Associate Professor Dr.Pongsakorn Tantilipikorn currently is an Chief of Center of Research Excellence in Allergy & Immunology of Faculty of Medicine. He also has previous executive duties as Assistant President in Research and Academic Affairs, Mahidol University, and Assistant Director of Thailand Science, Research and Innovation (TSRI).

           He has 78 articles published in the International Peer-review Journal, two books of ‘Allergic Diseases’; and ‘Endoscopy’.  He serves as an Editor of Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology (Issue: Precision medicine in Rhinology & Allergy) ; and Frontiers in Allergy - Rhinology Section. He is also engaging as an Editorial Board in Asia Pacific Allergy, which is an official journal of Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI), and being as a Reviewer Role for International Peer-review Journals of: Allergy, Rhinology, American Journal Rhinology & Allergy, International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, Laryngoscope, Clinical Translational Allergy & Immunology, Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology and Frontiers in Allergy.

He has been elected to be a board member of the International Society of Infection and Allergy of the Nose (ISIAN) since 2016. His special interests are: allergen immunotherapy, nasal inflammation, minimally invasive rhinologic procedures, mucosal immunity of nose & paranasal sinuses and pathophysiology of rhinosinusitis.

Dr. Ozgur is a board-certified ophthalmologist and an American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) accredited oculoplastic surgeon. Currently affiliated with Scripps Clinic in California, he specializes in the medical and surgical management of conditions affecting the eyelids, tear drainage system, orbit, and the upper and mid-face. He earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed his ophthalmology residency at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. Following residency, he completed a two-year ASOPRS-accredited fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Uniquely combining technology with medicine, Dr. Ozgur holds a BS in Information and Computer Science from UC Irvine and previously worked as a software engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has integrated this technological expertise into medical care and research throughout his career, serving as an aerospace medical intern at the Kennedy Space Center and as a co-investigator at the Johnson Space Center, where he researched ocular, orbital, and facial changes in astronauts.