Associate Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sith Sathornsumetee, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Neuro-oncology Program in the Department of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Sathornsumetee received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. He completed his research training in neuro-immunology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, and then his neurology residency and neuro-oncology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, USA.

An active contributor to medical literature, Dr. Sathornsumetee has published more than 80 full-length manuscripts, invited reviews, and international book chapters. In addition, he is also a reviewer for several international journals and granting agencies.

 
Dr. Sathornsumetee has focused his research on the development of novel therapeutics for brain tumors in several areas, including preclinical evaluation, clinical trials, and biomarker identification. In addition, he has explored the role of glioma stem cells in angiogenesis, invasion and therapeutic resistance.