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The Thai population is increasingly defined by a higher proportion of older people, making Thailand into an aged society. Key issues of aging society are health, housing, environment,
The Thai population is increasingly defined by a higher proportion of older people, making Thailand into an aged society. Key issues of aging society are health, housing, environment,
Nattapol Wongkhumdaen
Physical Therapy
Nattapol (Bell) graduated as a physical therapist from the University of Phayao. Before joining ChivaCare, he worked for over five years in another medical center and has extensive experience in neurorehabilitation. He is also experienced in the treatment of office syndrome, musculoskeletal related problems, sports injury treatment, and postoperative rehabilitation. He strongly believes that quality treatment involves understanding both the current problem as well as the root causes and that holistic treatment is important for sustainable health improvement. In his spare time, he likes photography, video making, and art drawings.
Atikan Puansing
Customer Service and Operation
Atikan (Hanoi) graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University with a First Class Honours. When she was 21, she received a scholarship for an internship program in Budapest, Hungary through which she discovered her interest in the hospitality industry. Before joining ChivaCare, she worked in customer services at the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai. She also worked at an international school and brings to her work a smile, energy, and strong work ethic. Hanoi has a broad role at ChivaCare, working in customer service, marketing and aspects of operation.
Supatra Buapradub
Finance and Office Manager
Supatra (Nuang) graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Business Administration in Accountancy, Maejo University, Chiang Mai. She has more than 13 years of experience in financial management. She is a licensed bookkeeper (CPD), with substantial work experience in accounting and finance functions from public and private agencies (including Chulalongkorn University, SCG Auto Service Co., Ltd., Hill Coff Co., Ltd., Chiang Mai Suksawat Co., Ltd.). In her free time, she likes to go to temples, pray, and meditate. Supatra ensures that ChivaCare’s financial management in a first-class shape consistent with our high-quality brand values.
Alisa Larkad
Graphic Design and Online marketing
Alisa (Aea) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art, Chiang Mai University with a bachelor’s degree in Photography Art. After graduation, she worked as a photographer and 3D designer. Since then, she has worked in both art and design roles as well as managerial roles. At ChivaCare, she is responsible for digital and online marketing, graphic design, and other marketing and business development activities. She loves work involving creativity and enjoys taking photos in her spare time. She also likes to exercise and read philosophy books.
Mrs. Ketsuphee Phanachet
Store & Product Manager
Ketsuphee Phanachet (Pop) is a general advisor to the company. She also helps manage ChivaCare’s store and products and coordinates creative activities. Her focus building art therapy classes, is how activities are made to address specific medical symptoms directly. Mrs Ketsuphee is owner of PopHobbyCraft, a craft and art related business, co-organizer of TEDxChiangMai, and an active member of associations and networks. With a background in hospitality management she develops creative and evidence based art activities to improve the health and well-being of participants. She graduated in Art Education from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and completed a Masters Degree in Art Communication at the New York Institute of Technology.
Ms. Phanarai Chaichompoo
Physical Therapist
Phanarai Chaichompoo (Meaw) graduated from the faculty of Associated Medical Science (AMS), Chiang Mai University (CMU) in 2018 with a bachelor degree of Physical Therapy. Prior to starting her degree, was an exchange student in China for one year and Chinese became her third language. During her study, she was the leader of her physical therapy class. She has also been participating in an exchange program for physical therapy students 2017 with a university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Meaw is proud to be a therapists and trusts that her work will bring happiness to her patients. Her clinical interests are orthopedic pain, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation, integrated exercise, and hydrotherapy. When Meaw was eight years old, she already joined a dance club and later became a dance leader for a Health Promotion Project by her faculty and part of the faculty’s cheerleaders. She likes to travel, meet people and explore other cultures.
Ms. Chutikarn Chutima
Occupational Therapist
Chutikarn Chutima (Gift) graduated from the Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University with a bachelor degree in occupational therapy. Prior to joining ChivaCare, Chutikarn worked at a hospital as an occupational therapist, setting up the unit, and working with patients with neurological and brain impairments, providing them therapy to improve daily living, muscle strength, joint flexibility, cognitive training and pre-speech. She has attended “Elderly caring” and “Swallowing rehabilitation” training. Chutikarn treats patients with empathy, thought and that hope that they life can be lead a normal life. She enjoys travel and time with her family.
Ms. Nutnaree Gowanitchagul
Physical Therapist
Nutnaree Gowanitchagul (Nan) graduated from the Faculty of Associated Medical Science, Chiang Mai University with a bachelor degree (first class honors, silver medal) in physical therapy. She believes that a good physician treats patient as persons, not as patients. Her clinical interests include orthopedic pain, post-operatives pain, sport injury, fall and balance prevention. She enjoys going to the gym, hiking and taking photos in her spare time.
Ms. Jariyaporn Mahayos
Occupational Therapist
Jariyaporn Mahayos (Belle) is an occupational therapist and customer care officer. She graduated from Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Associated Medical Science, majoring in Occupational Therapy. Her hobbies are online surfing, movies, reading and volunteer activities for society. She has a cheerful and caring style but caring and her aim is help to have a better quality of life and mental and physical wellness.
