Faculty of Medicine
Department of Para Clinical Sciences
Prof. Pandula Athauda-arachchi
MBBS MRCP(UK) PhD (Cantab) CCT(UK) FESC FRCP(Glasg)FRCP(Edin)FACC
Senior Lecturer – Grade I
Professor PR Fernando
MBBS, MD, FCCP, FCGP, DMJ (London), FRCP (London), RCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCPath (UK)
Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine
Snr. Prof. SR De Alwis Seneviratne
MD (Community Medicine (Colombo), DipMedEd (Dundee), MMEd (Honours)(Dundee), MBBS (Ceylon)(Honours), FCCP(SL)
Senior Professor in Community Medicine
Snr. Prof. Mirani V. Weerasooriya
MBBS (Peradeniya), DMSc (Japan), FNASSL
Senior Professor of Parasitology
Snr. Prof. Rohini Fernandopulle
MBBS, PhD (Colombo)
Subject Head
Subject Head
Professor in Pharmacology
Col (Prof) A Balasuriya
MBBS(Colombo), MSc (Community Medicine)(Colombo), MD– (Community Medicine), PGDBA (Homagama), MA (Kelaniya)
Consultant Community Physician
Consultant Community Physician
Professor of Public Health
Lt Col (Dr) PH Premaratne
BSc (Zoology Sp), PhD (Colombo)
Senior Lecturer (I) in Parasitology
Prof. AD De Silva
Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, USA) B.S. (Missouri, USA)
Professor in Immunology
Dr. Varuna Navaratne
MBBS(NCMC), Dip (Med Micro), MD, (Med Micro), BSc (USA)
Para Clinical Sciences
Para Clinical Sciences
Senior Lecturer Grade I in Microbiology
Dr. IHS Kumarasinghe
MBBS (Col), Dip in Pathology, MD Path (Histopathology)
HOD/ Para Clinical Sciences
HOD/ Para Clinical Sciences
Senior Lecturer Grade I in Pathology
Dr. Nasmiya Mubarak
MBBS (Karachi), Diploma in Medical Microbiology (Colombo), MD in Medical Microbiology (Colombo)
Senior Lecturer – Grade II
Dr. Dilini Nakkawita
MBBS(University of Colombo), PG.Dip(Medical Microbiology), MD(Medical Microbiology), Dip.RCPath(UK)
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
Senior Lecturer Grade II in Microbiology, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
Dr. TI Withanawasam
MBBS, P.G Diploma (Transfusion Medicine), MD (Transfusion Medicine)
Consultant Transfusion Physician
Consultant Transfusion Physician
Senior Lecturer, Department of Pathology
Prof. (Dr.) Anuji Upekshika Gamage
MD (Community Medicine (Colombo), MSc – Community Medicine (Colombo), MSc –Health Economics and Policy (Australia ), Grad. Cert in Economics ( Australia ), MBBS, FRSPH
Specialist in Community Medicine
Dr. PDIS Somaratne
MBBS -University of Peradeniya, Postgraduate diploma in Haematology – University of Colombo, MD in Clinical Haematology – University of Colombo
Senior Lecturer – Grade II
Dr. ME Balasooriya
MBBS (Peradeniya), MD (Anaesthesiology)
Senior Lecturer – Grade II
Dr. ADM Gunasekara
MBBS, PhD
Senior Lecturer Grade II in Pharmacology
Dr. UAK Tennakoon
MBBS, DLM, MD
Senior Lecturer Grade I in Forensic Medicine