Dr. Vihara Erangika Gunasekera Dassanayake

MBBS(Nepal), MD(Colombo), FRCA(England), FERC, CTHE (Colombo), SEDA (UK)

Consultant Anaesthesiologist

Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesiology

Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care,

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo & Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist, University Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

She had her primary education at Ladies College, Colombo and qualified from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal. She was awarded the medical degree (MBBS) from the University of Kathmandu in June 1999. She obtained MD in Anaesthesiology by the University of Colombo in March 2010 and was board certified in March 2012 as a Consultant Anaesthetist with special training in Intensive Care.

She was awarded the fellowship by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (England) in June 2012 and certificate in Teaching in Higher Education by the University of Colombo and Staff Education Development Association (SEDA) United Kingdom in November 2016. She is a Fellow of the European Resuscitation Council (FERC).

Awarded first place in Community Medicine at the final MBBS examination and certificate of Honour in Forensic Medicine, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Pathology. She received the B.S Perera prize for having obtained the highest marks at part 1A MD in Anaesthesiology conducted by the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo and was awarded the Laddie Fernando gold medal at MD Anaesthesiology part II.

She is the immediate past secretary of the Board of Study in Anaesthesiology and currently serves as a member. She is also a member of the Board of Study in Critical Care Medicine and Multidisciplinary Study Courses at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo.

She is an examiner for postgraduate examinations in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine and Surgery.

She was secretary scientific affairs of the College of Anaesthesiologists & Intensivists of Sri Lanka from 2013-2016 and a council member in 2017.

She is an instructor at the European Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support (ERC/ALS) courses, a Generic Instructor Trainer (GIC- UK), an Educator and a Course Director. She serves as a member of the Sri Lanka Resuscitation Council. She is a trainer at the National Trauma Management course and Decision Making in Major Trauma (DMMT) course conducted by the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka.

She is a member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Basic Life Support Task Force and a member of the Science and Education Committee on Basic Life Support of the European Resuscitation Council (SEC-BLS).