C URR ICULU M V ITAE
OF
DR. P.G.D.S. SAMARAWEERA
D r.P.G.D.S.Samaraweera
MBBS, MS, FRCS, Diploma I n Urology
Consultant Urological surgeon
Permanent Address - No 226 B, George E De Silva Road
K andy. Sri Lanka
Phone – 009*-**-*******
M ailing Address 10/2, Sunset West, Trillium Residencies
153, Elvitigala Mawatha,
Colombo -08, Sri Lanka
Phone – 009*-***-******
Mobile – 009*-**-*******
O ffice Address - T he National Hospital Of Sri Lanka
E.W.Perera Mawatha
Colombo – 10
S ri Lanka
Phone – 009*-***-******
E.mail - aca79w@r.postjobfree.com
- 13th Nov 1958
Date of Bi rth
Place of Bi rth H aldummulla, Sri Lanka
Citizenship S ri Lankan
M a r i tal Status M ar ried - E,W.Chandraseeli,1989
Children- Ranga 1991
Education
1979 - 1985 MBBS - Faculty of Medicine
U niversity of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Post Graduate T raining
1988 - 1991 MS (Master of Surgery)
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine
U niversity of Colombo, Sri Lanka
T raining in U rology
1991 – 1993 Senior Registrar in Urology
National Hospital of Sri Lanka
1993 - 1996 Senior House Officer in Urology
H aroldwood Hospital
Essex, UK.
Hospital Appointments
01st May 1985 – 31st August 1986 Internship Surgery
General Hospital [Teaching]
(15 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Gynaecology and Obstetrics
P rofessorial Unit
D r Soysa Maternity Hospital
[Teaching]
Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st September1986 – 30th September1987 Registrar in
O rthopaedics &
T rauma
General Hospital [Teaching]
(13 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st October 1987- 30th September 1988 Registrar, General
Surgery
General Hospital
[ Teaching]
(12 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st October 1988 – 31st December 1988 Registrar in Accident
& E mergency
General Hospital
[ Teaching]
(3 Months) Colombo, Sri
L anka
01st January 1989 -31st March 1989 Senior House Officer
i n Thoracic Surgery
General Hospital
[ Teaching]
(3 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st April 1989 – 30th June 1989 Registrar in Neurosurgery
General Hospital [Teaching]
(3 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st July 1989-30th September 1989 Registrar in Oncology
T he Cancer Institute
(3 Months) M aharagama, Sri Lanka
01st October 1989-31st March 1990 Registrar in
O rthopaedic &
T rauma
General Hospital
[ Teaching]
(6 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st April 1990 – 30th June 1991 Registrar in General Surgery
General Hospital [Teaching]
(14 Months) Colombo, Sri Lanka
01st July 1991- 08th October 1993 Registrar/Senior
Registrar
U rology Unit
(26 Months) General Hospital [Teaching]
Colombo, Sri Lanka
11th October 1993- 03rd July 1996 SHO in Urology
H arold Wood Hospital
Gubbins Lane
Romford, Essex
RM3 OBE
Consultant Appointments
2/9/1996 - 31/7/2013 – Consultant Genito Urinary Surgeon
Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka
1/8/2013 – to date - Consultant Genito Urinary Surgeon
National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Colombo -10, Sri Lanka
Duties as a Consultant U rologist
I worked at Urology unit at Teaching Hospital, Kandy, until
very recent where I had the longest duration of experience as a
consultant for 17 years. This unit is the tertiary referral center for half
t he country. The junior staff comprised of one senior registrar and four
senior house officers. Thirty five bed ward with about thir ty nursing
officers looks after the ward work. Facilities available included an in
house ESWL machine and separate operation theatre.
A t ypical week’s work schedule includes
2 out patient clinics with attendance over 125 patients a day
1 Stone clinic for follow up of stone patients
4 Operating sessions
3 f lexible cystoscopy sessions
6 ESWL sessions – full day session treating about 10-12 patients a day
3 Comprehensive ward rounds
Daily on call for casualties
Operations performed in this unit included-
A ll endoscopic procedures including ureteroscopy
A ll open surgical procedures including radical
p rostatectomy, radical cystectomy and neo bladder
reconstruction and urethroplasy.
PCNL
F aculty Appointments
U niversity of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Lecturer and Trainer in Urology for medical
Students
E xaminer in Final MBBS
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
E xaminer for MS part 1
T rainer for Urological surgeons
Member of Board of Surgery ( urology)
Specialty Boards and Certifications
1994 Board Certification as Consultant Urologist by Post
G raduate
I nstitute of Medicine, University Of Colombo
1995 Diploma in Urology- Institute of Urology
U niversity College of London
M iddlesex Hospital,
London .UK
Registration
S ri Lanka Medical Council -2/5/1986 – No 8487
General Medical Council, UK -4281193
H onors
D istinction in Physiology, 2nd M BBS, 1981
2nd class honors MBBS 1985
Memberships in P rofessional and Honora ry Societies:
1994 - Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2005 - Council member of Sri Lanka Association of Urological
Surgeons
2010 - Member, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
2012 – 2013 - Vice President, Sri Lanka Association of
U rological
Surgeons
Conferences Attended
U rological Association Of Asia - 2008 -Delhi, 2010- Taipei,
2012- Pattaya
S ri Lanka Association of Urological surgeons annual
conferences
since 2005
P resentations
‘ Initial experience in Neo Bladder’ - SLAUS 2006
‘Radical Cystectomy’ - SLAUS 2008
‘Augmentation Cystoplasty’ - SLAUS 2009
‘ Management of Neurogenic Bladder’ - KSM 2011
‘Bladder Cancer’ KSM 2012
I n terests
Reconstructive surgery including Neo Bladders and
U rethroplasty
R eferees
1.
P rof. S. Chandrasekera MS, FEBU
Department of Surgery
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Colombo South Teaching Hospital
S ri Lanka
Tel – 009*-***-******
Mobile 009*-**-*******
Email – schandre@hotmail,com
2.
Dr.T.S.U.de Zylva MS, FEBU
Consultant Urological Surgeon
12 finger point road,
Paget,
Bermuda DV 04
Mobile - 004*********.
Email – aca79w@r.postjobfree.com