37 Facts About Dinesh Palipana

Dinesh Palipana was born on 1984 and is an Australian doctor, lawyer, scientist and disability advocate.

Dinesh Palipana is the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, Australia.

Dinesh Palipana is the second person with quadriplegia to graduate as a doctor in Australia and the first with spinal cord injury.

Dinesh Palipana obtained a degree in law from the Queensland University of Technology.

Dinesh Palipana then commenced a Doctor of Medicine at the Griffith University, graduating in 2016 as the first quadriplegic medical graduate in the state of Queensland, the second in Australia.

Dinesh Palipana graduated with several awards and was featured in the Griffith University video Dinesh Palipana is remarkable.

Dinesh Palipana completed a medical clerkship at Harvard Medical School.

Dinesh Palipana has consequently openly advocated for training medical students with disabilities in Australia.

Dinesh Palipana was eventually employed by the Gold Coast University Hospital to become Queensland's first quadriplegic intern.

Dinesh Palipana has worked in the emergency department at the hospital, the second busiest department in Australia in 2017.

Dinesh Palipana was nominated for an Intern of the Year award at the Gold Coast University Hospital in 2017.

In 2020, Dinesh Palipana became the team doctor for the Gold Coast Titans Physical Disability Rugby League team.

Dinesh Palipana served as a senior advisor to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

Dinesh Palipana was appointed to the board of directors at George Steuart Group in 2024.

Dinesh Palipana subsequently spent seven months at a spinal injuries unit in the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Dinesh Palipana met the boxer Joe Frazier during his admission in hospital.

Dinesh Palipana sits on the council of the Sri Lanka Spinal Cord Network.

Dinesh Palipana has been using his story to demonstrate ways in which doctors, and the wider population, can work effectively with disabilities.

Dinesh Palipana is a founding member of Doctors with Disabilities Australia, an advocacy group for physicians with disabilities.

Dinesh Palipana is a member of the Ambassador Council at the Hopkins Centre, a centre for research in rehabilitation and resilience.

Dinesh Palipana has been a member of the Australian Medical Association Queensland's Council of Doctors in Training since 2017.

Dinesh Palipana has worked with the Australian Medical Association to promote inclusion in the profession.

Since gaining employment at the Gold Coast University Hospital, Dinesh Palipana has promoted inclusion within the organisation.

Dinesh Palipana became an ambassador for Physical Disability Australia in 2020.

Dinesh Palipana was involved in advocating for changes to a spinal injuries unit in Queensland.

Dinesh Palipana was awarded $2 million in 2019 to pursue research in thought-controlled rehabilitation.

Dinesh Palipana is a member of the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation's scientific committee.

Dinesh Palipana's interest includes non-invasive interventions to promote functional improvement in spinal cord injury.

Dinesh Palipana has been encouraged by a mentor at Harvard University, where he was one of the first visiting medical students of this nature.

Dinesh Palipana was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka to Chithrani and Sanath Dinesh Palipana.

Dinesh Palipana grew up in Byron Bay and Brisbane, Australia.

Dinesh Palipana's story was featured on the popular ABC radio show Conversations with Richard Fidler, the ABC television show Australian Story, BBC Outlook, Today, and Vice.

Dinesh Palipana appeared on the cover of Sri Lanka's Pulse Magazine in January 2020.

Dinesh Palipana has spoken at various events such as TED and alongside figures such as Kerry O'Brien and Deng Thiak Adut regarding his experiences.

Dinesh Palipana has written for Ars Technica, ABC News and Medscape.

Dinesh Palipana was a runway model for the Adaptive Fashion Collective at the Australian Fashion Week and appeared in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

Dinesh Palipana has been featured in the Brisbane Portrait Prize.