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Asset Name:
E008038 - De Silva, Chitral Panini (1927 - 2007)
Title:
De Silva, Chitral Panini (1927 - 2007)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E008038
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-14

2015-10-23
Description:
Obituary for De Silva, Chitral Panini (1927 - 2007), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
De Silva, Chitral Panini
Date of Birth:
15 April 1927
Place of Birth:
Ceylon
Date of Death:
14 April 2007
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS Ceylon 1950

FRCS 1963
Details:
Chitral de Silva was a general surgeon in Sri Lanka. He was born in Ceylon on 15 April 1927, the son of S H de Silva, an engineer, and H W de Silva. He came from a medical family: his uncle H O Gunewardene was a radiologist, while two of his brothers (H S de Silva and G L de Silva) and a sister (S M de Silva) went on to become doctors. Chitral de Silva was educated at St Thomas' College in Colombo and then went on to study medicine at the University of Ceylon, qualifying in 1950. After junior posts, he went to the UK for further training at the Hammersmith Hospital and the London. He was a house officer at Woolwich Memorial, Hammersmith and Middlesex hospitals, and then a senior house officer in the casualty departments of Poplar and King Edward Memorial hospitals. While in London he also trained under Ian Aird at Hammersmith Hospital and with John Percy Lockhart-Mummery and Clifford Naunton Morgan at St Mark's. He gained his FRCS in 1963. Outside medicine, he enjoyed shooting and filming wild life. He was married to Gnana Perera, a paediatric surgeon in Colombo. They had one child, Sandini. Chitral de Silva died on 14 April 2007. He was 79.
Sources:
*The Sunday Observer* 22 April 2007 www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/04/22/main_Obituaries.asp - accessed 23 September 2015
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E008000-E008999/E008000-E008099
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