Sri Lankan Professor knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

London, 06 July 

Sri Lankan born   Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, renowned for his work advancing women’s health and maternity care, was honored   in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honors List announced  recently in  June 2009.

Professor Arulkumaran, Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St George’s, University of London and clinician at St George’s Hospital has been appointed a Knights Bachelor of England for services to medicine.

Professor Arulkumaran (61) ,   is originally from Kantharmadam, Jaffna and had his early education at the Jaffna Central College  until 1965 and he later he joined Mahajana College – 1966 to 67 and subsequently  joined the Colombo Medical College and received his MBBS degree in 1972.

Since 1978 he was working in Sri Lanka and later left for London. In London he completed his postgraduate degrees –  FRCS and MRCOG.