Sunitha Wickramasinghe was a Sri Lankan born British academic and haematologist.
A Professor of Haematology, he was the former Deputy Dean of the Imperial College School of Medicine and one of the world's leading authorities on congenital dyserythropoietic anaemias[1] Born to a family of scientists, his father was a Cambridge educated mathematician.
He gained his PhD in 1968 and was elected to the John Lucas Walker Senior (post-doctoral) Studentship in 1968 along with receiving a ScD in 1984.
Prof Wickramasinghe carried out research at the University of Leeds, thereafter he joined the St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1970, serving until his retirement in 2000.
During this time he was appointed Professor of Haematology and was Deputy Dean at Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's.