Committee
Dr. Kai-lok MAK
Dr Kai-lok MAK, President
Dr. Greg Mak is a private psychiatrist in Hong Kong. He is an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He had served at department of psychiatry among various local hospitals in Hong Kong, including Castle Peak Hospital, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po Hospital and North District Hospital. Apart from his daily psychiatric works, Dr Mak is interested about gender relations, family therapy and sexual therapy. He has been actively involved in promoting public mental health in Hong Kong, as well as undertaking the teaching works in the top 2 universities in Hong Kong. Dr Mak wishes to raise public awareness of mental well-being in Hong Kong and hope everyone can have a quality life.
Dr. Preecha TIEWTRANON
Dr. Preecha TIEWTRANON, President
Medical Education and Training:
- 1966-1967 Internship,Highland Park General Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 1967-68 Surgery Resident, New York Hospital, New York, USA
- 1968-70 Surgery Resident, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan. USA
- 1970-73 Surgical Oncology Resident, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
- 1973-1974 Fellow Surgical Oncology,Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
- 1974-1975 Fellow, Plastic Surgery, Albany Plastic Surgery, Albany, New York,USA.
- 1975-1976 Fellow,Plastic Surgery, Victorian Plastic Surgery Unit, Melbourne, Australia
Experiences:
- 40+ years; (since 1978)
- More than 3,000 cases of Male to Females SRS, 600 cases of Sigmoid Colon Vaginoplasty.
- More than 103 cases of female to male SRS Phalloplasty
- More than 3,600 cases of Breast Implants.
Activities:
- Diplomat American Board of Surgery
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Thailand
- Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand (Past
President) - Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand. (Past President)
- National Representative: Oriental Society of Aesthetic Surgeons
- HBIGDA, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphasia Association
- WPATH
Dr. Zhi-min ZHENG
Dr. Zhi-min ZHENG, Vice – President
Dr. Zheng Zhimin is a consultant psychiatrist working in the Institute of Mental Health. She has a keen interest in mental healthcare for gender variant individuals and established the Gender Care Service in August 2016. It is currently the only dedicated psychiatric service in Singapore catering for gender variant individuals. She is passionate about working with professionals from various fields of healthcare and community services to provide holistic care for gender variant population.
Kritima SAMITPOL
Kritima SAMITPOL, Honorary Secretary
Kritima Samitpol is a Thai transgender woman working for Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre as a Clinic Supervisor for Tangerine Community Health Clinic. Tangerine Community Health Clinic is the first sexual health and well-being clinic for transgender people in Thailand. She works closely with the transgender community in addressing their health concerns and needs by providing them with the most up-to-date knowledge and comprehensive health services.
Dr. Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
Dr. Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Honorary Treasurer
Dr. Yamamoto was formerly an assistant professor of psychiatry in the department of neuropsychiatry and also deputy director of general medicine at the University of the Ryukyus Hospital, Okinawa. Dr. Yamamoto has also served as the designated physician for occupational health in Okinawa to promote mental health in the workplace. In addition, he has served as the regional vice-president for the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). He was previously at the University of Melbourne’s department of transcultural psychiatry in Australia.
Members –
Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Other Medical Specialties
Thanapob BUMPENKIATKUL
Thanapob BUMPENKIATKUL
Ming-yan CHAN
Ming-yan CHAN
Medical student, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wai-han HOI
Wai-han HOI
Endocrinologist, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Harvard LIN
Harvard LIN
Harvard Lin is an accredited Obstetric and Gynaecology specialist. He completed his basic medical training in NUS and specialist training in O&G in Singapore. He obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gnaecologists (MRCOG) from UK and the Masters of Medicine (O&G) from NUS in 2015.
Dr Lin provides an extensive range of obstetric and gynaecological services. His main interests are female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery which includes managing urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, prolapse and transgender medicine. He also has a engaged in minimally invasive surgery and endometriosis.
Dr Lin is also a clinical tutor at NUS and a faculty in various laparoscopic and pelvic floor reconstruction workshops. He enjoys mentoring medical students and residents. His research includes stem cell therapy, synthetic meshes and translational medicine. He has published in various international peer-reviewed journals and also contributed to a popular O&G textbook. He actively presents at medical conferences and public talks.
Nittaya PHANUPHAK
Nittaya PHANUPHAK
Nittaya Phanuphak is the Chief of PREVENTION at the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. She has deep interest in the use of Key Population-Led Health Service (KPLHS) approaches to enhance access to HIV testing, prevention and treatment among men who have sex with men and transgender women. She currently oversees the establishment of a national platform for accreditation and legalization of KP lay providers to ensure domestic funding towards KPLHS sustainability.
The Tangerine Clinic, established and led by transgender people to provide integrated hormone and sexual health services in Bangkok, is a successful KPLHS example which has served more than 3,000 transgender clients over a 3-year period. The model is being expanded to community-based organizations, as well as public and private clinics, in a few countries in South-East Asia.
