Prof. Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul is a Professor of Medicine and an infectious diseases specialist at the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, in Bangkok, Thailand. She has served as Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases since 2015 and is also identified as Assistant to the Dean for Corporate Communication at Mahidol University. Her professional leadership extends to national infectious disease and public health organizations, where the supplied material lists her as Secretary of the Thai AIDS Society, Vice President of the Infectious Disease Association of Thailand, a committee member of the National HIV Guidelines Committee, and a committee member of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand.

Her medical education was completed at the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine degree with second-class honours. She undertook clinical fellowship training in infectious diseases at the same institution and completed postgraduate study in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, in the United States. Her qualifications also include a Graduate Certificate in Vaccine Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, along with Thai board certifications in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and family medicine.

Prof. Kiertiburanakul’s research focuses on general infectious diseases and HIV. The supplied sources describe work on long-term antiretroviral therapy outcomes, drug resistance, HIV treatment strategies, opportunistic co-infections such as tuberculosis and cryptococcosis, vaccine immunogenicity in high-risk patients, and severe invasive fungal infections. She has served as principal investigator or co-investigator in international multicentre studies, including STACCATO, SMART, START, TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD), TAHOD-LITE, and studies with the US Mycosis Study Group. The source material reports more than 220 peer-reviewed articles and 130 abstracts presented at international meetings.

Educational Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), with second-class honours, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.
• Clinical fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.
• Master of Health Science (M.H.S.) in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
• Graduate Certificate in Vaccine Science and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
• Thai Board of Internal Medicine.
• Thai Sub-Board of Infectious Diseases.
• Thai Board of Family Medicine.

Fellowship & Areas of Interest

• General infectious diseases and HIV medicine.
• Long-term antiretroviral therapy outcomes, HIV drug resistance, and treatment strategies in low- and middle-income regions.
• Opportunistic co-infections in immunocompromised patients, including tuberculosis and cryptococcosis.
• Vaccine immunogenicity, including COVID-19 and influenza vaccines in high-risk patients.
• Severe and invasive fungal infections.
• Clinical research in multicentre international studies, including STACCATO, SMART, START, TAHOD, TAHOD-LITE, and US Mycosis Study Group studies.

Research Contributions & Publications

The supplied source material reports more than 220 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and 130 abstracts presented at international meetings. Her research areas include HIV care and antiretroviral therapy, drug resistance, opportunistic infections, vaccine immunogenicity, and invasive fungal disease. Individual article titles and complete bibliographic details were not included in the provided document.

Awards, Honours, and Recognitions

Her Doctor of Medicine degree is recorded as having been awarded with second-class honours. No other specific awards are listed in the provided material.

Specialization

• Internal Medicine.
• Infectious Diseases.
• HIV medicine and antiretroviral therapy.
• Opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
• Vaccine immunogenicity and infectious disease research.
• Invasive fungal infections.

Professional Memberships & Leadership

• Secretary, Thai AIDS Society.
• Vice President, Infectious Disease Association of Thailand.
• Committee member, National HIV Guidelines Committee.
• Committee member, Royal College of Physicians of Thailand.
• Member, HIV Medicine Association.
• Member, Infectious Diseases Society of America.

• Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University (since 2015).
• Assistant to the Dean for Corporate Communication, Mahidol University.