Delacombe Town Centre, Pad 1 / 315 Glenelg Highway
Smythes Creek, VIC 3351
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Professional statement
Chanaka graduated from the faculty of medicine university of Colombo with honors in 2008, and he has been practicing medicine for the last 14 years. He worked in pediatric and immunization clinics, general practice, women’s health, family planning and geriatric (elderly patients), emergency medicine, and ICU while he was in Sri Lanka. Chanaka moved to Oman in 2013 and worked as a registrar in emergency medicine, including pediatric emergencies. He decided to move to Australia in 2016. He worked at the Werribee Mercy Hospital Melbourne for two years in emergency medicine as an emergency medicine registrar. Then he moved to the obstetric and gynecology department and completed a diploma in gynecology and obstetrics under the Royal Australia New Zealand College of Obstetrics and gynecology. He got further qualifications for managing women’s health conditions and family planning.
He moved to general practice in 2019 to continue his interest in general rule. He decided to move to Ballarat in 2022 as willing to support the rural /regional workforce and support regional Victoria’s health needs. Since 2019 he has been working as a full-time general practitioner and doing casual/locum shifts in emergency, obstetrics, and gynecology units.
With medical expertise in various medical and surgical specialties, Chanaka is capable of dealing with different medical needs, including:
CChronic diseases -Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Asthma, Rheumatological conditions including Oste