Surapol Issaragrisil

Surapol Issaragrisil
MD, FRCP, FACP, FRCPA, FRCPath
Surapol Issaragrisil MD, FRCP, FACP, FRCPA, FRCPath
สุรพล อิสรไกรศีล
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
President of the Royal Society (Thailand)
	In office; 12 April 2019 – 11 April 2021
Preceded by	Sobha Chupikulchai Spielmann
Succeeded by	Suraphon Wiroonrak
President of the Royal Society (Thailand)
	In office; 12 April 2023 – Present
Preceded by	Suraphon Wiroonrak
Personal details
Born	July 18, 1950 (age 74); Damnoen Saduak, Ratchaburi, Thailand
Spouse	Rattana Issaragrisil
Children	3
Alma mater	Mahidol University (MD)
Profession	Medical Doctor; Academic

Surapol Issaragrisil (Thai: สุรพล อิสรไกรศีล, RTGS: Suraphon Itsarakraisin; born 18 July 1950) is medical doctor and professor of medicine at Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. He is an expert at hematology, bone marrow transplantation, and blood stem cells transplantation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Surapol was born in Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. He studied his secondary education from Metreechunhawanvittayalai School at Bang Khonthi District, Samut Songkram Province, and then pursued his high school at Trium Udom Suksa school in Bangkok before having his bachelor's degree at medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital in 1974. Later, he continued to study in order to have his Certified Board at Internal Medicine in 1978, add his research fellow from Department of Clinical Physiology at University of Ulm in Germany in 1982, take his Certified Board at Hematology in 1984 and get his clinical fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, US, in 1985.^[4]

Position

Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Director, Siriraj Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research (SiSCR) ^[5]
President of the Royal Society (Thailand)
President of the Thai Society for Stem Cell Research
Board Member, Union Académique Internationale
Chief Faculty, BDMS Center of Excellence Hematology

Membership and fellowship

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (London), FRCP
Fellow, American College of Physicians, FACP
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, FRCPA
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists (UK), FRCPath
Member, American Society of Hematology
Member, Thai Society of Hematology
Member, Society for Experimental Hematology
Member, American Association for Advancement of Science
Member, International Society of Hematology
Member, International Society for Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering
Member, British Society of Hematology
Member, Asian Conferences on Modern Therapy in Hematology
Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Member, Asia-Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation Group

Decorations

Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the White Elephant (2000)
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (1997)
Dushdi Mala Medal for Innovation in Medicine (2008)

Honors and awards

Siriraj Outstanding Personnel Award 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2015
Siriraj Award Honoring 2018
A.G. ELLIS RESEARCH AWARD (Research award 2016) Pre-clinic 13 June 13, 2016
Quality Person of the Year 2012 in Medicine, 2012
Establishing the Annual Congress on Update in Breakthroughs in Hematology (AUBH), 2011
National Outstanding Person in Science and Technology, 2011
Dushdi Mala Medal for Innovation in Medicine, 2008
Mahidol University Award for Outstanding Research, 2008
Senior Research Scholar of Thailand Research Fund, 2005
Organizing the Humboldt Kolleg, “The Role of Science to Improve Quality of Life in Postgenomic Era”, 2003
President of Asia Pacific Bone Marrow Transplant Group, 2000
Organizing the 6th Congress of Asia-Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2000
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Award for Outstanding Commitment and Dedication in Promoting Joint Research in US-Thailand Collaboration on Aplastic Anemia, 1998
National Best Research Award from National Research Council, 1993, 1995
Mahidol University-B-Braun Prize for Medical Research, 1993

References

[1] Scopus Review: Document details - Bortezomib enhances the osteogenic differentiation capacity of human mesenchymal stromal cells derived from bone marrow and placental tissues

[2] Scopus Review: Document details - Pretransplant Immunosuppression followed by Reduced-Toxicity Conditioning and Stem Cell Transplantation in High-Risk Thalassemia: A Safe Approach to Disease Control

[3] Scopus Review: Document details - Pluripotent gene expression in mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly and their differentiation potential to neural-like cells

[4] Surapol Issaragris from SISCR

[5] Siriraj Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research

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