KriangTungsanga Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UnviersityThailand

Professor Emeritus Kriang Tungsanga graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, in 1973. He received a postgraduate training as a research fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He was appointed as a faculty staff at Department of medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, and gradually ascended to the position of Professor of Medicine. His area of interest includes kidney stone disease, early detection and prevention to delay disease progression in chronic kidney disease with particular emphasis on implementation of integrated care at a community health care level. His previous academic positions were Past-President of Nephrology Society of Thailand, of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, and Chair of the Committee for National List of Essential Medicine, the Royal Thai Government (2016-2021). He also no serves as the Chair of Ethical Committee for Research in Man, Ministry of Public Health, the Royal Thai Government. He has published 230 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.