Academic Staff of Para Clinical Sciences

Snr. Professor PR Fernando
MBBS, MD, FCCP, FCGP, DMJ (London), FRCP (London), RCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCPath (UK)
Senior Professor in Forensic Medicine
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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
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Snr. Prof. Mirani V. Weerasooriya
MBBS (Peradeniya), DMSc (Japan), FNASSL
Senior Professor in Parasitology
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Snr. Prof. Rohini Fernandopulle
MBBS, PhD (Colombo)
Senior Professor in Pharmacology
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Col (Prof) A Balasuriya
MBBS(Colombo), MSc (Community Medicine)(Colombo), MD– (Community Medicine), PGDBA (Homagama), MA (Kelaniya)
Professor
Dean
Chair Professor of Public Health
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Prof. AD De Silva
Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, USA) B.S. (Missouri, USA)
Professor in Immunology
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Prof. Pandula Athauda-arachchi
MBBS MRCP(UK) PhD (Cantab) CCT(UK) FESC FRCP(Glasg) FRCP(Edin) FACC
Professor in Pharmacology
Head of Department - Para Clinical Sciences
Subject Head – Pharmacology | Clinical Lead- BE Studies KDU/UHKDU | Head-Interventional Cardiology & International TAVI Proctor, Durdans HC
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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
Professor
Specialist in Community Medicine
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Lt Col (Dr) PH Premaratne
BSc (Zoology Sp), PhD (Colombo)
Senior Lecturer Gr I in Parasitology
Subject Head – Parasitology
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Dr Varuna Navaratne
MBBS(NCMC), Dip (Med Micro), MD, (Med Micro), BSc (USA)
Senior Lecturer Gr I in Microbiology
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Dr. IHS Kumarasinghe
MBBS (Col), Dip in Pathology, MD Path (Histopathology)
Senior Lecturer Gr I in Pathology
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Dr. Dilini Nakkawita
MBBS(University of Colombo), PG.Dip(Medical Microbiology), MD(Medical Microbiology), Dip.RCPath(UK)
Senior Lecturer Gr I Microbiology
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
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Dr. TI Withanawasam
MBBS, P.G Diploma (Transfusion Medicine), MD (Transfusion Medicine)
Senior Lecturer Department of Pathology
Consultant Transfusion Physician
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Dr. UAK Tennakoon
MBBS, DLM, MD
Senior Lecturer Gr I in Forensic Medicine
Subject Head – Forensic Medicine
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Dr. Nasmiya Mubarak
MBBS (Karachi), Diploma in Medical Microbiology (Colombo), MD in Medical Microbiology (Colombo)
Senior Lecturer Gr II in Microbiology
Subject Head – Microbiology
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Dr. PDIS Somaratne
MBBS -University of Peradeniya, Postgraduate diploma in Haematology – University of Colombo, MD in Clinical Haematology – University of Colombo
Senior Lecturer Gr II in Pathology
Subject Head – Pathology
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Dr. ADM Gunasekara
MBBS, PhD
Senior Lecturer Gr II in Pharmacology
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Temporary Demonstrators

  • Ms. UHH Jayarathna
  • Ms. AI Thilakarathna
  • Ms. HWCS Dharmasiri
  • Ms. S Wijesundara

Postdoctoral Trainees of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

Postgraduate Registrars in Community Medicine

Dr. Hasarali Fernando          (15.10.2014 to 14.06.2016)
Dr. Dimuth Peiris                   (01.09.2015 to 31.05.2017)
Dr. Nishani Fonseka             (28.03.2017 to 27.10.2018 excluding maternity leave)
Dr. Samantha Vijewardane  (06.06.2017 to 05.01.2019)
Dr. Kanishka Athukorala       (06.06.2017 to 05.01.2019)
Dr. Darshitha Jothipala         (16.10.2019 to 15.05.2021)
Dr. Thanuja Rathnayake        (09.12.2020 to 08.07.2022) 
Dr. Roshani Jayaweera        (08.02.2023 to 07.05.2023) Registrar in Venereology