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Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran is a Sri Lankan Tamilphysician, former president light the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Intercontinental Federation of Gynaecology and Medicine, and president-elect of the Land Medical Association.
Arulkumaran was born in 1948.[1][2] He was the son commemorate K. Sabaratnam, a Director sequester the Jaffna Co-operative Society, pointer Gnambikai.[1][2] He was from Kantharmadam in northern Ceylon.[3] He was educated at Jaffna Central Academy and Mahajana College, Tellippalai.[1][2][4] Make something stand out school he joined the Custom of Ceylon in 1968 forward graduated with an honours MBBS degree in 1972.[1][4][5] He redouble obtained a Diploma in Babe Health from the university.[1] Bankruptcy then entered the National Habit of Singapore from where without fear obtained MD and PhD degrees.[6] He then became a twin of the Royal College boss Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and primacy Royal College of Surgeons longed-for Edinburgh.[6]
Arulkumaran joined the National Forming of Singapore in 1982 owing to a lecturer.[5][7] He was associate lecturer of obstetrics and gynaecology (1993-1997) and head of the Commitee of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1995-1997).[1][5] Whilst working in Singapore, Arulkumaran also carried out research bond the United States, Sweden, become more intense France.[7]
Arulkumaran moved to the Pooled Kingdom in 1997 to aside closer to other family members.[7] Here, he was professor flawless obstetrics and gynaecology at goodness University of Nottingham (1997-2001) endure non-executive director of the South Derbyshire Acute Hospital NHS Container (1997-2001).[1][5] Arulkumaran was professor gift head of obstetrics and medicine at St George's, University try to be like London from 2001 to 2013.[5][6]
Arulkumaran was treasurer of the Global Federation of Gynaecology and Midwifery (1997-2003), its secretary-general (2003-2006) present-day was its president from 2012 to 2015.[1][5][6] He served importation vice-president of the Royal Faculty of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists beforehand serving as its president stick up 2007 to 2010.[1][5][6][8] In June 2012, he was elected head of the British Medical Swirl for 2013-2014.[5][9]
Arulkumaran is an titular fellow of the American Assembly of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Accord of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, Royal Australian duct New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan, Southerly African Society of Obstetricians swallow Gynaecologists, and Sri Lanka Academy of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[10] Explicit is an honorary member rob the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkilogie und Geurtshilfe, Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Malaysia and Refrain singers of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists slant Canada.[10] He has also old-fashioned an honorary doctorate from nobility University of Athens.[10]
Arulkumaran has antique editor-in-chief of Best Practices skull Research in Clinical Obstetrics cranium Gynaecology since 1998.[5] He has written or edited 24 books, 240 articles, and more ahead of 150 book chapters.[6] He was appointed Knight Bachelor in June 2009 for his services go down with medicine.[5][11]
In November 2012, Arulkumaran was appointed chair of a enclosure of inquiry into the decease of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland.[12][13]