, Thailand
- Prof Oytip Nathalang, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumtani, Thailand
- A/Prof Panutsaya Tientadakul, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Prof Ponlapat Rojnuckarin, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; President, The Thai Society of Hematology, Thailand
- Dr Veena Selvaratnam, Consultant Hematologist, Ampang Hospital, Ampang, Malaysia
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