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Dr.Sombat Muengtaweepongsa received his MD degree from the Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. And Dr. Muengtaweepongsa completed clinical fellowship training in Cerebrovascular and Critical care Neurology at Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA. Dr. Muengtaweepongsa pursued an Academic career at the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, as Professor, Head of the Neurology Division (2008 - 2011), Chairman at the Department of Medicine (2011 – 2018) and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation (2018-now). Dr. Muengtaweepongsa established the Stroke Fast Track and Stroke Unit (2008 - now) at Thammasat University Hospital. He served as Executive Director and Department Head positions focusing on stroke/CNS, thrombosis, and targeted temperature management (TTM). Dr. Muengtaweepongsa is acknowledged as the pioneer of the Stroke Network and Therapeutic Hypothermia for treating Post-Cardiac Arrest and Critical Neurologic Conditions in Thailand. Dr. Muengtaweepongsa is listed on five patents, has more than 20 edited books, and authored and co-authored over 100 publications, of which over 80 were published in peer-reviewed scientific professional journals. Dr. Muengtaweepongsa served on editorial boards of many scientific journals (Journal of Interventional Neuroradiology, Frontiers in Neurology, World journal of Methodology). In the past five years, Dr. Muengtaweepongsa's work focused on research areas in Cerebrovascular and Critical care Neurology, particularly targeted temperature management and stroke.