• MBBS
• MD (Colombo)
• MRCP (UK)
• FRCP (London)
• FACP(USA)

Journal papers

1. Govindapala DS, Senarath RMUS1, Wijenayake W1, Wijewardena TD1, Nakkawita WMID2, Senaratne UTN3, Kawyangana P2, De Silva AD2, Fernando NS. Adverse events following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Covisheild) vaccine administered in two-dose regimen: A single centre experience from Sri Lanka. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2022, 53, 17- 25.
2. Govindapala D, Nakkawita D, Jayasena H, Jayasekara P, Navaratne V, Abeygoona-wardena H, Kawyangana P, Gamage A, De Silva AD. A multicentre study on quaran-tined healthcare workers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned in a resource limited setting. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2022, 53, 26-34
3. Jayasena DP, Jayasekera MMPT, Govindapala DS, Munasinghe JM, Samarawickrama T, Senanayake A, Chaturika HAV, Wijensinghe RANK. Neutropaenic enterocolitis due to Methotrexate in a patient with Rheumatoid arthritis – a case report. Asian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021,01,84-87
4. Jayasekera MMPT, Govindapala BGDS, Samarawickrama T, Munasinghe TMJ, Karuna-rathna TASL, Kumarasinghe IHS, Wijesinghe RANK. Lepromatous leprosy mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2021, 52, 49-52.
5. Chanil Deshan Ekanayake, Deepal Weerasekera, Dilini Dissanayake, Ranga Wickrama-rachchi, Saman Pushpakumara, Dumitha Govindapala. Late presentation of a cauda equina lesion with a vulval abscess: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 15 (1), 1-4 doi:10.1186/s13256-021-03012-z
6. Govindapala DS, Matthais AT, Manilgama S, Wanigatunga CA. COVID -19 and RAAS inhibitors: the controversy continues. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2020, 51, 43-47
7. Jayasekara P, Navaratne V, Govindapala DS, Nakkawita D, Gamage A.Preparing for the unexpected; A reflection on the hospital preparedness for COVID-19.Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2020, 51, 68-70
8. Suneth Karunarathne, Sajitha Weerasinghe, Dumitha Govindapala, Harshini Fernan-do, Bhaddika Jayaratne. Cold autoimmune haemolytic anaemia secondary to Epstein Barr virus infection presenting with peripheral gangrene. Thrombosis Journal 2012, 10:4 doi: 10.1186/1477-9560-10-4
9. Suneth Karunarathne, Dumitha Govindapala, Yapa Udayakumara, Harshini Fernando. Cytomegalovirus associated transverse myelitis in an immunocompetent host with DNA detection in cerebrospinal fluid. BMC Res notes July 2012, doi 10.1186/1756-0500-5-364
10. Suneth Karunarathne, Yapa Udayakumara, Dumitha Govindapala, Harshini Fernando. Medullary nephrocalcinosis, distal renal tubular acidosis and polycythemia in a pa-tient with nephrotic syndrome. BMC Nephrology 2012,13:66 doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-66.
11. S. Karunarathne, Y. Udayakumara, D. Govindapala, and H. Fernando. Type IV renal tubular acidosis following resolution of acute kidney injury and disseminated intra-vascular coagulation due to hump-nosed viper bite. Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Jul-Aug; 23(4): 294–296. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.
12. Suneth Karunarathne, Dumitha Govindapala, Harshini Fernando, Tetanus following ocular wooden foreign body in incompletely vaccinated patient. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease,Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 495-496
13. RL Satarasinghe, M Jayawardana, DS Govindapala. Relationship between asymptomat-ic hepatic involvement and other major target organ involvement in epidemic and non-epidemic dengue infections in adult Sri Lankans: experience from a tertiary refer-ral center. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2010.
14. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Upul Wickramasingha, Ravi Wijesinghe, Kokila Dias, Chamila Subasinghe, Randula Samarasinghe, Dumitha Govindapala, Cris-lan Navaratne. Comparison of Demographics and Clinical Features of Adult SLankan Alcoholics Who Had Primary and Secondary Banding Due to Advanced Oesophageal Varices. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
15. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Upul Wickramasingha, Dumitha Govindapala, Crislan Navaratne, Randula Samarasinghe, Chamila Subasinghe, Ravi Wi-jesinghe, Kokila Dias, Thushara Jayalal. Comparison of Endoscopically Evaluated Etiol-ogies of Upper GI Bleeding of Adult Sri Lankans with International Studies Admitted to a Medical Unit of a Tertiary Care Center. The American Journal of Gastroenterolo-gy, Vol 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
16. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Crislan Navaratne, Chamila Subasinghe, Upul Wickramasingha, Dumitha Govindapala, Randula Samarasinghe, Thushara Jaya-lal, Kokila Dias. Demographic and Clinical Profile of a Cohort of Adult Sri Lankans Hav-ing Advanced Chronic Hepatic Dysfunction due to Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Aetiol-ogy. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
17. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Dumitha Govindapala, Upul Wick-ramasingha, Crislan Navaratne, Randula Samarasinghe, Ravi Wijesinghe. Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO) in an Adult Sri Lankan Woman – A diagnostic Dilemma Unre-vealed, a Rare Gastrointestinal cause in the Tropics. The American Journal of Gastro-enterology, Volume 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
18. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Chamila Subasinghe, Thushara Jayalal, Crislan Navaratne, Ravi Jayawardana, Dumitha Govindapala, Kokila Dias, Randula Samarasinghe. An Extreme-ly Rare Cause of Isolated Massive Hepatomegaly and Ascites. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume 105, Supplement 1, October 2010
19. RL Satarasinghe, MAR Jayawardana, R Wellaketiya, DS Govindapala. Lympidem (R)(a coumarin derivative) induced reversible hepatotoxicity in an adult Sri Lankan-a case report with literature review. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, volume 25, 2008, pages A48- A48.
20. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Crislan Navaratne, Chamila Subasinghe, Dumitha Govindapala, Randula Samarasinghe. An Unusual Cause Of Obstructive Jaundice. American Journal of Gastroenterology,Volume 105,Supplement, October 2010.

