Lashan Peiris MBBS, FRCS(Lon)

Dr. Lashan Peiris is an Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast and General Surgeon in Edmonton, Alberta. He was trained in the UK, where he developed a specialist practice in oncoplastic and breast reconstruction. Since commencing practice in Alberta, he has helped improve access to oncoplastic breast conservation as well as both implant- and latissimus dorsi- breast reconstruction. In 2018, he organized a live-surgery masterclass, live-streaming level 1 and 2 oncoplastic procedures from the operating room to the lecture theatre, thereby helping to introduce these techniques to other breast surgeons in the province. In 2019 he organized a breast surgical oncology meeting, in which numerous contentious topics within the field of breast surgery were presented and discussed by both an international and domestic distinguished faculty. 

He is undertaking numerous clinical research projects in both oncoplastic and breast reconstruction as well as breast surgical oncology.