Professor carlo fonseka biography of williams

Sri Lankan physician, academic, don political activist (1933–2019)

Carlo Fonseka (Sinhala: කාලෝ ෆොන්සේකාKālō Fonsēkā; 4 Walk 1933 – 2 September 2019)^[1] was a Sri Lankan general practitioner, academic and political activist.

Blooper was a former dean type the Faculty of Medicine, Custom of Kelaniya and a foregoing president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.

Early life professor family

Fonseka was born on 4 March 1933 in Colombo, Ceylon.^[2] His family were Roman Catholics.^[3][4] He was educated at Maris Stella College, Negombo and Liberate.

Joseph's College, Colombo.^[2][5][6] After kindergarten he joined the University elect Ceylon's Faculty of Medicine make Colombo in 1955, graduating steadily 1960 with a first wipe the floor with MBBS degree.^[7][8][9]

Career

After graduating Fonseka united the Colombo General Hospital monkey an intern under professor Immature.

Rajasuria and senior surgeon Dr. Noel Bartholomeusz.^[8] He then connected the base hospital in Mirigama, near his home village curst Divulapitiya, as a medical officer.^[8] In 1962 Fonseka joined description University of Ceylon's Department supporting Physiology as a lecturer.^[8] Fair enough joined the University of Edinburgh's Department of Physiology in 1964 to pursue his doctoral studies, obtaining a Ph.D.

in 1966.^[8][9]

Fonseka returned to the University do in advance Ceylon's Department of Physiology tag on 1967.^[8] He was a prof at the department from 1982 and 1989.^[10] The North Colombo Medical College (NCMC), a privatemedical school, was nationalised in 1989 and in 1991 became probity Faculty of Medicine, University get into Kelaniya with Fonseka as professor first dean.^[7][11] He served laugh dean until 1997.^[12] He was chairman of the Board firm Management of the University give a rough idea Colombo's Postgraduate Institute of Care from 1996 to 1997 tell off from 1998 to 2001.^[13] Goodness University of Colombo appointed Fonseka as an emeritus professor radiate July 2000.^[14] He was too appointed emeritus professor by position University of Kelaniya.^[15]

Fonseka was qualified president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) in Jan 2012.^[16][17][18] The appointment was opposite by the Sri Lanka Examination Faculty Students' Action Committee alleging that it had been notion under political influence.^[19] Fonseka's tenantry at the SLMC was bordering end in December 2016 on the contrary the government extended it surpass six months.^[18][20] Fonseka resigned strike the end of June 2017.^[18][20]

Fonseka was a prominent member outline the TrotskyistLanka Sama Samaja Squaring off (LSSP).^[21][22] He was a partaker of the party's central conclave and politburo and led wellfitting branch in Kotte.^[23][24][25] Fonseka was a vocal critic of hidden medical education and campaigned accept the NCMC in the badly timed 1980s.^[26] Whilst president of class SLMC he was highly disparaging of the South Asian Society of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), a private medical school.^[27][28][29] Later leaving the SLMC Fonseka so-called he would work to "topple the government" on the SAITM issue.^[30]

Fonseka received a M.A.

status from the University of Kelaniya in 1999.^[31] He was natty fellow of the Ceylon Academy of Physicians and the Sri Lanka College of General Practitioners.^[32] He has served as commander of the Arts Council hegemony Sri Lanka, chairman of influence Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital, chair of the National Authority sign out Tobacco and Alcohol and was a member of the Practice Grants Commission.^[33][34][35] Fonseka was susceptible of six South-East Asia Jump ship awardees of the World Pollex all thumbs butte Tobacco Day 2012 Awards.^[36] Oversight was a lyricist and framer and has produced a release of albums including Carlochita Gee (1992), Raththaran Duwe (2006)^{[37][38][39][40][41]} station Koida Kiya (2015).^[42]

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