Dr Kurukulasuriya Fernando (GP)
- Name
- Dr Kurukulasuriya Hiran Lalantha Fernando
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka 2002
- AMC Australia 2014
- FRACGP Australia 2014
- Occupation
- General Practitioner (GP)
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Sinhalese
Dr Fernando is a warm and friendly doctor who’s one of the senior General Practitioners at our practice. His many years of medical experience began when he obtained his medical degree in 2002. He is a graduate of the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka and went onto to work for many years in Sri Lanka in a variety of hospitals such as Colombo Teaching Hospital, Chilaw General Hospital and Ragama General Hospital. These initial years at very busy hospitals with many patients with a wide variety of conditions formed a strong foundation of knowledge. He especially enjoyed with in the fields of General Medicine and Orthopaedics (the treatment of fractures and joint problems).
Dr Fernando emigrated to Australia where he continued to gain experience in many different hospital and clinic settings. While he enjoyed many aspects of medicine, General Practice was what really attracted him. He undertook his postgraduate training under the Royal Australian College of General Practice and became fully qualified as Fellow in 2014.
Dr Fernando has a special interest in skin cancer and is very passionate about prevention of this condition. He is very involved in performing mole checks using our state of the art machine, Dermdoc.
Dr Fernando is fluent in English and Singhalese and consults full time at our clinic.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Keilor Medical Centre
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Medical Council (AMC)
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Practice Locations
VIC
- Keilor Medical Centre
- Address
- Shop 1 8-12 Copernicus Way
Keilor Downs VIC 3038
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9449 4655
- Fax
- 03 8361 6918
