Maiya Gunasekara, FRCS, FICS is Sri Lankan sportsman, sports administrator and surgeon

Surgeon

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. He is a former President of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) and a former Sri Lanka Rugby

Rugby football

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 Captain.

Educated at Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...

, he entered the University of Ceylon

University of Ceylon

The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the University of Sri Lanka which existed from 1973 to 1978. In 1978 it was...

 where he studied medicine, graduating with a MBBS

MBBS

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 degree, he went on to gain a MS (Master of Surgery) in Surgery from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine

Postgraduate Institute of Medicine

The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine of the University of Colombo is a graduate school that provides specialist training of medical doctors. The only type of its kind, it is similar to the Royal Medical Colleges of the United Kingdom. It was established in 1976 as the Institute of Postgraduate...

 . He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Royal College of Surgeons of England

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...

, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement in surgical practice, through its interest in education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical workforce...

. Currently he is a Consultant Surgeon at Nawaloka Hospital, Colombo.