Background
Homer-Vanniasinkam, Shervanthi was born on April 21, 1958 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Daughter of Joseph and Cohaneesveri (Thuraiappa) Homer-Vanniasinkam. arrived in United Kingdom, 1985.
Homer-Vanniasinkam, Shervanthi was born on April 21, 1958 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Daughter of Joseph and Cohaneesveri (Thuraiappa) Homer-Vanniasinkam. arrived in United Kingdom, 1985.
Bachelor of Science, Bangalore (India) U., 1976; M.B.B.S., Mysore Medical College, 1981.
Rotating intern, Government Hospital, Mysore, India, 1981-1982;
senior house officer cardiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, 1982;
senior house officer pediatric surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, 1982;
senior house officer nephrology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, 1983;
senior house officer neurosurgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, 1983;
registrar general surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, 1983-1984;
senior house officer accident and emergency, Northampton (United Kingdom) General Hospital, 1985;
senior house officer orthopedic surgery, Northampton (United Kingdom) General Hospital, 1985-1986;
senior house officer paediatric surgery, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, 1986-1987;
surgical training, North Staffs Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, 1987-1988;
registrar general surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary and St. Luke's Hospital, 1988-1990;
research registrar, General Infirmary at Leeds and biomedical Sciences/U. Bradford, 1990-1991;
honorary registrary in surgery, Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
middle grade registrar, General Infirmary at Leeds and associate hospitals, 1991-1993;
senior registrar, Northern and Yorkshire Health Authority, 1993-1995. Consultant vascular surgeon United Leeds Teaching Hospitals, since 1995. Honorary senior clinical lecturer vascular surgery U. Leeds.
Honorary senior research fellow biomed, science U. Bradford. Co-director vascular research unit U. Bradford and General Infirmary at Leeds. Collaborating scientist vascular research division department pathology Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston;lecturer in field.
Visiting research fellow division vascular surgery U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1991. Visiting research scholar University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1993.
Fellow Royal College Surgeons of Edinburgh (named James Syme Professor 1993). Member Surgical Research Society (Patey prize 1992), International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology, International Society for Endovascular Surgery.