PornchaiTirakitsoontornMDFAAP, FCCP
Pediatric Pulmonology • Orange, CACystic Fibrosis Pulmonology, Pediatric Asthma Pulmonology, Pediatric Bronchoscopy
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center CHOC Children’s Heath of Orange County Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine
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1201 W La Veta Ave
Orange, CA 92868- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Pornchai Tirakitsoontorn is a pediatric pulmonologist in Orange, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Children's Hospital of Orange County, CHOC Children's at Mission Hospital, UC Irvine Medical Center, Whittier Hospital Medical Center, PIH Health Hospital - Whittier, and Healthbridge Children's Hospital. He received his medical degree from Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 26 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Thai. He specializes in cystic fibrosis pulmonology, pediatric asthma pulmonology, and pediatric bronchoscopy and is experienced in cystic fibrosis, pediatric asthma, flexible bronchoscopy, and chronic cough.
Education & Training
University of California (Irvine)/Miller Children's HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Pulmonology, 1998 - 2001
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Jersey City)Residency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
Chulalongkorn University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1998 - 2025- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Pulmonology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsAn Unusual Presentation of Chest Pain in a Patient With Cystic Fibrosis: A Case Report.Amanda Traylor, Denee DiPilla-George, Pornchai Tirakitsoontorn> ;Pediatric Physical Therapy. 2021 Apr 1
- Cystic fibrosis learning network telehealth innovation lab during the COVID-19 pandemic: a success QI story for interdisciplinary care and agenda setting.Albon D, Thomas L, Hoberg L, Stamper S, Somerville L, Varghese P, Balasa E, Roman M, Britto MT, Miner M, Gehring E, Gammon C, Amin RS, Seid M, Powers M, CF Learning Ne...> ;BMJ open quality.
- Discontinuation versus continuation of hypertonic saline or dornase alfa in modulator treated people with cystic fibrosis (SIMPLIFY): results from two parallel, multic...Mayer-Hamblett N, Ratjen F, Russell R, Donaldson SH, Riekert KA, Sawicki GS, Odem-Davis K, Young JK, Rosenbluth D, Taylor-Cousar JL, Goss CH, Retsch-Bogart G, Clancy J...> ;The Lancet. Respiratory medicine. 2022-11-04
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Other Languages
- Thai
Hospital Affiliations
Children’s Health Orange County (CHOC)Orange, California- CHOC Children's at Mission HospitalMission Viejo, California
UCI HealthOrange, California- Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier, California
PIH Health Whittier HospitalWhittier, California- Healthbridge Children's HospitalOrange, California
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