Profile

A Prof Senarath Edirimanne is an Academic Specialist Breast (Oncoplastic) and Endocrine (Thyroid, Parathyroid and Adrenal) and General Surgeon who has been providing care for patients in Nepean, Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow and North- West Sydney regions since 2011.

Philosophy

To provide personalized, comprehensive and professional multidisciplinary care for breast, endocrine and general surgical patients.

Education and Training

A Prof Edirimanne obtained his undergraduate medical qualifications with honours from Flinders University Adelaide. He completed his Specialist General Surgical Fellowship at Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2007. There after he undertook further three years of subspecialist training at Breast and Endocrine Unit of Christchurch Hospital, Endocrine Surgical Units of Sir Charles Gairdner and Freemantle Hospitals of Perth and Westmead Breast Cancer Institute (BCI). At Westmead BCI he had training in oncoplastic breast surgery and immediate breast reconstruction techniques, before commencing his work as a consultant specialist breast and endocrine surgeon in 2011. Dr. Edirimanne regularly attends and presents in national and international breast and endocrine surgical conferences and workshops. He also regularly attends breast oncoplastic and reconstructive courses and workshops in Australia Milan, Paris and UK.

Practice

A Prof Edirimanne consults patients in Kingswood (Nepean), Richmond, Bella Vista (Norwest) and Wahroonga (SAN). He operates at Nepean Public, Nepean Private, Norwest private, Sydney Adventist (SAN) and Blue Mountains District Hospitals.

Memberships

Founding member of Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ)
Full Member of Australia and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons (AES)
Member General Surgeons of Australia (GSA) and GSA leadership Group
Member of Breast, Endocrine, Surgical Oncology and Academic Surgery sections of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Member of Academy of Surgical Educators
Member of Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA)
Member of Australian Society of Breast Disease (ASBD)
Member of International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES), Breast Surgery International (BSI) and International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Research, Teaching and Education

A Prof Edirimanne is currently a Senior Lecturer in Discipline of Surgery at University of Sydney. He undertakes collaborative clinical and translational research into breast cancer and endocrine diseases, teaches medical students/surgical trainees, co-supervises post graduate research students. The research work get regularly presented in national and international conferences and published in internationally reputed journals. He is a member of scientific advisory committee of Nepean Blue Mountains Local health district. He is involved in breast and endocrine surgical curriculum review, review of national breast cancer management guidelines and a reviewer of international scientific journals.

APPOINTMENTS ESSENTIAL

For all appointments call (02) 4588 5636