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Kalyanakit Kitiyakara ( th, กัลยาณกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 1929 - 1987) was a Thai cardiothoracic surgeonKitiyakara, Kalyanakit (1929 - 1987)
''Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online'', Royal College of Surgeons, accessed 2016-10-29 who trained in England and the United States. He was born in Bangkok to Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chantaburi II and

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. He was the eldest brother of

Sirikit Queen Sirikit ( th, สิริกิติ์; ; ); born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara ( th, สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was Queen of Thailand as the wif ...

, Queen of Thailand.

Biography

Kitiyakara began his training at

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in London, qualifying in 1956. He moved to the United States for further training and then returned to Thailand, becoming consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Siraraj Hospital Medical School in Bangkok. In 1957 he married Arun Snidvongs na Ayudhya, with whom he had two children. In 1987 he died at age of 57 at Ramathibodi Hospital.

Professional qualifications

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1956 *

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by election 1981 * Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery London 1957 * Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians 1956

Ancestry

References

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