Carlo Fonseka
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| Carlo Fonseka | |
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| Born | Carlo Fonseka 4 March 1933 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Other names | Prof. Carlo Fonseka |
| Ethnicity | Sinhalese |
| Alma mater | Maris Stella College, Negambo,St Joseph's College, Colombo 10, Medical College, University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Chairman, Sri Lanka Medical Council, Medicine, Science |
Professor Carlo Fonseka is a leading intellectual in Sri Lanka. He is known for his activism for being an outspoken critic of smoking.[1] He is serving as the chairman of the Sri Lanka Medical Council from 2012 to 2017.[2]
Early life
Carlo Fonseka was born on 4 March 1933 in Colombo.[1]
Education
He received his primary and secondary education from Maris Stella College, Negombo and at St. Joseph’s College, Colombo. In 1960 he received his MBBS (Ceylon) with a first class from the University of Colombo and completed postgraduate degree from University of Edinburgh in 1966. In 1999 Prof. Fonseka was awarded a Master of Arts from University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Positions Held
- President of Sri Lanka Medical Council
- Chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol
- Chairman of Art Council of Sri Lanka
- Chairman of Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital
- Emeritus Professor of Physiology in the University of Colombo
- Member of the University Grants Commission[3]
Awards
- World No-Tobacco Day Award 2012 by the World Health Organization[4]
