Suchai Charoenratanakul is a Thai professor of medicine born in Lopburi, Thailand who was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health of the Thai government from 2004 to 2006.
20 Facts About Suchai Charoenratanakul
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Suchai Charoenratanakul was born on 1 February 1955 in Lopburi province.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul finished the high school education at Triam Udom Suksa school in Bangkok, and received his medical doctorate from Ramathibodi Medical School, Mahidol University in 1979.
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Dr Suchai Charoenratanakul returned to Thailand in August 1985 to take the position of Chest Physician and Lecturer at Siriraj Medical School, Mahidol University.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul was promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1987, and later Associate Professor of Medicine in 1990.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul was nominated to acquire FRCP from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
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Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul pursued his clinical and research interests in asthma, COPD, and tuberculosis.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul has published over 100 papers, book chapters, editorials, and reviews on medical journals in Thai and English.
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From 2004 to 2006, Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul was the President of the Thoracic Society of Thailand.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul was a member of the International Advisory Committee of the American Thoracic Society from 2003 to 2005.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul was a part of the editorial board of Respirology from 1999 to 2004 and Respiratory Medicine from 2000 to 2004.
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Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul was the Congress President of the 4th World Asthma Meeting held in Bangkok in 2004.
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Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul left the medical school in October 2004 to take up the post of Deputy Minister of Public Health, and subsequently was appointed to Minister of Public Health in March 2005.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul served alongside four other delegates holding the title of vice president, whose nationalities included New Zealand, Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, and the State of Eritrea.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul was the first Thai Minister of Public Health to be elected to this post.
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Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul successfully combated and controlled the Bird Flu pandemic in Thailand.
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Suchai Charoenratanakul organized and chaired a very successful International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza Meeting on 10 October 2005 at the United Nation Conference Centre in Bangkok to seek their collaboration in preparing for the anticipated public health emergency linked to the H5N1 strain of the disease.
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Unexpectedly on 5 October 2005, Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul announced, for ethical reason, to resign his ministerial post on 31 October 2005 arising from influential political interference of high-ranking officer reshuffle at the Ministry of Public Health.
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Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul held the posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Information Communication and Technology until the Thai Army's coup d'etat on 19 September 2006.
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Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:.