Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch
Born1988 (age 35–36)
Bangkok, Thailand
Other namesEix
Alma materChiang Mai University
Known forDentistry, mental health, tech start-up

Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch (Thai: กัญจน์ภัสสร สุริยาแสงเพ็ชร์), nicknamed Eix (อิ๊ก), is a dentist and tech entrepreneur, founder of Ooca, an app to help those suffering from mental illness. She was listed on the BBC 100 Women for 2018.[1]

Background

Prior to founding Ooca,[2] Suriyasangpetch served as a military dentist in the Royal Thai Army.[3]

Company

Suriyasangpetch founded the smartphone app Ooca in 2017[4] to connect Thai patients with psychiatric help remotely, through video chats on mobile devices. She claims it served a gap in mental health care, describing that there are roughly 40x fewer psychologists[5] available to those living in Thailand than in other parts of the developed world.

Awards and honors

  • 2018 BBC World 100 Women[1]
  • 2017 - World Summit Award for Ooca[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "It's Okay. Let's Talk. พบจิตแพทย์ นักจิตวิทยา จากบ้านของคุณ | ooca". ooca.co (in Thai). Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bangkok Post". www.bangkokpost.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Telemedica co., ltd | e27 Startup". e27.co. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "The rise of health tech entrepreneurs". Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. ↑ T, Generation (2017). "Thailand Tatler". Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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