Cyril Fernando

Dr Cyril Francis Fernando, C.M.G., O.B.E., M.D., M.R.C.P. was a Sri Lankan clinician and researcher.

Fernando was educated like Sir Marcus Fernando (no relation) and Professor PB Fernando (no relation) at St. Benedict's College, Colombo. He attended University College Hospital, London, qualifying M.B. B.S. (1925) and obtaining MRCP in 1926 and M.D. in 1929 winning the gold medal for best performance.

He was appointed physician to out-patients at Colombo General Hospital and was an external faculty member and examiner in medicine in the Ceylon Medical College and later the Faculty of Medicine University of Ceylon .

He was honorary secretary and treasurer of the Ceylon Branch of the B.M.A (later renamed Sri Lanka Medical Association) 1930-32, a member of the council in 1933, 1934, and 1949, vice-president in 1942, and president in 1948-9. His son Dr Malik Fernando also served as the President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association He was awarded O.B.E. in 1949 and C.M.G. in 1955.

The Ceylon College of Physicians commemorates his memory with an award of a Gold Medal Oration delivered during its annual scientific sessions.