About Dr. Beneeta Hettiarachchi

A consultant neonatologist who cares for newborn and premature babies, and children under five.

වෛද්‍ය බෙනීටා හෙට්ටිආරච්චි

Qualifications

MD (Paediatrics), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

Career

2026 – presentConsultant NeonatologistSri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Kotte
2025 – 2026Consultant Neonatal PaediatricianMatara
2023 – 2025Senior Clinical Fellow, NeonatologyUniversity Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, UK
2023Acting Consultant PaediatricianTeaching Hospital Badulla
2021 – 2023Senior Registrar in PaediatricsDe Soysa Hospital, Lady Ridgeway Hospital and Castle Street Hospital, Colombo
2020 – 2021Registrar in PaediatricsLady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo

Publications

Congenital pulmonary airway malformation in an extremely preterm babySri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2024
A case of pseudotrisomy 13Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2022

Writing for parents

Dr. Beneeta writes plain-language articles in Sinhala and English for parents on Baby Journey, and shares short videos on YouTube.

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