- Doctor of Medicine (MD) (Fist Class Honors) from Vinnitsa State Medical University named after Dr. N.I.Piragov, Vinnitsa, Ukraine, USSR – 1986
- Diploma in Legal Medicine (DLM) from the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo – 1996
- Doctor of Medicine (Forensic Medicine) (MD) from the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo – 1998
- Diploma in Forensic Medicine of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Australia – 2000
- Founder Member of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London, UK (MFFLM) - 2009
- Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Forensic Medicine of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. FFCFM (RCPA) 2015
Dr. UAK Tennakoon
MD-HON (USSR), DLM, MD-For. Med.(SL), DFM-RCPA (Aus), MFFLM-RCP(UK), FFCFM (RCPA)
Senior Lecturer Gr I in Forensic Medicine
Subject Head – Forensic Medicine
- Qualifications
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Qualifications
- Teaching Areas
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Teaching Areas
- Forensic Medicine
- Forensic Toxicology
- Research Interests
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Research Interests
- Child abuse and Gender Based Violence
- Torture and human rights violation
- Human Trafficking
- Management of the dead in disasters
- Management of unidentified dead bodies
- Research Publications
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Research Publications
- Case report on “Suicide by Plastic Bag Suffocation”: Ceylon Medical Journal Vol. 43, N0. 01, March 1998, pp. 36-37
- Case report on “Perineal groove leading to a suspicion of child sexual abuse” Ceylon Medical Journal 2014; 59: 147-148
- An analysis of autopsy reports of injury and violence deaths in Sri Lanka Ajith Tennakoon et al., Inj Prev, 2016 – 22 (Suppl 2) : A 266 online publication, published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited.
- De Silva TAU, Tennakoon A, Hanas ALM, Jayathilake AU: Homicides: An analysis of medico-legal autopsy reports in Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology- Ceylon Medical Journal 2018:63 (Supp 1):80
- De. Silva TAU, Tennakoon A, Hanas ALM, Jayathilake AU: Road Traffic fatalities in Sri Lanka: an analysis of autopsy reports Injury Prevention 2018:24:A 192
- De. Silva TAU, Tennakoon A, Hanas ALM, Jayathilake AU: Injury and violence related fatalities in Sri Lanka: An analysis of autopsy reports: Injury Prevention 2018:24:A 118 – A119
- Tennakoon A, Hanas ALM, Jayathilake AU : Analysis of autopsy reports of injury and violence deaths in Sri Lanka: Injury Prevention. 2016:22 (Suppl 2) : A266
- A study of incidental tumors and other abnormalities of pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas, ovaries and liver detected at autopsy in a Sri Lankan population. P. Katulanda, A. Tennakoon and etc. Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism In November 23 2021 Volume: 11 Issue: 2
- Study on Radiological Methods of Age Estimation from tooth development using a Sri Lankan group of population and adapt a modified method for Medico Legal purpose, Sisira Ranasinghe 1, Jean Perera 2, Jane A Taylor 3, Ajith Tennakoon and etc : Forensic Science Int. 2019 May:298:64-70.
- Tennakoon A, Weeratna J: Management of the Dead and Missing People in the Easter Bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka: Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences: Vol 6, Special Issue May 2021.
- The Search Process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons: Mercedes Salado Puerto, Ajith Tennakoon and etc: : Forensic Science International Synergy, Volume 3, 2021
- Radiological Assessment of Mandibular Molars of children and young adults to determine the probability at 16 year threashhold : Sri Lankan study: Sisira Ranasingh, Ajith Tennakoon, Forensic Imaging , Elsevier PR-305137-F2B4AA341048
- Improving the policy utility of cause of death statistics in Sri Lanka: an empirical investigation of causes of out of hospital deaths using automated verbal autopsy methods: Frontires in Public Health, May 2021.591237: Lene Mikkelsen, Ajith Tennakoon and etc
- A juvenile sex offender with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder : A case report : Chandradasa M1 , Hettiarachchi D2 , Fernando R 2 , Gunathilake M2 , Wijetunge S 2 , Tennakoon A 3 March 2016
- Survey on postmortem screening and management of COVID-19 related deaths: Pathalogica EPUB. October 2021 : Sameera A Gunawardena, Ajith Tennakoon , Glancarlo Di Vella and etc.
