Biochemistry

Sasivimol Virameteekul, M.D., MSc.

Position: Lecturer

Expertise:

  • Neurology and Neuroscience
  • Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders
  • Genetic diseases
  • Precision medicine

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Biography

        Dr. Sasivimol Virameteekul is a consultant neurologist from Thailand. She completed her clinical and research fellowship at University College London’s Queen Square Institute of Neurology and holds a master’s degree in Genomics and Precision Medicine from UCL. Currently, she serves as an academic researcher at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and as an academic neurologist at the Excellence Centre for Parkinson’s Disease & Related Disorders, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. In these roles, she passionately shares her knowledge, caring for patients, advancing medical research, and guiding the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. Outside her medical pursuits, she is an aspiring artist, and her passion for art is has never waned.  She consistently explores the world of art and seamlessly integrates it into her scientific fields.

Education

  • Master of Science in Genomics and Precision Medicine (Distinction), University College London, United Kingdom, 2023 

  • Diplomate, Thai Board of Neurology, 2019 

  • Master of Science in Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, 2018 

  • Doctor of Medicine (First Class Honour), Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, 2014

Experience

  • Clinical and Research fellow, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Queen Square Brain Bank (QSBB), London, 2022 
  • Clinical and research Fellow, Parkinson’s Disease & Related Disorders, Chulalongkorn University, 2020  

Certification and Licensure

  • 2023 – present Genomics Medicine, Medical Council of Thailand’s certificate  

  • 2021 – present Professional membership, Thai Parkinson Disease-Movement Disorders  Society (Thai PDMDS) 

  • 2019 – present Diploma, Thai Board of Neurology, 

  • 2014 – present Licensed Physician Full Registration, Thailand, #52317 

Awards

  • 2021   Top 2 Oral Research Presentation – Neurophysiology for Functional tremor – 7th AOCCN (7th Asian-Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology)

  • 2021   Oral Research Presentation – The Profile of Oldest Old Parkinson Disease Survivors: Does Age Or Disease Duration Matter? – 62nd Annual Meeting of                  the Japanese Society of Neurology 

  • 2021   Winning prize for the MDS Asian and Oceanian Section (MDS-AOS) mascot design contest 

  • 2019   Winner in Movement Disorder Tournament, Common Movement Disorders and Skill Workshop for Clinical Practitioners, Siriraj Hospital, Thailand 

  • 2019   Best Research Presentation Runner up, Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society’s,  The SYNERGIES and Leadership training course MDS 

  • 2014   Outstanding Medical Student Award in Paediatrics, Siriraj Hospital, Thailand. 

Publications

  1. Virameteekul, S., Revesz, T., Jaunmuktane, Z., Warner, T.T. and De Pablo-Fernández, E. (2023), Pathological Validation of the MDS Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy.
  2. Virameteekul, S., Revesz, T., Jaunmuktane, Z., Warner, T.T. and De Pablo-Fernández, E. (2023), Clinical Diagnostic Accuracy of Parkinson’s Disease: Where Do We Stand?.
  3. Virameteekul S, Bhidayasiri R (2022) We Move or Are We Moved? Unpicking theOrigins of Voluntary Movements to Better Understand Semivoluntary Movements. Front. Neurol. 13:834217.
  4. Virameteekul S, Bhidayasiri R. Doctor Hope; Calming and Comforting Loneliness in Parkinson’s Disease. Clin Park Relat Disord.
  5. Virameteekul S, Phokaewvarangkul O, Bhidayasiri R. Profiling the most elderly parkinson’s disease patients: Does age or disease duration matter? PLoS One. 2021 Dec 22;16(12):e0261302.
  6. Virameteekul S, Charoensri s, Tiamkao S. Concurrence of Myasthenia Gravis andThyroid Disorders: A Retrospective Database Study. Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 2019 Nov;34, 136-140. 
  7. Phokaewvarangkul O,Virameteekul S, Bhidayasiri R. Parkinsonism hyperpyraexia syndrome in Parkinson’s disease patients undergoing deep brain stimulation: An indirect consequence of COVID-19 lockdowns. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, Volume 87 
  8. Bhidayasiri R, Virameteekul S, Jong-Min Kim, Pramod Kr. Pal, Sun-Ju Chung. COVID-19: An Early Review of Its Global Impact and Considerations for Parkinson’sDisease Patient Care. Journal of Movement Disorders.
  9. Bhidayasiri R., Virameteekul S., Sukoandari B., Tran T.N., Lim T.T. (2021) Challenges of Parkinson’s Disease Care in Southeast Asia. In: Riederer P., Laux G., Nagatsu T., Le W., Riederer C. (eds) NeuroPsychopharmacotherapy. Springer, Cham. 
  10. Virameteekul S., Bhidayasiri R, Panyakaew P. Variability of tremor is not alwaysfunctional: A feasibility study on the aetiological differentiation of tremor. Journal of Neuroscience. (Submitted for Final Review) 
  11. Virameteekul, De Pablo-Fernández, E. (2023) Variability in the Accuracy of Clinical Diagnosis of Early Parkinson’s Disease Mov Disord.

Books

  • Virameteekul S, Maetzler W, Bhidayasiri R. Chapter 19 – Overcoming our shared challenge: reducing climate change burdens and improving movement disorders management through digital technology. In: Bhidayasiri R, Maetzler W, editors. Handbook of Digital Technologies in Movement Disorders: Academic Press; 2024. p. 301-13. 
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