Speakers – Foreign | SLMA Conference

Dr. Palitha Abeykoon

MD MMed

Chairman, National Authority on Alcohol & Tobacco. Past President SLMA

Dr. Ajith Alagiyawanne

MBBS MSc MD(Com Med)

Consultant Community Physician.
Head – Health Promotion Unit, Health Education Bureau, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Dr. Lakmali Amarasiri

MBBS PhD

Visiting Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Clinical Physiologist

Dr. Ajini Arasalingam

MBBS (Col) MD (Col) MRCP (UK) FRCP (Edin)

Consultant Neurologist
Teaching Hospital Jaffna
Sri Lanka

Dr. Navoda Atapattu

MBBS MD DCH MRCPCH (UK)

Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist
Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Sri Lanka

Dr. Harsha Atapattu

MS (O&G) MRCOG (UK)

Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
District General Hospital Hambantota
Sri Lanka

Prof. Adam Balen

MBBS MD DSc FRCOG

Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery,
Leeds Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom

Dr. Palitha Bandara

MBBS MMed

Provincial Director of Health Services
North Central Province
Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka

Prof. Srinath Chandrasekara

MD FRCS

Professor in Surgery and Consultant Urologist
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Prof. Thashi Chang

MBBS MD MRCP (UK) MRCP (UK)(Neurology) DPhil (Oxon) FCCP FRCP(Lond)

Professor in Medicine and Consultant Neurologist
Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Peter D'Almeida

Managing Director
Chief Executive of N*able (pvt.) Ltd, Sri Lanka

Prof. Nandani de Silva

MBBS DCH DFM MD FCGP

Senior Professor of Family Medicine
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Emeritus Professor, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. Kanishka de Silva

MBBS MS FRCS (Eng)

Consultant Oncological Surgeon
National Cancer Institute Maharagama, Sri Lanka
Chairman, Specialty Board of Study in Oncosurgery
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), Sri Lankaa

Dr. Angela de Silva

MBBS BSc (UK) PhD

Regional Adviser on Nutrition and Health for Development
World Health Organisation, Regional Office for South East Asia

Dr. Samanthi de Silva

MBBS MBA (Manipal)

Director Operations
Asiri Surgical Hospital
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ms. Shehara de Silva

BA CIM (UK) CPM (Asia Pacific)

Non -Exec Director/Board Member at Keells Food Products PLC

Dr. Sarath Gamini de Silva

MBBS MD (Col) FRCP (UK) FRACP (Hony) FCCP

Senior Consultant Physician
Past President Ceylon College of Physicians
President Colombo Medical School Alumni Association

Prof. Kemal Deen

MD (Birming) MS FRCS (Glasg) FNASL

Emeritus Professor of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. Arosha Dissanayake

MD FRCP

Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer
Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Dr. Dinithi Fernando

MBBS, MD, FRCP MRCP (UK)

Specialist Physician and Senior Lecturer
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo

Dr. Amitha Fernando

MBBS (NCMC),MD (COL), FRCP (London), FCCP

Consultant Chest Physician
Central Chest Clinic
MRI and NHSL

Mr. Jayantha Fernando

Director/ Legal Advisor of ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and
Board Director of Sri Lanka CERT

Prof. Priyadharshani Galappatthy

MBBS(Col) MD(SL) MRCP(UK) DipMedTox(Cardiff) FCCP FRCP(Lond)

Professor in Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo

Prof. G. A. P. Ganepola

MD FACS

Attending surgeon
Department of Surgery and Director of Research at
The Valley Hospital Ridgewood
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (Ret.)
at Columbia University

Dr. Lasantha Ganewatte

MBBS (SL) MD (Colombo) MRCP (UK) MRCP (London) DGM (Geriatrics) (UK) MRCP-SCE (Geriatrics) (UK)

Consultant Physician
Base Hospital Tangalle

Dr. K. D. Gunasekera

MBBS MD FRCP FCCP

Consultant Respiratory Physician
Central Chest Clinic
Colombo and National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Colombo

Dr. Sanjeeva Gunasekera

MBBS(Col) MD(Col)

Paediatric Oncologist
National Cancer Institute
Sri Lanka

Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa

MBBS DFM MSc PGDip MD FRCGP MRCGP

Consultant Family Physician Head
Family Medicine Unit
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo President-Elect SLMA

Dr. Rashan Haniffa

MBBS FRCA MRCP PGDip Clinical trials

Project coordinator
National Intensive Care Surveillance

Prof. Shervanthi

Homer-Vanniasinkam MBBS IBSc FRCSE FRCS

Consultant Vascular Surgeon
The General Infirmary at Leeds
Clinical Sub-Dean
University of Leeds Medical School

Prof. Pali Hungin

OBE DL MD FRCGP FRCP FRSA

Professor in the School of Medicine Pharmacy and Health
Professor of Primary Care and General Practice in
the Centre for Integrated Health Care Research
Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for
Health and Wellbeing and President, British Medical Association

Prof. S. D. Jayaratne

MBBS MD FRCP FCCP

President
Ceylon College of Physicians
Consultant Physician

Dr. Renuka Jayatissa

MBBS MSc MD

Senior Consultant in Medical Nutrition
Medical Research Institute

Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage

Dr Wimal Karandagoda

Joint Commission International-accredited hospital in
Sri Lanka – Durdans Hospital
Chief Operations Officer (COO) and
Director Medical Services

Dr. Panduka Karunanayake

MD FRCP

Senior lecturer
Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo

Dr. Ravini Karunatillake

MD MRCP

Consultant Respiratory Physician
General Hospital Kalutara

Mr. Yasantha Kodagoda

President’s Counsel
Additional Solicitor General
Attorney General Department
Sri Lanka

