1. Carlo Fonseka was a Sri Lankan physician, academic and political activist.
18 Facts About Carlo Fonseka
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Carlo Fonseka was a former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya and a former president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
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Carlo Fonseka was educated at Maris Stella College, Negombo and St Joseph's College, Colombo.
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Carlo Fonseka then joined the base hospital in Mirigama, near his home village of Divulapitiya, as a medical officer.
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In 1962 Carlo Fonseka joined the University of Ceylon's Department of Physiology as a lecturer.
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Carlo Fonseka joined the University of Edinburgh's Department of Physiology in 1964 to pursue his doctoral studies, obtaining a Ph.
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Carlo Fonseka returned to the University of Ceylon's Department of Physiology in 1967.
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Carlo Fonseka was a professor at the department from 1982 and 1989.
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Carlo Fonseka was chairman of the Board of Management of the University of Colombo's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine from 1996 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2001.
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Carlo Fonseka was appointed emeritus professor by the University of Kelaniya.
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Carlo Fonseka was appointed president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council in January 2012.
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Carlo Fonseka was a prominent member of the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party.
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Carlo Fonseka was a member of the party's central committee and politburo and led its branch in Kotte.
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Carlo Fonseka was a vocal critic of private medical education and campaigned against the NCMC in the early 1980s.
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Carlo Fonseka was a fellow of the Ceylon College of Physicians and the Sri Lanka College of General Practitioners.
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Carlo Fonseka has served as president of the Arts Council of Sri Lanka, chairman of the Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital, chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol and was a member of the University Grants Commission.
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Carlo Fonseka was one of six South-East Asia Region awardees of the World No Tobacco Day 2012 Awards.
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Carlo Fonseka was a lyricist and composer and has produced a number of albums including Carlochita Gee, Raththaran Duwe and Koida Kiya.