Dr. Gangadevi

Dr. Gangadevi Lokuwattage has over 21 years of international and Canadian clinical experience in family medicine. She completed her MBBS from the University of Kelaniya in 2004 and practiced in Sri Lanka for over 7 years before relocating to Canada. In 2017, she successfully completed the Practice Ready Assessment – British Columbia (PRA-BC) program and worked in rural BC (Clearwater) providing family and hospitalist care. She is now a key part of Oxford Medical Clinic, where she offers compassionate, culturally aware, and evidence-based care. Her fluency in English and Sinhala allows her to serve a diverse patient population with empathy and clarity.

Dr. Lokuwattage actively integrates evidence-based guidelines into her family practice. She participates in ongoing continuing medical education (CME) programs and maintains current knowledge in chronic disease management, women's health, preventive screenings, and minor procedures.

Dr. Lokuwattage looks forward to working as a full-time practitioner at Oxford Medical, providing longitudinal
care to people in the community. Her mission is to provide the best quality, patient-centered health care
at the right time and place. For the past 3+ years, she worked as a family physician at the Clearwater
Medical Clinic, as well as an emergency physician, hospitalist, and residential care physician at the Dr.
Helmcken Memorial Hospital on a full-time basis. Dr. Lokuwattage graduated from the University of
Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 2002 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). She completed
her master’s degree in Community Medicine at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of
Colombo in 2009. Following post-graduate training, she worked as a family physician in Sri Lanka for
over 7 years before coming to Canada. In Canada, Dr. Lokuwattage was selected for the Practice Ready
Assessment Program – British Columbia (PRA-BC) in 2017. After successful completion of PRA-BC, she
worked in Clearwater, a small community in interior British Columbia, where she was commended by
many of her patients and the community. Through a wide range of experience spanning well over a
decade, she is acquainted with the complete scope of family medicine. She enjoys meeting people from
different sociocultural backgrounds and admires diversity. Besides her professional duties, she likes
being with her family, creative writing, and traveling.