Dr.Thirasak Puenngarm

Dr.Thirasak Puenngarm
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Experience: 25 years of experience
Hospital: Phyathai 1 Hospital, Bangkok

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
  • Alzheimer’s 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