Rezvi Sheriff, a Sri Lankan nephrologist and physician, died on March 30, 2026.
He was an academic who served as director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, senior professor of medicine, and head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Sheriff was also a consultant physician and nephrologist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka and a senior professor of medicine at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University from 2018 until his retirement.
He was known as the first nephrologist in Sri Lanka and as a co-founder of the country’s first kidney transplant programme and dialysis unit.
Vidya Jyothi Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff (Sinhala: මොහොමඩ් හුසේන් රෙස්වි ෂෙරිෆ්; 1948 or 1949 – 30 March 2026) was a Sri Lankan academic, nephrologist and physician. He served as director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, senior professor of medicine, and head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.