Dr Niluka Paththinige

Qualifications

  • MBBS University of Peradeniya, SRI LANKA (2007)
  • MD Dermatology Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, SRI LANKA (2015)

Specialties

  • Eczema
  • Psoriasis
  • Infectious disease of the skin
  • Skin cancers
  • Acne and rosacea
  • Hair disorders
  • Pigmentary disorders
  • Autoimmune disorders of the skin

Languages

  • English
  • Sinhalese

Dr Niluka Paththinige obtained her MBBS with honours from the Faculty of Medicine University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and she was awarded with the best overall performance at final MBBS in 2007. In 2015 she obtained her MD in dermatology from the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and while training for the MD she worked at The National Hospital of Sri Lanka, and the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, Colombo.  

Dr Niluka Paththinige worked as a Dermatology Fellow at the St. George Hospital, Kogarah and Premier Specialists, Kogarah in NSW from 2017 to 2019 and was granted Endeavour Executive Fellowship (Endeavour leadership programme) by the Australian Government in 2018. 

As a Consultant Dermatologist she practiced in public and private hospitals in Sri Lanka for three years and as a dermatology fellow at St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Skin Hospital, Westmead Public Hospital, and Westmead Children’s Hospital, NSW for 1 year, before joining the Renaissance Dermatology, Melbourne, in November 2024.