Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Biography
Methee Chayakulkeeree is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He completed a research fellowship in Molecular Mycology at Duke University Medical Center, USA, and earned his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Chayakulkeeree is a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) and an internationally recognized expert in medical mycology and infectious diseases. His research focuses on invasive fungal diseases, infections in immunocompromised hosts, and transplant-related infections.
He holds several national and international leadership roles. He serves as a Board Member of the Asia Fungal Working Group (AFWG) and the Asia Pacific Society for Medical Mycology (APSMM), and is President of the Thai Medical Mycology Forum (TMMF). He also serves as the Thailand Ambassador for the Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI) and contributes to World Health Organization (WHO) Working Group on Fungal Diseases.
Dr. Chayakulkeeree is an active member of several leading international professional societies, including the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG). He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and numerous book chapters in the fields of infectious diseases and medical mycology.