Dr Phanuphak has served as the Asia Pacific representative in the IAS Governing Council since 2018.
Timothy peng-lim QUEK
Timothy peng-lim QUEK
Endocrinology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Taninee SAHAKITRUNGRUANG
Taninee SAHAKITRUNGRUANG
Medical Education and Training:
- 2001 Thailand, license No. 26500
- 2005 Diploma Thai Board of Pediatrics, the Medical Council of Thailand
- 2002 USMLE step1 Pass (97th Percentile)
- 2003 USMLE step2 CK Pass (99th Percentile)
- 2006 USMLE step 2 CS – pass
- 2006 ECFMG certification number 0-639-304-5
- 2007 Diploma Thai Board of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Medical Council of Thailand
- 2010 Certification Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Dr Taninee Sahakitrungruang is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Experiences:
- 2005 – 2008 Faculty member, Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2008 – present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Activities:
- Attending, Medical service, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Cherng-Jye SEOW
Cherng-Jye SEOW, Adjunct Assistant Professor
MBBS (NUS), GDFM (NUS), MRCP (UK), MRCPS (Glasgow), FRCP (Edinburgh), FACE (USA), MCI (NUS), FAMS(Endocrinology)
Dr Seow Cherng Jye is a consultant endocrinologist in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, visiting consultant to the National Center of Infectious Diseases and Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore.
He did his subspeciality training in diabetes technology in 2015/2016 at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He subsequently went to Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA in 2017 to gain further exposure to the management of complex disorders in Endocrinology. On the education front, he is the program director of National Healthcare Group Senior Residency in Endocrinology.
He is also interested in research, completed the Masters in Clinical Investigation in 2019 and has received grants for his work on diabetes mellitus. He has been working closely with fellow colleagues from the Institute of Mental Health since 2016 in the care of transgenders in Singapore.
Ammarin SUWAN
Ammarin SUWAN
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, BNH Hospital
Zephyrus TSANG
Zephyrus TSANG
Medical student, the University of Hong Kong
Rose Zhao-wei TING
Rose Zhao-wei TING
Dr Rose ZW Ting is the specialist in endocrinology and diabetes of a private diabetes & endocrine centre in Hong Kong. Currently she is also the honorary clinical associate professor of the Hong Kong Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Following her graduation in the University of Hong Kong in 2005, Dr Ting completed her internship in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics of the Prince of Wales Hospital and joined the department as a resident in 2006. She obtained her fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism in 2012. She was promoted to associate consultant of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital in 2015.
Since 2014, she was involved in the centralized transgender clinic in Hong Kong and in her private endocrinology centre (after her commencement in private practice); her major duty was to offer endocrine assessment and hormonal therapy to transgender clients.
Her publications focused on diabetology especially on the mental and behavioral aspect in patients with type 2 diabetes, such as the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and depression, mental health screening and peer support intervention.
Jirapron ARUNAKUL
Jirapron ARUNAKUL
Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Ramathibodi Hospital
Ms. Margarette Rose Pajanel
Ms.Margarette Rose Pajanel
Endocrinologist
Dr Judith Ong
Dr Judith Ong
Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Medical
Dr Susie Logan
Dr Susie Logan
Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Medical
Dr Taninee SAHAKITRUNGRUANG
Dr Taninee SAHAKITRUNGRUANG
Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Medical
Members –
Mental Health
Hanita Ashok ASSUDANI
Hanita Ashok ASSUDANI
Clinical Psychologist
Laura CHUA
Laura CHUA
Voice Therapist, Singapore General Hospital
Goh Min HUI
Goh Min HUI
Medical Social Worker & Family Therapist
Yeptain LEUNG
Yeptain LEUNG
Mr Yeptain Leung is a speech therapist currently practising in Hong Kong. He is also currently undertaking his Doctor of Philosophy with Professor Jennifer Oates at La Trobe University. He has a particular interest in the human voice and has worked extensively with the trans population in Hong Kong helping trans individuals develop gender congruent communication.
In 2016, Yeptain received an Endeavour Scholarship from the Australian Government’s Department of Education to undertake research and coursework at Karolinska Institutet related to the role of speech pathology in the trans voice training. During the time, he was under the supervision of Professor Maria Södersten.
Papan VADHANAVIKKIT
Papan VADHANAVIKKIT
Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
Sorawit WAINIPITAPONG
Sorawit WAINIPITAPONG
Dr. Sorawit Wainipitapong is an attending psychiatrist in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, and a faculty member at department of psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
His interests include university students’ mental health and he has an active role at Chulalongkorn Student Wellness center as a consulting psychiatrist. He is also interested in psychiatric sexual disorders and gender dysphoria.
In 2019, he has received grant for his research focusing on depression among transgenders after sex reassignment surgery.
Donovan Lim Yutong
Donovan Lim Yutong
Dr Donovan Lim is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. He sees children and teenagers with gender identity concerns in his Gender Care Clinic.
