Awards and Orations

Awards

  • 2010
    Runner-up for the best paper
    at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetrician & Gynaecologists, 2010 for a paper titled “Long term neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm babies”
  • 2009
    John J Sciarra IJGO Prize Paper Award
    for the best clinical research article from a low to medium income country awarded by the International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, honourable mention, 2009 for a paper titled “Comparison of transabdominal versus transvaginal ultrasound to measure thickness of the lower uterine segment at term. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Nov;107(2):140-20
  • 2002
    S.E.Seneviratne Award
    Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2002 for a paper titled “Education regarding the proper taking of iron supplements – its effects on iron deficiency and anaemia in pregnancy”
  • 2001
    Best Paper
    Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2001 for a paper titled “Comparison of a cheaper method of screening for cervical dysplasia with the cervical smear test”
  • 2001
    Daphne Attygalle Award for Pathology
    Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, March 2001 for a paper titled “Comparison of the cervical smear test with a simpler screening test in a high-risk setting”
  • 1999
    John St. John Prize for the Best Paper
    Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 1999 – “Is catheterization essential for caesarean section?”
  • 1999
    S.E.Seneviratne Award
    for a paper titled “Anti-tetanus antibody titres in maternal and cord sera” presented at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1999

Orations

  • Murugesar Sinnetamby Oration 2004, (Awarded by the Sri Lanka Medical Association) “Refinements in caesarean section”
  • Murugesar Sinnetamby Oration 2003, (Awarded by the Sri Lanka Medical Association) “Endoscopic management of endometriosis in the Sri Lankan setting”
  • Sir Nicholas Attygalle Memorial Lecture (1993) “Occipito-posterior positions of the vertex- its management and outcome” 1992
  • Companionship in labour, at the Workshop on Client-centred evidence based perinatal interventions, organized by the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka June 2012
  • Aims and objectives of Ethics Review and Responsibilities of ERCs at a seminar organized by the Sri Lanka Medical Association and the Kandy Society of Medicine, May 2012
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus – obstetrician’s role. At a seminar on Medical Disorders in Pregnancy. Organized by the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and the Ceylon College of Physicians. May 2012
  • The Role of the obstetrician in Down Syndrome at a Seminar on Down Syndrome organized by the Sri Lanka Medical Association, March 2012.
  • Malaria in Pregnancy: at a Conference organized by the University of Trieste, Italy, November 2011
  • Plenary Lecture: “Why do women die of postpartum haemorrhage?” – Annual Scientific Sessions of the All Kerala Society of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2010, Thrissur, India
  • Plenary Lecture: – “Antenatal surveillance” Annual Scientific Sessions of the All Kerala Society of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2010, Thrissur, India
  • Panellist at a Panel Discussion: “Postpartum hemorrhage – a surgical approach” D.K. Tank Memorial Conference, September 2010 at Mumbai, India