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A/Prof. Nonthalee Pausawasdi

Thailand

Nonthalee Pausawasdi (MD., FJGES) received her M.D. degree from Thailand and completed her postdoctoral research training, internal medicine residency, GI fellowship, and advanced endoscopy fellowship training at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She is an associate professor in the GI Division, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

She is the Program Director for the World Gastroenterological Organization (WGO) endoscopy training program at Siriraj Endoscopy Center in Bangkok, the Director, Endoscopy Center, Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital, and the Past President of the Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE). She co-founded the Women in Gastrointestinal Network Asia Pacific (WIGNAP), a special interest group that connects women in gastroenterology across Asian countries, in 2012. She is currently the President of WIGNAP.

Furthermore, she serves as the Chair of the Women and Leadership Committee, Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), Co-chair of the outreach program for Asia-Pacific, World Endoscopy Organization (WEO), Vice President, Asian EUS Group (AEG), Vice President, the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Taskforce Asian Pacific (GI-TAP). She has been working on many projects to improve the quality of endoscopy training in underserved areas worldwide.

She is a member of the editorial boards for several reputable journals, including GIE, the EUS journal, and TIGE. She has published over 100 papers in the area of endoscopy and gastroenterology. Her clinical and research interests focus on pancreaticobiliary diseases, ERCP, EUS, and bariatric endoscopy.