Ms Aakanksha Sharma
Ms Aakanksha Sharma
CO-FOUNDER & COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST
Papan VADHANAVIKKIT
Papan VADHANAVIKKIT
Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
Dr Cheung Ngo
Dr Cheung Ngo
Psychiatrists
Dr Hasit Vaidya
Dr Hasit Vaidya
Psychiatrist Consultant in Gender Dysphoria at Northamptonshire Gender Clinic
Dr Raj Kiran Donthu
Dr Raj Kiran Donthu
Associate Professor Psychiatry,NRI Academy of Medical Sciences,Dept. of Psychiatry, NRI General Hospital, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
Members –
Plastic surgery
Andrew BURD
Andrew BURD
Andrew Burd is a British trained Plastic Surgeon and a Harvard trained Scientist. His major specialty was post-burn reconstruction. It was in the course of learning about genital reconstruction that he met Joris Hage at the Free University in Amsterdam. Joris introduced him to patients undergoing gender confirming surgery. This led to a life long professional interest in gender and medicine.
In the UK he was primarily involved in FTM surgery. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1999 where he was the Professor of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He continued an active and supportive role in developing clinical services for the transgender community. He has retired from clinical practice now but maintains an active concern for providing support and care for those undergoing transition. Searching for the true self in body and mind is a journey that should not be taken alone.
Sirachai JINDARAK
Sirachai JINDARAK
Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Preecha Aesthetic Institute
Pornthep PUNGRASMI
Pornthep PUNGRASMI
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bangpakok 9 International Hospital
Poonpissamai SUWAJO
Poonpissamai SUWAJO
Dr. Poonpissamai Suwajo was born in Bangkok, Thailand. She obtained her medical degree and plastic and reconstructive surgery residency training from Chulalongkorn University. She is now a staff and lecturer at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University. Her mentor is Dr. Preecha Tiewtranont, who is a pioneer in sex reassignment surgery in Thailand.
Dr. Suwajo has ten years’ experience in plastic and reconstructive surgery, with special interest in transgender surgeries. She familiar with sex reassignment surgeries especially in male to female such as penile skin inversion with/without scrotal skin graft, colonic vaginoplasty and peritoneal vaginoplasty. She is a member of Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand, Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand, The Society of Aesthetic surgeons of Thailand, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. She is now also work for society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons of Thailand as an educational committee.
Dr Kuylhee Kim
Dr Kuylhee Kim
Associate Professor, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, LGBTQ+ Center,Seoul
Dr Adrian OOI
Dr Adrian OOI
Plastic Surgeon, Singapore General Hospital
Dr Apichai ANGSPATT
Dr Apichai ANGSPATT
Plastic Surgery, Bumrungrad International Hospital
Dr Haitao Xiao
Dr Haitao Xiao
West China Hospital
Dr Preecha TIEWTRANON
Dr Preecha TIEWTRANON
Plastic Surgeon,Surgeons
Dr Prisca Na Hyun HWANG
Dr Prisca Na Hyun HWANG
Clinical Associate Professor
Gender Clinic,Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,Korea University Anam Hospital
Dr Rohit Mishra
Dr Rohit Mishra
Consultant
Dr Sahatad Haetanurak
Dr Sahatad Haetanurak
WIH International Hospital,Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon,1798 Debaratna Road, Bang Na, Bangkok, Thailand 10260
Members –
Transgender Group
June CHUA
June CHUA
Director, The T Project,Singapore
Vanessa HO
Vanessa HO
Executive Director,The Project X, Singapore
Rena JANAMNUAYSOOK
Rena JANAMNUAYSOOK
Rena Janamnuaysook is a transgender woman and a human rights advocate from Bangkok, Thailand. She works as a program manager for transgender health at the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, where she established the Tangerine Community Health Clinic, the first sexual health and well-being clinic for transgender people in the region.
Rena also leads the Tangerine Academy for Transgender Health, where she provides technical assistance and capacity building interventions on key population-led health services, including HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and implementation research to community-based health centers, government partners and private sectors.
Rena co-founded the Thai Transgender Alliance, the first transgender-owned human rights organization in Thailand. She received a master degree in international development from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Rena currently serves as a board member of the Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand.
Leong Yangfa
Leong Yangfa
Executive Director, OogaChaga, Singapore
CRISANTO L. GALAY JR
CRISANTO L. GALAY JR
Meal Officer-Global Fund Request Project,AIDS Society of the Philippines
Dr.Ame (Legal Name: Alfredo)
Dr.Ame (Legal Name: Alfredo)
Philippine Medical Association (PMA), Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Inc.
Ms Kritima SAMITPOL
Ms Kritima SAMITPOL
Tangerine clinic supervisor,Tangerine Clinic
Naresh Kumar
Naresh Kumar
Senior Case Manager,Institute of Mental Health, Singapore