[작성자:] 소아라위 위라소폰 박사

Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone (Dr. Pom) is a board-certified urologist at Bangkok Hospital Headquarters, specializing in Men's Health, Robotic Surgery (da Vinci Xi) and Kidney Stone treatment. He is currently a Research Scholar and Clinical Observer at the Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine (2025–2026), under Prof. Mohit Khera. He completed a Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (2019) and an Endourology Observership at Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo (2022).

남성성의 진화: 테스토스테론 치료의 역사

From ancient eunuchs to the TRAVERSE trial — Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, traces the history of testosterone therapy, the 60-year prohibition built on one 1941 study, and what modern evidence has and has not settled.

포리에르 괴저: 수술과 연결을 통한 생명 구조에 대한 비뇨의학과 의사의 성찰

Fournier’s gangrene is one of the few conditions in urology where hours genuinely decide whether a patient lives. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone reflects on speaking at the 26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cambodian Society of Surgery — on aggressive surgery, early recognition, and the human connection that carries patients through it.

체중과 테스토스테론의 관계 이해: 의사가 약국보다 헬스장을 먼저 추천하는 이유

A 2017 Mendelian randomization study of 7,446 men makes a strong causal case that obesity lowers testosterone. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains why weight comes first, where the study’s limits lie, and when low testosterone is not about weight at all.

캄보디아 전립선암 치료 개선: 개인적 및 직업적 여정

Building prostate cancer care in a country with limited resources is a very different challenge from practising it in a well-equipped centre. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone reflects on serving as International Faculty at the 3rd Asian Urological Oncology Forum and on what it took to improve prostate cancer detection and treatment in Cambodia.

새로운 관점: 테스토스테론과 전립선암의 이해

Modern evidence has challenged the old belief that testosterone fuels prostate cancer. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains the saturation model, what it does and does not prove, and where the honest limits of the evidence still lie.

신장 결석 예방 및 관리: 결석 없이 건강하게 지내는 현대 가이드

Kidney stones are one of the most common urological problems — and one of the most preventable. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains why stones form, the habits that genuinely reduce recurrence, and when treatment such as ESWL becomes necessary.

음경 보형물 감염 예방: 정형외과 최전선에서의 교훈

How infection-prevention protocols from orthopaedic joint replacement are being applied to penile prosthesis surgery. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains the strategies borrowed from orthopaedics — and, at the end, the short version of what any of it asks of the patient.

돌 치료의 진화: 전쟁터에서 고도의 의료 기술까지

The technology that breaks kidney stones without a single incision began with an accidental wartime observation. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, traces the story of ESWL from that discovery to today’s lithotripters — and explains what each generation actually changed for patients.

테스토스테론 치료: 우울증에 맞설 수 있는 새로운 동맹이 될 가능성이 있는가?

A 2019 JAMA Psychiatry meta-analysis found testosterone was associated with reduced depressive symptoms in men. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains what that study does and does not mean — and why testosterone is not a treatment for depression.

로열에서 BHQ까지: 캄보디아에서의 8년간의 비뇨기과 수련 — 개인적인 여정

폼 박사는 캄보디아 주말 비뇨기과 의사에서 BHQ까지 8년간의 여정을 공유하며 로열 프놈펜 병원에서 ESWL, 남성 건강, REZUM을 개척했습니다.