Akaworn Mahatthanatrakul is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at Naresuan University's Faculty of Medicine. After earning his Doctor of Medicine with First Class Honors from Chulalongkorn University in 2007, he completed a Fellowship in Spine Surgery in 2016. As both a clinician and researcher, Dr. Akaworn is dedicated to advancing spinal care through modern surgical techniques and emerging technologies. His primary clinical and research interests include endoscopic spine surgery, oblique lumbar interbody fusion, and the application of machine learning to medical image analysis. His scholarly work has been published in leading peer-reviewed publications, including the European Spine Journal, Spine, World Neurosurgery, Asian Spine Journal, Neuroradiology, and Neurospine.