Yongyudh Vajaradul
Professor Yongyudh Vajaradul (Thai: ยงยุทธ วัชรดุลย์, 18 August 1940, Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a pioneer in the field of tissue banking and the use of bone allografts in orthopedic surgery, and serves as chairman of the World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood.[1]
Yongyudh established the Bangkok Biomaterial Center at Siriraj Hospital in 1984, and Thailand became the tissue banking leader of the region.
The Pan-Asiatic Tissue Banking Association was first proposed in 1985 during the Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association Congress in Bangkok, Thailand by Yongyudh, Alain Patel of France, and Norberto Agcaoili of the Philippines, with its Secretariat at Bangkok Biomaterial Center. In October 1988, during the Third International Conference on Locomotor Tissue Bank in Bangkok, the new association was born and renamed Asia-Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking (APASTB). The founding members included Yongyudh, who became its first president in 1988.
Yongyudh is a member of the National Scout Executive Board and the National Scout Council of the National Scout Organization of Thailand, as well as a member of the Asia Pacific Regional Scout Committee. Yongyudh was the Charter President of the Rotary Club of Bangkok-Banglamphu District 3350, Rotary International, in 1998. Yongyudh is a chairman of Interdisciplinary network of the Royal Institute of Thailand.
Honours
Decorations
- 2001 - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant[2]
- 1996 - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand[3]
- 1992 - Member of the Order of Symbolic Propitiousness Ramkeerati[4]
- 1995 - Freemen Safeguarding Medal (Second Class, Second Category)[4]
- 2006 - Dushdi Mala Medal - Civilian, arts and sciences[2]
- 1993 - Chakrabarti Mala Medal[2]
- 1999 - Boy Scout Commendation Medal (Third Class)[2]
- 1987 - Boy Scout Citation Medal of Vajira (First Class)[4]
Foreign Honour
- 1989 - Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques[4]
- 1999 - Officier of the Ordre national du Mérite[5]
- 2008 - Bronze Wolf Award[6]
- 1999 - Silver Tiger (first Class) (Bangladesh)
- 1978 - Fellow of the Royal Institute of Thailand
- 1999 - Yongyudh was awarded an honorary membership of the European Association of Tissue Banks (EATB) at the Second World Congress and Eighth EATB Annual Meeting, October 7–10, 1999, in Warsaw, Poland.[3]
References
- Chairman of Interdisciplinary network of the Royal Institute of Thailand(INRIT)"The Opera Blog - News | Opera". Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
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- von Versen, Rüdiger; Glyn O. Phillips (2000-03-01). "Honorary Membership of EATB 1999 – Professor Dr. Med. Yongyudh Vajaradul (2nd World Congress and 8th EATB Annual Meeting, October 7–10, 1999, Warsaw, Poland)". Cell and Tissue Banking. Springer Netherlands. 1 (1): 95. doi:10.1023/A:1017214023864. ISSN 1389-9333. S2CID 11419733.
- "Corporate Profile". Bangkok Biomaterial Center website. Bangkok Biomaterial Center. 2000. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- "Contribution of Prof. Dr. Med. Yongyudh Vajaradul to the enhancement of standards of Thai Medical Personnel". Thai Association of Tissue Banking website. Thai Association of Tissue Banking. 2003. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- "38th World Scout Conference – Summary". World Scout Bureau website. World Scout Bureau. Retrieved 26 March 2016.