Dr. Kanthorn Yolsuriyanwong

Membership
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand
• Thai Medical Council
• Medical Association of Thailand
• Thai Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (TSMBS)
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• American College of Surgeon (ACS)

Awards
• Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand: 1st Prize Winner of Audio-Visual Award (2013) on the topic of “3-hole minimally invasive esophagectomy with 2-field lymphadenectomy”
• Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand: 2nd Prize Winner of Audio-Visual Award (2020) on the topic of “Laparoscopic Epiphrenic Diverticulectomy with Myotomy and Dor Fundoplication”
• The International Congress of the Asia-Pacific Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Society: 1st Prize Winner of the Best Video Presentation Award (2023) on the topic of “Key points to deal with severe intra-abdominal adhesions in weight regain patients undergoing revision sleeve gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass”

ASIA+DUKE 2025 Task
Panel Discussion Section -4
Panel Moderator

Dr. Jakrapan Wittayapairoch

Current position:
Instructor of Department of Surgery,
Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Certifications

• Intensive Course In Laparoscopic General Surgery, IRCAD Taiwan
• Fundamental Simulation Workshop Instructor Course, Siriraj hospital
• APMBSS hand-on cadaveric workshop minimally invasive bariatric surgery
• Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma
• Thai Board of General Surgery
• Advanced Trauma Life Support course
• Basic Surgical Skill international course
• Advanced Trauma Life Support course

ASIA+DUKE 2025 Task
Panel Discussion Section -5
Leading Speech Topic: AOM: Challenge or Opportunity
10 minutes

Prof. Pakkavuth Chanswangphuvana
Affiliation
Thammasat University Hospital

Certification

1. General Surgery at Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. (2009)
2. Advanced Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Metabolic Bariatric Surgery, Chula Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. (2015)
3. Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan. (2017)
4. Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in Gastric Cancer, Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, South Korea. (2017)

Past Position (2009 - 2013)

1. General Surgeon at Udonthani Hospital.

Present Position (2015 - present)

1. General Surgeon at Thammasat University Hospital.
2. Lecturer and Instructor at dDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University.
3. Program Director of Thammasat University Advanced Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship

ASIA+DUKE 2025 Task
Panel Discussion Section -2
Leading Speech Topic: Controversies about OAGB Procedure Selection & Technical Standardization
10 minutes

Dr. Ramiro Antonio Guadalupe Rodríguez

SPECIALTY AND SUBSPECIALTY DEGREES:
• General Surgeon (UCE).
• Master’s degree in teaching and educational research (PUCE).
• Digestive System Surgery and Robotic Coloproctology (Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital).

CURRENT OCCUPATION:
• Attending Physician, General Surgery Service, Eugenio Espejo Specialty Hospital.
• Attending Physician, General Surgery Service, Metropolitan Hospital.
• Coordinator and Professor of the Postgraduate Program in General and Laparoscopic Surgery (PUCE).

POSITIONS AND DUTIES:
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS).
• Executive Secretary of the Ecuadorian Society of Surgery.
• Founding President of the Ecuadorian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.
• Member of the Ecuadorian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery.
• Former President of the Pichincha Chapter of the Ecuadorian Society of Surgery.

Dr. Xitai Sun
Medical Doctor, Professor, Master's Supervisor
Chief Physician, Pancreatic and Metabolic Surgery Department, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School.

Member of the Robotic Surgeons Committee, Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association;
Member of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Professional Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association;
Member of the Obesity and Diabetic Surgery Committee, Surgeon Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association;
Member of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Professional Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association;
Member of the Digestive Surgery Professional Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association;
Member of the Surgical Weight Loss Committee for Obesity Complicated with OSAHS, Sleep Medicine Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association;
Member of the Weight Loss and Metabolism Branch, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care;
Member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO);
Deputy Leader of the Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Group, Surgeon Branch, Jiangsu Medical Doctor Association;
Vice Chairperson of the Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Professional Committee, Jiangsu Research Hospital Association;
Member of the Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Group, Jiangsu Medical Association;
Deputy Leader of the Biliary Tract Tumor Group, Jiangsu Anti-Cancer Association;
Member of the Liver Tumor Group, Jiangsu Anti-Cancer Association.

Long engaged in clinical and scientific research on hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery as well as weight loss metabolic surgery, proficient in minimally invasive surgical treatments for various obesity and metabolic diseases.

医学博士，教授，硕士研究生导师
南京大学医学院附属鼓楼医院胰腺与代谢外科主任医师。

中国医师协会外科分会机器人外科医师委员会委员、
中国研究型医院学会肝胆胰外科专业委员会委员、
中国医师协会外科医师分会肥胖和糖尿病外科委员会委员、
中国研究型医院学会微创外科专业委员会委员、
中国研究型医院学会消化外科专业委员会委员、
中国医师协会睡眠医学专业委员会肥胖合并 OSAHS 外科减重委员会委员、
中国医疗保健国际交流促进会减重及代谢分会委员、国
际减重代谢外科联盟（IFSO）会员、
江苏省医师协会外科医师分会减重与代谢外科学组副组长、
江苏省研究型医院学会肥胖及代谢性疾病专业委员会副主任委员、
江苏省医学会减重与代谢外科学组委员、
江苏省抗癌协会胆道肿瘤学组副组长、
江苏省抗癌协会肝脏肿瘤学组委员。

长期从事肝胆胰外科及减重代谢外科临床和科研工作，精通各种肥胖和代谢性疾病的微创外科治疗。

ASIA+DUKE 2025 Task
Panel Discussion Section -5
Panel Moderator