Awards and Orations

Awards

  • Dhunjishaw Dadabhoy Gold Medal for Medicine
  • Mathew Gold Medal for Forensic Medicine
  • Chalmers Gold Medal for Anatomy
  • Mylopulle Silver Medal for Pharmacology
  • Dr. D de Silva Mutucumarana Prize for Medicine
  • Bibile Memorial Prize for Pharmacology
  • 1978
    Second MB Scholarship for the best candidate
  • 1981
    Third MB Scholarship for the best candidate
  • 1998
    The Outstanding Young Person Award – TOYP (1998) Junior Chamber (JAYCES) of Sri Lanka
  • March, 1996
    SE Seneviratne Award
    Awarded by the Sri Lanka Medical Association for the paper ‘Infusion of adenosine prevents oxygen induced carbon dioxide retention in patients with COPD’ (Griffith, Fernando, Saunders) presented at the 109th Anniversary Academic Sessions, March 1996, Colombo
  • 2000
    Prize for the best poster for the poster
    Prize for the best poster for the poster titled ‘Antibodies to Hepatitis C virus in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients who have had multiple transfusions’ (S. Fernando, S.S.D Fernando, R. Mallikahewa, Rezni Cassim, M.H.R. Sheriff, U.T Vitarana Academic sessions 2000, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Second prize for oral presentation titled ‘Antibodies to Hepatitis C virus in a cohort of patients with chronic renal disease in Sri Lanka’ (S. Fernando, S.S.D Fernando, Niluka Welathanthri, I. Athukorale, S.Mathu, M.H.R. Sheriff, U.T Vitharana) Annual Academic sessions, 2000 Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists
  • 2002
    G R Handy Award for the best publication in cardiology
    G R Handy Award for the best publication in cardiology for the year 2002 awarded for the book ‘Mind Your Heart’ by the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

Orations

  • Sir Marcus Fernando Memorial Oration for the year 1997.
  • External High Frequency Oscillation: a new mode of ventilator assistance – Delivered at the Sri Lanka Medical Association Foundation Sessions, November 1997.