Usa Thisyakorn PhD

Dr. Usa Thisyakorn is a Professor of Pediatrics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. She received her M.D. from Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand and had her Pediatric residency training at Children’s Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

She was trained in Pediatric Infectious diseases in the U.S.A., at Yale University and University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas in 1983, Centers for Diseases Control in 1989 and National Institutes of Health in 1994. Her positions at national and international levels include Immediate Past President Pediatric Society of Thailand, President Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of Thailand, Secretary General Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Board member World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Executive committee International Society of Tropical Pediatrics, Council member Asia Pacific Pediatric Association, Council member ASEAN Pediatric Federation, President 9 the International Congress of Tropical Pediatrics to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in October, 2011

Under her guidance, the project “Save a child’s life from AIDS”, was selected as one of the UNAIDS best practices in the year 2000. She has served as the editorial board of several medical journals and has contributed over 100 indexed publications to date. She has received several awards including Scientific Awards from Pediatric AIDS Foundation, AmFAR, U.S.A., and Outstanding Asian Paediatrician Award 2009 from Asia Pacific Pediatric Association.