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Kana Kornsawad, MD

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Kanapa Kornsawad, MD

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Associate Professor/Clinical

Dr. Kanapa Kornsawad is a published, board-certified Hospitalist who joined UT Health San Antonio as an Assistant Professor/Clinical at in September 2013 before rising to the rank of Associate Professor/Clinical. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Khon Kaen University in Khon Kaen, Thailand in 1996 before going on to earn her Doctor of Medicine from the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand in 2003. Dr. Kornsaward completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in 2013.

Dr. Kornsawad has a strong interest in enhancing patient care and promoting professionalism and humanism in medicine. She has been involved with the Collaborative Care model at University Hospital with a focus on patient and family centeredness and is actively involved in both Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education. She is currently a Director of the Intern Learning Group for the Internal Medicine Residency program and Co-Course Director for The Healer's Art course for medical students. In 2016, Dr. Kornsawad was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) as a Faculty Member and now serves as a faculty advisor for the local chapter. She has received numerous teaching awards from both medical students and residents including the 2017, 2019, and 2023 Division of Hospital Medicine "Educator of the Year Award", nominated by her peers as a star teacher, educator, and mentor for medical students and residents, "Mentor of the Year" (2017), and the "Bexar County Medical Scoiety Women Leadership Award" (2021).

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2003 - Doctor of Medicine - Chulalongkorn University
    • 1996 - Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences - Khon Kaen University

    Training

    • 2013 - Residency - Internal Medicine - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    Appointments

    • 09/2018 - Present - Associate Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio
    • 9/2013 - 09/2018 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio

  • Instruction & Training

    • 02/2021 - Present, Compassion Integrity Program, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 09/2020 - Present, Intern Learning Group, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 03/2018 - Present, Healer's Art Group, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 06/2017 - Present, Lecture for Transplant Nurses, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 10/2016 - Present, Teaching Resident Seminar, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 07/2016 - Present, Lecture for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 08/2015 - Present, Faculty-Led Internal Medicine Boot Camp for Interns, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 07/2015 - Present, Internal Medicine Global Health Elective, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 05/2015 - Present, Fourth Year Medical Student/Subinternship Rotation, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 05/2015 - Present, Faculty-Led Internal Medicine Morning Report for 4th Year Medical Students, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 07/2014 - Present, MEDI4170 Internal Medicine Internship Readiness Elective, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 07/2014 - Present, Resident Mentoring, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 05/2014 - Present, Monthly Lecture to 3rd Year Medical Students on Medicine Rotation, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 10/2013 - Present, Medical Student Mentoring, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 09/2013 - Present, Resident as Teach Elective, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 09/2013 - Present, MEDI4046 General Medicine Ward/Subinternship UH/VA, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 09/2013 - Present, MEDI3105 Medicine Clerkship, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 09/2013 - Present, Medicine Ward Attending, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 09/2013 - Present, Night Float Attending, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 07/2013 - Present, Longitudinal Preceptorship, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

  • Research & Grants

    03/2020-03/2021- COVID Manual Development

    02/2020-03/2021- Faculty Orientatiuon Material for New Hospitalists

  • Publications

      Extramural Presentations

      08/2021- Rapid Fire: Tips to Engage Learners On a Virtual Platform, Presenter

      05/2021- Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a HLTV-1 Positive Patient, a Dangerous Combination, Co-Author

      04/2021- Alone Together: Reimagining a Wellness Curriculum for Residents During the Pandemic, Co-Presenter

      04/2020- A Case of Anti-NXP 2 Antibody-Associated Dermatomyositis with an Unpredictable Course, Co-Author

      04/2020- Project 6-55 Stories: Enhancing Humanism in Medical Student Clinical Training, Co-Author

      02/2020- APPlied Knowledge: Improving Access to Educational Tools for the Teaching Resident through Mobile Application, Co-Presenter

      01/2020- Chest Pain After Chest Pain: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Embolism, Co-Author

      01/2020- To the bedside, and beyond! Teaching with interprofessional teams, Keynote Speaker

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • 2013 - American Board of Internal Medicine