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Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2023-05-25
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25th May 2023
Friendly,asks questions to get to know you & your health problems.has other staff with him to help with discussions of what medication or investigations into what is happening to you.
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2023-05-22
Person
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5
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22nd May 2023
Dr Kumararatne is a wonderful consultant and person
I am under a few consultants for different medical conditions, but can truly say, Dr Kumararatne is the best by far
He looks after my physical health, but also my mental health by taking time to explain my condition, how we'll manage it and never fails to reassure me when I'm worried and to explain fully when I don’t understand. He is an extremely kind, caring and patient person and consultant, goes way over and above what I would expect and I really cannot express how grateful I am to him for all he has done for me and I cannot recommend him highly enough
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2023-04-17
Person
5
5
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17th April 2023
This doctor has always been very thorough with my illness and care.
I can’t fault his dedication to his work.
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2022-02-14
Person
5
5
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14th February 2022
Dr D S Kumararatne is a deeply compassionate doctor, who took much time to listen to my complicated medical issues. He is an incredibly skilled clinician, who clearly sees his patients, as a ‘whole’ person. We feel very much cared for by him, because he works with the ‘whole person’ perspective, which is incredibly helpful when we have crossover/ autoimmune diseases. Dr Kumararatne kindly contacted various consultants, in order to manage the complicated nature of my diseases, which contributed to my stay in intensive care. I feel well cared for and valued by Dr Kumararatne. He was very pleasant and well mannered on the telephone appointment.
And on the video link, he was very personable and communicated in a very patient way. He explained many medical terms in user-friendly language. This put me at my ease. He has treated me with dignity and respect, and this makes an enormous difference, because we can feel quite vulnerable as patients. My family and I feel that Dr Kumararatne has gone out of his way to look after me. And we are deeply grateful, as a family. I have experienced a good follow-up care from this doctor, and his commitment to his patients is incredibly professional and hard-warming.
We thank Dr Kumararatne, with sincere gratitude. Dr Kumararatne is an outstanding clinician.
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2021-06-01
Person
5
5
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1st June 2021
Dr Kumar is awesome!
I really appreciate all his work on my iffy immune system and will miss seeing him now I'm no longer in the UK.
Thank you Dr Kumar :)
Profile
Dr. D S Kumararatne [D.Phil (Oxon), FRCPath], is the Consultant Immunologist and head of the Department of Clinical Immunology at Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrookes) in Cambridge, U.K. He has built up this service, from a single handed service to one of the largest clinical Immunology centres in the UK. He is an (Hon) Associate Lecturer, in Clinical Immunology, at University Of Cambridge Medical School. He qualified from the Medical Faculty in Colombo, Sri-Lanka, with First Class Honours in 1972 and completed his Immunology training at the Universities of Oxford, Glasgow, and Birmingham. He was Consultant Immunologist and Reader in Clinical Immunology at the University of Birmingham from 1984-2000. His major interest is the diagnosis and management of patients with Primary Immune Deficiency, and has resulted in many publications in high impact journals.
His research encompasses identifying the genetic, and immunological basis of defects in the immune system resulting insusceptibility to infectious diseases. His work has led to the identification of novel lifesaving therapies for immunodeficiencies which resulti in susceptibility to bacterial infection. He established and directs an national specialist laboratory for diagnosing rare immune deficiencies, based at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.
He is the author of the Chapter on Immunodeficiency in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine.
He was the Training Programme Director for Clinical Immunology in Birmingham (1994-2000) and is the current Director of the equivalent training programme in Cambridge.
He is the Chairman of the panel of Examiners in Immunology for the Royal College of Pathologists.
He was given a life-time achievement award by the UK Primary Immunodeficiency network, the UK professional organisation for improving
care for patient with Immunodeficiency. Under his direction the Clinical Immunology Service at Cambridge University Hospital has been recognized as a Primary Immunodeficiency referral center by the international patient support organization, the Jeffery Modell Foundation.
Clinical Interests: Immunodeficiency, especially Primary Immunodeficiency, Susceptibility to recurrent infections, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Urticaria, Angioedema including Hereditary Angioedema, Vaccination and side effects, Immunoglobulin therapy.