Chairat Permpikul is currently the chairman of Department of Medicine, Siriraj hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand’s the largest and the first medical school. Also, he is the chief of the Medical ICU who continues patient services, teaching and research in critical care.
His specific interests in research works include septic shock resuscitation, hemodynamic support, respiratory care and monitoring, which most of his publications were involved. In addition, he is interested in ICU design and administration.
At national level, he spent 2 years, during 2009 to 2011, as the president of the Thai Society of Critical Care medicine. He, at that moment, initiated international critical care conference in Thailand which has been carried on annually. At present he is the chief of international relations and the chief of education and training of the society.