Brendon Gooneratne, Date of Birth

    

Brendon Gooneratne

Sri Lankan writer and physician

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1938

Profession: writer, physician

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Brendon Gooneratne

  • Brendon Gooneratne (born 28 March 1938) is a Sri Lankan scholar and physician.
  • He has authored several books and publications.Educated at Royal College Colombo, Gooneratne gained his MBBS(Hons) from the University of Ceylon, Colombo and went on to gain a DAPE from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a PhD from the University of London.
  • He was the first Sri Lankan to be awarded the Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research.After practicing as a physician in the Ceylon Medical Service, he joined the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1965 as a Senior Lecturer and in 1971 became the head of the Department of Parasitology.
  • He is the President of Project Jonah.

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