Mr Vijitha Chandima Halahakoon

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant General Surgeon, Oaks Hospital (present)
• Consultant General Surgeon, Colchester Hospital -  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) (present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Pelvic floor disorders
• Proctology (piles, fissures, lumps)
• Pilonidal sinuses, including EPSIT
• Peri-anal fistula
• Peri-anal fistula, including VAAFT
• Abdominal hernia (inguinal, femoral, umbilical and incisional)
• Laparoscopy and minimal access surgery
• Endoscopy (colonoscopy and gastroscopy)

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 Positions in public associations

• Member of the ASGBI Emergency General Surgery Guidelines committee

 Teaching posts

• Undergraduate Surgical Tutor, Colchester Hospital, ESNEFT (present)
• Tutor, ICENI Centre, Colchester Hospital (present)

 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine. Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS (2000)
• Master of Surgery (MS) – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2005)
• FRCS (Gen Surg), Royal College of Surgeons of England (2012)
• Diploma in laparoscopic surgery – University of Strasbourg, France (2013)

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 Publications and conferences

• You can see more of Mr Halahakoon's publications on ResearchGate.
• An Analysis of the Decision-Making Process After “Decision not to Operate” in Acutely Unwell, High-Risk General Surgery Patients; American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2020 | Journal article DOI: 10.1177/1049909119893598
• Mortality risk scoring in emergency general surgery: Are we using the best tool? Journal of perioperative practice 2020 | Journal article DOI: 10.1177/1750458920920133 PMID: 32368947
• Anal advancement flap and botulinum toxin A (BT) for chronic anal fissure (CAF). International journal of colorectal disease 2014 | Journal article DOI: 10.1007/s00384-014-1899-6 PMID: 24820679
• Halahakoon V.C, Abdominal pain. In: Pallegama R, Jayalath T (eds) Pain management, current concepts, Sri Lanka Association for the Study of Pain, 2010; 4: 34 – 41, ISBN 978 – 955 – 0559 – 00 – 8

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 Prizes and awards

• Dr. P.R. Anthonis Gold Medal for basic sciences in surgery– MS part 1 - College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka (2002)
• Dr. Vrasapillai Gabriel Memorial Gold Medal – MS Part II - University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2005)

 Professional membership

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland  (ASGBI)
• Association of Colo-proctologists of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
• The Pelvic Floor Society
• British Medical Society
• The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
• Medical Defence Union
• Sri Lanka Medical Council

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