Oral communications and poster presentations

Conference papers

1. Govindapala DS, Nakkawita WMID, Wijenayake W, Senarath RMUS, Wijewardena TD, Senaratne UTN, Kawyangana, De Silva AD, Fernando NS. Adverse events following ChAdOx1nCoV-19 vaccine in the first phase of vaccine roll out in Sri Lanka. Proceed-ings of 14th International Research Conference, KDU,2021.
2. HS Jayasinghearachchi, DS Govindapala, WMID Nakkawita, PH Premaratne, CL Goonasekara, DGP Kawyangana3 KWT Chathuranga, US Kulasekara3, AD De Silva. Mo-lecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Relationship of SARS-CoV-2 Strains Infecting a NAVY Cohort during the First Wave of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 14th International Research Conference, KDU,2021.
3. H Abeygoonawardena, UTN Senaratne, MMPT Jayasekera, WMID Nakkawita, FN Mu-barak, US Kulasekera, DGP Kawyangana, DS Govindapala, AD De Silva. Identification of New Variant of SARS CoV-2 Virus of C-36 lineage with L452R Mutation at University Hospital KDU (UHKDU) Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 14th International Research Confer-ence, KDU,2021.
4. Rajapakse RDIL, Bogahawatta BDPA, Vithanage VV, Senavirathna SADCS, Govindapala BGDS. Impact of work-related characteristics on the job satisfaction of physiothera-pists working in government hospitals in the Western province, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 14th International Research Conference, KDU,2021.
5. Govindapala DS, Nakkawita WMID, Senaratne UTN, Jayasena H, Jayasekara MMPT, Abeygoonawardena H, D.G.P. Kawyangana, Navaratne PBV, A Gamage, De Silva AD. Exposure characteristics and seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among quaran-tined healthcare workers; a multicenter study in the western province of sri-Lanka. Proceedings of 134th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2021.
6. Govindapala DS, Nakkawita WMID, Senaratne UTN, Wijewardena TD, Wijenayake W, De Silva AD, Fernando NS. Profiling of adverse effects following the first dose of cha-dox1 ncov-19 vaccine; a hospital based descriptive study. Proceedings of 134th Anni-versary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2021.
7. Bogahawatta BDPA, Rajapakse RDIL, Vithanage VV, Senavirathna SADCS, Govindapala BGDS. Job satisfaction among physiotherapists working in government hospitals in the western province, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 134th Anniversary International Medi-cal Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2021.
8. Govindapala DS, Nakkawita WMID, Senaratne UTN, Jayasena DH, Jayasekara MMPT, Navaratne PBV, Abeygoonawardhena H, Gamage P, De Silva AD. SARS-COV-2 specific IgM and IgG response among quarantined health care workers following exposure to COVID-19 confirmed co-workers in a University Hospital, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the National Conference on “COVID-19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience, 2021.
9. HS Jayasinghearachchi, DS Govindapala, WMID Nakkawita, PH Premaratne, CL Goonasekara, J Jayasinghe, M Karunaratne, DGP Kawayangana, KWT Chathuranga, US Kulasekara, AD De Silva. Prospective study on the clinical characteristics, viral positivi-ty and antibody response in an asymptomatic/ minimally symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 positive navy cohort in Sri- Lanka. Proceedings of 13th International Research Confer-ence, KDU,2020.
10. Govindapala DS, Faiz FA, Goweshaliya S, Munasinghe TMJ, De Silva AMNL. Knowledge, attitude and body weight perception among overweight and obese patients attending general medical clinics of a university hospital Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 53rd Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2020.
11. Govindapala DS, Nakkawita WMID, Senaratne UTN, Jayasena DH, Jayasekara MMPT, Navaratne PBV, Abeygoonawardhena H, Gamage P, De Silva AD. SARS-COV-2 specific IgM and IgG response among quarantined health care workers following exposure to COVID-19 confirmed co-workers in a University Hospital, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the National Conference on “COVID-19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience, 2021.
12. Jayasekera MMPT, Edirisinghe EMDT, Wijesinghe RANK, Govindapala BGDS, Samara-wickrama T, Munasinghe TMJ, Aravinda LP, Dasanayake MCU, Sheriff MHR., 2020.Study of the difference of platelet indicies in dengue fever and dengue haemor-rhagic fever. Proceedings of 53rd Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians,2020.
13. Govindapala DS, Karunaratna DAS, Fernando AH. Knowledge on foot care among dia-betic patients attending general medical clinics of a tertiary care hospital. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon Collage of Physicians 2015.
14. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Upul Wickramasingha, Ravi Wijesinghe, Kokila Dias, Chamila Subasinghe, Randula Samarasinghe, Dumitha Govindapala, Cris-lan Navaratne. Comparison of Demographics and Clinical Features of Adult SLankan Alcoholics Who Had Primary and Secondary Banding Due to Advanced Oesophageal Varices. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
15. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Upul Wickramasingha, Dumitha Govindapala, Crislan Navaratne, Randula Samarasinghe, Chamila Subasinghe, Ravi Wi-jesinghe, Kokila Dias, Thushara Jayalal. Comparison of Endoscopically Evaluated Etiol-ogies of Upper GI Bleeding of Adult Sri Lankans with International Studies Admitted to a Medical Unit of a Tertiary Care Center. The American Journal of Gastroenterolo-gy, Vol 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
16. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Crislan Navaratne, Chamila Subasinghe, Upul Wickramasingha, Dumitha Govindapala, Randula Samarasinghe, Thushara Jaya-lal, Kokila Dias. Demographic and Clinical Profile of a Cohort of Adult Sri Lankans Hav-ing Advanced Chronic Hepatic Dysfunction due to Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Aetiol-ogy. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
17. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Dumitha Govindapala, Upul Wick-ramasingha, Crislan Navaratne, Randula Samarasinghe, Ravi Wijesinghe. Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO) in an Adult Sri Lankan Woman – A diagnostic Dilemma Unre-vealed, a Rare Gastrointestinal cause in the Tropics. The American Journal of Gastro-enterology, Volume 105, Supplement 1, October 2010.
18. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Chamila Subasinghe, Thushara Jayalal, Crislan Navaratne, Ravi Jayawardana, Dumitha Govindapala, Kokila Dias, Randula Samarasinghe. An Extreme-ly Rare Cause of Isolated Massive Hepatomegaly and Ascites. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume 105, Supplement 1, October 2010
19. Ravindra Satarasinghe, Ravi Jayawardana, Crislan Navaratne, Chamila Subasinghe, Dumitha Govindapala, Randula Samarasinghe. An Unusual Cause Of Obstructive Jaundice. American Journal of Gastroenterology,Volume 105,Supplement 1, October 2010.
20. Satharasinghe RL, Jayawardena MAR, Govindapala DS, Gunarathne PAKG, de Silva PA. Demographics, aetiology and histological profile of asymptomatic elevation of hepatic transaminases due to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a cohort of non-alcoholic adult Sri Lankans. Oral Presentation, 41st Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2008.
21. Jayaratne SD, Undugodage CM, Govindapala DS. Liver enzyme abnormalities in pa-tients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus and Lipid abnormalities. Poster presentation at 118th Anniversary Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2005.

