Kalyanakit Kitiyakara | |
Native Name: | กัลยาณกิติ์ กิติยากร |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Honorific Prefix: | Mom Rajawongse |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1929 |
Birth Place: | Bangkok, Siam |
Death Place: | Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand |
Father: | Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chantaburi II |
Mother: | Bua Kitiyakara |
Spouse: | Arun Snidvongs na Ayudhya |
Children: | 2 |
Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara (Thai: กัลยาณกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 1929–1987) was a Thai cardiothoracic surgeon[1] who trained in England and the United States. He was born in Bangkok to Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chantaburi II and Bua Kitiyakara. He was the eldest brother of Sirikit, Queen of Thailand.
Kitiyakara began his training at Guy's Hospital Medical School 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 Siriraj Hospital Medical School in Bangkok.
In 1957 he married Arun Snidvongs na Ayudhya, with whom he had two children.
In 1987 he died aged 57 at Ramathibodi Hospital.