S.R. Kottegoda
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S.R. Kottegoda was a Sri Lanka
n academic and physician
. He was the former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
, and later National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health.
The late Professor Kottegoda was a leading authority in the SLAAS on the subject of Ethics in Science. Professor Kottegoda is also the author of the definitive pictorial guide book ‘Flowers of Sri Lanka’.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n academic and physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
. He was the former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia.-History:...
, and later National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health.
The late Professor Kottegoda was a leading authority in the SLAAS on the subject of Ethics in Science. Professor Kottegoda is also the author of the definitive pictorial guide book ‘Flowers of Sri Lanka’.