Dr . Theekshana Pathirana

  • MBBS (colombo),

  • MD Surgery (colombo)

  • Post MD Surgical Oncology (Colombo)

  • Fellowship Oncoplastic Breast Surgery ( UK)

  • Fellowship in Advanced colorectal and Peritoneal cancer surgery (UK)

  • Honorary fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery ( Birmingham University Trust )

  • PG certificate in Medical Education (Edgehill University UK)

  • PG Diploma HBP Surgery (Tech University )

  • PG Diploma in Peritoneal Malignant Disease (Tech University)

  • PG Certificate in Aesthetic breast surgery (Tech University)

Dr. Theekshana Pathirana is a surgeon with training and experience in general surgery, surgical oncology, and breast surgery. His clinical interests include the management of benign and malignant breast conditions.

He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, and completed his internship at Colombo North Teaching Hospital. He subsequently entered the General Surgery specialty program and obtained his MD in Surgery from the University of Colombo. Following this, he pursued subspecialty training in Surgical Oncology, completing two years of post-MD training at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama.

Before moving to the United Kingdom in 2023, Dr. Pathirana worked as an Associate Consultant Onco-Surgeon at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama, and Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura. In the UK, he undertook two surgical fellowships, including an Oncoplastic Breast Surgery fellowship at University Hospitals Derby and Burton. He also worked a short period as a Locum Consultant Breast Surgeon.

His training in the UK included exposure to oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery, diagnostic procedures, and multidisciplinary management of breast conditions.

Membership with learned societies

  • Association of Breast Surgeons UK

  • Sri Lanka Association of Surgical Oncologists

  • British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons

  • Association of Colproctology for Great Britain and Ireland

  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

  • British Association of Surgical Oncologists

  • College of Surgeons Sri Lanka

  • ENT UK

  • General Medical Council UK

  • Sri Lanka Medical Council

Workshops and training in Breast surgery

  • Oxford Oncoplastic breast surgery training 2024-Oxford UK

  • ABS UK Specialty skills in breast surgery Level 1 2024 -Bristol UK

  • ABS UK Specialty skills in breast surgery Level 2 2024 -Bristol UK

  • Early breast cancer Management certification -2024- Christie Manchester UK

  • ABS MDT meeting London UK January 2025

Areas of expertise in breast surgery

  • Management of benign breast disease

  • Breast cancer screening and familial screening

  • Management of early breast cancer and advanced breast cancer

  • Breast conservation surgery

  • Oncoplastic breast surgery ( Therapeutic mammoplasty, Chest wall perforator flaps )

  • Implant based breast shape reconstruction

  • Autologous breast reconstruction

  • Latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction

  • Breast lift, breast reduction mammoplasty , breast augmentation , Mastopexy