Dr. Chandana Galappaththi
General Physician
Dr. Chandana Galappaththi
- General Physician
Speciality
- General Physician
Degrees
- MBBS (University of Colombo
- Diploma in family medicine (DFM) Post-graduate Institute of Medicine – University of Colombo
- Diploma in Psychology Wigan & Lee Campus – United Kingdom
- Member of the College of General Practitioners Sri Lanka (MCGP) as a specialized family physician.
Areas of Expertise
- Adolescent Health
- Immunology
- Internal Medicine
Description
When talking about Family Physicians. Dr Chandana Galappaththi is a household name in Colombo. He possesses a MBBS (Sri Lanka), DFM (Colombo), MCGP (Sri Lanka) and a Diploma in Psychology (UK) along with a wealth of experience working as a Military Doctor (SLAF), a Doctor in Travel Medicine at Hilton Colombo, Shangri La Colombo, Movenpick Colombo and corporate medical experience as a Occupational and Primary Care Physician at the French Embassy Colombo, Sampath Bank PLC and RR Donnelley.
Dr Chandana is also a Visiting Primary Care Physician with admission rights at Nawaloka Hospital, Durdans Hospital, King’s Hospital, Ninewells Hospital, Lanka Hospital and Asiri group of hospitals.
What makes Dr Chandana unique and standout amongst his peers is his ability to truly understand the patients problem and address it not medically but also emotionally. He is renowned to be extremely caring, nurturing, punctual and known to take personalised care of his patients.
Dr Chandana is also multilingual with an ability to converse in Sinhala, English & Tamil (Basic).