New faculty spotlight: Thoetchai (Bee) Peeraphatdit, MD

Thoetchai (Bee) Peeraphatdit, MD

Thoetchai (Bee) Peeraphatdit, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Thoetchai (Bee) Peeraphatdit, MD
  • Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand
  • New title and department at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; transplant hepatologist.

Research/professional interests:

  • Epidemiology and outcomes research
  • Quality improvement
  • Cirrhosis and portal hypertension
  • Liver transplant

  • Drug-induced liver injury from immunotherapy

How I fell in love with transplant hepatology: I was drawn to liver disease or hepatology because of its pathophysiology and complexity involving multi-organ system. During my training, I observed patients suffering from a variety of liver diseases who were extremely sick but got better quickly after a liver transplant. From that time on, I knew I wanted to be a transplant hepatologist. I was fortunate to train with many inspirational hepatologists who go above and beyond for their patients. All of them inspired me to become a hepatologist.

Education:

  • MD, Mahidol University, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009
  • Residency, internal medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2012-2015
  • Chief resident, quality and patient safety, Minneapolis VA Medical Center and
    University of Minnesota, 2015-2016

  • Master’s degree, clinical and translational science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Fellow, gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Fellowship, transplant hepatology, University of Chicago

Memberships:

  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver
  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • American College of Gastroenterology

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I am a tech geek. I always build and fix computers and phones. I started building my own desktop computers when I was in ninth grade. I am proud to say that my wife still uses the same desktop computer I built for her when we started dating.
  • One of my favorite subjects in high school was world history. I still enjoy learning history of medicine. People say I am a history nerd.
  • My favorite sport is swimming, and I represented our medical school team in competition. Now I enjoy tech gadgets, learning history, traveling and tasting new food.

1 comment

  1. Jodi Parrack says:

    Welcome! A great addition to our team!

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