Dr Maithrie Mahimennatha Rajapakse
Known as: Maithrie
18/07/1942 to 09/02/2023
Place of birth: Sri Lanka
Nationality: Sri Lankan
CRN: 534646
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Dharmaraja College and St Sylvester’s College, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MBBS. University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. 1969 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Examination |
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Year of Fellowship |
1979 |
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Other qualification(s) |
FFARCSI 1979 Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
University Medical Officer, University of Ceylon, Peradenlya 1969-1970
Senior House Officer in Anaesthesia, Colombo Group of Hospitals 1970 - 1975
Senior House Officer/Registrar in Anaesthesia, Whittington Hospital, London 07/1976-1979
Consultant Anaesthetist, General Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 1979-1982
Consultant Anaesthetist, General Hospital (Teaching), Galle, Sri Lanka 1982 - 1991
Consultant Anaesthetist, General Hospital (Teaching), Kandy, Sri Lanka 1991 - 2002
Professional interests and activities
President, College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka 1995/96.
Member, Board of Study in Anaesthesiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo.
Examiner for M.D. (Anaesthesiology) examination of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo.
President, Clinical Society of Galle; Kandy Society of Medicine.
Delivered the Millenium Oration of the Kandy Society of Medicine 2000.
Other biographical information
Captained Doctors Cricket Team in Galle and Kandy. Accomplished singer of traditional Sinhalese songs. Wrote the script, directed and acted in the comedy skit at the Family get-together of the Kandy Society of Medicine for many years.
Founder President, Kandy Buddhist Doctors Association which worked for the upliftment of the living and educational standards of rural population. His philanthropy helped fund many of these projects.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Jayantha Jayasuriya FRCA and Dr Shanthi Rajapakse
Sources and comments:
Appreciations
1. www.sundaytimes.lk/230305/plus/appreciations-6-513154.html
2. www.sundaytimes.lk/230430/plus/appreciations-518126.html
3. www.sundaytimes.lk/230507/plus/appreciations-3-518605.html