About
About Dr.Thirasak Puenngarm Dr.Thirasak Puenngarm is a neurologist having more than 25 years of expertise. His specialities include Brain Surgery and Spine Surgery. Dr. Thirasak Puenngarm is a pioneer in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Endoscopic Spine Surgery, with over a thousand instances of Key Hole Surgery experience. His educational background includes a degree in MD. from the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol university, Thailand in 1985. He earned a degree of Mainz in Germany with a Fellowship in Microneurosurgery, Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Skull Base Surgery, Key Hole Surgery, and Endoscopic Surgery in 1993. He also completed a training course in Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery at St. Anna Hospital in Germany. He is a member of the Thai Medical Council and the Thai Neurosurgical Association. Dr.Thirasak Puenngarm is fluent in English, and Thai.
List of Treatments
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Cerebral Angioplasty
- Cerebral or Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Endovascular Coiling
- Surgical Clipping
- Temporal Lobectomy
- Lesionectomy
- Hemispherectomy
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Multiple Subpial Transections MST
- Microvascular Decompression MVD
- Percutaneous Balloon Compression (PBC)
- Stereotactic Radio Surgery
- Percutaneous Steriotactic Treatment – PSR
- Radiofrequency Rhizotomy – Neurotomy
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Pineal Region Tumors Treatment
- Gliomas Treatment
- Meningioma
- Schwannomas
- VP Shunting
- Ventriculostomy
- Skull Base Surgery
- Sleep Disorders
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Narcolepsy Treatment
- Headache
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
- Chronic Cerebro Spinal Venous Insufficiency Treatment
- Liberation Treatment
- Sensory Ataxia Treatment
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Paediatric Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Bell’s Palsy Treatment
- Cerebral Angiogram
- Craniotomy Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Gamma Knife for AVM or Brain Tumor
- Cranioplasty
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Brain Haemorrhage Treatment
- Blood Clot Brain Surgery
- CyberKnife Treatment
- Neurosurgery
- Alzheimerâs Disease Treatment
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Stroke Treatment
- High Cervical Stimulation
- Electrical Cortical Stimulation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain
- Drug Pump Implantation for Chronic Pain Management
- Sacral Neuromodulation
- Conservative management
- Thecoperitonial shunt
- Microsurgical tumor removal
- Endoscopic decompression
- Brain AVM Embolization with Onyx
- Deep Brain Stimulation (non-rechargeable)
- NeuroRehabilitation
- Microsurgical repair of encephalocele
- VNS implantation
Work Experience
Director, Phyathai 1 Hospital, Bangkok
, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Institute of Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok Thailand
, Pioneer in Neuronavigator in Thailand
, Pioneer in Skull Base Surgery in Thailand
, Pioneer in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery in Thailand
, Pioneer in Endoscopic Neurosurgery in Thailand
Special Interest
Neurologist
Brain Surgery
Spine Surgery.
Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Key Hole Surgery