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Tilak Weerasooriya
Sri Lankan physician and academic (1950–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tilak Richard Weerasooriya (Sinhala :තිලක් රිචඩ් වීරසූරිය) (20 November 1950 – 20 February 2022) was a Sri Lankan physician, academic,[2][3][4][5][6] and professor emeritus.[1][7] He was a pioneer in the field of Andrology in Sri Lanka.[8]
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Tilak R. Weerasooriya | |
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Born | Tilak Richard Weerasooriya 20 November 1950 |
Died | 20 February 2022(2022-02-20) (aged 71) |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
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Known for | Fertility, andrology |
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Mirani Weerasooriya (m. 1980) |
Children | 3 |
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Thesis | Micro vasculature of the testis, using electron microscopy (1984/85) |
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He was also the former dean of the University of Ruhuna Faculty of Medicine,[9][10][11][12] Senior Lecturer - University of Peradeniya (Anatomy - Faculty of Medicine),[13][14] and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)[15] - Kotelawala Defence University.[16][17][18]