Academic Services
- Services to Ministry of Healthcare, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
- Member of technical evaluation committees
- Member of advisory expert panels
- Services to Ceylon College of Physicians
- Resource person for MD part 1 MCQ course (2014,2015)
- Resource person for Nephrology specialty updates
- Resource person for college lectures
Management & Leadership Experiences
- Appointments/ contributions to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
- Head, Herpetarium, Faculty of Medicine (2024-to date).
- Chairperson, International Unit (2020 to 2024).
- Member, Clinical Trials Sub-committee of Ethics Review Committee (2021 to date).
- Member, Research and Higher Degrees Committee (2021 to date).
- Co-Chairperson of quiz committee organizing “University of Colombo Global Medical Challenge (GMC) 2020’ international medical quiz for ‘Medivision 2020’ International Conference to commemorate 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
- Applied Sciences Stream of MBBS programme
- Chairperson, Clinical Nephro-Urology Module (2022 to date)
- Chairperson, Nephro – urology Module (2014 to 2018)
- Convenor, Nephro – urology Module (2012 to 2014)
- Member of Faculty Electives Committee representing Clinical Medicine Department (2015 to date)
- Appointments at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine Sri Lanka
- Course coordinator, Specialty Board in Nephrology (2019 to date)
- Member, Specialty Board in Nephrology (2016 to 2018)
- Positions Held in Professional Associations/Organizations
- International Society of Nephrology (ISN) – Membership No. 67192
- Chair, i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) Working Group (2024 to date)
- Deputy chair, i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) Working Group (2022 to 2024)
- Member, ISN Emerging Leaders Program (2021-22)
- Member, Educational Ambassadors Committee (2019-2025)
- Member, Regional Board (South Asia) (2017 to date)
- Member, i3C Network (2011 to date)
- Member, i3C Detection subgroup (2011 to 2021)
- Member, ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) Network (2018 to date)
- Member, ISN Fellowship Hybrid Taskforce (2020)
- Lead clinician (liaison) of the emerging center of the Level B ISN Sister Center Program between University of Colombo (Emerging center) & Royal Free Hospital, UK (Supporting center)
- Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN)
- Member, Continuing Medical Education Program Committee (2024 to date)
- Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology (SLSON)
- President (2023-2024)
- Honorary Secretary (2016 to 2018)
- Editor (2018 – 2022)
- Council Member (2014 to date)
- Steering Committee of Renal Disease Prevention and Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA)
- Member, Expert Committee on Snakebites (2021 to date)
Membership / Fellowship in Professional Associations
- Member - Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology (SLSON)
- Member - Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN)
- Member - Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT)
- Member - Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA)
- Fellow of International Society of Nephrology (FISN)
- Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
- Fellow of the Ceylon College of Physicians (FCCP)
Editorial & Review Experiences - Local & International
- Editor of Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology, 2018-2020
- Member of the Editorial Board
- Member of the Self-Assessment Program Review Panel of nephSAP and KSAP published by the American Society of Nephrology (2022-2026)
- Reviewer for Scientific Journals
- BMJ Open
- PLOS One
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Kidney International Reports
- Renal Failure
- Toxicon
- BMC Nephrology
- American Journal of Case Reports
- Soudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Transplantation
- American Journal of tropical Medicine & Hygiene
- Ceylon Journal of Medical Science
- Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
- Reviewer of the research proposals submitted for competitive research grants
- National Science Foundation
- University of Sri Jayawardenepura
- University of Peradeniya
Invited Presentations at International Conferences
- Targeting equitable kidney health through Global Kidney Health Atlas. World Congress of Nephrology 2025 held in New Delhi, India. 09th of April, 2025.
- Hot topics from the tropics: When CKDu becomes less unknown. World Congress of Nephrology 2025 held in New Delhi, India. 06th of April, 2025.
- Two talks on CKDu and Green Nephrology as ISN Supported Speaker through the ISN CME Program for the 20th Annual Convention and Scientific Seminar of Kidney Foundation, Bangladesh held in Dhaka. 19th of November, 2024.
- CKDu: Hotspots, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options in South Asia. World Congress of Nephrology 2024 held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 16th of April, 2024.
- Poisoning, animal bites and AKI: Is the epidemiology changing? 53rd Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology 2023 held in Kolkata, India. 15th December, 2023.
- Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: A Mysterious Epidemic. 17th Annual Scientific Conference and international CME of Bangladesh Renal Association held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 2023. 09th Spetember, 2023.
- Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Aetiology (CKDu). University College London (UCL) Infectious and Global Nephrology Course. 24th March, 2023.
- AKI Secondary to Snakebite Envenomation. World Congress of Nephrology 2022 held in Malaysia. 27th of February 2022.
- Snake venom induced acute kidney injury and related thrombotic microangiopathy. General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University (KDU) – Mayo Clinic USA International Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplant Medicine and Oncology Conference. 9th February 2018.
- Thrombotic microangiopathy following snake envenomation. Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT) 16th Annual Scientific Congress. 10th November 2017