Dr. Suresh Kumar

MBBS MD (Anaesthesiology) Dip in Palliative Medicine MA (Sociology)

Director WHO Collaborating Center
for Community Participation in Palliative Care
and Long Term Care & Technical Advisor
Institute of Palliative Medicine Calicut

Prof. John Lazarus

MD FRCP FRCOG FACE

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at
Cardiff University School of Medicine

Dr. Shiromi Maduwage

MBBS MSc MD (Community Medicine)

Consultant Community Physician
Youth Elderly and Disabled
unit Ministry of Health

Prof. Neelika Malavige

MBBS (Col) MRCP (UK) Dphil (Oxon) FRCP, FRCPath

Professor Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayawardanapura

Prof. Kumara Mendis

MBBS DFM MSc MD FCGP FACHI

Professor of Family Medicine
University of Kelaniya

Prof. Anoop Misra

Chairman Fortis-CDOC Center of
Excellence for Diabetes Metabolic
Diseases and Endocrinology
New Delhi and Director National Diabetes
Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation
and Diabetes Foundation (India)

Dr. B. A. Muruganathan

MD FRCP (Glasg&London) FACP (USA) FPCP (Philippines) FICP

Chairman A G Hospital

Dr. K. Nirantharakumar

Senior Clinical Lecturer
University of Birmingham

Dr. Ghazzaly Nizamdeen

MBBS

Medical Officer – Lung Function Tests
Central Chest Clinic Colombo

Mr. Saliya Peiris

LLB LLM (London)

President’s Counsel/ Commissioner
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
Chairman CFPS Law school Sri Lanka

Prof. Jennifer Perera

MBBS MD Microbiology(Col) DipWomen's Stu(Col) DipMedEd(Dundee)

Dean & Professor of Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo Sri Lanka

Dr. Clifford Perera

Head Department of Forensic Medicine
Faculty of Medicine University of Ruhuna

Dr. L. D. Premawardhana

MBBS (Col)

Consultant Physician Section of Endocrinology
YYF Hospital and the Centre for Endocrine
and Diabetes Sciences University Hospital of Wales
and Hon Senior Lecturer Cardiff University
School of Medicine

Dr. Mahesh Rajasuriya

MBBS MD (Psych)

Dr. Udayangani Ramadasa

MBBS (Col) Dip in Palliative Medicine

Consultant Physician with
Post Graduate Diploma in
Palliative Care

Dr. Padmini D. Ranasinghe

MD MPH FACP FACPM

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Nithushi Samaranayake

PhD

Senior Lecturer (Pharmacy) Department
of Allied Health Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Dr. Loranthi Samarasinghe

MBBS MD(Anaesthesiology) FRCA

Consultant in Anaesthesia
Critical Care & Pain Medicine

Prof. Diyanath Samarasinghe

Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr. Dilhar Samaraweera

MBBS MD MRCP(UK) FRCP(London) FCCP PGD Geriatric Medicine(Glasgow)

Consultant Physician
Colombo South Teaching Hospital

Dr. G. D. N. Samaruthilake

MBBS (Col) MD (Community Medicine) MSc (Community Medicine) MSc (Applied Statistics)

Directorate of Healthcare Quality and Safety
Ministry of Health Secretary to the
Sri Lanka Association of Geriatric Medicine

Prof. P. Saravanan

MBBS MRCPE FRCP PhD

Professor and Honorary Consultant
Physician in Diabetes Endocrinology &
amp; Metabolism at Warwick Medical School
University of Warwick & amp; George
Eliot Hospital United Kingdom

Prof. Suranjith Seneviratne

DPhil(Oxon) MBBS MD FRCP FRCPath FCCP

Consultant in Clinical Immunology and
Allergy Royal Free Hospital and
University College London

Dr. Kanchana Sivalingam

MBBS (Col)

Obesity Physician Leduc PCN-Lifestyle
Medical Clinic Alberta Canada

Dr. Sridharan Sathasivam

Masters and a Doctorate Degree in Medical Administration Commonwealth Executive MBA PG Diplomas in Healthcare Management & TQM

Director- Health Care Quality &
Safety Ministry of Health Sri Lanka

Prof. Susan Sumner

Director RTI RCMRC and Senior
Scientist Nano Safety
RTI International NHLBI
National Institutes of Health
Raleigh-Durham North Carolina

Ms. Visakha Tillekeratne

President Nutrition Society Sri Lanka

Prof. K. M. Venkat Narayan

MD MSc MBA

Ruth and O.C. Hubert Chair of Global Health
Director Emory Global Diabetes Research
Center and Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
at Emory University in Atlanta Georgia and formerly
chief of the diabetes science branch at the US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Jithangi Wanigasinghe

MD (Paed) DCH MPhil

Senior Lecturer Department of
Paediatrics Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo

Prof. Chandanie Wanigatunge

MBBS (NCMC) MD(Col) FCCP FRCP Edin

Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist
Professor of Pharmacology Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Prof. Narada Warnasuriya

MBBS MRCP(UK) DCH(ENG) FRCP(London) FCCP FSLCP

Senior Professor of Paediatrics
Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics
University of Sri Jayawardenepura

Prof. Thilak Weeraratne

MBBS MD FCCP FACP

Professor in Medicine Faculty of
Medicine University of Ruhuna

Dr. Dilendra Weerasinghe

MBBS (Col) MRCS (Edin) MRCS (Glasgow) Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Fellow of the American Association of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons

General & Bariatric surgeon
Port Charlotte Florida