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Dr Chandini Perera is a Sri Lankan plastic surgeon. She heads the Burns and Reconstructive Surgical Unit at the Colombo General Hospital.

Early Life

Born to a Budhist forest ranger and a Syriac Christian from Kerala, Chandini Perera traveled widely as a child in line with her father's work. She attended Visaka for her schooling, which provides a Christian and Budhist education. After completing her school, Perera worked as an airline hostess on Air Lanka until her mother put forward an application for her to attend the NCMC private medical college.^[1]

Professional Career and Advocacy

Perera decided to go into plastic surgery as it was closest to both art and architecture.^[1] She is one of only 6 plastic surgeons in Sri Lanka and specializes in reconstructive surgery to burns victims.^[2] She is an advocate for victims burned during assaults or domestic violence, saying that these people can be ostracized, forcing them to live in an "unseen world".^[2]

Awards

Dr Perera was one of the 2003 recipients of the Ganga Hospital Fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery.^[3]

Published Works

Management and Rehabilitation of Hand Burns, Evaluation of Aesthetic and Functional Outcome of Hundred Consecutive Hand Burns
Acid Burns; An Epidemiological Study from the Burns and Reconstructive Surgical Unit of National Hospital, Sri Lanka
Propeller Flap – A Perforator Flap for Differing Presentations of Post-Burn Axillary Contracture
Management of Adult Facial Burns; Evaluation of Outcome in Fifty Burn Survivors, Preliminary Results of an Ongoing Study
A Rare Form of Chemical Burn, Two Cases of White Phosphorus Burn^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Ferrey, Ashok (28 June 2009). "The dancing plastic surgeon". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Lankan burns victims build new lives". Sri Lanka Daily News. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Fellowship Training Program". Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Ltd. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "Abstracts, Annual Scientific Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009 58". The Sri Lankan Journal of Surgery. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[PotW-1] Ferrey, Ashok (28 June 2009). "The dancing plastic surgeon". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[Daily_News-2] "Lankan burns victims build new lives". Sri Lanka Daily News. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[Ganga_Hospital-3] "Fellowship Training Program". Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Ltd. Retrieved December 11, 2011.

[4] "Abstracts, Annual Scientific Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009 58". The Sri Lankan Journal of Surgery. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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