President of the CSSL
Professor Nandadeva Samarasekera
It is my honour and privilege to serve as the 41st President of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka having been part of this College for 21 years as a member, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President and President-Elect.
Thanks to the generosity of Dr Noel and Mrs Nora Bartholomeusz, the College has moved from humble beginnings in a small room at Wijerama House to the present magnificent building that combines both the vintage and the modern. In the year 2000, the then President Prof A H Sheriffdeen along with Mrs Anne Ranasinghe and the late Dr Vimala Navaratnam were instrumental in facilitating this process, and I was fortunate as the secretary that year, to be one of the signatories to this transfer with the Professor A H Sheriffdeen.
As an academic and a postgraduate trainer, the theme “Training the Future Surgeon” is close to my heart. The rapid evolution of medical technology poses both opportunities and challenges to surgeons and trainees. The College needs to gear its membership to this reality and foster ties with our regional and international partners including the SAARC Surgical Care Society, professional colleges in South-East Asia, Australia and the Royal Colleges of the UK towards this objective.
The seeds of a surgical career are often laid down in the company of inspirational surgeons. I call our membership to be these role models to motivate our best and brightest medical students and young doctors to be participants of this vision for the future.
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