Deshamanya Surendra Ramachandran, FRCP was a Sri Lankan Physician and Nephrologist.
10 Facts About Surendra Ramachandran
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Surendra Ramachandran was the founder of Sri Lankas First Dialysis Unit.
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Surendra Ramachandran was awarded the Vaithilingam Gold Medal in Physiology, Loos Gold Medal in Pathology, Andrew Caldecott Gold Medal for the best performance in the final MBBS, Dadabhoy Gold Medal for Medicine and the Perry exhibition for the best performance in the final MBBS.
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Surendra Ramachandran was then awarded the British Council scholarship and trained in the University College Hospital, London passing MRCP London, Edinburgh and Glasgow and subsequently became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
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Surendra Ramachandran was awarded the Smith and Nephew Fellowship to the UK in 1969, where he trained in the renal unit at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
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Surendra Ramachandran was the founder of the Dialysis unit and the Medical Intensive Care Unit at National Hospital Sri Lanka, the first in a Sri Lankan Government Hospital.
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Surendra Ramachandran was a much sought after teacher and students whose research and clinical careers followed in his footsteps include Vidya Jothi Professor Janaka de Silva, Professor Devaka Fernando and Dr Chula Herath.
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Surendra Ramachandran was the recipient of 14 gold medal orations.
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Surendra Ramachandran was awarded the titles Deshamanya and Vidyaj Jothi for his work for the nation by the government of Sri Lanka.
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Surendra Ramachandran is credited with initiating the SLMA foundation sessions, adding an extension to the SLMA building and laying the groundwork for involving the SLMA in World Bank Projects.