Rezvi Sheriff
{{Short description|Sri Lankan physician and nephrologist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mohamed Rezvi Sheriff
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| nationality = Sri Lankan
| occupation = Physician, nephrologist, academic
| known_for = Co-founder of Sri Lanka's First Kidney Transplant Programme and Dialysis Unit
Medical Research
| education = University of Colombo
Royal College Colombo
Zahira College Colombo
| employer = University of Colombo
| title = Vidya Jyothi Professor
}}
Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff is a retired Sri Lankan academic, nephrologist, and physician. He served as director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, senior professor of medicine, and head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. He was a senior professor of medicine at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University from 2018 until his retirement.{{Cite web |title=Medical Council Administering medical practitioners' oath |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/news-features/Medical-Council-Administering-medical-practitioners-oath/131-148178 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}} He is a consultant physician and nephrologist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/medicine/ext_pages/medicine/page816.html |title=Prof Rezvi Sheriff |accessdate=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825100118/http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/medicine/ext_pages/medicine/page816.html |archivedate=25 August 2011 }} He is also the founder and owner of Western Hospital.{{Cite web |title=Western Hospital introduces Sri Lanka's most affordable dialysis solution Mercy dialysis and ties up with world number 1 Dialysis Company to provide world class dialysis on World Kidney Day 2021 - Press Releases {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/press-releases/Western-Hospital-introduces-Sri-Lankas-most-affordable-dialysis-solution-Mercy-dialysis-and-ties-up/335-210786 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}
Education
Sheriff began his formal education at Zahira College, Colombo, and later received a scholarship for Royal College Colombo.{{Cite web |last=Farook |first=Text and Pictures by Ruzaik |title=Founder's Day celebrations |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2016/08/30/features/91708 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Daily News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Zahira College holds Founders Day {{!}} Daily FT |url=https://www.ft.lk/education/zahira-college-holds-founders-day/10515-564958 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.ft.lk |language=English}} He subsequently entered the Faculty of Medicine in Royal College Colombo, obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine, a Bachelor of Surgery, and a Doctor of Medicine. Sheriff is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Ceylon College of Physicians.{{Cite web |title=Fellows Directory - R {{!}} S |url=https://nassl.org/fellows-directory-r-s/#}}
Career
Sheriff began his academic career as a lecturer in medicine in the Department of Medicine under Professor Kumaradasa Rajasuriya in 1973. He obtained his MRCP after completing his postgraduate training in the UK and returned to Sri Lanka. His academic career in the Sri Lankan university system spans several decades.{{Cite web |title=Retirement of Senior Professor Rezvi Sheriff {{!}} The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140928/sunday-times-2/retirement-of-senior-professor-rezvi-sheriff-119891.html |access-date=2022-10-09}}
Sheriff worked with A. H. Sheriffdeen to establish the first transplant program in Sri Lanka in October 1985. With the support of the Colombo University team, they performed the first kidney transplant in the country.{{Cite web |title=From kidney transplant pioneer to patient: Personal saga of Professor Rezvi Sheriff |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/221009/news/from-kidney-transplant-pioneer-to-patient-personal-saga-of-professor-rezvi-sheriff-498401.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka}} Alongside Surendra Ramachandran, Sheriff contributed to the development of nephrology as a specialty in Sri Lanka. Nearly 1,000 transplants have been conducted under his oversight.{{cite web |title=Grand round, felicitation and academic sessions in honour of Prof. Rezvi Sheriff | Daily News Online : Sri Lanka's National News |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q%3Dlocal%2Fgrand-round-felicitation-and-academic-sessions-honour-prof-rezvi-sheriff |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119172102/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fgrand-round-felicitation-and-academic-sessions-honour-prof-rezvi-sheriff |archivedate=19 January 2015 |accessdate=14 January 2015 |df=dmy-all}} He became Professor of Medicine in 1990, and was promoted to Senior Professor of Medicine in 1998.
Sheriff is a senior advisory board member to SACTRC (South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration){{cite web|url=http://www.sactrc.org/SACRgovernance.html|title = SACR Governance|publisher= Sactrc.org|accessdate=2011-09-30}} with Nimal Senanayake, Ravindra Fernando and Janaka de Silva. He founded the University of Oxford Colombo for studies on snake bites and yellow oleander poisoning. He served as the president of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Ceylon College of Physicians,{{cite web|url=http://ceycollphysicians.org/history.html |title=History |accessdate=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725153857/http://ceycollphysicians.org/history.html |archivedate=25 July 2011 }} Sri Lanka Association for Nephrology and Transplantation, SAARC Society of Nephrology, Urology and Transplant Surgery and the founding president of the Hypertension Society in Sri Lanka in addition to being a founder of the Health Informatics Society in Sri Lanka{{cite web|url=http://hissl.org/resourse/1999.pdf|title = Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka (HISSL)|website=Hissl.org|accessdate=2011-09-30}} and a councillor of the International Society of Nephrology. Rezvi is an External Examiner for MRCP in UK & Chennai. He is the Ceylon College of Physicians Coordinator for MRCP Examinations in Sri Lanka. He was appointed as the president of Sri Lanka Medical Association in 2009.{{Cite web |title=Prof. Rezvi Sheriff on Sri Lanka's double burden of diseases |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/01/26/fea21.asp |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=archives.dailynews.lk}}
He has published academic articles on nephrology, organ transplantation, snake bites, and oleander poisoning.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/medicine/ext_pages/medicine/page844.html|title = Articles and Books by Prof Sheriff|website=Cmb.ac.lk |accessdate=2011-09-30}}
Sheriff is also the founder and chairman of Western Infirmary Hospital in Colombo, a center for renal disease care, dialysis, and transplantation.{{cite web|url=http://westernhospital.lk/professor-rezvi-sheriff/|title=About Prof. Sheriff|date=14 September 2015|website=Westernhospital.lk|accessdate=28 June 2016}} In 2011, he was rated as the most prolific scientist from Sri Lanka according to the Web of Science database.{{Cite web |title=Prof Rezvi Sheriff, most prolific scientist |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/11/01/news52.asp |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=archives.dailynews.lk}}
He retired from the University of Colombo on 30 September 2014, after rendering 41 years of service.
Honours and awards
Sheriff is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the National Academy of Science of Sri Lanka.
The honour Vidya Jyothi was conferred upon him by the Government of Sri Lanka in 1993 in recognition of his contribution to nephrology, dialysis and transplantation in Sri Lanka. He also received a Lion International Merit Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/medicine/ext_pages/medicine/page816.html|title=Vidyajyothi Professor Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin), FRACP, FCCP, FSLCGP|website=Cmb.ac.lk|accessdate=2011-09-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825100118/http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/medicine/ext_pages/medicine/page816.html|archivedate=25 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}
Controversy
In 2019, Sheriff filed complaints with the Criminal Investigation Department over social media allegations that he treated Zahran Hashim, the prime suspect behind the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.{{Cite web |title=Prof. Rezvi Sheriff files action against allegation |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2019/05/17/local/185894/prof-rezvi-sheriff-files-action-against-allegation |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Daily News |language=en}}
Personal life
References
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External links
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