20/01/2026
❤️ For our new followers, let me introduce myself ❤️
Hello everyone, my name is
“Associate Professor Dr. Sira Laohathai”
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Personal Profile
Name: Dr. Sira Laohathai
Specialty: Board-certified Thoracic Surgeon
✅ Expertise in minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery of the lungs and thymus gland
✅ Advanced single-port (uniportal) thoracoscopic surgery
‼️ Trainer and founder of advanced thoracoscopic lung surgery centers at both national and international levels ‼️
👉 As of 2026, currently working at the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University
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Experience
Thoracoscopic lung surgery specialist with experience in over 6,000 surgical cases
Published more than 30 articles in national and international medical journals
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Diseases Treatable with Single-Port Thoracoscopic Surgery
(Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery; VATS)
1. Thoracoscopic surgery for mediastinal tumors, such as thymic tumors
2. Thoracoscopic lung surgery, including lung cancer, pneumothorax, and empyema
3. Thoracoscopic surgery of the rib cage, such as rib tumors and pectus excavatum
4. Surgery for hyperhidrosis of the hands and feet
❌ I do NOT perform surgeries for kidney stones, liver disease, hemorrhoids, rhinoplasty, or procedures in other body areas 🤣❌
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❤️ My Surgical Innovations and Achievements
1. Received a scholarship from the Asian Society of Thoracic Surgeons to study thoracoscopic lung surgery — the first Thai surgeon and the third in Asia — in South Korea
2. Outstanding Research Award, 2019, Navamindradhiraj University
3. Innovation Award for a new lung surgery technique, 2019, Navamindradhiraj University
4. First Prize Research Award, 2021, Thoracic Surgery Society of Thailand
5. First Prize Research Award, 2021, Asian Thoracic Surgery Conference
6. Outstanding Researcher Award, 2024, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital
7. Outstanding Research Publication (international citation), 2024, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital
8. Outstanding Personnel Award, 2024, Navamindradhiraj University
9. Outstanding Service Personnel Award, 2025, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital
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🍀ก Education and Training
• 2017–2018: Advanced training in thoracoscopic lung surgery at Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
👉 Additional training and fellowships in thoracoscopic lung surgery in:
1. National Cancer Center East, Chiba, Japan
2. Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
3. The University of Tokyo, Japan
4. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
👉 Short-term thoracic surgery observership at Mount Sinai Hospital, USA
• 2012–2017: Thoracic Surgery Residency, Ramathibodi Hospital
• 2006–2011: Medical training, Ramathibodi Hospital
Before returning to practice in Thailand 🇹🇭
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🍀Published Research (National & International)
(Selected highlights; full list retained as original)
1. Role of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery in Thai Lung Cancer Patients
2. Mortality and Thromboembolic Events in Hypercoagulable States Using ROTEM in CABG Patients
3. Prognosis of Malignant Pericardial Effusion After Pericardial Window Surgery
4. Non-intubated Uniportal VATS: First Case Report in Thailand
5. Isolated Azygos Vein Rupture from Blunt Chest Trauma
6. Risk Factors and Long-term Survival in Lung Cancer Patients Aged ≥80 Years
7. Clinical and Functional Outcomes After Curative Lung Resection in Octogenarians
8. VATS for Bacterial Empyema: Thailand Experience
9. International VATS Experience: Thailand
10. Non-intubated VATS for Catamenial Pneumothorax
11. Mid-term Outcomes of Aortic Valve Surgery in a Tertiary Hospital
12. Comparison of VATS vs Open Thoracotomy in Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
13. Non-intubated VATS for Pulmonary Resection in Children
14. Subxiphoid VATS Lung Resection Under Spontaneous Ventilation
15. Concomitant Umbilical Endometriosis and Catamenial Pneumothorax
16. Short-term Outcomes of Non-intubated VATS at Vajira Hospital
17. Clinical and Pathologic Profile of Primary Lung Cancer in Urban Thailand
18. Non-intubated vs Intubated VATS: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis
19. Effectiveness of Fibrin Sealant After Pulmonary Resection
20. Thoracoscopic Repair of Right Main Bronchus Transection After Blunt Trauma
21. CT-Guided Localization of Small Pulmonary Nodules for VATS
22. Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery in a Developing Country
23. Non-intubated vs Intubated VATS Lobectomy in Lung Cancer
24. Pulmonary Tissue Culture and Zoonotic Virus Research
25. Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery Program Effectiveness
26. Exercise and Rehabilitation After Lung Surgery
27. First Case Series of Hyperhidrosis Surgery in Thailand
28. Surgical Outcomes of Pneumothorax in Thai Patients
29. Perioperative Pain Management in Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery
30. Comparison of Pleurodesis vs Conventional Surgery in Pneumothorax
31. Prognosis of Malignancy Involving the Pericardium
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Final Words
Thank you very much for your support over the coming year ❤️
I look forward to taking care of everyone.
