(Thyroid, Endocrine)

Dr. De Alwis qualified with first class honours from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura ,Sri Lanka, and went on to train in general internal medicine in Colombo and was awarded an MD Medicine with a gold medal for Clinical Medicine. He worked as a lecturer in Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura for five years.

Dr. De Alwis then moved to the UK on a Commonwealth Scholarship and completed a PhD in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity. He has authored many articles and text book chapters in this area as well as obesity and diabetes. He has also presented at invited talks on these subjects at several international and national conferences (UK).

He was the Diabetes Research lead for the National Institute of Health Research Northeast region in the UK. He has also been actively involved in Medical student and junior doctor training in Sri Lanka and in the North East of England.