Supakij Khomvilai Thailand

Assisted Professor Supakij Khomvilai, MD. Director Chief, Colorectal Surgery Division & Surgical Endoscopy Department of Surgery King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital & Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Professional Profile Dr. Supakij Khomvilai is a leading surgical endoscopist and colorectal surgeon based in Bangkok, Thailand. He currently serves as the Director Chief of the Colorectal Surgery Division and the Surgical Endoscopy Department at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. With over two decades of clinical and academic experience, Dr. Khomvilai specializes in advanced lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE) including Narrow Band Imaging (NBI), and complex therapeutic interventions such as Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), and colonic stenting. Education & Advanced Post-Graduate Training Dr. Khomvilai earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University in 2000, where he subsequently completed his residency in General Surgery (2006) and a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery (2009). Committed to advancing his technical expertise, he underwent rigorous international subspecialty training at world-renowned centers: Japan: Visiting Fellow at Kyushu University Hospital (2007); Observing Fellow at the National Cancer Center, Tokyo (2009); and intensive ESD training (MTEC, Tokyo). United States: Research Fellow at the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio (2010), followed by an observing fellowship at the University of Minnesota (2011). Academic Leadership & Committee Memberships Beyond his clinical duties, Dr. Khomvilai actively shapes the landscape of gastroenterological endoscopy and colorectal surgery through international and national leadership roles: International Fellow, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (FJGES) (2020–Present) Committee Member, Asian NBI Group (ANBIG) (2013–Present) Executive Committee Member, Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) (2012–Present) Board Member, Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeons of Thailand & Chula Soft Cadaver Surgical Training Center (2009) Assistant Director for Information Technology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (2011–2019) Organizing Secretary, 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Federation of Coloproctology (APFCP) and the 4th ASCS International Scientific Congress. Research, Publications & Clinical Expertise Dr. Khomvilai is a dedicated researcher focused on refining endoscopic tools for early colorectal cancer detection, mastering the learning curve of colorectal ESD, and developing clinical consensus for managing large laterally spreading tumors (LSTs). He is a collaborative author on numerous peer-reviewed studies published in high-impact journals like Surgical Endoscopy, VideoGIE, Clinical Case Reports, and the Annals of Coloproctology. His core areas of expertise include: Advanced Diagnostics: Image-Enhanced Endoscopy (IEE), Texture and Color Enhancement Imaging (TXI), and Narrow Band Imaging (NBI). Therapeutic Interventions: Advanced EMR, colorectal ESD for complex or giant mucosal lesions, and colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery for malignant obstructions. Innovation: Integration of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) systems and artificial intelligence in colorectal cancer screening networks across the Asia-Pacific region. Institutional Contact Information Office: Surgical Endoscopy & Colorectal Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Email: supakij.k@chulahospital.org