Others

Invited Guest Lectures

“Genetic Prophecy”
Guest Lecture – Sri Lanka Rationalists Association May 20, 1984.

“Some Aspects of Clinical Genetics”
Guest Lecture – Galle Clinical Society
September 18, 1984

“25 Years of Genetic Counselling”
Guest Lecture – Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait
March 25, 1985.

“A New Cytogenetics – The Reawakening”                       
Guest Lecture – College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, Sri Lanka.
Annual Scientific Sessions
May 5, 1991

“It is Genetic!  What then?”
Guest Lecture – Panadura Clinical Society, Sri Lanka
March 17, 1992.

“Genes and the Eye”
Guest Lecture – Sri Lanka College of Ophthalmologists
February 16, 1992.

“The Dysmorphic Child – A Cordon and Search in Paediatrics”
Guest Lecture / Update Lecture Series – Sri Lanka Paediatric Association, Sri Lanka January 27, 1993.

“Birth Defects and Parental Responsibility”
Guest Lecture – Academy of Child Psychology. Sri Lanka
May 28, 1994.

“Biology & Genetic Basis of Cancer”.
Breast Cancer Update – Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo. Sri Lanka.
July 20, 1997.

“The Role of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation in Prenatal Diagnosis”
Guest Lecture – Sri Lanka Medical Association Foundation Sessions. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
November 6-7, 1998.

“Genetics of Thalassaemia”
Guest Lecture – Seminar on Thalassaemia.
Kandy Thalassaemia Association, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
November 13, 1998.

“Frontiers in Cytogenetics”
Guest Lecture – Galle Clinical Society- Annual Academic Sessions. Galle, Sri Lanka.
August 21, 1999.

“Genethics in Sri Lanka – The Slumbering Sentinels”
Guest Lecture – Sri Lanka Medical Association – 113th Annual Academic Sessions. March 24, 2000.

“Sports Medicine in the Molecular Era”
Guest Lecture – Sri Lanka Medical Association – 113th Annual Academic Sessions.
March 24, 2000.

“Non–Traditional Inheritance in a Molecular Era”
Paediatric Update – Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
July 28, 2000.

“The Role of Counseling in Birth Defects”
Medical Update Programme – 2003
Independent Medical Practitioners Association of Sri Lanka
OPA Auditorium,
May 11, 2003.

“Genes, the Church & Reality”
Guest Lecture – Annual General Meeting of the Catholic National Commission for Pastoral Care of Migrants, Tourists and Health Care Workers Colombo.
October 20, 2005.

“Genetics & Rheumatic Diseases – Implications for the Future”
Guest Lecture – Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association of  Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation.
January 22, 2006

“Genetics & Counseling in Multiple Polyposis Syndromes”
Gut Club, National Hospital, Colombo.
June, 2006.

“Genetics of Fertility”
Guest Lecture – 41st Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists.
June 29. 2008.

“The New Reproductive and Genetic Technologies and the Church in Sri Lanka”
The Colombo Deanery
May, 2009.

“The New Reproductive and Genetic Technologies that challenge the Church in SriLanka”.
Chilaw Archdiocese.
December 7, 2009.

“The New Reproductive and Genetic Technologies in Sri Lanka” Are we in a slumber?
Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo
October, 2012.

“Soft Skills’
Lanka [Apollo] Hospitals [Pvt] Ltd. Colombo.
December 2012.

“The Pathologist – A Dignified Professional”
College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka
May /July 2021.

“The Confident Professional in Indigenous Medicine”
Indigenous Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
July 2021.

SEMINARS / SYMPOSIA & COURSES (Speaker / Resource Person)

Deafness, Genetics and Genetic Counselling.
Seminar for the teachers of the hearing impaired in Sri Lanka. In collaboration with
the Japan International Agency – November 8, 1985. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Genetics and Retinoblastoma.
Symposium of the Annual Congress of the Ophthalmological Society of Ceylon. October 19, 1987. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Recombinant DNA approach to the Diagnosis of Parasitic and Genetic Diseases.
Symposium organised in collaboration with the International Scientific Programme in Chemical Sciences and the Institute for Medical Genetics. University of Uppsala, Sweden. March 11, 1988. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Philosophy and Ethics of Modern Biology.
Symposium of the Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, Sponsored by The British Council. September 23, 1988, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Genetics of Some Oral and Craniofacial Disorders.
Seminar of the Academic Sessions of the College of Dentistry and Stomatology of Sri Lanka February 11, 1990. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Gender Verification – The Dilemma.
Seminar of the Sri Lanka Sports Medicine Association, sponsored by Roche & Co. March 29, 1992. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Reducing the Risk of Birth Defects.
Seminar/Workshop organised by the Colombo Jaycees, sponsored by UNICEF.September 19, 1993. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Twin Studies and Genetics.
Lecture / Symposium of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Annual Sessions, March 28, 1997. Colombo. Sri Lanka.

Gene Therapy – The Basis of Genetic Disease.
Seminar at the First Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, July 19, 1997. Colombo. Sri Lanka.

