Tilak Weerasooriya
Tilak R. Weerasooriya | |
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| තිලක් රිචඩ් වීරසූරිය | |
| Born | Tilak Richard Weerasooriya 20 November 1950 |
| Died | 20 February 2022 (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Fertility, andrology |
| Spouse |
Mirani Weerasooriya (m. 1980) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Micro vasculature of the testis, using electron microscopy (1984/85) |
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Tilak Richard Weerasooriya (Sinhala :තිලක් රිචඩ් වීරසූරිය) (20 November 1950 – 20 February 2022) was a Sri Lankan physician, academic, and professor emeritus. He was a pioneer in the field of Andrology in Sri Lanka. He served as Dean of the medical faculties at the University of Ruhuna Faculty of Medicine and the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, becoming the only Sri Lankan medical academic to lead two medical faculties, as per a SLJMS appreciation.
He was also a Senior Lecturer - University of Peradeniya (Anatomy - Faculty of Medicine), and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) - Kotelawala Defence University.
During his career, Weerasooriya established Sri Lanka’s first andrology clinic, a diagnostic semen laboratory, a sperm bank with a donor insemination programme, and the National IVF Laboratory at Mahamodara Hospital, Galle, to support clinical services, research, and training. He helped establish the Faculties of Medicine at Rajarata and KDU.