Dr. ADM Gunasekara
Senior Lecturer Grade II in Pharmacology
Email: danushigunasekara@kdu.ac.lk
- PhD
- MBBS (Chittagong Medical College)
Clinical Pharmacology
- Health Technology Assessment
- The Fourth Asia Pacific Pharmacovigilance training course organized by JSS University, Mysuru, India and Uppsala monitoring center–WHO Collaborating Center for International Drug Monitoring- 2018.
- Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) course conducted by the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
- The SLACPT Award for the Best Presentation in Pharmacology. Gunasekara A.D.M, Yasarathna K.W.G.K.P, Beneragama B.V.S.H, Panapitiya L, Wanniarachchi L.C, Fernandopulle B.M.R. Antibiotic consumption in the state sector of Sri Lanka, using quality indicators of appropriate antibiotic use.The Sri Lanka Medical Association 132nd Anniversary International Medical Congress, July 2019.
Conference Papers/ Journal Abstracts/ Publications
- Gunasekara D, Abeygoonawardena H, Wijesinghe N. Outcome of Pregnancy Complicated by Infective Endocarditis: A Review of Published Literature over Past Three Decades. In: Expanding Developmental Horizons through Education, Research and Innovation, International Research Conference. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University; 2014, 32-37.
- Gunasekara, A.D.M, Fernandopulle, B.M.R, Panapitiya, L., Beneragama, B.V.S.H, Weerarathne, E.D, & Sri Ranganathan, S. (2018). Twenty five year trends in antihypertensive medicine usage in the state sector of Sri Lanka: 1992 to 2016 [Abstract]. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 27(2), 109 -110. doi:10.1002/pds.4629
- Gunasekara, A.D.M, Fernandopulle, B.M.R, De Silva, D.T.N, Panapitiya, L., Beneragama, B.V.S.H, Weerarathne, E.D. (2018). Impact of the circular on priority medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases on the availability of medicines in the Medical Supplies Division, Sri Lanka [Abstract]. Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Sciences,103-104.
Book of Proceedings, International Conference on Health Sciences 2018, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, October 7-9, 2018.
- De Silva, D.T.N, Fernanopulle, B.M.R, Yasarathna, K., Wijesinghe, K., Gunasekara, A.D.M, Beneragama, B.V.S.H, Panapitiya, L., Weerarathne, E.D (2018). Antithrombotic medicines in state sector of Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2017: Utilization, expenditure and gaps in access [Abstract]. The Ceylon Medical Journal, 63(1), 15.
Sri Lanka Medical Association 131st Anniversary International Medical Congress Abstracts, 2018.
- Gunasekara ADM, Yasarathna KWGKP, Beneragama BVSH, Panapitiya L, Wanniarachchi LC, Fernandopulle BMR. (2019) Antibiotic consumption in the state sector of Sri Lanka, using quality indicators of appropriate antibiotic use. [Abstract]. Sri Lanka Medical Association 132nd Anniversary International Medical Congress. Abstracts of Oral and Poster presentations; 2019, 36.
Fernandopulle, B.M.R., Yasarathna, K.W.G.K.P., Gunasekara, A.D.M., Wijesinghe, K.G.C.D., Beneragama, B.V.S.H., Panapitiya, L., Wanniarachchi, L.C. and Sri Ranganathan, S. (2020) Antibiotic Consumption in the State Sector of Sri Lanka Over 25 Years: 1994 – 2018 Using the GAP Methodology. Pharmaceutical Journal of Sri Lanka, 10(1), pp.54–63.
Yasarathna, K.W.G.K.P., Gunasekara, A.D.M., Panapitiya, P.W.C, Wanniarachchi, L.C, Fernandopulle, B.M.R. (2020) Major drivers of pharmaceutical costs in state sector health care institutions of Sri Lanka. [Abstract] The 3rd Academic sessions of Sri Lanka Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Proceedings, 2020.
- Gunasekara A.D.M., Anothaisintawee T., Youngkong S., Ha N.T., McKay G.J., Attia J., Thakkinstian A. Neoadjuvant Treatment with HER2-Targeted Therapies in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Cancers. 2022; 14(3):523. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14030523
- Life member of the Sri Lanka Medical Association
- Member of National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka