Vidyajyothi Professor Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin), 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 Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine,University of Colombo.

Education

He was educated at Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...

. He subsequently entered the 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:...

 where he obtained both an undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and later Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

.

Research

He has published widely in Nephrology, Transplantation, Snake Bite and Oleander Poisoning.

Professional Work

After qualification he was appointed Lecturer in Medicine in the Department of Medicine under Professor Kumaradasa Rajasuriya

Kumaradasa Rajasuriya

Professor Kumaradasa Rajasuriya was the former Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in Sri Lanka.He is a product of Nalanda College Colombo....

. After training in the UK obtaining MRCP he returned as Senior Lecturer later being promoted to Professor.

He and his collaborator AH Sheriffdeen

AH Sheriffdeen

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...

 setup the first transplant programme in the country in October 1985 while with Surendra Ramachandran

Surendra Ramachandran

Deshamanya Surendra Ramachandran, MD , FRCP was a Sri Lankan Physician and Nephrologist.-Education:Educated at Royal College Colombo, he studied medicine Colombo Medical College where he obtained first classes in the 2nd, 3rd and final MBBS examinations with distinctions in Physiology,...

 he pioniered the speciality of Nephrology in Sri Lanka.
He is a Member of the senior advisory board to SACTRC (South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration) with Nimal Senanayake

Nimal Senanayake

Professor Nimal Senanayake is a Sri Lankan neurologist, physician, author, film and television scriptwriter and academic.Senanayake was educated at the University of Peradeniya where he later became Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chairman...

, 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 Janaka de Silva

Janaka de Silva

Vidya Jyothi Professor Hithanadura Janaka De Silva is a Sri Lankan academic and physician. A Senior Professor of Medicine, he is the Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Kelaniya and a member of the University Grants Commission-Education:...

. He founded the OxCol ( University of Oxford Colombo link) for studies on snake bite and yellow oleander poisoning. He was President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Ceylon College of Physicians, Sri Lanka Association for Nephrology and Transplantation, SAARC Society of Nephrology, Urology and Transplant Surgery and the Founder President of the Hypertension Society in Sri Lanka in addition to being a founder of the Health Informatics Society in Sri Lanka and a Councillor of the International Society of Nephrology. He is an External Examiner for MRCP in UK & Chennai. He is the Ceylon College of Physician Coordinator for MRCP Examinations in Sri Lanka .

Honours

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...

 London and Edinburgh, the Ceylon College of Physicians an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Honorary Fellow of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the National Academy of Science of Sri Lanka.
The Titular honour Vidya Jyothi

Sri Lankan honours system

The Sri Lankan national honours system is a fully indigenous honours system of titles, decorations and medals which are awarded to recognize achievements of, or service by, Sri Lankans or others in connection with Sri Lanka...

was conferred upon him by the Government of Sri Lanka in recognition of his contribution to Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation in Sri Lanka. He also received a Lion International Merit Award.