Aloka Pathirana FRCS (RCS England & RCSEd), MBBS, MS, is a Sri Lankan surgeon, doctor, academic and Professor of Surgery.
A specialist in cancer surgery, he has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura since November 2020.
[9] He was a former Secretary of The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka in 2004, under Prof Mohan De Silva, who was the 22nd president.
[10][11] Pathirana attended D. S. Senanayake College for his primary and secondary education, and then entered the University of Colombo where he obtained his MBBS in 1990.
In June 2020 he assumed the position of Head of the Department of Surgery, carrying out administrative duties until he was appointmented as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Science.