Dr Saman Punchihewa is a highly qualified Consultant Neurologist with interests in neurophysiology, epilepsy and general neurology. Dr Punchihewa holds public appointments at Monash Medical Centre and Frankston Hospitals with a significant role in the Neurophysiology department at Monash Neurology.
Dr Punchihewa completed his high school in Sri Lanka (Rahula College, Matara). He was awarded an Australian Government Scholarship (John Crawford Scholarship) to study Medicine & Surgery in Australia and also received Dean’s Honors in two consecutive years at medical school. His undergraduate medical training was undertaken at Melbourne University and clinical training was at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.