Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch
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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]
Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988 (age 36–37) |
| Other names | Eix |
| Alma mater | Chiang Mai University |
| Known for | Dentistry, mental health, tech start-up |
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.
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