Susirith Mendis is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n
physician
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and
academic
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. He was the
Vice-Chancellor
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of
University of Ruhuna
The University of Ruhuna ( si, රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්යාලය, රෝහණ සරසවිය (Ruhuṇa Viśvavidyālaya, Rohana sarasaviya),; ta, ருகுண பல்கலைக் கழகம்) is a publ ...
for six years and was the
Dean
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of the Faculty of Medicine. He is a
Professor
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of Physiology and founder Director of the Staff Development Centre.
Vision for the Development of the University of Ruhuna
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Sinhalese physicians
Sinhalese academics
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Living people
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Ruhuna
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sri Lankan academics
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Researchers
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Academics
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Academics
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Academia in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan academics
People from Colombo
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...