Bio
Dr. Rachel Navaneelan was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the second youngest of six children. Her father was a physician and her mother managed her husband’s medical practice. Dr. Navaneelan and her husband Dr. Christy Navaneelan, an Anesthesiologist, moved to Ireland where she practiced dentistry for eight years and started a family. They then moved to Newfoundland because they felt they could give their children a better life in Canada. In 1993 Cornwall became their home. Dr. Rachel Navaneelan and her husband had decided that they wanted to raise their children in a smaller Canadian city where she could also establish a practice that would give her an opportunity to develop a more personal relationship with her patients. Her husband, Dr. Christy Navaneelan practiced at the Cornwall Hotel Dieu Hospital and now works at the Queensway Hospital in Ottawa. Her daughter Tanya has completed her masters degree in epidemiology in Ottawa and is successfully working in Toronto. Her son Anthony is practicing law in Toronto.