Yuranga Weerakkody, MD

Approved by Diagnose.me Medical Advisory Board on 13 Nov 2014

Yuranga Weerakkody, MD

Consultant Radiologist, Integrated Radiology and various private providers, Perth (Australia)

Pulmonary imaging Experienced radiologist focused on chest diagnostics.

Expertise
Pulmonary imaging Oncology imaging Vascular imaging Trauma imaging
My experience
10 years
Can review
This specialist accepts paediatric cases.
Consultation report
400
Delivery time
5 workdays
Video consultation
350
About me

I am a radiologist with particular sub-specialist expertise in thoracic, vascular and oncological imaging. I completed my radiology training in Australia, New Zealand and France. I am passionate about diagnosing challenging cases and cherish the opportunity to make a positive difference in a person's health outcome.
I am a board member and active contributor to Radiopaedia.org with more than 2,000 article contributions. I am also a managing editor and a collaborator for iOS applications for radiopaedia.org. I am also a reviewer for several international radiology journals.

Experience and training
  • June 2017 - Today
    Consultant Radiologist, Integrated Radiology and various private providers, Perth (Australia)
  • December 2013 - Today
    Consultant radiologist, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth (Australia)
  • January 2013 - Today
    Fellow, ESTI (European society of thoracic imaging), Lille (France)
  • January 2012 - Today
    Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, Sydney (Australia)
  • January 2011 - December 2020
    Managing editor (global), Radiopaedia.org, Perth (Australia)
  • January 2013 - December 2013
    Fellow, ESOR (European school of radiology), Vienna (Austria)
Licensures and memberships
Member of:
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
  • European Society of Radiology
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
  • European Society of Radiology
Report languages

English, plus 22 languages with medical translation

Endorsements from other doctors
  • I know Yuranga from his academic work on Radiopaedia.org, he is a great professional with a broad range of knowledge on radiology, specially on thoracic and oncologic imaging.

  • Dr. Weerakkody is a professional radiologist, who's duty is making difficult diagnoses in complicated cases, he is involved in medical students and doctors teaching and is highly respected among colleagues. I know him through collaboration at site Radiopaedia.org, where we together prepared and published scientific and teaching cases.

    Andrei Tsoriev