Ms. Kanyanut Puttima
Physical Therapist
Kanyanut Puttima (Nadeer) graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Associated Medical Science (Physical Therapy), Chiang Mai University. Prior to joining ChivaCare, she worked in a clinic for two years treating patients with musculoskeletal and orthopaedic problems and supported and advised them on to how regain strength, correct their posture, and have less problems in daily life. She also trained in providing exercises in water for patients. She likes volunteering and listen the problems of her patients. Her motto for treating her patients “The smile of the patient is my physiotherapy.”
Asst. Prof. Pakorn Wivatvongvana, M.D.
Rehabilitation Specialist
Asst. Prof. Pakorn Wivatvongvana, M.D. has joined our team as specialist consultant for rehabilitation medicine. Together with our other doctors and therapists, Dr. Pakorn develop new services, oversees our rehabilitation therapy programs, attends to patients during clinic hours, and ensures that the highest standards are met. Dr. Pakorn is leading our new intensive stroke recovery program, and contributes to our pain, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer rehabilitation therapy programs.
Dr. Angkana Nudsasarn
Neurologist
Angkana Nudsasarn, M.D, is a practicing professional in neurology and brain disease. She graduate from Chiang Mai University, and currently working as a full-time staff at the Northern Neuroscience Center, Chiang Mai University. She is the one of well-known state of the art of neurological therapy with Holistic approach. She is a member of South East Asia Myasthenia Group which do a research to help who suffer from muscle weakness. Dr. Angkana could do wide range of specialise testing for diagnosis of neurological disease, including Nerve Conduction Study, NCV (for diagnosis nerve problem), Electromyography, EMG (for diagnosis muscle weakness) and Autonomic function testing ( for diagnosis cause of dizziness, fainting, palpitation etc). Her hobbies is taking care of dogs and cats.
Martin Venzky-Stalling
Executive Director
Martin Venzky-Stalling has twenty plus years in international management, and business growth experience in Asia, Europe and Middle East. He has a strong background in technology, service, and business model innovation. Martin worked for international firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Roland Berger, GIZ, PCCW, and the World Bank as well as local government and private sector organizations. He is the Senior Advisor to the Chiang Mai University Science & Technology Park (STeP) where he also heads up local initiatives such as Creative Chiang Mai and TEDxChiangMai. Martin has an extensive network locally and internationally, and is driving international partnerships for ChivaCare and STeP. In recent years Martin shifted focus to work more in the hospitality, tourism, MICE, health, wellness and creative industries. Fluent in Thai, he is now a leading expert on experience tourism, local culture and crafts, medical and wellness tourism, and creative industries. Most recently he joined an interdisciplinary team to study options for better “aging in place” and is working with local organization to improve services for elderly. In his private time, Martin likes to be with his family, explore the countryside on his bike, read, swim and organize community events. Martin is married with two children; his wife teaches theatre and drama at Chiang Mai University.
Peter Gabriel Seidler
Marketing Director
Peter has led innovative teams and entrepreneurial projects in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He founded and built startup companies including Avalanche Systems, the first digital transformation firm in NYC. As President and Chief Creative Officer, he was a leader in creation of the industry at the vanguard of the digital design revolution. After merging with Razorfish, Peter, led the interactive agency as Chief Creative Officer, growing to over two thousand employees internationally. He founded and served as Chief Operations Officer for MiGenetics, developing information products to provide anonymous genetic testing and data mining for consumer genetic diagnostic tests. As a member of Board of Directors at Eyebeam, pioneering technology center, and at Creative Capital, an organization offering integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects, Peter helped develop innovative programs connecting organizational strategy with creative initiatives. He majored in Philosophy at CUNY, New York City, earned an MFA in Conceptual Art at CalArts, and postgraduate in Whitney Museum’s prestigious Independent Studies Program (ISP). Later, at Harvard Business School, Peter completed the three year OPM program, as well as extensive Coach Training at CTI in Boston, Massachusetts. A student of Buddhism for more than twenty five years, Peter has taught meditation since 2003. He brings insights arising from practice to colleagues, helping them recognize their intrinsic brilliance. With his wife, Chananya, and their three children, Peter lives in Mae Rim, Thailand.
Assistant Professor Dr. Surat Tanprawate is a practicing neurologist with extensive experience with brain and neurological disorders. With a degree from Thai Board of Neurology at Chiang Mai University, and MSc in Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology (ION), University College London (UCL). Dr. Surat worked as Research Associate in the Headache Group in London in during 2009-2010 and worked as an ASIA representative of the International Working Group of Young Neurologists and Trainees (IWGYNT) in 2010-2015, then being a member of the social media team of World Federation of Neurology (WFN). He is a founder and head of Chiang Mai University – Headache study Group (CMU-HUG), which involved clinical research in headache disorders. He is known for his work on Parkinson’s disease, Dementia, Stroke and Neuro-infectious in the region. Assist. Prof. Surat is well experience on integrating medical science, technology and creativity, such as founder of “Smile Migraine application (2018)”, advisor on “Readjust project(2016)” and “Cognitive game(2017)” with TCDC, Faculty of Fine Art (CMU), and ENSCI Les ateliers (Paris). He got funding from Innovation Hub on the “Smart Home, Smart Living for Aging Society (2017) with team from Chiang Mai University Science & Technology Park (STeP), Faculty of Associate Medical Science, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Medicine, and Maker Space.
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