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Assist. Prof. Chaitong Churuangsuk

Department of Internal Medicine

: chaitong.c@psu.ac.th

Education / Training

Institution and Location Degree Year Field of Study
University of Glasgow Ph.D. 2021 Human Nutrition
University of Glasgow M.Sc. 2016 Clinical Nutrition
Prince of Songkla University Higher Grad Diploma 2014 Clinical Sciences
Prince of Songkla University M.D. 2010 Doctor of Medicine (First Class Honors)

Positions and Employment

  • 2021 – present : Head of Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University.
  • 2022 – present : Head of the Patient Care Team for Home Parenteral Nutrition, Songklanagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University.

Committee

2025 – present Thai Guideline Development Group on Obesity Management, Thailand
2021 – present Thai Guideline Development Group on Micronutrients, Thailand
2024 – present Academic Committee of the Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition of Thailand

Scholarship and Awards

  1. Best Thesis Award 2024. National Research Council of Thailand
  2. UK Postgraduate Competition 2019 Winner. ‘Low-Carbohydrate Diets - challenges & opportunities for obesity & type 2 diabetes management and prevention’ (Oral presentation). In 13th European Nutrition Conference, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019, Dublin, Ireland. 15-18 October 2019
  3. Best E-Poster Presentation. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing (SoMDN) Postgraduate Research Day 2021. University of Glasgow, UK, 17 May 2021.
  4. Best abstract award – 2nd prize (Poster presentation) ‘Low thiamine status in adults voluntarily following low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets: a cross-sectional comparative study’. The 21st PENSA Congress 2021, Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 October 2021.

Organizing international workshops or meetings

Date Topics
28 April – 1 May 2019 26th European Congress on Obesity, Glasgow, UK
14 – 16 October 2021 21st Congress of The Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia : PENSA 2021, Bangkok, Thailand

SERVING AS AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEWER (number)

12

POSTGRADUATE ADVISORY

3 residents, 4 MSc, 1 PhD, Thailand, UK

COMPUTER SKILLS

Research-specific: EpiData, R program, SPSS, Review Manager (systematic review), EndNote (reference software)
General: Words, Power point, Excel, Zoom

SCOPUS H INDEX

9 ; citation 456 citations

Publications

21 PUBLICATIONS