Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch Explained

Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch
Birth Place:	Bangkok, Thailand
Other Names:	Eix
Alma Mater:	Chiang Mai University
Known For:	Dentistry, mental health, tech start-up

Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch (th|กัญจน์ภัสสร สุริยาแสงเพ็ชร์), nicknamed Eix (Thai: 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
• 2017 - World Summit Award for Ooca^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?. 2018-11-19. BBC News. 2018-12-01. en-GB.
2. Web site: It's Okay. Let's Talk. พบจิตแพทย์ นักจิตวิทยา จากบ้านของคุณ ooca. ooca.co. th-TH. 2018-12-01.
3. News: The Doctor Will Call You Now. www.bangkokpost.com. 27 April 2018 . 2018-12-01 . Sereemongkonpol . Pornchai .
4. Web site: Telemedica co., ltd e27 Startup. e27.co. en. 2018-12-02.
5. News: The rise of health tech entrepreneurs . 2 December 2018 .
6. Web site: Thailand Tatler. T. Generation. 2017. 1 December 2018.