I encourage my patients and their families to be involved in all aspects of their care. An awareness of my patients’ beliefs and cultural backgrounds is important to me.
About Chokechai Rongkavilit, MD
Chokechai Rongkavilit, MD, is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Phoenix Children's. Dr. Rongkavilit is specially trained in the treatment of pediatric infectious diseases, and he has a clinical interest in the diagnosis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), AIDS and coccidioidomycosis (valley fever).
Dr. Rongkavilit earned his medical degree from Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, before completing a pediatrics internship at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He continued his medical training with a pediatric residency at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis and a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.
Board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases by the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Rongkavilit is also a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences.
Dedicated to instructing the next generation of doctors, Dr. Rongkavilit has been honored with numerous teaching awards. He is a recent recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of California San Francisco and the Distinguished Teacher Award from the Pediatric Residency Program at Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, California. Dr. Rongkavilit also received the Faculty of the Year Award from the Internal Medicine-Pediatric Residency Program at Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.
When not caring for his patients, Dr. Rongkavilit likes to spend time with his family, travel to his home country, exercise, write and play with his cat.
Medical School / Education
Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Internship
(Pediatrics) Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Residency
(Pediatrics) Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MI
Fellowship
(Pediatric Infectious Disease) University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Pediatrics, Subspecialty-Pediatric Infectious Diseases
American Board of Pediatrics
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco
Distinguished Teacher Award, Pediatric Residency Program, Valley Children's Hospital
Faculty of the Year Award, Internal Medicine-Pediatric Residency Program, Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine
Academic Affiliations
Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Rating & Reviews
Everything is ok and well explained.thank you for taking care my son.
The doctor was amazing. He spent over an hour with us. He asked questions, all the right questions. He listened very thoroughly to what I had to say. He took notes on everything he gave us and our daughter the respect and the attention that we deserved. He was genuinely concerned about her health and well-being. He did order blood work and was very comforting and I left there feeling a lot more comfortable than my child was going to be diagnosed and better very soon. His assistant Kristen was super sweet over the phone and in person. Just so a wonderful person!! We are so grateful for our infectious disease doctor. His exam was very very thorough. He listened very intently to everything. He even helped me remember that she had been around cattle recently at the county fair and that was a major concern. He reran some tests that have already been done, but I think that his timing is perfect to run the test. I just had this overwhelming sense that everything was going to be okay after seeing the doctor. We 100% trust him with our daughter's care!!