Maithri "Maiya" Gunasekera, FRCS, FICS is a Sri Lankan

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

and reputed rugby personality. He is a former president of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) and a former Sri Lanka

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Captain. Educated at

Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

where he captained the first XV Rugby team, he entered the

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia.It is considered to be the top most medical faculty in the country which requir ...

where he studied medicine and captaining the Rugby team, graduating with a

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

degree. He went on to gain a

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degree from the

Postgraduate Institute of Medicine The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) of the University of Colombo is the graduate school that provides specialist training and board certification of medical doctors in Sri Lanka. The only type of its kind, it is similar to the prestigious ...

. He is a fellow of the

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and the

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. Currently he is a Consultant Surgeon at Nawaloka Hospital, Colombo. Maiya served as President of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union in 1998/1999, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rugby Selection Committee, coach to the Sri Lanka Rugby Team in 1993-1994 and chairman of the National Sports Council
Maiya is the grandson of the late

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and

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Gate Mudaliar L. M. W. Senanayake who, among other things, built

Senanayake Aramaya The Senanayake Aramaya is a temple situated on the Main Chilaw Road, at Madampe, Sri Lanka which houses The Sacred Hair Relics of Buddha. This temple at Madampe was built by two aristocratic philanthropists Gate Mudaliar L. M. W. Senanayake an ...

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