New President to expand relations with global associations

The Neurosurgical Association of Sri Lanka had its annual general meeting on September 10.

The new committee is as follows: President: Wijeratne Vice President: Dr. Deepal Attanayaka Joint Secretaries: Dr. Nilaksha Kumarasinghe, Dr. Jagath Kumara Rathugamage Treasurer: Dr. M Punsith Gunewardene Editor: Dr Sanjeewa Garusinghe Council Members: Dr. Saman Wadanambi, Dr. Sunil Perera, Dr. Nirukshan Jayaweera, Dr.Ruvini Dr. Maheshi Abeygunaratne, Dr. Stravinsky Perera Representative to the College of Surgeons: Dr Nilaksha Kumarasinghe

The new president Dr. Maheshi Wijeratne who had her basic degree at Monash University, trained in Neurosurgery at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford and did further post graduate training at Kings College Hospital, London thanked her trainers and predecessors for the unending support given and the work done by the previous committee.

She stated that she would work with her dedicated committee to link up with the Asian, Australasian, SAARC Neurosurgical Association,Women In Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgical Associations and thus build cordial relationships with these countries thereby increasing the potential of training our own budding neurosurgeons in prestigious institutions.

The Neurosurgical Association is also holding for the first time in Sri Lanka the FRCS Neurosurgery examination in February 2018. The Neurosurgery Journal too will be published for the first time under editor Dr. Sanjeewa Garusinghe.