Lalani Chatra Weerasinghe

Background

Weerasinghe, Lalani Chatra was born on July 21, 1938 in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Daughter of James Tennakoon and Nandawathie Mithraratna. arrived in Australia, 1974.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, U. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Bristol, 1972.

Career

Medical officer, General Hospital, Colombo, 1965-1968; lecturer faculty of medicine, U. Ceylon, Colombo, 1968-1969; researcher, U. Bristol, England, 1969-1972; senior lecturer medicine, U. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1972-1974; lecturer medicine, Monash U., Australia, 1974-1978; trainee psychiatrist, U. Melbourne, Australia, 1979-1984; consultant psychiatrist, Health Commission, Victoria, Australia, 1985-1989; private practice psychiatry, Melbourne, since 1989.

Achievements

• Lalani Chatra Weerasinghe has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling, farming, meditation, yoga.

Connections

Married Danasiri Weeraasinghe, May 10, 1965. Children: Sepalika, Tamara, Suramya.

Father:

James Tennakoon

Mother:

Nandawathie Mithraratna

Spouse:

Danasiri Weeraasinghe

child:

Sepalika Weerasinghe

child:

Suramya Weerasinghe

child:

Tamara Weerasinghe