Cyril Francis Fernando (2 October 1895 – 3 December 1974) was a Sri Lankan clinician and researcher. Fernando was educated by Sir

Marcus Fernando Sir Hilarion Marcus Fernando, FRCP (21 October 1864 – 18 December 1936) was a pre-independence Ceylonese statesman, physician and banker. He was a member of both the executive council and legislative council as well as the chairman of the Stat ...

(no relation) and Professor

PB Fernando Panagodage Bertram Fernando LMS (Ceylon) MBBS (London), MD FRCP DTM&H OBE is First Professor of Medicine Ceylon Medical College and Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo. Fernando was educated like Marcus Fernando (no relation) at St. Benedic ...

(no relation) at

St. Benedict's College, Colombo St. Benedict's College ( Sinhala: සාන්ත බෙනඩික් විදුහල, Tamil: புனித ஆசீர்வாதப்பர் கல்லூரி) is a Catholic school located in the Kotahena area of Colombo, Sri ...

. He attended University College Hospital, London, qualifying

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(1925) and obtaining MRCP in 1926 and M.D. in 1929 winning the gold medal for best performance. He was appointed physician to out-patients at Colombo General Hospital and was an external faculty member and examiner in medicine in the Ceylon Medical College and later the

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University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Univer ...

. He was honorary secretary and treasurer of the Ceylon Branch of the B.M.A (later renamed Sri Lanka Medical Association) 1930-32, a member of the council in 1933, 1934, and 1949, vice-president in 1942, and president in 1948-9. His son Dr Malik Fernando also served as the President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association. He was awarded O.B.E. in the

1949 New Year Honours The 1949 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the '' London ...

and C.M.G. in 1955. The Ceylon College of Physicians commemorates his memory with an award of a Gold Medal Oration delivered during its annual scientific sessions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernando, Cyril Sinhalese physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians 1895 births 1974 deaths Ceylonese Officers of the Order of the British Empire Ceylonese Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Alumni of St. Benedict's College, Colombo