Professor Arjuna Medagama is a Professor in Diabetic Medicine at the Department of Medicine, University of Peradeniya. He is a past pupil of Trinity College Kandy and an alumnus of the Peradeniya Medical school. He obtained his MBBS in 1998 with second class honors securing rank number one. During his undergraduate career he received the Dr. C.E.S. Weeratunge Gold Medal for the second MBBS examination, Chalmers Gold Medal for Anatomy, Dr. C.B. Dharmasena Gold Medal for Anatomy and Dr. H.J. Hazari Gold Medal for the 3^rd MBBS. He also received the University scholarship for the second MBBS examination, Arthur Fernando Memorial prize, P.B. Panabokke and Irene Maralande Panabokke Memorial Scholarship for the 3^rd MBBS, the University Scholarship for the Final MBBS and Dr. A.C. Fernando Memorial prize in Surgery. He passed his 2^nd and 3^rd MBBS examination with First Class honours. He obtained his MD (Medicine) in 2005 passed MRCP (UK) in 2006 while training in the UK from 2006 to 2007.  He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) and the Ceylon College of Physicians.

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