Academic Staff of Pre Clinical Sciences

Snr. Prof. Susirith Mendis 
MBBS (Sri Lanka), PhD (Ruhuna)
Senior Professor of Physiology
Subject Head – Physiology

Prof. Charitha L. Goonasekara
BSc(Colombo), PhD(Canada), Postdoctoral fellow (Canada)
Professor in Biochemistry

Dr. AJIS Rathnayake
BSc (Colombo), MS (USA), PhD (Colombo)
Snr. Lecturer in Biochemistry

Col (Dr) HHLK Fernando
MBBS (Ruhuna), PGDip in Hospital Design and Hospital Administration (IIHS, Sri Lanka), MSc in Health Management and aged care (Asia e-university, Malaysia), M Phil (Ruhuna), Reading for PhD in Health Information Management and Security (Asia e-university, Malaysia)
Snr. Lecturer in Anatomy
Subject Head – Anatomy

Head – Department of Medical Information & Digital Health (UHKDU)

Dr. KMN Kumarasinghe
MBBS (SJU), PhD in Behavioural Sciences in Relation to Medicine (Newcastle) Australia
Snr. Lecturer in Anatomy
Coordinator-Centre for Behavioural Neurosciences
Coordinator-Personal and Professional Development

Lt Col. Prof. WMMS Bandara – Head of the Department – Preclinical sciences
Bsc(Pera), Msc(Pera), MS(USA), PhD (Colombo)
Professor in Biochemistry

Dr. KDC Upendra Wijayasiri
MBBS, CTHE, Dip.Spo.Med, PhD
Snr. Lecturer in Physiology

Dr. LS Kaththiriarachchi
MD (Russia), PGCert.MedEd (PGIM, UoC), PG Dip Med Physiology (PGIM, UoC), PhD (USJ)
Snr. Lecturer in Physiology

Dr. GRNN Waidyarathna
BSc in Food Science and Nutrition (Wayamba), PhD (USJP), RD, RNutr
Lecturer in Biochemistry

Mr. Isuru Abeykoon
BSc (Human Biology) – University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Lecturer (Probationary) in Anatomy

Dr. IU Wimalasiri
MBBS(USJP), PGCert.MedEd(Col), MD(Psychiatry)(Col)
Lecturer in Physiology

Dr. YSHTD Silva
PhD (USJP), MBBS (UOD, UK), MSc (UCL, UK), BSc (QMUL, UK)
Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Subject Head – Biochemistry

Ms. DN Dahanayake
B.Sc. Special Human Biology (USJP), M.Sc. Medical Physics(Colombo)
Lecturer (Probationary) in Physiology (Contract)

Dr. KDC Kaluarachchi
MBBS (Bangladesh)
Lecturer (Probationary) in Anatomy