Professor Pujitha Wickramasinghe

MBBS(Col), DCH(Col), MD(Paed), PhD(Col)

Senior Professor

Department of Paediatrics

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Senior Professor in Paediatrics at the University of Colombo(2017) and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2004). Joined University of Colombo in 1998 as a Lecturer and elevated to Senior Lecturer in 2004 and Professor in 2009 and became Senior Professor in November 2017.

  • Training in Paediatric Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition Royal Children’s Hospital, and Research on Human Body Composition at Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health Brisbane, Australia (Clinical Nutrition Research Fellow, Post MD overseas training) –  Apr 2003 – Apr 2004.
  • Training in Post Liver Transplant Management in Children –Fellowship at Riuniti De Burgamo Hospital, Burgamo, Italy. Oct 2010 – Apr 2011.