CURRICULUM VITAE
Firstname
Prasit
Lastname
Phowthongkum
Birth day
12 Dec 1977
Education
Primary school
Grade 1-3 :
Grade 4-6 :
Christ Dhamma Wittaya school
Kasem Pittaya school
1986-1991
Secondary school
Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn school, Bangkok, Thailand
1991-1996
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok, Thailand
1996-2001
Certificate of higher education in clinical medical sciences,
Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok, Thailand
2005
Diplomate Thai Board of Internal Medicine (Chulalongkorn)
2005
Professional trainings
General practitioners (Internship)
Nakorn Nayok general hospital
2001-2002
Residentship in internal medicine
King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital
2002-2005
Members of medical profession society
Medical association of Thailand
Royal College of Physicians Thailand
Infectious diseases Society of Thailand
Genetics Association of Thailand
Licenses and certificates
Full national license,
Thai General Medical Council
2001
Certificate Diplomate Thai Board of Internal Medicine,
Royal College of Physicians Thailand
2005
Futher Training
1. Cytogenetics Laboratory, Division of genetics, Department of Anatomy,
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University 2005
2. Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Division of Genetics, Department of Anatomy,
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University 2005
3.Clinical Pediatric Genetics Clinic and Medical genetics and Inherited Metabolic
diseases Laboratory, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty
of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University 2005
4.Molecular diagnostic laboratory of Thalassemias and hematologic
malignancies, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, Chulalongkorn University 2005-6
5.Clinical Genetics Clinic and Research Laboratory, Division of Medical
Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Ramathibodi),
Mahidol University 2005
6. Participants in the First international workshop on FISH and SKY: Theory and
applications. Collaborations of Thai Research Funds (TRF) and Canadian Institute of
Health Research (CIHR) 2005
Awards and honours
1.Highest scores in grade 3, 7, 8, 10 and 12
2.Highest scores in these subjects : social study, Thai language, French, English,
general sciences, physics, chemistry, biology, maths
3.Winner in the contest about Maths, English, scientific skills, Thai language
4.Third to the winner in English contest “ shell quiz”
1996
5.Third to the winner in biology contest of Wattachak Newspapers
1996
6.Participate in selection representative for international academic Olympics and win
the gold medal in Biology Thai
1996
7.First rank in the entrance exam for the Faculty of Medicine ,Chulalongkorn
university
1996
8.Highest scores in first , second, forth and sixth years medical students
9.Win Dr. Pinit Kullawanich prize in Medicine
2000
10.Win Dr. Prapan Kittisin prize in surgery
1999
11.Highest scores in Psychiatry
2000
12.Win Dr.Tab Nelanithi for the best scientific student
1997
13.Win the best academic ability of Chulalongkorn university
2000
14.Gold medal for MD.
2001
15.Mean grade point average is 3.93
2001
16. Anandamahidol Foundation Scholarship
2008
Extracurricula activities
Chairman of academic part for Chulalonglorn Medical student club
Vice-chairman for “ to be a doctor camp”
Talk debate competitors at freshy years
Cheer leaders freshy games
Professional appointments
1.Internship
Nakorn Nayok General Hospital, Nakorn Nayok, Thailand 2001
2.Residenship in internal medicine
King Chulalongkorn memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand 2002-4
3.Lecturer in internal medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 2004present
Professional activities
Member of the postgraduate training Committee of Department of medicine, Faculty
of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Publications
1.Phowthongkum P, Siritantikorn S, Suankratay C. Adenovirus Hemorrhagic
Cystitis in a Stem Cell Transplant Patient: the First Reported Case in Southeast
Asia. J Med Ass Thai 2004;87 Sup 2:288-90
2.Phowthongkum P, Prasanthai V, Udomsantisook N, Suankratay C. Rapidly
growing mycobacterium in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and review
of the literature in Thailand J Med Ass Thai 2005;88(8):1153-62
3. Phowthongkum P. The second case of de novo intracranial germinoma association
with Klinefelter's syndrome. Surg Neurol. 2006 Sep;66(3):332.
4.Phowthongkum P, Phanthumchinda K, Suankratay C. A unigue features of basal
ganglia and brain stem encephalitis, optic neuritis, and radiculomyelitis in
Epstein-Barr Virus infection J Infect. 2006 Oct 17; [Epub ahead of print]
5.Prasanthai V, Phowthongkum P, Soonthornyothin S, Suankratay C. Adrenal
insufficiency in AIDS patients with critical illnessJ Med Ass Thai 2007;90(9):176874
6. Phowthongkum P, Puengchitprapai A, Udomsantisook N, Tumwasorn S,
Suankratay C. Spindle cell pseudotumor of the brain associated with Mycobacterium
haemophilum and Mycobacterium simiae mixed infection in a patient with AIDS: the
first case report. Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 19. [Epub Ahead of print]
7. Phowthongkum P, Buranasunkajorn P, Intarabeth P, Buddhari W, kowitoonkij W.
Familial Aortic dissection and congenital iris flocculi with hypertension.
Opthalmic Genetics (In press)
Presentations
1.Abstract and oral presentation “rapid grower mycobacterium in King Chulalongkorn
Memorial Hospital” in congress of Thai infectious diseases society 2003
2.Poster presentation “Clinical manifestation of Thai identical twins with beta
thallassemia and hemoglonon E with IgA nephropathy”. Poster presentation in the 11 th
international congress of human genetics, Brisbane, Australia. 2006
3.Poster presentation 'Familial aortic dissection and congenital iris flocculi with
hypertension in the young: combination of rare diseases' in annual meeting n clinical
genetics of American College of Medical Genetics, Nashville, TN, USA March 2007.
4. Phowthongkum P, Tiwari H. The necessity of adult clinical genetic service in a
developing country: the preliminary data in Thailand to demonstrate the
problem of adult-onset genetic disorders in the European Human Genetics
Conference, Nice, France 2007 (Accepted for presentation in the session of genetic
counseling, education, genetic services, and public policy)
Experiences
Mutation analysis of PROS1 gene in Thai patient with protein S deficiency
patients
Mutaion analysis of DAX1 gene in congenital adrenal hypoplasia
Molecular diagnosis of Huntington’s disease in Thailand
Molecular diagnosis of a Thai MODY patient
Molecular diagnosis of a Thai patient with familial hypokalemic periodic
paralysis
Molecular diagnosis of a Thai patient with acute intermittent porphyria
Linkage analysis of a familial complete heart block
Fluorescense in situ hybridization in hematologic malignancies
Special interest
Neurogenetics, cancer genetics and adult clinical genetics