User:Dr Naomal Perera

I am Dr Naomal Perera (Dr Naomal Marion Alexander Perera) MBBS, MS, FRCS(Edin), an Oncological Surgeon presently attached to Lanka Hospitals PLC, Colombo, Sri Lanka. At many instances having researched for information from wikipedia, opted to become an editor and contribute to this web-based encyclopedia since February 2020. I was born in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and studied at St Joseph's College Colombo 10. I obtained my MBBS degree at North Colombo Medical College, MS from Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo and FRCS(Edin) from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. I have introduced many novel surgical techniques of breast surgery in Sri Lanka and pioneered in introducing breast reconstruction surgery after total breast removal (Skin sparing mastectomy, nipple sparing mastectomy). There are many publications written by me on scientific journals and won the President’s award for scientific publication in 2007. I was the secretary of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka in 2005, Editor of the college journal from 2008 - 2010 and presently serve as a member of the editorial board since 2015. I was attached to the Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka) for over 17 years till 2008 and the last station was Consultant Oncological Surgeon, Provincial General Hospital Badulla. I obtained my overseas training at the Royal Marsden Hospital, (South Kensington, London) UK with Mr Gerald Gui. I am a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, American Society of Surgical Oncology, European Society of Surgical Oncology, Sri Lanka Medical Association, Kandy Society of Medicine, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and of the College of Oncologists of Sri Lanka. I am a volunteer Naval Officer in Sri Lanka Navy holding the rank of Surgeon Commodore at present (2020). I have served as the Naval Surgeon in Trincomalee during the peak of ethic war in Sri Lanka. I was a Senior Prefect while schooling at St Joseph’s College (Colombo 10), President of the Sinhala Literary Union, President of the Science Union, Leader of the oriental orchestra, College Athletics Captain, Captain of Melizan House and had College Athletics Colors for the excellent performance as a hurdler. I was an artist, musician and dramatist since childhood days. Cinematography is my passion, and I have Directed and Produced a short film, කඳුලක අපේක්ෂා (Fate of a Tear) (40 minutes), which was screened on Derana TV and a feature film දඩ ඉම (End of the hunt) (120 minutes) distributed by EAP films in 2020. I hope to contribute to wikipedia with my knowledge on Medicine, Surgery and Arts in the future that will help others immensely. Regards—Dr Naomal Perera (talk)