Dr Udaya Samarakkody

MB BS 1983 Colombo; FRCS 1992; FRACS 1994

My achievements and involvement in the community has involved:

• Australia and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons
• British Association of Paediatric Surgeons
• International Paediatric Endosurgical Group
• New Zealand Society of Paediatric Surgeons (founder member)
• Perinatal Society of New Zealand
• Waikato Postgraduate Medicine Inc.

I can speak English, Sinhalese and Te Reo Māori.

• Paediatric urology
• minimal access surgery (key hole surgery)

• Surgery for inguinal hernia, hydrocoele, undescended testes, umbilical hernia, tongue tie, hypospadias, appendicitis and enlarged lymph nodes.
• Circumcision (medical, social and religious)
• Comprehensive endoscopy service that includes upper GI endoscopy, colonscopy, cystoscopy, bronchoscopy and related procedures
• Abdominal surgery (including laparoscopy)
• Thoracic Surgery (including thoracoscopy)
• Paediatric urology: Vesico ureteric reflux, urinary tract infection, kidney stones, hydronephrosis and urodynamic studies
• Neonatal surgery
• Consultation for antenatally diagnosed foetal abnormalities

Paediatrician, Paediatric Surgeon, Paediatric Urologist

• MS-Master of Surgery, University of Colombo 1988
• DCH-Diploma in Child Health, University of Colombo 1991
• DipLapSurg- Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery, University  of Strasburg 2012
• MClinEd-Masters in Clinical Education, University of Auckland  2014

19 March 1997

Paediatric Surgery