Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP, was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary. He was Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
Hemasiri Fernando is the former permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence and chief of staff of the president, chairman Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.
Major General (retd) Milinda Peiris RWP RSP USP VSV LOM ndc psc was the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. Major General Milinda served as Vice Chancellor (VC) of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) from January 16, 2020 to August 2023 for second occasion. Milinda's previous tenure as Vice Chancellor of KDU from December 2008 to February 2016.
Saman Gunatilake, FRCP, FCCP is a Sri Lankan physician, academic and neurologist.
Deshamanya Vidya Jyothi J.B. Peiris, FRCP is Sri Lankan neurologist. He was the founder of the Institute of Neurology, Chairman of the Sri Jayewardenapura Hospital and has been an executive Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine.
Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.
H. H. R. Samarasinghe, FRCP, FRACP is a Sri Lankan physician, medical administrator and president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
Deshamanya Professor A. H. Sheriffdeen is a Sri Lankan surgeon, academic and voluntary worker.
Vidya Jyothi Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff, FRCP (Lon), FRCPE (Edin), FRACP, FCCP, FSLCGP, FNASSL is a Sri Lankan academic, nephrologist and physician. He served as the director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine; senior professor of medicine; head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. He is currently serving as the Senior Professor of Medicine at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He is also a consultant physician and nephrologist at National Hospital Sri Lanka. He is widely regarded as the Father of Nephrology or either hailed as Father of Modern Nephrology and Dialysis. He masterminded and pioneered kidney transplantation in Sri Lanka. He is also the founder and owner of Western Hospital.
Janaka de SilvaFRCPFNASSL is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Kelaniya.
Ravindra Fernando is a Sri Lankan forensic pathologist, toxicologist, physician, author and academic. He is the current chairman of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board of Sri Lanka.
Upendra Srinath Jayawickrama (FRCP), is a Sri Lankan physician (endocrinologist) and an artist. He was the founder of the Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka and a professor of pharmacology at the North Colombo Medical College.
Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, MPhil, MSc in Mgt, FIM(SL) National Defence College, India, psc is a retired air officer and a former commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force. He has also held the position of Chief of the Air Staff and after his retirement on 12 September 2016, was appointed the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Afghanistan, a position he holds currently.
Dr Bothalage Desmond James Stanley Fernando (1930–2012) was a Sri Lankan doctor and inventor, best known for his services to General Practice in the country.
Shanthilal Devapriya Jayaratne MBBS, MD Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, FRCP, FCCP was a professor of medicine at University of Sri Jayewardenepura and was Chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) and State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC). Jayaratne is the chairman of National Medicines Regulatory Authority, and former chairman of Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital.
Dr Warusahennadige David Lionel Fernando was a Forensic pathologist and Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) for Colombo.
Deshabandu Dr Primus Tilakaratne de Silva was a well known physician in Sri Lanka.
Carlo Fonseka was a Sri Lankan physician, academic and political activist. He was a former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya and a former president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
Senaka Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan academic, researcher and clinician. He is senior professor and chair of medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and the director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka.
Prof. Vidya Jyothi Prasad Katulanda, MBBS, MD, FRCP (Lon), FCCP, FACE, DPhil (Oxford), is a distinguished Sri Lankan academic, endocrinologist, and physician. He currently holds the position of Professor in Medicine and serves as the Head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Additionally, he is a dedicated consultant physician and an endocrinologist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.