- Management of Unidentified and Unclaimed bodies: A Practical Guidline, Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2021: Ajith Tennakoon, S.P.A.Hevage, Jayanie Weerathne. 2021
- A guide to undergraduate curriculum on medical certification of cause of death: Ministry of Health in collaboration with Ministry of Education: Ajith Tennakoon, Prof. Anuruddi Edirisinghe, Prof. Asela Mendis, and etc 2021
- Handbook for Sri Lankan Doctors on Cause of Death Certification: Ministry of Health, supported by Data for Health Initiative, 2021: Dr. Ajith Tennakoon, Dr. Lakshmi C. Somathunga, and etc 2021
- Presentations
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Presentations
- Annual Sessions of the Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka : “Difficulties encountered in fatal cases of firearm injuries in soldiers brought from war affected North-East area” and “Injury pattern in the bomb blast victims in Sri Lanka” in 1996; Intra venous heroin abuse, a problem of the Sri Lanka’s future, Are we ready to face the challenge?” in 2001, Are Doctors to blame for delay in court proceedings due to non availability of medico legal reports” in 2002
- Suicide patterns in Avissawella in the Annual Sessions of the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka in 2003
- “Child Abuse prevention; Experience in Rathnapura District” INPALMS in Colombo 2007
- “Peritonitis; A silent killer” 27th Anniversary Academic Sessions of PGIM–2007
- The scope and the limitation in examination of drunken drivers” Plenary lecture in Annual Scientific session of the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka - 2008
- “Unwanted pregnancy. Should a woman suffer?” Plenary lecture in Annual academic session of the Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka – 2009
- “Human Rights and the Role of Forensic Medicine Expert in Sri Lanka” : Plenary lecture in 11th annual academic sessions of College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka : 2013
- Poster presentation on “Prevention of Torture: JMO’s role in Sri Lanka” in 23rd of world congress of IALM in Dubai.
- Poster presentation on “Doctor’s role in improving the prevention of torture in Sri Lanka using the Istanbul Protocol” in IRCT 10th Scientific Symposium – Delivering on the promise of the right to rehabilitation, in Mexico City, Mexico in December 2016
- Poster Presentation on “Prevalence of Incidentally detected abnormalities of Thyroid, Pituitary, Adrenals, Pancreas and Ovaries in a Sri Lankan Population. Preliminary Results of a post mortem study”: ENDO 2017, Orlando, Florida, USA
- Invited guest plenary and symposium speaker for the 2017 International Congress on Forensic Medicine and Science, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on “Torture: issues and challenges for forensic practitioner” and “Bullying in educational institutions, Experiences and lessons from Sri Lanka”.
- Invited guest speaker in International Trauma Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2017.
- Member of the ICRC working group on developing a training module on “Autopsy techniques to obtain identification of victims in mass disasters”, In Geneva, November 2017.
- Invited plenary speaker for the First National Forensic Science Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, in February 2018
- Invited Guest Speaker at the 2nd Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine on “Military Medicine, a disciplined approach to Contemporary Medicine” in March 2018
- Invited speaker in “work shop on deceased donor program” organized by the Galle Medical Association in March 2018
- Invited plenary speaker in International Symposium on Sexual Violence in Asia in Hong Kong in June, 2018
- Invited plenary speaker in 40th Annual National Conference of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine January - February 2019, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India : “ Role of Forensic Medicine Experts in National Policy Review on Management of the Dead: Sri Lankan Experience “
- Invited guest speaker in the 10th International Indian Association of Medico Legal Experts Conference and Medico Legal Conference of Nepal in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2019 : “ Challenges faced in the mortuary operation of the Easter Sunday disaster in Colombo “
- Invited esteemed panelist for 5th National Convention of Medicine and Law on “Organ transplantation in India – Legal issues and Solutions” held on zoom platform on 5th July 2020.
- Guest speaker in 4th International Conference of Forensic Odontology and Child Abuse, organized by Forensic Odontology Unit, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India in Association with IAMLE, held from 28-31st March 2022
- Presenter in the ICRC workshop on “Missing persons, Forensic investigation and unclaimed bodies: Practical aspects of management of the deceased” held in Hanoi, Vietnam 14th June 2023 on zoom platform on the topic “Management of unidentified and unclaimed dead. Sri Lankan practice”
- Guest speaker at the Seventh meeting of the Bali Process Technical Experts Group on Returns and Reintegration on 5th December 2024 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and delivered a speech on the topic of “Return, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims of Human Trafficking”.
- Involvement with other Organizations
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Involvement with other Organizations
- Board Member of the National Child Protection Authority.
- Board Member of the National Authority on Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses
- Board Member of the National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
- Member of the National Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
- Board Member of the Office on the Missing Persons
- Past President of the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka
- Past President of the Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka
- Member of the Forensic Advisory Board of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva since 2017.