Ajith Kumar Siriwardena
Ajith Kumar Siriwardena | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 September 1956 |
| Nationality |  British |
| Education | University of Manchester |
| Occupation | Professor of Hepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery |
| Employer | Manchester Royal Infirmary |
Professor Ajith Kumar Siriwardena MBChB, M.D., FRCS, Is the current professor of hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery at the University of Manchester, and a consultant hepatobiliary surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Biography
[edit]Qualified in medicine from the University of Manchester and trained in surgery in Manchester and Edinburgh. Undertook advanced liver surgical training in Paris and worked as a consultant in the national liver surgery unit in Scotland. Currently provides expertise in liver surgery and pancreas surgery, especially for patients who have had bowel cancer and have then developed metastases in the liver.[1]
Research
[edit]Professor Siriwardena's main research interests are liver metastases from bowel cancer. His work has been published in over 100 peer reviewed articles.[2] He sits on the council of the Society of Academic Research (SARS)[3] as well as on the committee of Europe and Africa Hepato-pancreato-Biliary Association (EAHPBA).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Manchester University Hospitals - NHS Foundation Trust - Professor Ajith Siriwardena". Cmft.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "siriwardena ak - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "Council | SARSSARS". Surgicalresearch.org.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "Committees | European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association". E-ahpba.org. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- Academics of the University of Manchester
- British surgeons
- 21st-century British medical doctors
- Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Physicians of the Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Sri Lankan emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Sinhalese people
- Sri Lankan medical doctors
- 1956 births