Current research in Virology & Retrovirology

Biography

10^th  Zonal  tuberculosis  and  Chest  Disease

                                    Center (Director  and  Consultant  in

                                    Respiratory  Medicine)   

                                    143  Sridornchai  Road  Changklan  Muang

                                    Chiang  Mai  50100  Thailand

                                    Telephone: 66-53-276364

                                    Fax : 66-53-273590

                                    Department  of  Disease  Control, Ministry  of

                                    Public  Health, Thailand

                                    Thivanont  Road  Muang  Nonthaburi  11000

                                    Thailand (Senior  Expert-Highest  Level

                                     11/Special  and  Consultant  in  Respiratory

                                    Medicine) 

5^th  Office  of  Disease  Prevention  and  Control (Director  and  Consultant  in  Respiratory  Medicine)   

123/202  Petchakasem  Road  Na-Muang  District  Muang  Ratchaburi  70000  Thailand

Telephone : 66-32-310761, 66-32-310762, 66-32-310763 

Fax : 66-32-310766

           Home  Place: 531  Lumphun  Road  Nonghoi  Muang 

                                   Chiang Mai  50000  Thailand

                                   Telephone: 66-53-803212

           E-mail  address:  Attapon1958@gmail.com

          

II .   EDUCATION

       DOCTOR  OF  MEDICINE :  CHIANG  MAI

       UNIVERSITY, CHIANG  MAI, THAILAND, 1986

         FELLOWSHIP  AND  MEMBERSHIP  DIPLOMAS:  

                             : Diploma  of  Fellowship  of  the  Royal  College  of

                               Physicians (of  London, FRCP code #137051,

                               Election     on  1  May  2007  and  admitted  on  18

                               July  2007)  

                       : Diploma  of  Fellowship  of  the  Royal College  of   Physicians  of  Edinburgh  (FRCP (Edin) # 07950, Election  on  30  November  2005  and  Private  Admission  on  20  March  2006)

                           : Diploma  of  Fellowship  qua  Physician  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of

                               Glasgow (FRCP(Glasg) # 40663, Election on  8  November  2005  and  Admission  on  22  March  2006)       

                            :Diploma of Fellowship  of  the  American        College of Chest Physicians (FCCP#214605, Election  and  Induction  on  4^th  November  2001)

                            :Diploma of Fellowship  of the  American                    College of Physicians(FACP# 01229290, Election  on  1^st  January  2004  and  Induction  on  22^nd  April  2004)

                            :Diploma of Membership of the  American

                             College of Physicians-American Society of

                             Internal Medicine (2003,ACP-ASIM# 01229290 )

                       :Diploma of Fellowship of the Royal   College  of   Physicians of Thailand  (FRCP(T) # 2765, Election  on  8^th  September  2003  and  Admission  on  25^th  April  2004)

                                  :Certificate of Leadership Training  in  Tuberculosis

                                   Program  Management , Japan Research  Institute

                                   of Tuberculosis,Japan International Cooperation

                                  Agency (2002)

 

 

Research Interest

RESEARCH  INTERESTS :

1. Nontuberculous  mycobacterial  infection  in  HIV-

infected  patients

2. Multidrug – resistant tuberculosis patterns in HIV-

infected  patients

3. Chemokine  gene  polymorphisms  and  their

susceptibility to tuberculosis

                      4.) Breath Tests in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

                      5.) Tropical Infectious Diseases

                      6.) Human Genetics and Infectious Diseases

                      7.) Lung  Cancer

                      8.) COPD

                      9.) Dengue  Virus  Infection

                     10.) Silicosis  and  Silicosis-Associated  Tuberculosis

                     11.) COVID-19  Immunogenetics