Dr Liyanage Wickramasinghe

Dr Sarath Wicks is a Consultant Physician in General Medicine with a special interest in medicine for the elderly at Queens Hospital in Romford and he also sees patients privately at The Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital and at Westland Medical Centre ,Hornchurch. He was first appointed as a consultant Physician at Harold Wood Hospital with duties in Brentwood and Havering Hospitals in 1989 and continued as a Consultant Physician at newly built Queens Hospital in Romford within the same trust from its inception In 2004. During the years he was involved in modernising the local practice of elderly care medicine integrating with acute General Medical services within the trust and has taken the lead role in developng the holistic approach to elderly medical practice integrating with community care. He has always provided comprehensive medical assessments in adult medicine for all ages undertaking specialist domicilliary visits if needed. He has developed a special interest in dealing with complex and difficult diagnostic and management issues and in dealing with unusual presentations within the context of adult medicine. Special Interests Endocrine disorders in the Elderly Locomotor Disorders in adults Complex Presentations and Multisystem Diseases Disorders in Cognitive function in the old age Special Procedures and assessments Domicilliary consultations with comprehensive assessments Management of swollen red legs in adults Education MB BS 1971 University of Sri Lanka ,Colombo Medical School MRCP (UK) 1981 Diploma in Geriatric Medicine DGM (UK) 1986 FRCP (London) 1991 Diseases, Medical Tests and TreatmentsDr Sarath Wicks is a Consultant Physician in General Medicine with a special interest in medicine for the elderly at Queens Hospital in Romford and he also sees patients privately at The Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital and at Westland Medical Centre ,Hornchurch. He was first appointed as a consultant Physician at Harold Wood Hospital with duties in Brentwood and Havering Hospitsals in 1989 and continued as a Consultant Physician at newly built Queens Hospital in Romford within the same trust from its inception In 2004.During the years he was involved in modernising the local practice of elderly care medicine integrating with acute General Medical services within the trust and has taken the lead role in developng the holistic approach to elderly medical practice integrating with community care.He has always provided comprehensive medical assessments in adult medicine for all ages undertaking specialist domicilliary visits if needed.He has developed a special interest in dealing with complex and difficult diagnostic and management issues and in dealing with unusual presentations within the context of adult medicine. Special Interests Endocrine disorders in the Elderly Locomotor Disorders in adults Complex Presentations and Multisystem Diseases Disorders in Cognitive function in the old age Special Procedures and assessments Domicilliary consultations with comprehensive assessments Management of swollen red legs in adults Education MB BS 1971 University of Sri Lanka ,Colombo Medical School MRCP (UK) 1981 Diploma in Geriatric Medicine DGM (UK) 1986 FRCP (London) 1991 Endocrine Disorders in the Elderly Locomotor Disorders in the Elderly Complex Presentations and Multisystem disease in adult medicine Cognitive function decline in the adults

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2010–2016
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid (GB)

2. 2016–2020
   Residency · General (Internal) Medicine

   Universidad de Navarra (GB)

1. 2020-09–2021-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid Teaching Hospital — General (Internal) Medicine

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2. 2 Brief pre-consult form
3. 3 Consultation
4. 4 Follow-up note & plan

Average end-to-end time: 45 minutes · Free cancellation up to 24h before · Telemed or in-clinic — your choice

h-index: 11 · i10: 15

Selected publications

1. Long-term follow-up of General (Internal) Medicine across GB

   Dr Liyanage Wickramasinghe, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.8018/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 129

2. Validation of clinical scoring in General (Internal) Medicine

   Dr Liyanage Wickramasinghe, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.3057/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 35

3. Long-term follow-up of General (Internal) Medicine across GB

   Dr Liyanage Wickramasinghe, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.6734/euroclin.2024.2 · cited by 165

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