AH Sheriffdeen
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Professor AH Sheriffdeen is a Sri Lankan Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker.
Sheriffdeen was educated at St Andrew's College, Nawalapitiya, St. Anthony's College, Kandy and Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
qualifying Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. He trained in the UK becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Sheriffdeen was Professor of Surgery at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
with contemporaries Priyani Soysa
, Ravindra fernando
and Rezvi Sheriff
.
Sheriffdeen is best known for introducing Vascular Surgery and also for establishing Transplant Surgery in Sri Lanka in partnership with Professor Rezvi Sheriff
.
He together with J.B. Peiris
and others described a new clinical entity Transient emboligenic aortoarteritis. He has been chairman of the Ministry of Health Trauma protocols at the Trauma Secretariat, Board of Study in Surgery at Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
, President Sri Lanka Medical Association and President The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka. He has authored biographies of Sri Lankan Surgeons.
Sheriffdeen has provided leadership and expertise to many voluntary services including ACT Lanka which he is Chairman and is a leading activist in HIV AIDS at National and International level. He has been President and Vice President of the Charity Colombo Friend in Need Society, Chairman AIDEX (Aid to the Ex-Abled)Sri Lanka in addition to Chairing the Jaipur Foundation programme for Jaipur leg
users throughout Sri Lanka.
Sheriffdeen was awarded the title Deshamanya
by the Government of Sri Lanka, Honorary Fellowships by Ceylon College of Physicians and the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka. He is an amateur golfer of repute.
Sheriffdeen was educated at St Andrew's College, Nawalapitiya, St. Anthony's College, Kandy and Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia.-History:...
qualifying Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. He trained in the UK becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Sheriffdeen was Professor of Surgery at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia.-History:...
with contemporaries Priyani Soysa
Priyani Soysa
Professor Priyani Elizabeth Soysa is an Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics of the University of Colombo and the first woman to be appointed to a professorial chair in Sri Lanka.- Education :...
, Ravindra fernando
Ravindra Fernando
Professor Ravindra Fernando is a Sri Lankan Forensic Pathologist, Physician, author and academic.- School and Undergraduate Education:He was educated at Ananda College Colombo and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo where he was active in the Medical Students Union and the Buddhist...
and Rezvi Sheriff
Rezvi Sheriff
Vidyajyothi Professor Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff MBBS, MD, MRCP , FRCP , FRCP , FRACP, FCCP, FSLCGP, FNASSL is Consultant Physician and Nephrologist National Hospital Sri Lanka, Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine and Senior Professor of Medicine,Head of the Department of Clinical...
.
Sheriffdeen is best known for introducing Vascular Surgery and also for establishing Transplant Surgery in Sri Lanka in partnership with Professor Rezvi Sheriff
Rezvi Sheriff
Vidyajyothi Professor Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff MBBS, MD, MRCP , FRCP , FRCP , FRACP, FCCP, FSLCGP, FNASSL is Consultant Physician and Nephrologist National Hospital Sri Lanka, Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine and Senior Professor of Medicine,Head of the Department of Clinical...
.
He together with J.B. Peiris
J.B. Peiris
Deshamanya J.B. Peiris, FRCP was a Sri Lankan Neurologist. He was the founder of the Institute of Neurology, Chairman of the Sri Jayewardenapura Hospital and was a former executive Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine....
and others described a new clinical entity Transient emboligenic aortoarteritis. He has been chairman of the Ministry of Health Trauma protocols at the Trauma Secretariat, Board of Study in Surgery at Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine of the University of Colombo is a graduate school that provides specialist training of medical doctors. The only type of its kind, it is similar to the Royal Medical Colleges of the United Kingdom. It was established in 1976 as the Institute of Postgraduate...
, President Sri Lanka Medical Association and President The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka. He has authored biographies of Sri Lankan Surgeons.
Sheriffdeen has provided leadership and expertise to many voluntary services including ACT Lanka which he is Chairman and is a leading activist in HIV AIDS at National and International level. He has been President and Vice President of the Charity Colombo Friend in Need Society, Chairman AIDEX (Aid to the Ex-Abled)Sri Lanka in addition to Chairing the Jaipur Foundation programme for Jaipur leg
Jaipur leg
The Jaipur Leg also known as the Jaipur Foot is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations, produced under the guidance of Dr. P. K...
users throughout Sri Lanka.
Sheriffdeen was awarded the title Deshamanya
Deshamanya
Deshamanya is the second highest Sri Lankan national honour awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour.It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name....
by the Government of Sri Lanka, Honorary Fellowships by Ceylon College of Physicians and the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka. He is an amateur golfer of repute.