1 Curriculum Vitae Associate Professor Sasitorn Bejrachandra

Name : Sasitorn Bejrachandra, M.D.

Academic Position : Associate Professor

Current Position : Consultant, National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand

Contact Address : National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society, 1871 Henry Dunant Road. Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

E-mail : [email protected]

Mobile : 081-819-1848

Qualification and Education • M.D (1969), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University • Diploma, Thai Board of Hematology (1984), The Medical Council of Thailand • Diploma, Thai Board of Family Medicine (2002), The Medical Council of Thailand • Diploma, Thai Board of Clinical Pathology (2004), The Medical Council of Thailand • Diploma, Thai Board of Transfusion Medicine (2018), The Medical Council of Thailand • Certificate of Mini-Master of Public Administration (1996), Mahidol University

Training • Oxford Haemophilia Centre and Oxford Blood Transfusion Service, Oxford, UK (1974-1975) • British Council Course on Blood Transfusion, Edinburgh, UK (1985) • Training course on Immunohematology, DiaMed, Switzerland (1997)

Career • Medical staff, Blood Bank, Siriraj Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1970-1991) • Assistant Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1991-1994) • Associate Professor and Chairperson, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1994-2002) • Associate Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (2002-2012) • Associate Professor and Consultant of Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (2012-2015)

2 • Consultant of National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society (2013 - present) • Blood Bank Consultant, Bumrungrad International Hospital (2012 - present)

Experience and professional activities • Chairperson, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1994-2002) • Guest lecturer - Bachelor degree of medical technology/ allied health science of Mahidol University, Chulalongkorn University, Naresuan University and Thammasat University (up to present) - Master degree of medical technology and clinical pathology programs of Mahidol University (up to present) • Chairman of the Thesis Examination Committee for - Master of Sciences (Biomedical Sciences), Thammasat University (up to present) - Master of Medical Technology, Thammasat University and Naresuan University (up to present) • Chairman and member of the Thesis Defense Examination Committee for - Ph.D student of Medical Technology, Mahidol University and Thammasat University (up to present) • Member of the Qualifying Examination Committee and the Thesis Proposal Examination Committee for Ph.D student of Mahidol University and Thammasat University (up to present) • Member of committee for the establishment of - Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1989) - Master of Science Program (Transfusion Medicine) (1990) - Bachelor degree of Science Program (Transfusion Medicine) (1994) • Member of committee for - Residency Training Program in Transfusion Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and National Blood Centre (2018) • Consultant, National Blood Centre (NBC), The Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS) (2013 - present) • Chairman of the Scientific Subcommittee, The Committee for Recruitment and Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donors of TRCS (2014 - present) • Chairman of The Research Ethics Committee of NBC, TRCS (2012 - present) • Member of committee for the preparation of - Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services, NBC, TRCS (2005 - present) - National Blood Policy, TRCS (2017 - present) • Editor of the Journal of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (2013 - present) • Organizing committee, Annual Academic Meeting of National Blood Centre, TRCS (2015 - present) • Organizing committee, the 30th Regional Congress of International Society of Blood Transfusion, 2019 • Chairman, Local Scientific Committee of the 30th ISBT Bangkok, 2019 3 • Organizing committee, Thalassemia blood management workshop, NBC, 2019 • Organizing committee, EQAS in Red Cell Serology, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (1996-2015) • Chairman, subcommittee of Lab Diagnosis, GAP Program, World Federation of Hemophilia (2004-2008) • Organizing committee, Annual Academic Workshop on Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (2008-2015) • Consultant, External Quality Assessment Scheme in Red Cell Serology (EQAS), Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standard, Department of Medical Science, Ministry of Public Health (2015 - present)

Professional Society Memberships • Member, International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) • Member, The Medical Council of Thailand • Member, The Thai Society of Hematology • Member, The Thai Society of Clinical Pathology • Vice President, The Hemophilia Foundation of Thailand

Publications • Articles (75) • Published papers (60) • Books (5) • Selected Publications (2012 - present) 1. Paris R, Bejrachandra S, Thongcharoen P, Nitayaphan S, Pitisuttithum P, Sambor A, et al. HLA class II restriction of HIV-1 clade-specific neutralizing antibody responses in ethnic Thai recipients of the RV144 prime-boost vaccine combination of ALVAC-HIV and AIDSVAX(®) B/E. Vaccine. 2012;30:832-6. 2. Intharanut K, Grams R, Bejrachandra S, Sriwanitchrak P, Nathalang O. Improved allele-specific PCR technique for Kidd blood group genotyping. J Clin Lab Anal. 2013;27:53-8. 3. Viprakasit V, Ekwattanakit S, Riolueang S, Chalaow N, Fisher C, Lower K, Kanno H, Tachavanich K, Bejrachandra S, Saipin J, Juntharaniyom M, Sanpakit K, Tanphaichitr VS, Songdej D, Babbs C, Gibbons RJ, Philipsen S, Higgs Dr. Mutations in Kruppel-like factor 1 cause transfusion-dependent hemolytic anemia and persistence of embryonic globin gene expression. Blood. 2014;123:1586-95. 4. Intharanut K, Bejrachandra S, Nathalang S, Leetrakool N, Nathalang O. Red Cell Genotyping by Multiples PCR Ideentifies Antigen-Matched Blood Units for Transfusion-Dependent Thai Patients. Transfus Med Hemother. 2017;44(5):358-64. 5. Ricci Hagman J, Hult AK, Westman JS, Hosseini-Maaf B, Jongruamklang P, Sapin J, Bejrachandra S, Olsson M. L. Multiple miscarriages in two sisters of Thai origin with the rare P(k) phenotype caused by a novel nonsense mutation at the B3GALNT1 locus. Transfus Med. 2019;29(3):202-8.

4 Awards • An award for the contribution to the professional activities in Transfusion Medicine by The Royal College of Pathologists of Thailand (2009) • An award for the outstanding membership contributing to the laboratory aspect of Clinical Pathology by The Thai Society of Clinical Pathology (2007)

Revised: 6 November 2019