Awards and Orations

Awards

• 2024
  Best oral presentation Award, Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists Annual Congress (ASNAC).
• 2023
  Member of the champion Sri Lankan team that won the 'Tournament of Minds', an international neurology quiz conducted at the World Congress of Neurology 2023, Montreal, Canada.
• 2023
  Senate commendation for research excellence, University of Colombo, 2022
• 2023
  Second place of the oral presentation Awards, Annual Scientific Sessions of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists.
• 2023
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Clinical Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2023
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Applied Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2023
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, Society and Professionalism Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2022
  Senate commendation for research excellence, University of Colombo, 2021
• 2022
  Senate commendation for research excellence, University of Colombo, 2020
• 2022
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Clinical Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2022
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Applied Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2022
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Basic Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2022
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, Society and Professionalism Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2021
  Award for the ‘Best Publication by a Physician in 2020’, Ceylon College of Physicians for the publication 'Prevalence, vulnerability and epidemiological characteristics of snakebite in agricultural settings in rural Sri Lanka: A population-based study from South Asia. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0243991.'
• 2021
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Clinical Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2021
  Award for Teaching Excellence in the Applied Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2021
  Best oral presentation Award, Annual Scientific Sessions of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists.
• 2020
  K Rajasuriya Award for the best poster presentation, Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians
• 2020
  Award for the ‘Best Publication by a Physician in 2019’, Ceylon College of Physicians for the publication 'Selected serum cytokines and nitric oxide as potential multi-marker biosignature panels for Parkinson disease of varying durations: a case-control study. BMC Neurol. 2019 Apr 6;19(1):56.'
• 2020
  Inaugural Award for Teaching Excellence in the Clinical Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2020
  Inaugural Award for Teaching Excellence in the Applied Sciences Stream, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2009, 1999
  President’s Award for Scientific Publication
• 2014
  National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication
• 2016
  Best poster Award, Annual Scientific Sessions of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists.
• 2016
  Award for the ‘Best Publication by a Physician in 2015’, Ceylon College of Physicians for the publication 'Prevalence of Stroke and Its Risk Factors in Urban Sri Lanka: Population-Based Study. Stroke. 2015 Oct;46(10):2965-8.'
• 2015
  Best paper from the outstations Award, South Asia Paediatric Association and Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians Congress.
• 2015
  Best free paper Award, Annual Scientific Sessions of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists.
• 2015
  Runner up – Best Poster Award, Annual Scientific Sessions of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists.
• 2014
  Best Scientific Poster Award, Singapore International Physiotherapy Congress.
• 2012
  Wilson Peiris Award - Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) 125th Anniversary International Medical Congress.
• 2012
  SLMA Prize for Best Poster.
• 2011
  Award for the Best Poster at the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference.
• 2009
  World Congress of Neurology Bursary, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2005
  Graduate Scholarship, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, UK.
• 2004
  International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) Travel Award.
• 2003
  Commonwealth Scholarship Award to read for a doctorate (DPhil) in Clinical Neurology at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
• 1999
  Award of Excellence in Research, University of Colombo.
• 1997
  Wilson Pieris Award, Sri Lanka Medical Association.
• 1996
  Commonwealth Foundation Medical Electives Scholarship, Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia.
• 1996
  Student of the Year, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• 1996
  The Sir Andrew Caldecott Gold Medal for Final MBBS
• 1996
  Rajasuriya Prize for Clinical Medicine
• 1996
  Professor K Dharmadasa Gold Medal for Clinical Medicine
• 1996
  The Dudinjishaw Dadabhoy Gold Medal for Medicine
• 1996
  Dr D de S Muthucumarana Memorial Prize for Medicine
• 1996
  The Rockwood Gold Medal for Surgery
• 1996
  Dr MVP Pieris Award for Surgery
• 1996
  Dr Alaric Jayasinghe Memorial Gold Medal for Paediatrics
• 1996
  Joseph Nalliah Arumugam Memorial Scholarship
• 1996
  Flora and Wilson Bandaranayake Memorial Book Award
• 1996
  Mr and Mrs SK Ramaswamy Iyer Scholarship
• 1996
  Herath Gunaratne Prize for 3rd MBBS
• 1996
  Dr HJ Hazari Medal for 3rd MBBS
• 1996
  Vanderstraaten Silver Medal for Hygiene
• 1996
  NSO Mendis Gold Medal for Pharmacology
• 1996
  Loos Gold Medal for Pathology
• 1996
  Daphne Attygalle Medal for Pathology
• 1996
  Gladys Jayawardene Gold Medal for Parasitology
• 1996
  Dr Vaitialingam Gold Medal for Physiology