Surapol Issaragrisil (, ; born 16 July 1950) is medical doctor and professor of medicine at Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. He is an expert at hematology, bone marrow transplantation, and blood stem cells transplantation.
Early life and education
Surapol was born in Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. He studied his secondary education from Metreechunhawanvittayalai School at Bang Khonthi District, Samut Songkram Province, and then pursued his high school at Trium Udom Suksa school in Bangkok before having his bachelor's degree at medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital in 1974. Later, he continued to study in order to have his Certified Board at Internal Medicine in 1978, add his research fellow from Department of Clinical Physiology at University of Ulm in Germany in 1982, take his Certified Board at Hematology in 1984 and get his clinical fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, US, in 1985.
Position
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Director, Siriraj Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research (SiSCR) President of the Royal Society (Thailand) President of the Thai Society for Stem Cell Research
Membership and fellowship
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (London), FRCP
Fellow, American College of Physicians, FACP
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, FRCPA
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists (UK), FRCPath
Member, American Society of Hematology
Member, Thai Society of Hematology
Member, Society for Experimental Hematology
Member, American Association for Advancement of Science
Member, International Society of Hematology
Member, International Society for Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering
Member, British Society of Hematology
Member, Asian Conferences on Modern Therapy in Hematology
Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Member, Asia-Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation Group
Decorations
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the White Elephant (2000) Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (1997) Dushdi Mala Medal for Innovation in Medicine (2008)
Honors and awards
Siriraj Outstanding Personnel Award 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2015 Siriraj Award Honoring 2018 A.G. ELLIS RESEARCH AWARD (Research award 2016) Pre-clinic 13 June 13, 2016 Quality Person of the Year 2012 in Medicine, 2012 Establishing the Annual Congress on Update in Breakthroughs in Hematology (AUBH), 2011 National Outstanding Person in Science and Technology, 2011 Dushdi Mala Medal for Innovation in Medicine, 2008 Mahidol University Award for Outstanding Research, 2008 Senior Research Scholar of Thailand Research Fund, 2005 Organizing the Humboldt Kolleg, “The Role of Science to Improve Quality of Life in Postgenomic Era”, 2003 President of Asia Pacific Bone Marrow Transplant Group, 2000 Organizing the 6th Congress of Asia-Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2000 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Award for Outstanding Commitment and Dedication in Promoting Joint Research in US-Thailand Collaboration on Aplastic Anemia, 1998 National Best Research Award from National Research Council, 1993, 1995 Mahidol University-B-Braun Prize for Medical Research, 1993