B. J. C. Perera

B.J.C. Perera
Nationality Sri Lankan
Occupation Pediatrician
Title Doctor

B.J.C. Perera is a Sri Lankan pediatrician.[1]

Personal life

Perera married Dr. Sarojini Perera in 1975. Currently, they reside in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. They have a daughter, Ruth Maneesha and three grandchildren, Joshua, Malaika and Jaydon.[2]

Education

Perera had his primary education education at De Mazenod College, Kandana up to Grade 8. He proceeded to St. Peter's College, Colombo. He wrote his Advanced Level Exam in 1964. He enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo in 1965 and qualified with MBBS (Ceylon) 2nd Class Honours in 1970, the Centenary Year of the Faculty of Medicine. Perera had further Postgraduate Education in Sri Lanka as well as the UK.

Career

He was the first President of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians,[3] He was the founding president of the Respiratory Diseases Study Group of Sri Lanka, founding president of the Childhood Respiratory Study Circle of Sri Lanka, National Consultant, Programme for control of Acute Respiratory Infections of the Ministry of Health, Chairman Board of Study in Paediatrics of The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Founding Member of The Board of Study in Sports Medicine of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine and Member of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).

References

  1. ↑ "Bjc Perera". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  2. ↑ "Doctor with a special love for children". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  3. ↑ "History of SLCP". http://slcp.lk. Retrieved 2015-04-28. External link in |publisher= (help)

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