Dr Kosala Mutukumarana is a renowned Business and life coach who conduct motivational programs in achiving success in business as well as in life as a whole.

Dr Kosala Mutukumarana is a Senior Medical Doctor as well as a Palliative Care Activist and a Counsellor with for almost 25 years experience . He has been actively involved in teaching communication and counseling of cancer patients for last 15 years. He is  presently attached to the Palliative Care unit of the National Cancer Control Programme of the Ministry of Health ,Sri Lanka.
He worked as the Medical Officer in Medical oncological,oncosurgical clinical setup for 4 years followed by as the Founder in charge of the Patients’ Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Sri Lanka for 10 years ,which gave him a vast experience in issues faced by Sri Lankans affected with cancer  in view of psycho-social ,economical as well as spiritual issues in adition to physical aspects which developed an enthusiasm in reducing the burden of cancer.
He was trained initially at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, UK. and at the Community Based Counselling Center London Hevan on Counselling and palliative care. He received his further training at the Birmingham City University and Counselling and Care Center Singapore affiliated to the National Council of Social Service and a member organization of the Community Chest of Singapore. The experience at the Tianjin Medical university, China, and the Kubansky Medical Academy Krasnodar Russia and the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka  made his experience  multi-cultural.
He has undergone training in communication in healthcare at the National Institute of Health Sciences and followed the training conducted by the European Association of Communication in Healthcare (EACH) at the University of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka
He was the Founder-Medical Officer Incharge Patient advice and Liaision Service of National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka (present Apeksha Hospital )
He is a Master trainer in Communication for the National Council for Communication Skills in Health Care in Sri Lanka.(NCCH)
He is a member of the Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care (APHN)and one of the few who are following the first ever master trainer program in palliative care and leadership in Sri Lanka conducted by the APHN
He She is the Medical Director Palliative Care of the Heal the Life Sri Lanka and Cancer Survivors Support Network and he is the Project coordinator of the Caregiver Sri Lanka and Voice of Blue Pea of the National Authority for Tobacco and Alchohol
He conducts numerous programs on Cancer Prevention, Counselling, Communication, Relationship Building, Stress Management and Survivorship for doctors , public health nursing sisters, nurses and other healthcare staff in Sri Lanka as well as to the Estate Medical Officers in the plantation sector as well as to the General Public.


                 

Comments