Other Publications

1. Govindapala DS, Nipun De Silva, Thisara Samarawickrama, Priyamali Jayasekara, Namal Wijesinghe. A middle-aged woman with shortness of breath: A rare Cause of dyspnoea. The official newsletter of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Volume12, is-sue 06, June 2019

• Internal Medicine
• Haematology

• Non-Communicable diseases
• Liver disease
• Obesity
• Dengue
• COVID-19

• Niroshan Sri Dev Memorial Gold medal for Clinical Medicine
• KDU Research Grant – 2021
• KDU Research Grant – 2020
• Best oral presentation award at the International Re-search Conference, KDU -2020
• CCP research Grant 2019

PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS /MEMBERSHIPS

• Fellow of the American College of Physicians
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, United Kingdom
• Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom
• Life Member of the Ceylon College of Physicians
• Life Member of the Sri Lankan society of Internal Medicine
• Life Member of the Sri Lanka Medical Association

POSITIONS HELD IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCAITIONS/OTHER INSTITUTIONS

• Treasurer of the Ceylon College of physicians, 2022
• Member of the Ethics Review Committee of the Sri Lanka Medical Association 2020-2022
• Council member of the Ceylon College of Physician 2017,2020,2021
• Member of the Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University 2019 – 2021
• Member of the MRCP PACES organizing committee of Sri Lanka, 2016 – 2022
• Honorary Joint secretary of the Ceylon College of physicians, 2018 – 2019
• Member of the scientific committee of the Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon college of physicians, 2018 – 2019
• Secretary of the exhibition committee – “Mahajana Suwadana “, health care exhibition organized by the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2017
• Member of the scientific committee of the annual academic sessions – Ratnapura Clinical society in 2017

CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES

• Coordinator of the National Revised Dengue Guideline development committee,2020
• Member of the COVID -19 guideline development committee – Ministry of Health Sri Lanka,2020
• Member of the Hypertension Guideline development committee of the CCP in collaboration with Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, 2020