Ethical Dilemmas in Genetics.
Seminar of The Guild of St Luke – Saints Cosmos & Damien. (Association of Roman Catholic Doctors and Dental Surgeons of Sri Lanka). October 5, 1997. Colombo.  Sri Lanka

Genes & Sports

Team Physician Development Course
(Accredited by the International Federation of Sports Medicine) September 18 – 20. 1994. Colombo. Sri Lanka.

The New Technologies and the Dilemma of a Catholic Doctor in Sri Lanka.
National Seminar on Bioethics and the Family
Laity Council of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka & the Catholic Doctors Guild. August 22-30. 2002.

Genetic Screening for Cancer
Ceylinco Cancer Detection Centre.
January 12, 2003.

Current Trends in Genetic Modification of Foods
Seminar Organised by the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka
May 31, 2003.

The New Genethics
Symposium on New Genetics & Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Sri Lanka Medical Association – Annual Academic Sessions,
March 24, 2005.

Dialogue I – Moral Direction for Science
Society for the Integration of Science & Human Values [SISV]
July 3, 2005.

What is Down Syndrome?
A Seminar on Down Syndrome
Association of Parents of the Special Child.
Nov. 5, 2005.

Genetic Causes of Fetal Malformations
Fetal Medicine Seminar – Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
39thAnnual Scientific Sessions.
October 20– 22, 2006.

Modern Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka
Symposium – Modern Reproductive Technologies
Bishops Institute for Orientation Studies
May 31,2008.

Genetics of Colorectal Cancers
Symposium- Gastroenterological & Digestive Endoscopy Society of Sri Lanka
November, 2008.

Cytogenetics
Symposium on Human Genetics
122nd Annual Academic Sessions – Sri Lanka Medical Association
March 2009.

Scope of Sports Medicine
NOC Sports Medicine Course for Doctors
September 26, 2009.

HIV & Genetics
Symposium – Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sri Lanka College of Venereologists
20th Annual Scientific Sessions
October 16, 2015.

Infertility and the new Technologies in Assisted Reproduction
Symposium – The Guild of St. Luke Saints Cosmos & Damian
September 10, 2016.

PLENARY, INAUGURAL & MEMORIAL LECTURES

“Genetics of Breast Cancer”
Plenary Lecture
College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka. Academic Sessions.
December 5, 1997.

“Blazing a Genetic Trail – The Human Genome”
Prof. Darrel Wijeratne Memorial Lecture – 2000.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna.
October 4, 2000.

“Genes, Dreams and Reality”
Inaugural Lecture 2000, University of Colombo.
Colombo.
December 5, 2000.

“Genetics in Sports”
Plenary Lecture
VIth Asian Congress of Sports Medicine.
25th October, Colombo 2003.

“Genes, Cancer & Genealogy”
Plenary Lecture – 5th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
January 19, 2009.

Genetic Diagnostics 2010
Plenary Lecture 
Annual Academic Sessions of the Galle Medical Association 2010
September 18, 2010.

ORATIONS / KEYNOTE SPEECHES

The Dr. M.P.M. Cooray Memorial Oration – 2007
The New Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka
A Christian perspective
The Guild of St. Luke Saints Cosmos & Damian
August 4, 2007. SLMA, Colombo.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
VIth International Congress of the Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association, [PEMSAA], August 23 – 25, 2006. Peradeniya.
           
Chief Guest & Commencement lecture – 2009
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda. September 22, 2009.                                                                                                                                                       

Scope of Sports Medicine and its Present Status in Sri Lanka
Keynote Speech
NOC Sports Medicine Course – 2010
Colombo
September 10, 2010.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital
27th Annual Scientific Sessions – Clinical Society
Sri Jayewardenepura
December 15, 2012.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Induction of 31st President of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
Colombo.
January 19, 2013.

Chief Guest & Commencement Lecture
Faculty of Medicine
University of Peradeniya
Peradeniya
March, 2013.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Induction of President of the Sri Lanka College of Haematologists
Colombo.
January 24, 2014.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
XIIth International Congress of the Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association, [PEMSAA]. Peradeniya.
September 18–19, 2014. 

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Annual Scientific Sessions
Association of Critical Care & Emergency Medicine
Colombo
November 22, 2014.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Sri Lanka College of Venereologists
20th Annual Scientific Sessions
Colombo
October 15–17, 2015.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
The College of Otorhinolaryngologists & Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka
11th Annual Academic Sessions
Colombo. November 14, 2015.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Induction of 25th President of the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka
Colombo
January 23, 2016.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Annual Acdemic Sessions of the Faculty of Medicine, Galle
October 23, 2016.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Induction of 26th President of the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka
Colombo
January 18, 2017.
Chief Guest & Keynote Speech

Honours Night 2016
St Peter’s College
Colombo
February 13, 2016.

Chief Guest & Keynote Speech
Annual Scientific Sessions
Medico–Legal Society of Sri Lanka
Colombo
August 27, 2016.

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