B. J. C. Perera
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B. J. C. Perera | |
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| Occupation | Pediatrician |
| Title | Doctor |
B. J. C. Perera is a Sri Lankan pediatrician.[1] He is the Editor-in-Chief of Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics.[2]
B. J. C. Perera was born in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka on 14 July 1947, the son of Victor Perera and Rose Perera.[citation needed]
Personal life
Perera married Dr. Sarojini Perera in 1975.[citation needed] Currently,[when?] they reside in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. They have a daughter, Ruth Maneesha and three grandchildren, Joshua, Malaika and Jaydon.[3]
Education
Perera had his primary education at De Mazenod College, Kandana up to Grade 8. He proceeded to St Peter's College, Colombo.[citation needed] He wrote his Advanced Level Exam in 1964. He enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo in 1965 and qualified with MBBS (Ceylon) 2nd Class Honours in 1970.[citation needed] Perera had further Postgraduate Education in Sri Lanka as well as the UK.[citation needed]
Career
He was the first President of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians,[4] He was the founding president of the Respiratory Diseases Study Group of Sri Lanka,[when?][citation needed] founding president of the Childhood Respiratory Study Circle of Sri Lanka,[when?][citation needed] National Consultant, Programme for control of Acute Respiratory Infections of the Ministry of Health, Chairman Board of Study in Paediatrics of The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,[when?] Founding Member of The Board of Study in Sports Medicine of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine[when?][citation needed] and Member of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).[when?][citation needed]