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B. J. C. Perera is a Sri Lankan pediatrician. ^[1] He is the Editor-in-Chief of Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics. ^[2]

Early life

B. J. C. Perera was born in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka on 14 July 1947, the son of Victor Perera and Rose Perera.^{[ citation needed]}

Personal life

Perera married Dr. Sarojini Perera in 1975.^{[ citation needed]} Currently,^{[ when?]} they reside in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. They have a daughter, Ruth Maneesha and three grandchildren, Joshua, Malaika and Jaydon. ^[3]

Education

Perera had his primary education at De Mazenod College, Kandana up to Grade 8. He proceeded to St Peter's College, Colombo.^{[ citation needed]} He wrote his Advanced Level Exam in 1964. He enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo in 1965 and qualified with MBBS (Ceylon) 2nd Class Honours in 1970.^{[ citation needed]} Perera had further Postgraduate Education in Sri Lanka as well as the UK.^{[ citation needed]}

Career

He was the first President of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, ^[4] He was the founding president of the Respiratory Diseases Study Group of Sri Lanka,^{[ when?][ citation needed]} founding president of the Childhood Respiratory Study Circle of Sri Lanka,^{[ when?][ citation needed]} National Consultant, Programme for control of Acute Respiratory Infections of the Ministry of Health, Chairman Board of Study in Paediatrics of The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,^{[ when?]} Founding Member of The Board of Study in Sports Medicine of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine^{[ when?][ citation needed]} and Member of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).^{[ when?][ citation needed]}

Publications

Books

• Modern Child Health Care: A Guide to Parents ^[5]

Awards

• ."Outstanding Paediatrician of Asia" Award by the Asia Pacific Paediatric Association in 2007. ^[6]

References