Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E000081 - Jayasekera, Kodituwakku Gnanapala ( - 2001)
Title:
Jayasekera, Kodituwakku Gnanapala ( - 2001)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000081
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2005-10-12
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Jayasekera, Kodituwakku Gnanapala ( - 2001), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Jayasekera, Kodituwakku Gnanapala
Place of Birth:
Sri Lanka
Date of Death:
26 September 2001
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1948
LRCP 1948
Details:
Kodituwakku Gnanapala Jayasekera was a distinguished surgeon in Sri Lanka and Australia. He was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). He travelled to the UK, where he became a Fellow of the College in 1948. Soon after, he returned to Sri Lanka. In 1954 he was appointed as honorary surgeon to the Queen, during Her Majesty’s visit to the country on her coronation tour.
In 1970, alarmed by the prospect of political violence in Sri Lanka, he emigrated to Australia with his family, with the help of his good friend Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop. At the time of his departure he was the senior consultant surgeon at the General Hospital, Colombo, and President-elect of the Sri Lanka Society of Surgeons.
In Australia he practised general surgery in Melbourne for a further 20 years. When he finally retired from surgery, he continued to practise general medicine until his death on 26 September 2001.
Sources:
Personal information from Tissa Jayasekera
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000000-E000099
Media Type:
Unknown
