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Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2019-01-12
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12th January 2019
The only reason I am able to live an independent life is thanks to Dr Kumararatne. It is with his help, compassion, support and understanding that I am able to function and enjoy life with a longstanding chronic illness.
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2018-08-29
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29th August 2018
My mother sees Dr Kumararatne at Addenbrookes in immunology twice a year to discuss her treatment for bronchiectasis at the QEH in kings lynn. She has immunoglobulin infusions at the QEH every three weeks, arranged by his department.
Dr Kumararatne is very professional and compassionate towards my mother and genuinely cares about her health. He makes lots of suggestions on how to improve her treatment and answers all of our questions. He recently requested that we contact TIU at the QEH to ask for all of mums blood results are forwarded to him via email - which we have acted on.
He also introduced us to the ‘My Chart’ system of sharing medical information.
Although we have to travel 50 miles to Addenbrookes to appointments with Dr Kumararatne it is always worth the time travelling.
And I have to compliment his assistant Lynette who is just amazing at her job, always returning my calls and giving them information - especially in the early days of mums treatment.
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2018-08-14
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14th August 2018
If I could, I’d give Dr Kumar 6+ stars in the 3 above categories!
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2018-05-29
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29th May 2018
I have always been impressed with the personal high quality care from Dr Kumar, right from the begining of my diagnosis 5 years ago. He is always very happy to be e-mailed for advice, and doesn't hesitate to call to discuss aspects of my care.He never seems rushed and always treats me as an individual. He illustrates all that is best about the NHS
Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
2018-05-07
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7th May 2018
As a long term systemic lupus patient, I always believed that the involvement of an Immumology doctor would be incredibly useful and helpful. But I could never have imagined someone as concerned, caring and generally brilliant as Dr Kumararatne. He somehow makes the hospital feel a safer environment. I fee myself profoundly fortunate to have come under the aegis of so skilled and experienced an immunologist, with a sense of how systemic disease works, and systemic treatment. Medicine aside, he is a genuinely kind human being who goes beyond what may be expected - a luxury for any NHS patient.
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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.