Dr Sharnika Abeyakirthi
MBBS, MD (Derm), MMed Sci (Edin) UK
Dermatology Fellow
Dr Sharnika Abeyakirthi is an Internationally trained Dermatologist who had obtained her MBBS and MD Dermatology from Sri Lanka. She obtained the gold medal in the final MD exam as well as the gold medal for the best research paper.
She has experience in working in New Zealand where she completed part of her postgraduate training at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton. She is a recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship and obtained a Masters Degree in Dermatology Research at Edinburgh University, UK.
She has over 14 years experience working as a Consultant Dermatologist in Public and Private hospitals in Sri Lanka before moving to UK. She is working as a Locum Consultant Dermatologist in UK for over 2 years. Dr Sharnika has also been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate training and is an assessor and an examiner for dermatology postgraduate trainees in Sri Lanka and UK.
Her interest include psoriasis, tropical dermatology, acne and skin cancer. She will be undertaking a dermatology fellowship in Australia to progress towards FACD recognition via the specialist pathway.
Dr Abeyakirthi will begin consulting mid-August 2025.