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Aloka Pathirana FRCS (RCS England & RCSEd), MBBS, MS, is a Sri Lankan surgeon, doctor, academic and Professor of Surgery. A specialist in cancer surgery, he has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura since November 2020.
He holds the honour of performing the surgery for cervical disc prolapse of the spine and replacement with functional discs for the first time in Sri Lanka. [citation needed] Gunasena is the first Sri Lankan Neurosurgeon to perform Balloon Kyphoplasty surgery for spinal code fractures. [7]
Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia. It is considered to be the top most medical faculty in the country which requires the highest entry qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination.
Sheriffdeen was Professor of Surgery at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo with contemporaries Priyani Soysa, Ravindra fernando and Rezvi Sheriff.. Sheriffdeen is best known for introducing Vascular Surgery and also for establishing Transplant Surgery in Sri Lanka in partnership with Professor Rezvi Sheriff. [4]
The unit was located in the General Hospital Colombo (present National Hospital of Sri Lanka). It is said that this unit was an up-to-date unit at the time. It even had the facility to perform skull base surgery, which was a novelty at that time. Most of the "first neurosurgery operation in the country" were performed here.
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kelaniya in Ragama, was established in 1991 and has advanced to be one of the leading medical faculties in Sri Lanka. Its inception was brought about by the affiliation of The North Colombo Medical College to the University of Kelaniya as the Faculty of Medicine by an act of parliament on the 2nd of ...
2014 - Accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI)(1st JCI Accredited Hospital in Sri Lanka) - Gold Seal of Approval. [4] 2014 - Liaison office is opened in the Maldives. [5] 2017 - Radiology Department updated with state of the art equipment and Laboratory operations re-accredited with ISO 15189:2012.
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