Dr. Kitipan V. Arom is the Director and top cardiothoracic surgeon of the prestigious Bangkok Heart Hospital. His nearly 50 years of experience in the medical world started with an M.D. degree from Thailand’s Mahidol University, followed by an internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
While in the U.S., Dr. Arom started what was to become a long-standing relation with the University of Minnesota. Initial activity as a resident surgeon there was followed by a Fellowship in Cardiology/Pediatric Cardiology under the advising of Dr. James Mohler. This was followed by Fellowships in Cardiac Pathology and Research and Experimental Surgery, the latter as part of the Ph.D. program. With prestigious advisors such as Dr. Jesse Edwards and Dr. Aldo Castaneda, these Fellowships paved the way for a Ph.D., also obtained at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Arom is also a Diplomate in both the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of General Surgery.
Dr. Arom’s professional experience commenced with positions as cardiothoracic surgeon in the University of Minnesota Hospital and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. These were followed by appointments as Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon in several hospitals in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, such as the Minneapolis Heart Institute, St. Paul Heart & Lung Center, St. Joseph Hospital and John Nasseff Heart Hospital.
Source By : Medical Tourism Thailand
Professor Lee Chuen Neng graduated from the University of Singapore in 1975. He completed his general surgery training at the University Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital and served as a Lecturer in general surgery before going on to cardiothoracic surgery training. He was trained at the Mayo Clinic from 1983 to 1985 and returned in 1985 to set up the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National University Hospital, becoming an Associate Professor and Head in the process. He is a Founding Editor of the Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. He is an Examiner to the MMed Surgery (Singapore), FRCS (Edinburgh), Hong Kong College of Surgeons and Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was also a Visiting Professor to the Beijing Medical University. He has 61 publications in international as well as regional journals. He was appointed as Head of Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS on 1 October 2005.
Specialty
- Adult Cardiac Surgery
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- General Thoracic Surgery
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