Professor Terapong  Tantawichien, M.D.

Prof. Terapong Tantawichien is a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and has previously held positions at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and Kuzell Institute, California Pacific Medical Centre, San Francisco, USA. He received his medical degree from Chulalongkorn University in 1987 and is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases (Thailand). Prof. Terapong began his teaching career in 1993 when he started teaching infectious diseases at the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians (Thailand) and the Infectious Diseases Association of Thailand. He was also secretary-general of the Infectious Diseases Association of Thailand (2002–3, 2004–5) and deputy chairman of the Scientific Committee, The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (2009–10). Presently, he is president of the Infectious Diseases Association of Thailand (2014–15, 2015–2017) and head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and has played an active part in infectious disease activities in Thailand.