Lalith Jayaweera

Lalith Rukman Jayaweera, VSV, USP, is a Sri Lankan aviation medicine physician, currently serving as the Director General Health Services of the Sri Lanka Air Force.

Early life and education

Jayaweera was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and received his primary education at St. Aloysius' College and secondary education at Richmond College, Galle. He obtained his MBBS degree from the University of Ruhuna and later earned an MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies from the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He serves as a visiting lecturer at the Medical Faculty of the Kotelawala Defence University and is also a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner for the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. He was also the President of Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine in 2018