Sites: Bangkok, Thailand
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand Facility: Siriraj Hospital Academic Affiliation: Mahidol University Site Preceptor: Chirayu Udomsakdi-Auewarakul, MD |
Background: The collaboration between Duke University and Mahidol University began shortly after Dr. Corey visited Thailand in 1985. This collaboration was consolidated when Dr Chirayu Udomsakdi-Auewarakul returned home after finishing her training at Duke and Harvard. She is now a professor of hematology and the Dean of the School of Medicine at Mahidol University. In addition, collaboration is underway between Duke, Oxford, and the Wellcome group headed by Nick White, Nick Daye, and Sharon Peacock. These investigators head one of the premier tropical medicine units in the world and have been kind enough to collaborate with the Department of Medicine at Duke University on several occasions. |
Clinical Opportunities: Siriraj Hospital is a 2000-bed hospital in the middle of an enormous complex at Mahidol University Medical Center. Patients are admitted with a wide variety of medical illnesses. Duke Residents work with Thai residents in seeing and evaluating patients. Visiting residents can rotate on just about any service, but due to language issues and the fact that the General Medicine service is extremely busy, previous residents recommend rotating on a consult service. The Infectious Disease service can also be very interesting and worthwhile in providing exposure to illness uncommon in the United States. This is a visiting observer rotation, limited to 2 months, unless research connections can be established well in advance. |
Research: Previous research projects include looking at Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients in Northern Thailand in collaboration with the Oxford Unit, conducting research for SEARCH (Southeast Asia Research Collaboration with Hawaii), a multi-institutional coordinating center for HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases research. Other possible on-site research collaborators include Chulalongkorn Hospital (a second major academic Hospital in Bangkok), HIV-NAT (a multi-country collaboration), and Chonburi Hospital. Opportunities are available to work in other units such as the Wellcome unit at Mae Sot, as well as collaborating hospitals in Cheng Mai or Cheng Rai. |
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Notes from Thailand - January 2007 By Krupal Shah |
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