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- 2009\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Appointed as a National Technical Assessor for Medical Laboratory Accreditation by the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (as per Act No. 32 of 2005 \u2013 Section 25. SLAB is the National Accreditation Authority of Sri Lanka, which is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science and Technology).<\/li>\n
- 2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Qualified as a Consultant in Medical Laboratory Accreditation (ISO 15189)<\/li>\n
- 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appointed as the convenor Colombo task force of the National coordinating committee for Reproductive Health Research, WHO<\/li>\n
- 2004\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Embryologist\u00a0 of the local team who produced the First baby in Sri Lanka with testicular\u00a0 \u00a0sperm aspiration\u00a0 (TESA) and ICSI<\/li>\n
- 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Embryologist\u00a0 of the local team who produced the First baby in Sri Lanka with intra-\u00a0cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)<\/li>\n
- 2003\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Produced first baby in Sri Lanka with frozen thawed embryos<\/li>\n
- 2002\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Embryologist of the\u00a0 local team of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) experts who produced the\u00a0 First test tube (IVF) baby\u00a0 in Sri Lanka with conventional IVF procedure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- 2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Established the first state-of- the art sperm bank in the country<\/li>\n
- 2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The first local embryologist who pioneered in establishing Advanced assisted\u00a0 \u00a0Reproduction Technologies in Sri Lanka. The first IVF baby produced by the total Sri\u00a0 Lankan team conceived this year.<\/li>\n
- 1998\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Established the first state- of-art IVF laboratory in the country<\/li>\n
- 1994\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Established the first Reproductive Biology laboratory in the country at the Department\u00a0 \u00a0of obstetrics & Gynaecology Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo<\/li>\n
- 1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Established four major laboratories in the country (Laboratories of Sri Jayewardenepura\u00a0 \u00a0 General Hospital, National Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine Colombo and Vindana\u00a0 \u00a0Reproductive Health Centre)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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- Establishment of the Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology Laboratory; established the Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology\u00a0 Laboratory in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of\u00a0 Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1994 with funds colleted from well wishes and the funds for laboratory infra structure development from the university.\u00a0 Major equipment worth of over 20 million was obtained by negotiating with the foreign principles.<\/li>\n
- As the Lecturer in-charge of this Reproductive Biology laboratory of the University of\u00a0\u00a0Colombo since Its inception (in May 1994 to date) I was totally responsible for smooth\u00a0\u00a0functioning and delivering quality laboratory services for teaching, research and patient\u00a0\u00a0Care.<\/li>\n
- This Laboratory which consist of three different laboratories namely:<\/li>\n
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- Endocrinology\/ Immunology<\/li>\n
- Reproductive Biology laboratory of this department\u00a0 is the only one of its kind in Sri Lanka. This was developed as an entirely new concept in the Faculty of Medicine Colombo and in the whole university system. Services and maintenance of the laboratory is carried out in a cost recovery basis, without any financial burden to the university.<\/li>\n
- At present this laboratory caters to around over 30,000 patients per year and also provides backup support for teaching and research and patient care activities carried out by the Obstetrics & Gynaecology professorial unit. The services of these laboratories are also extended to other departments and faculties for their clinical and research work. Post graduate students following the Diploma in Pathology also use the laboratory to learn the range of investigations in different fields and their techniques.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Several post graduates (PhD, DM,\u00a0 MPhil & MSc) carried out the entire laboratory component of their research projects in this laboratory. These post graduate research projects included both human and animal experiments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Contributed to Curriculum development of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo\u00a0Participated in curriculum development programme since 1996 by being a\u00a0\u00a0Member of the committees on curriculum development in Reproductive Health\u00a0\u00a0Module, Nutrition Module the Clinical Sciences stream and the Skills Development<\/li>\n
- Trained students in laboratory work particularly related to Andrology who registered for post graduate degrees. I have also trained technical officers, scientists or medical officers to establish new laboratories.<\/li>\n
- Successful in Obtaining ISO 15189 accreditation to a Reproductive Health laboratory in the private sector functioning under my supervision. This is the first Reproductive Health laboratory consisting of Andrology, Endocrinology and Clinical Chemistry to achieve the ISO 15189 standard.<\/li>\n
- I am also in the process of preparing documents and training laboratory personnel at the Reproductive Biology laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine to obtain ISO 15189 standard.<\/li>\n
- \u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Contributed as a resource person in many hands-on workshops (laboratory based) panel discussions, seminars, media (print & television) programmes \/discussions. Followed \/ participated various courses\/ training programmes etc for self \/ academic development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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