Ajith Kumar Siriwardena

He qualified in medicine from the University of Manchester and trained in surgery in Manchester and Edinburgh. He undertook advanced liver surgical training in Paris and worked as a consultant in the national liver surgery unit in Scotland. He currently provides expertise in liver surgery and pancreas surgery, especially for patients who have had bowel cancer and have then developed metastases in the liver.^[1]

Professor Siriwardena's main research interests are liver metastases from bowel cancer. His work has been published in over 100 peer reviewed articles.^[2] He sits on the council of the Society of Academic Research (SARS)^[3] as well as on the committee of the Europe and Africa Hepato-pancreato-Biliary Association (EAHPBA).^[4]