Prof. Nijasri C. Suwanwela

Prof. Nijasri C. Suwanwela
Thailand

Dr. Nijasri C. Suwanwela is a Professor of Neurology at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. She received her medical degree and completed her residency in neurology from Chulalongkorn University.

She was awarded by Anandamahidol Foundation and had her fellowship training in cerebrovascular disease at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA. She also received a Certificate in Neurosonology from the American Society of Neuroimaging. Dr. Suwanwela pioneered the ‘Stroke Fast Track’ program and the use of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke as well as stroke unit in Thailand.

Currently, she is working on the Telestroke system. She is the former Head of Division of Neurology, Chulalongkorn University and presently the Director of Chulalongkorn Comprehensive Stroke Center and Chula Neuroscience Center. She is also the past President of the Neurological Society of Thailand. Recently, Prof. Suwanwela was appointed as the Vice Dean on Academic service affairs at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and Program director of the Chulalongkorn University International Medical Program (CUMEDi).