Others

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

  1. Appointments/ contributions to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
    • 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, 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)
  2. 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)
  3. Positions Held in Professional Associations/Organizations
    • International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
      • Member, Educational Ambassadors Committee (2019 to date)
      • Member, Regional Board (South Asia) (2017 to date)
    • Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology (SLSON)
      • Honorary Secretary (2016 to 2018)
      • Editor (2018 to date)
      • Council Member (2014 to 2016)
    • Steering Committee of Renal Disease Prevention and Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
      • Member (2018 to date)

Membership / Fellowship in Professional Associations

  • Member - International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
  • 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 the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
  • Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
  • Fellow of the Ceylon College of Physicians (FCCP)

Fellowships / Travel Grants

  • Bursary awarded by Royal College of Physicians in 2009 to attend the annual meeting of the Renal Association UK and the British Transplantation Society 2009 and one-week study visit to Renal Unit at Leicester General Hospital UK.
  • Travel Grant awarded by International Society of Nephrology (ISN) to present research at the Forefronts meetings in Sylt, Germany in May 2010

Editorial & Review Experiences - Local & International

  • Editor of Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology, 2018-2020
  • Reviewer for Scientific Journals
    • American Journal of Case Reports
    • Soudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Transplantation
    • BMC Nephrology
    • 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