Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
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| Type | Public (non-profit) |
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| Established | 1964 |
| Dean | Winit Puapraditt, M.D. |
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Administrative staff
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649 |
| Students | 2,030: 852 medical 508 postgrad 670 nursing students |
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Light green |
| Website | med.mahidol.ac.th |
The Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital (Thai: คณะแพทยศาสตร์โรงพยาบาลรามาธิบดี; or Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine, commonly called Rama, of Mahidol University is Thailand's most prestigious medical school. Ramathibodi develops the American style of study due to assistant from Rockefeller Foundation during its founding period.
The acceptance rate was 1.2% as of 2016 academic year.
Following the Second National Economic and Social Development Plan (1964–1966), the Thai government aimed to increase the number of doctors and nurses in order to meet the needs of the country. In August 1964, the government cabinet approved the plan of setting up a new medical school which would be located around the Phyathai area, opposite the Ministry of Industry. HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej graciously conferred upon the name of this new medical school “Ramathibodi” and laid the foundation stone for the building on December 30, 1965. Four years later, the King came to open the new faculty on May 3, 1969. Apart from the government’s fund, the faculty was financially and academically supported by the Rockefeller Foundation from the United States of America. Since then the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital has been fully equipped and has provided medical education and services as well as research facilities to the public.
The Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital has three principal buildings to serve more than 5,000 out-patients per day. The main building, Building 1, provides more than 1,000 beds for the tertiary care of complicated and severely ill patients in various specializing departments and units. The second building, Queen Sirikit Building, hosts Advanced Diagnostic Imaging and Imaging-guided Minimal Invasive Therapy Center (AIMC), Cardiovascular and Metabolic Center (CVMC), and Queen Sirikit Medical Center (QSMC), serving as a center for advanced projects, e.g., bone marrow transplantation project. It also houses modern operating rooms and intensive care units.
The third building at the intersection corner of Rajawetee road and Rama 6 road, Somdech Phra Debaratana Building (royally opened by Somdech Phra Debaratana on August 14, 2011), which is the largest and newest building, serves as the most excellent service complex for thousands of out-patients of all types of healthcare coverages per day. The building houses Somdech Phra Debaratana Medical Center (SDMC) hosting well-equipped facilities to perform high standards of healthcare in the Southeast Asian region. It provides 350 beds, 16 operating rooms, 14 Intensive Care Units, and comprehensive state-of-the-art service centers such as Stem Cell Transplantation Center, Minimal Invasive Endoscopic Surgery Center, Elderly Care Unit Center, Child Development Center, and Complicated Diseases Services by specialized doctors.
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