Bringing Sri Lanka to the limelight and making her proud, Senior Registrar in Gastrointestinal Surgery attached to the Teaching Hospital, Kandy Dr. Nadeesha Jeevan Nawarathna is yet another brilliant mind that has done a tremendous service to the nation as a seasoned, medical professional. Dr. Nawarathna is the first Sri Lankan surgeon to win a prestigious award from the esteemed, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh following the successful completion of the MRCS Edinburgh exams, which stand for the Membership to the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
Dr. Nawarathna who was educated during his primary years in a remote village in Puttalam was a promising student hailing from Dutugemunu Vidyalaya, Puttalam. Reminiscing his academic years, Dr. Nawarathna said that he got through the grade 5 scholarship, thereby gaining eligibility to enter the St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy. Following the successful completion of the Advanced Level Examination in 2003 with best results in school, he managed to enter the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya in 2004, in his very first attempt.
He who got through his MBBS with flying colors and a specialization in subjects like Microbiology, passed out from University in 2009 and started internship as a surgical trainee in 2011. Speaking to Daily Mirror, he said that during this time he was attached to the University of Rajarata for a few months while also been engaged in several other researches.“Soon as I completed my internship, I sat for the Surgery Exam Part 1 and got through the exam in my first attempt. I was also attached to the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine as a surgical trainee. After three and-a-half years of surgical training also known as the Registrar Period, which includes registrar in surgery, I sat for the MB Surgery Exam Part 2 and became the second in merit order. Meantime, I did a lot of researches as well and recently I got a travel grant from Asia Pacific Digestive Week in 2018. Of the seventy travel grants that were offered, I have received one. Accordingly, I’ll be visiting South Korea in November” Dr. Nawarathna added. Bringing Sri Lanka to the limelight and making her proud, Senior Registrar in Gastrointestinal Surgery attached to the Teaching Hospital, Kandy Dr. Nadeesha Jeevan Nawarathna is yet another brilliant mind that has done a tremendous service to the nation as a seasoned, medical professional. Dr. Nawarathna is the first Sri Lankan surgeon to win a prestigious award from the esteemed, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh following the successful completion of the MRCS Edinburgh exams, which stand for the Membership to the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
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