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- Chairperson of the Board of Study in Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine,
\nUniversity of Colombo (July 2011 to June 2015)<\/li>\n - Member of the Board of Study in Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine,
\nUniversity of Colombo (September 2010 to June 2011)<\/li>\n - Member of the Histopathology Scientific committee of the Oman Medical Specialty Board (August 2008 \u2013 Aug 2010)<\/li>\n
- Member of the Board of Study in Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo \u2013 (2002 -2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Committee Assignments at International Level<\/h4>\n
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- Temporary advisor, WHO Classification of Tumours Group, International Agency for Research\u00a0on Cancer (IARC),\u00a0Lyon,\u00a0France, 2020 October to date<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 ICD-O committee, International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO\/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)<\/li>\n
- Member, WHO Classification of Tumours Group, International Agency for Research\u00a0on Cancer (IARC),\u00a0Lyon,\u00a0France, 2018 to 2020 October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AT NATIONAL LEVEL<\/h4>\n
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- Member of the expert panel, \u2018Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians\u2019 (ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0) A book compiled and published by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. 2012.<\/li>\n
- Member, National working group for strengthening Breast cancer care in Sri Lanka. 2010 to date<\/li>\n
- Member, National committee for cervical cancer screening 2002 -2008 and 2010 to 2015<\/li>\n
- Co chairperson of the organizing committee \u2013 ICON GI 2007, International conference on Gastrointestinal Pathology organized by the Sri Lankan British school of Pathology (A collaboration between College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and British division of the International Academy of Pathology) September 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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UNIVERSITY AND FACULTY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS<\/h3>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
University committees<\/h4>\n
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- Academic member \u2013 Arts council 2017<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Leave and Awards committee \u2013 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine<\/h4>\n
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- Member \u2013 Building Committee, PGIM development plan 2013\/14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Faculty committees<\/h4>\n
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- Member \u2013 Internal quality assurance cell \u2013 2016<\/li>\n
- Person in charge \u2013 Criteria 1 of the Institutional review (Governance and management) \u2013 2016<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Committee developing Key performance indicators for academic staff \u2013 2016<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Research and Higher degrees committee \u2013 2012 to date<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Curriculum Development & Research committee \u2013 2010-2013<\/li>\n
- Chairperson \u2013 Musculoskeletal module \u2013 2010 to 2012<\/li>\n
- Chairperson \u2013 Applied Sciences Stream 2005 to 2008<\/li>\n
- Senior Student Counselor \u2013 2004 to 2006<\/li>\n
- Person in charge \u2013 Committee for Improving Social Harmony and Interactions for the World bank funded project on Improving Relevance And Quality Of Undergraduate Education (IRQUE) project 2004 2006<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee (CDEC) 2004 -2008<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Musculoskeletal module Committee \u2013 1997 to 2008<\/li>\n
- Chairperson \u2013 Respiratory system module \u2013 2001 \u2013 2004<\/li>\n
- Senior treasurer \u2013 Medical Students Welfare Association \u20132002 to 2004<\/li>\n
- Senior editor \u2013 Student Scientific Sessions \u2013 2004<\/li>\n
- Student Counselor \u2013 2003<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Ethical review committee \u2013 2003<\/li>\n
- Convener \u2013 Respiratory system module \u2013 1997 to 2001<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Cardiovascular module Committee \u2013 2002<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 Gastro intestinal module Committee \u2013 2002<\/li>\n
- Senior treasurer \u2013 BLOCK night student celebrations \u20132000 and 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Membership is Study Groups<\/h4>\n
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- Founder member of Cutaneous Lymphoma Study Group in Sri Lanka<\/li>\n
- Convenor of the committee appointed to review Cervical cytology classification used in Sri Lanka by the College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka<\/li>\n
- Founder member of study group on breast and thyroid diseases in Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other Assignments<\/h4>\n
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- Student mentor \u2013 A mentor to undergraduate medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.<\/li>\n
- Staff mentor \u2013 A mentor to a junior academic member of the faculty<\/li>\n
