Dr. Nilesh Fernandopulle

MBBS(Col), MD(Col), Sp. cert. in Gastroenterology(UK)

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Senior Lecturer

Department of Surgery

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Dr. Nilesh is a Consultant Gastroenterologist working at the University Surgical Unit, National Hospital of Sri lanka. I received my local training at the National Hospital of Sri lanka and later had his foreign training as a Senior Clinical Fellow at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals. Later he received the Annual (2013) Scholarship of the Japanese Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JSGE), to train in advanced therapeutic endoscopy, at the Kyoto Prefectural University.

He is a board certified Consultant Gastroenterology since 2013, and have held post previously as Consultant Gastroenterologist, Teaching hospital Jaffna and Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge before he assumed duties at this unit in July 2017.

His special interests are in Luminal Gastroenterology and Advanced therapeutic endoscopy and have performed successful endoscopy procedures including, Per-oral endoscopic Myotomy (POEM), Endoscopic sub mucosal resections, Endoscopic ultra sound (EUS) guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and therapeutic ERCP including per oral cholangioscopy.