S.R. Kottegoda
Kottegoda was a Sri Lankan academic and physician. He was the Head of the Department of Pharmacology of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, thereafter becoming Dean of the Faculty, and later National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health. He joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Singapore.
S.R. Kottegoda
- Name
- Vidya Jyothi S.R.
- Born
- 3 November 1919
- Birthplace
- Tebuwana, Kalutara District
- Died
- 28 February 1995
- Place of death
- Rajagiriya
- Occupation
- Academic, Physician
- Spouse
- Damayanti Rambukpota
- Education
- Royal College and Colombo
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Kottegoda was a Sri Lankan academic and physician. He was the Head of the Department of Pharmacology of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, thereafter becoming Dean of the Faculty, and later National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health. He joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Singapore.
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Kottegoda was a leading authority in the SLAAS on the subject of Ethics in Science, having established the oldest Ethics Review Committee in Sri Lanka. Kottegoda is also the author of the definitive pictorial guide book ‘Flowers of Sri Lanka’.
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• Name — Vidya Jyothi S.R. Kottegoda • Title — Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo • Term Start — 1970 • Term End — 1981 • Born — 3 November 1919 • Birthplace — Tebuwana, Kalutara District • Died — 28 February 1995 • Place of death — Rajagiriya • Alma Mater — Harvard Medical School Oxford University University of Ceylon Royal College Colombo • Occupation — Academic, Physician • Spouse — Damayanti Rambukpota
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