Chandran Ponnambalam

Hi Philip,

             Thought I would send you some info you requested from us.

              Arjuna Chandraraj Ponnambalam

              Internship --  General Hospital Colombo -  Medicine -Dr John R Wilson

                                     1965/66                                      Ob/Gyn  -  Prof Ranasinghe

               Post internship  18mts as SHO  Govt Hospital  Mirigama   mid 66 till dec 67

                                        !968-1970  SHO Orthopedics with Dr Shanmugalingam  Gen Hospital Colombo

                                        1971 Jan -Sep  SHO General surgery Dr PAP Joseph Gen Hospital Colombo

               Primary FRCS in 1970

               

               Resigned from Health Dept in Sep !971 & left for USA.

               !971 Oct -1974 Oct  Orthopedic Residency in Brooklyn NY-  Maimonides/Coney Island program.

               !974 Oct  Joined Orthopedic Group practice in Toms River New Jersey---  Ocean Orthopedic Associates.
               1977 Board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
                !978 Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons & American College of Surgeons

               Retired Dec 2003 from practice.Have held positions of chief of orthopedics at hospitals in Toms River & Lakewood & served on Board of Trustees at these hospitals during this time .

               

               Now living in Florida 

  

               Married 36 years - still going strong!!      to Premanila.

               we have 2 sons -1 Amrit  married to Nidhi, both doctors  -blessed with 1st child 2 mts ago & our 1st grandchild Anika.

                                       

                                       2  Arun - college graduate now in 1st year at law school in Miami.

 

           hobbies --travel,golf,gardening & now baby sitting!!

                                                                                            Regards    

                                                                                                        Ponna

Update 2019

bingyraj@gmail.com	08:01 (6 minutes ago)
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Dear Philip,

                       It is good to hear from you. I saw  my info in the blog posted for me. It was perhaps 2007 when it was put in.

              Our g-daughters are now 12 & 11yrs of age & our younger son & wife have blessed us with a grandson who is just 4 months old.

                   We are still in Venice, Florida  & moving & processing stuff considerably slower!

                  Could not attend last reunion  but try to keep in touch with some batch mates.

                  Recently attended a celebration of life event near NY city for Viji Sivaprakasapillai (Ponnambalam). Met Ramachandran from our batch there, among others. He retired recently & hopes to move to Florida .

                   Hope we get a chance to meet at another reunion before time runs out.

                

       Take care. God bless you & yours.

                             Chandran ( Ponna)

 


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Donations on behalf of Viji

Re: Donation of Clothes by the Family of Dr. Vijayalakshmi Sivaprakasapillai ....

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JEY GUNASEGARAM

5:59 AM (10 hours ago)

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Dear Sena,

Vijeyalakshimi was with me in  Colombo Medical College. She as long as I can remember was  a generous & giving

Person. When I went after Tsunami at the aid of IMHO Twice to help in what ever ways I could- I saw Loads of Brand New  Medical books donated, by her, through Dr Jeya Ganeshamoorthy, to be given to the deserving to Med Students in Jaffna Teaching Hosp:  I am almost sure  much more she had done without us knowing. 

As you know she is the daughter of Famed G.G. Ponnamblam ( Politics) & Wife of Dr.Braham Sivaprakasapillay

& his own famous family with the Prof: Father & Sister(  well accomplished, 1st Woman in SL qualify as an Engineer.)

Love,

Jey.

On July 23, 2019 at 5:05 PM "Kanaga N. Sena" <knsena@gmail.com> wrote:

The family of Dr. Vijayalakshmi Sivaprakasapillai have donated her sarees and clothes to the needy in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka. Pictures show IMHO official Mr. Kandiah Vigneswaran and his associates distributing the sarees.  Perpetuating Philanthropy indeed. ~ July 2019.

Remembering Viji, Nihal Amerasekera,

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Mar 30, 2019, 11:45 PM (5 hours ago)

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Nihal Amerasekera has left a new comment on your post "Obituary - Viji Ponnambalam":

Hi Philip
It brought me great sadness to hear of the passing of Viji Ponnambalam. At Medical School everyone knew her as the daughter of the famous GG Ponnambalam. She was tall, charming and cheerful and spoke with the confidence that came from her elite upbringing. I never got to know her well in the Faculty.
In 1974 my first job in the UK was in Pathology at the Chase Farm hospital in Enfield where Viji was a Registrar in Paediatrics. I literally bumped into her in a narrow corridor of that old Victorian building where she spoke to me with a radiant smile and her characteristic exuberance. Viji was held in high regard by her superiors and she worked exceptionally hard, day and night. There were many occasions when I saw her well passed midnight attending to her on-call duties, as I ambled along to the pathology department.
In that year there were 25 Sri Lankan doctors working in that hospital. Makuloluwa brothers and W.A.T.E (Titus) Perera too were part of that team. Sri Lankans love a party. Viji was there at the social functions in the ‘doctors mess’ contributing to the fun and laughter that was ever present at the institution. The doctors’ TV room was where we all congregated for a chat and a laugh. On those occasions Viji was unpretentious, kind and most helpful to everyone. She had no time for gossip and tittle tattle and was greatly respected by the Sri Lankan medical community.
After completing a year I moved on to another hospital and lost contact with Viji. I never had any news of her until I heard the sad news of her demise. Viji loved Paediatrics. I was surprised she had given up Paediatrics to specialise in Radiology. All of life is one huge compromise!! It is wonderful to hear Viji has had a successful professional career, a happy family life and an active social life in the USA.
May she find Eternal Peace.