CURRENT ACADEMIC TITLE:
Associate Professor of Medicine – University of Arizona College of Medicine |
Chronology of Education
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Years | Degree(s) Institution, City, State, Country |
1977-1983 | General Certificate of Education – Advanced Level Jaffna Hindu College, University of Jaffna, Sri-Lanka |
GRADUATE EDUCATION:
Years | Degree(s) | Institution, City, State, Country |
1990 -1993 | Doctor of Medicine (MD)
| St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies |
1984 -1987 | Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Science (MBBS) | University of Colombo School of Medicine, Colombo, Sri-Lanka |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Years | Training Level/Specialty | Institution, City, State |
2003 – 2004 | Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
2001 – 2002 | Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant | Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1998 – 2001 | Fellowship, Cardiovascular disease | Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ, USA |
1996 – 1998 | Residency, Internal Medicine | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Affiliate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Newark, NJ, USA |
1995 – 1996 | Internship, Internal Medicine | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Affiliate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Newark, NJ, USA |
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION/TRAINING:
Years | Training Level/Specialty | Institution, City, State |
10/16-18/2008 | Certification in Exercise Testing and Interpretation training (16 hours) | Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA, USA |
2006 – 2008 | Medical Acupuncture for Physicians training (300 hours) | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angelis, CA, USA |
2002 – 2003 | Certified Yoga Teacher training (CYT-300 hours) | Our Lady of Lourdes Wellness Center Collingswood, NJ, USA |
1993 – 1994 | Diploma in Iridology
| College of Ophthalmic Somatology London, United Kingdom |
1987 – 1989 | Diploma in Acupuncture (DAc)
| International University for complementary Medicines Colombo, Sri-Lanka |