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Dr Sarah Arachchi is a Melbourne paediatrician who emigrated from Sri Lanka with her family in 1990. She studied medicine at Monash University and completed an internship at Monash Health. She has also trained at the Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Children's Hospital, and obtained her fellowship to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2017. She is a vocal advocate for women in medicine, including through her work as a member of the Women in Medicine committee of the Australian Medical Association. She is married to a gastroenterologist and has two boys.
‘Being a doctor is hard. Being a brown, female doctor is harder, for all the reasons Arachchi so evocatively describes.’ Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM, oncologist, Fulbright scholar and author -- Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM ‘An autobiography to savour. If you are interested in reading the compelling life story of a migrant, medical student, paediatrician, wife, daughter, friend, mother, role model – a modern Australian – look no further. Arachchi pulls no punches. Training to be a doctor is fascinating but hard. Those called to the profession face many barriers including long hours, a high-pressure environment and difficult colleagues, but the author’s determination, and her care for others, comes through triumphantly. This book is, in one word, inspirational.’ Distinguished Laureate Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC, world-leading neurogastroenterologist, educator and researcher -- Distinguished Laureate Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC
