{"id":293894,"date":"2026-08-26T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/ruwan-y-parakrama-md-ms\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:12:38","slug":"ruwan-y-parakrama-md-ms","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/ruwan-y-parakrama-md-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruwan Y. Parakrama MD, MS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>Ruwan Y. Parakrama, MD, MS, earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He completed residency at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell Residency Program in Internal Medicine, Hofstra University\/Northwell Health. 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