- Academic staff member in charge of the Golden Z club of the faculty initiated by ZONTA club 1 \u2013 Colombo, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Contributions to Development of Health at National Level<\/h3>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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- A member of the expert panel to revised the book \u2018Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians\u2019 (ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0) published by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2017)<\/li>\n
- A member of the expert panel to develop guidelines on early detection of thyroid cancers for primary care, initiated by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2017).<\/li>\n
- A member of the expert panel to develop guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology, College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2014).<\/li>\n
- Guidelines developed were published by The Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka as the National guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology in Sri Lanka ISBN 978-955-0505-87-6 (2016).<\/li>\n
- Authored the book \u2018Cervical cytology made easy\u2019, a cervical cytology atlas to be used for cytoscreening and diagnosis of cervical smears for the National Cervical Cancer Screening programme<\/li>\n
- Published as a hand book by the Ministry of Health through the Family Health Bureau ISBN 978-955-1503-28-4 (2014)<\/li>\n
- A member of the expert panel that compiled the book \u2018Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians\u2019<\/li>\n
- Published as a hand book by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0 (2012).<\/li>\n
- National Guidelines for reporting common malignancies were compiled (2006-07) under the auspices of the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka through the World Bank funded Health Sector Development Project.<\/li>\n
- Guidelines developed were published by The Ministry of Health as National guidelines through the World Bank funded Health Sector Development Project ISBN 978-955-9093-43-5 (2007).<\/li>\n
- During the presidential tenure of the college of Pathologists of Sri Lanka (2006), initiated a dialog with the British division if the IAP, resulting in a biannual international histopathology conference, jointly organized by the British division of IAP and the College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka. 6 ICON conferences have been held so far.<\/li>\n
- A member of the expert panel that developed \u2018Guidelines for reporting cervical cytology in Sri Lanka\u2019 under the auspices of the Family health bureau, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka and UNFPA.<\/li>\n
- Guidelines developed were published as a hand book by the Family Health Bureau. 2006 and revised and reprinted in 2010<\/li>\n
- Contributed to the development of the National cervical cancer screening programme at its inception, by contributing to training several batches of cytoscreeners for the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. (1998)<\/li>\n
- Pioneered the departmental Immunohistochemistry laboratory, as the first immunohistochemistry laboratory in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the first laboratory to offer breast immune prognostic markers in the country. (1997)<\/li>\n
- Co-Coordinator – Revision of \u2018National Guidelines for pathology reporting of common malignancies\u2019. College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2018\/19)<\/li>\n
- Member – Expert panel to revise \u2018National Guidelines for pathology reporting of Breast malignancy\u2019 and \u2018National Guidelines for pathology reporting of Gastrointestinal malignancy\u2019 College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2018\/19)<\/li>\n
- Member – Expert panel to develop \u2018Guidelines on early detection of thyroid cancers for primary care doctors and family physicians\u2019 (2017) and \u2018Guidelines on early detection of Prostate carcinoma for primary care doctors and family physicians\u2019 (2018), National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n
- Member – Expert panel to revise \u2018Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians\u2019 Published by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0 (2017)<\/li>\n
- Member – Expert panel to develop \u2018Guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology\u2019, College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2014). Published by The Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka as the National guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology. ISBN 978-955-0505-87-6 (2016).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Contributions to Health at International Level <\/h3>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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- Temporary advisor – Working group for tumour classification at the WHO\/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO\/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 IARC editorial committee, International classification systems for cytology, WHO\/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO\/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)<\/li>\n
- Member \u2013 ICD-O committee, International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO\/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)<\/li>\n
- Member – Working group for tumour classification at the WHO\/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO\/IARC), Lyon France (2018-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Member \u2013 Building Committee, PGIM development plan 2013\/14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n