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Prof Thanakorn Jirasevijinda

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
Weill Cornell College of Medicine, New York, USA


Dr Jirasevijinda is a faculty member in General Academic Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education. He cares for children as an inpatient hospitalist and provider in the General Pediatric Clinic, and strives to provide humanistic, patient-centered and culturally effective care as well as provide shared-decision making. In addition to his work at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr Jirasevijinda serves as Editor Emeritus for the Journal of Communication in Healthcare where he remains Section Editor for the Patient Voices Section. He is an active member of the teaching subcommittee of EACH – International Association for Communication in Healthcare (tEACH). 

Dr Jirasevijinda's scholarly efforts have focussed on health professions education, including innovative curriculum, mentoring, assessment and educational scholarship. He received the Fulbright Faculty Scholars award for the 2021-22 academic year. After a Fulbright Faculty exchange program in Thailand, he also joined one of their medial schools as consultant. His extensive involvement in medical education has led to many articles and presentations locally and internationally.