Dr Teerha Piratvisuth is Professor of Medicine at the Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand. He completed his medical degree with first class honor, at the Prince of Songkla University in 1985. During 1993–94 he studied as a Clinical Fellow in hepatology at King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, UK. In 1995, he moved to the US, where he spent a further year as a Clinical Fellow in hepatology and endoscopy at the University Texas, Houston Medical School. He currently is the President of Gastroenterological Association of Thailand and holds the positions of Advisor of the NKC Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, faculty of medicine, Prince of Songkla University.
Prominent positions
2011-2012: President of Thai Association for the Study of the Liver
2011-2012: President of Asia Pacific for the Study of the Liver Disease (APASL2011)
2012-2013: Vice President of Asia Pacific Digestive Week (APDW2012)
2017-2018: Chairman of the Scientific Program of World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO 2018)
2020-2021: Honorary President of APASL 2021
2008-2024: Director of NKC Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Prince of Songkla University
2022-2023: Chairman of the Asia Pacific Digestible Week 2023
2019 – present: The Vice President of Liver Foundation of Thailand
2010- present: Steering Committee of APASL
2025-2026: President of Gastroenterological Association of Thailand
Academic Profile Rankings 2025
Scopus Index: H-index 40 Citation 13,242
Publications
135 publications in PUB-MED (in the attached)
