DR RM DE SILVA – Faculty of Medicine

MBBS (SJU)
MD (Medicine)
MRCP (UK)
MRCP (London)
MRCP (Geriatric Medicine)
MRCP (Endocrinology and Diabetes)
Board Certified Specialist in General Internal Medicine
Specialist Registration in Geriatric Medicine - General Medical Council, United Kingdom

Journal articles:

Challenges in the diagnosis and management of Cushing’s syndrome due to ectopic ACTH from bronchial carcinoid M S A Cooray, N P Somasundaram, Janakie Fernando, A H N Fernando, R M De Silva, D Rasnayake Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015; 5: 95-99
A patient presenting with severe hypoglycaemia and autonomic instability found to have multiple myeloma complicated with amyloidosis Kushalee P Jayawickreme, Shyama Subasinghe, Rochana De Silva, Preethi Dissanayake, Lasanthi Perera European Oncology and Haemotology 2019;15 (2): 106 – 8

Contribution to guidelines:

National Guideline for Management of Diabetes for Secondary and Tertiary healthcare level – published by the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Presentations:

Oral presentation on the topic ‘Fever of Unknown Origin – A Diagnostician’s Dilemma’ at the Young Physician’s Forum organised by the Ceylon College of Physicians, 08/05/2018
Poster presentation at the 7^th Annual Academic sessions of the Endocrine Society of Sri Lanka; Topic – Ectopic ACTH secretion due to a bronchial carcinoid in a patient presenting with a staphylococcal pneumonia; a case report.
Poster presentation at British Geriatric Society Autumn Meeting 2023 in Birmingham, United Kingdom; Topic – Capillary blood glucose testing on older patients at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital – a quality improvement project.