Dr Prasanna Gunasena is a consultant
neurosurgeon attached to
Lanka Hospitals in Sri Lanka. He is also the Chairman of State Pharmaceutical Company (SPC) of Sri Lanka.
Early life and education
Gunasena was educated at
Nalanda College Colombo
''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā''
, motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom
, established =
, founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne
, type = National
, grades = 1 ...
. He holds
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 ...
, MS
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and also a Spinal Fellow (Canada).
Career
He holds the honour of performing the surgery for cervical disc prolapse of the spine and replacement with functional discs for the first time in Sri Lanka. Gunasena is the first Sri Lankan Neurosurgeon to perform
Balloon Kyphoplasty surgery for spinal code fractures.
Ground breaking spinal surgery performed in Colombo
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Gunasena was a founding member of the Neurosurgeons Association of Sri Lanka (NSASL).
References
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Sri Lankan surgeons
Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
Sri Lankan Buddhists