Prof. Arth Nana

Prof. Nana

Professor Nana received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in 1975. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at the same institution and became a faculty member of the Department of Medicine in 1979. Prof Nana had expanded his study in respiratory disease in Australia and gained “Doctor of Medicine” degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1985. He then returned to Bangkok and started his academic career as an Instructor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, becoming a Professor of Medicine in 1999. He served as Head of the Division of Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis, Department of Medicine from 2002 to 2016.

His early research interest was in respiratory physiology, which was extended into clinical respiratory diseases such as airway disease and sleep disorder. Professor Nana has produced numerous publications and book chapters both locally and internationally.

Professor Nana was the co-founder of the first Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship training programme in Thailand, which started at Siriraj hospital in 1990. Now the training programme has expanded into 11 institutions throughout the Kingdom of Thailand and has produced many generations of respiratory specialists. He earned the Distinguished Academic Award from the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand in 2007.

Professor Nana served as the president of the Thoracic Society of Thailand under the Royal patronage from 2006 to 2010. He was also a pioneer in sleep disorder breathing in Thailand, participating in setting up the sleep laboratory and sleep centre in Siriraj hospital at first, and eventually leading to the establishment of the Sleep Society of Thailand in 2009. Moreover, Professor Nana was a core member of the APSR Executive Committee for decades and served as the president of the APSR from 2012 to 2014. He was the congress president of the successful 13th Congress of the APSR in Bangkok in 2008, and also facilitated another magnificent congress, the 21st Congress of the APSR in 2016, as an honorary advisor to the Local Congress Committee. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Thoracic Society from 2016 to 2017 and also a representative of Thailand to the European Respiratory Society. Beyond the scope of Respiratory Medicine, professor Nana has had special interest and contribution to sports medicine in Thailand. He was dean of the College of Sports Science and Technology, Mahidol University from 2007 to 2016. He continues to serve as a chair or board member of many Thai sports societies and organizations.

Despite his retirement from the University in 2016, he remains active in academic activities in the respiratory and medical community. He is currently president of the Anti-TB Association of Thailand under the Royal patronage, working closely with the Ministry of Public Health to develop a National TB Strategy to control tuberculosis in Thailand.

Professor Nana is well accepted by his colleagues and students as a great teacher and advisor, by his patients as a distinguished physician who has a gentle, prudent and soothing personality.