About Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

SUMMARY

  • Degrees
  • Diplomas
  • Accreditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBBS (NCMC) – 1992

Board certified as a Specialist in Forensic Medicine – December 2003

MD (Forensic Medicine) University of Colombo – December 2002

Diploma of American Board of Medico Legal Death Investigation – 2006

Diploma in Legal Medicine – 2001

Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (University of Colombo) 2005

SEDA accreditation as a teacher in Higher Education, UK 2005

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION/ORGANIZATION

 

SUMMARY

  • Memberships in international organizations
  • Memberships in national organizations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member of American Board of Medico Legal Death Investigators 2006

Registered Medical Practitioner Seychelles Medical Council 2014

College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka

Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Medical Association

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

 

SSUMMARY

  • Intership
  • Senior House Officer
  • Registrar
  • Senior Registrar
  • Lecturer
  • Senior Lecturer

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Lecturer Grade I, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, FMUC 15.09.2012 to date

Senior Lecturer Grade II, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, FMUC 01.01.2007 -14.09.2012

Lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, FMUC 01.01.2004 -31.12.2006

Senior Registrar in Forensic Medicine, Colombo South Teaching Hospital Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2003

Registrar in Medicine (Colombo South Teaching Hospital & Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Dec. 2000 – Dec. 2002

Assistant Judicial Medical Officer Sep. 1999 – Dec. 2000

Senior House Officer, Base Hospital, Chilaw Jan. 1997 – Aug. 1999

Senior House Officer, Base Hospital, Kuliyapitiya Aug. 1994 – Dec. 1996

Internship in Surgery and Paediatrics, Base Hospital, Avissawella Aug. 1993 – Aug. 1994

 

 

 

 

TEACHING AND EVALUATION

 

SUMMARY

  • Undergraduate Teaching
  • Postgraduate Teaching
  • Other Courses

 

 

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING

 

Lecturer and examiner in the MBBS curriculum:

  • Major contribution to the Applied Science Stream/Clinical Sciences Stream through Medico-Legal Module, Community Stream and Behavioural Sciences Stream

Supervisor and examiner in Community stream research component

Supervisor and examiner in Electives Program of the MBBS Curriculum.

Supervisor and examiner in Research stream, BSc Physiotherapy program.

Visiting Lecturer and examiner in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya,
  • Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
  • Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University
  • Faculty of Medicine, Kotelawala Defence University
  • Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo.

POSTGRADUATE TEACHING

Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM)

  • Lecturer & Examiner: MD Forensic Medicine
  • Lecturer & Examiner: Diploma in Legal Medicine.
  • Coordinator: MD Forensic Medicine – Nov. 2016 to Nov. 2019

OTHER COURSES

Lecturer & Examiner: Diploma in Forensic Medicine & Science for lawyers

Lecturer & Examiner: Distant Learning Diploma in Death Investigation

Lecturer & Examiner: Postgraduate Diploma in Toxicology

Examiner : ERPM Examination conducted by the Sri Lanka Medical Council

 

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

 

SUMMARY

  • Head of the Department
  • Module Chairperson
  • Module Committee Membermary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Colombo

  • Member of the Board of Study in Forensic Medicine; 2010-2012. 2015-2020,

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

  • Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology – 12.09.2017 – 11.09.2020
  • Medico-Legal Module -Chairperson (2014 -up to date), Convenor (2007-2012),
  • Chairperson, Canteen Committee from 2014
  • Admissions Committee – Member
  • Neurology Module Committee- Member (2009- 2010)
  • Electives Committee (2011-2017)
  • Extension Courses Committee – 2014 up to date
  • Scholarship and fellowship board

 

 

 

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

SUMMARY

  • Officebearership in CFPSL
  • Membership in MLSL
  • Officebearership in Sri Lanka Medical Council
  • Other Memberships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life Member of the College of Forensic pathologists of Sri Lanka (CFPSL)

  • President (CFPSL) – 2020/21
  • Vice President (CFPSL) – 2013 & 2018
  • Secretary (CFPSL) – 2007
  • Editor (CFPSL) – 2005 & 2017
  • Council Member (CFPSL) 2007 – 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016

Life Member of the Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka (MLSL)

  • Council Member – 2017 up to now

Sri Lanka Medical Council

  • Member – Subject committee in Forensic medicine from 2014- 2018
  • Chairperson – Subject committee in Forensic medicine from 2018 up to now.
  • Member Examination committee

Member – Appeal panel of Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency since 2016

Member of the Intercollegiate Committee of Sri Lanka Medical Association.

Member of the Technical Committee on Management of Dead Bodies in context of Covid

Member of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resources Development STEM 2030