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The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) is the professional association for doctors and surgical professionals in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be the oldest national professional organisation of medical professionals in Australasia. == History == On the 26 February 1887 Dr W. R. Kynsey (who later became Sir William Kynsey), the Principal Medical Officer of Ceylon arranged a meeeting with fifteen other doctors, at the Colonial Medical Library on Maradana Road, Colombo, with a view to organising a branch of the British Medical Association in Ceylon. The proposal was formally agreed by the British Medical Association in April 1887.〔 The inaugural meeting of the ''Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association'' occurred on 17 December that year, with Dr P. D. Anthoniz elected as the association's first President.〔 When the association was initially established it had a membership of sixty five doctors and within eleven years (1898) this had increased to 113.〔 In 1951 the name of the association was changed to the ''Ceylon Medical Association''.〔〔 For the first 73 years the association's business was conducted at the Colonial Library, followed by another four years from the Consultants' Lounge of the Colombo General Hospital before it found its current permanent accommodation, "Wijerama House", when Dr E. M. Wijerama in 1964, gifted his residence, on McCarthy Road, for the use by the association.〔 The donation resulted in McCarthy Road being renamed Wijerama Mawatha. "Wijerama House" also houses the offices of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, the Lionel Memorial Auditorium and offices of numerous other medical and related associations. In 1972 Ceylon's name was changed to Sri Lanka and the association's name was changed to the ''Sri Lanka Medical Association''.〔 Membership of the Association is open to Sri Lankan medical practitioners of all grades, from all branches of medicine in Sri Lanka. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sri Lanka Medical Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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