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Mrs Udaya Samarakkody
MBBS (Col), MS (Col), DCH (Col), FRCS (Edin), FRACS (Paed surgery), MClinEd (Auckland), Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery (Strasbourg)
Paediatric Surgeon, Paediatric Urologist & Laparoscopic Surgeon
Udaya offers the entire range of paediatric surgery, paediatric urology, paediatric gynaecology and minimal access surgery. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Honorary Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka.
She had her specialist training in:
- Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Princess Alexandra Children’s Hospital (now called Westmead Childrens Hospital), Sydney, Australia
- Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
- National Hospital, Colombo, Srilanka
She had sabbatical fellowships in:
- Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Denver, Colorado, US
- Childrens Hospital, Denver, Colorado, US
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
- Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, Colombo, Srilanka
She is a member of the following professional associations:
- Australia and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons (ANZAPS)
- British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS)
- International Paediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG)
- New Zealand Society of Paediatric Surgeons (NZPS) (founder member)
- Perinatal Society of New Zealand
- Waikato Postgraduate Medicine Inc. (WPGIM)
Her professional achievements are:
- Paediatric surgeon at Waikato hospital in Hamilton since 1996
- Director of Paediatric surgery at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton 2002-2011.
- Honorary senior clinical lecturer in paediatric surgery, Waikato Clinical School of University of Auckland. Peter Rothwell Teaching Excellence Award 2019, Distinguished Teacher Award 2020
- NZ representative of Australasian Association of Paediatric surgeons (AAPS) 2000-2004
- Secretary, New Zealand Society of Paediatric surgeons, 1999 & 2000
- Secretary, Perinatal Society of New Zealand, 2002-2006
- President NZ Society of Paediatric Surgeons 2010-2013
- Chairman of the Waikato Senior Medical Staff Association 2019-2021
- Secretary, Waikato Postgraduate Medicine Inc, 2002 to 2021
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