Others

College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka

• Co chairperson, International conference in Gastrointestinal pathology (ICON-GI)organized by College of Pathologists in Sri Lanka in collaboration with the British division of the IAP. 2007
• President – College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka – 2006
• Editor of the College of Pathologists journal ‘Journal of Diagnostic Pathology’, 2005
• Joint Secretary – College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka, Years 2002 , 2003, 2004

Faculty of Medicine Teachers Association, University of Colombo

• President – Faculty of Medicine Teachers Association 2004-05
• Social Secretary – Faculty of Medicine Teachers Association 2004
• Assistant secretary – Faculty of Medicine Teachers Association 1998-99

Ruhuna University Medical School Alumni Association

• President – Ruhuna University Medical School Alumni Association, 2007/2008
• Treasurer – Ruhuna University Medical School Alumni Association, 1998

Membership In Professional Organizations, Scientific Associations And Committees

• Member – International Academy of Cytology
• Life member – Sri Lanka Medical Association
• Life member – Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science
• Life member – College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka
• Life member – Immunological society in Sri Lanka
• Life member – Ruhuna University Medical School Alumni Association.
• Life member – Women’s chamber of industry and commerce
• Graduate member – Sri Lanka Institute of Directors
• Member – Cochran Collaboration
• Member – British division of the International Academy of Pathology
• Member – European Society of Pathology

 Editorial Work

• WHO-IARC editorial committee member – 5^th series WHO blue books on Tumour Classifications –WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO-IARC), Lyon, France

          – Tumours of the Genitourinary system, 2021

– Tumours of the Central nervous system, 2021

– Tumours of the Lung and Thorax, 2020

– Tumours of the Female Genital Tract, 2020

          – Tumours of the Soft tissue and Bone, 2019

– Tumours of the Breast, 2019

– Tumours of the Digestive tract, 2018

• Editorial committee member – Chapter 2: Breast cancer, Chapter 7: Thyroid cancer, Chapter 8: Prostate cancer in ‘National Guidelines on Early detection and referral pathways of common cancers in Sri Lanka for primary care physicians’ Published by the National cancer control programme and Ministry of Health and Indigenous medical services, Sri Lanka. ISBN : 978-955-3666-83-3
• Series co-editor – National guidelines for pathology reporting of cancer – 2018

Membership in International Study Groups

• Member – Cochrane Breast cancer group – 2019 to date
• Member – Breast cancer working group, WHO-International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France – 2019 -2020

Membership In Boards Of Study

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AT NATIONAL LEVEL

• Member of the expert panel, ‘Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians’ (ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0) A book compiled and published by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. 2012.
• Member, National working group for strengthening Breast cancer care in Sri Lanka. 2010 to date
• Member, National committee for cervical cancer screening 2002 -2008 and 2010 to 2015
• Co chairperson of the organizing committee – ICON GI 2007, International conference on Gastrointestinal Pathology organized by the Sri Lankan British school of Pathology (A collaboration between College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and British division of the International Academy of Pathology) September 2007

University committees

• Academic member – Arts council 2017
• Member – Leave and Awards committee – 2012

Post Graduate Institute of Medicine

• Member – Building Committee, PGIM development plan 2013/14

Faculty committees

• Member – Internal quality assurance cell – 2016
• Person in charge – Criteria 1 of the Institutional review (Governance and management) – 2016
• Member – Committee developing Key performance indicators for academic staff – 2016
• Member – Research and Higher degrees committee – 2012 to date
• Member – Curriculum Development & Research committee – 2010-2013
• Chairperson – Musculoskeletal module – 2010 to 2012
• Chairperson – Applied Sciences Stream 2005 to 2008
• Senior Student Counselor – 2004 to 2006
• Person in charge – Committee for Improving Social Harmony and Interactions for the World bank funded project on Improving Relevance And Quality Of Undergraduate Education (IRQUE) project 2004 2006
• Member – Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee (CDEC) 2004 -2008
• Member – Musculoskeletal module Committee – 1997 to 2008
• Chairperson – Respiratory system module – 2001 – 2004
• Senior treasurer – Medical Students Welfare Association –2002 to 2004
• Senior editor – Student Scientific Sessions – 2004
• Student Counselor – 2003
• Member – Ethical review committee – 2003
• Convener – Respiratory system module – 1997 to 2001
• Member – Cardiovascular module Committee – 2002
• Member – Gastro intestinal module Committee – 2002
• Senior treasurer – BLOCK night student celebrations –2000 and 2001

Membership is Study Groups

• Founder member of Cutaneous Lymphoma Study Group in Sri Lanka
• Convenor of the committee appointed to review Cervical cytology classification used in Sri Lanka by the College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka
• Founder member of study group on breast and thyroid diseases in Sri Lanka

Other Assignments

• Student mentor – A mentor to undergraduate medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
• Staff mentor – A mentor to a junior academic member of the faculty
• Academic staff member in charge of the Golden Z club of the faculty initiated by ZONTA club 1 – Colombo, 2017

• A member of the expert panel to revised the book ‘Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians’ (ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0) published by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2017)
• A member of the expert panel to develop guidelines on early detection of thyroid cancers for primary care, initiated by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2017).
• A member of the expert panel to develop guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology, College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2014).
• Guidelines developed were published by The Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka as the National guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology in Sri Lanka ISBN 978-955-0505-87-6 (2016).
• Authored the book ‘Cervical cytology made easy’, a cervical cytology atlas to be used for cytoscreening and diagnosis of cervical smears for the National Cervical Cancer Screening programme
• Published as a hand book by the Ministry of Health through the Family Health Bureau ISBN 978-955-1503-28-4 (2014)
• A member of the expert panel that compiled the book ‘Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians’
• Published as a hand book by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0 (2012).
• National Guidelines for reporting common malignancies were compiled (2006-07) under the auspices of the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka through the World Bank funded Health Sector Development Project.
• Guidelines developed were published by The Ministry of Health as National guidelines through the World Bank funded Health Sector Development Project ISBN 978-955-9093-43-5 (2007).
• During the presidential tenure of the college of Pathologists of Sri Lanka (2006), initiated a dialog with the British division if the IAP, resulting in a biannual international histopathology conference, jointly organized by the British division of IAP and the College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka. 6 ICON conferences have been held so far.
• A member of the expert panel that developed ‘Guidelines for reporting cervical cytology in Sri Lanka’ under the auspices of the Family health bureau, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka and UNFPA.
• Guidelines developed were published as a hand book by the Family Health Bureau. 2006 and revised and reprinted in 2010
• Contributed to the development of the National cervical cancer screening programme at its inception, by contributing to training several batches of cytoscreeners for the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. (1998)
• Pioneered the departmental Immunohistochemistry laboratory, as the first immunohistochemistry laboratory in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the first laboratory to offer breast immune prognostic markers in the country. (1997)
• Co-Coordinator – Revision of ‘National Guidelines for pathology reporting of common malignancies’. College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2018/19)
• Member – Expert panel to revise ‘National Guidelines for pathology reporting of Breast malignancy’ and ‘National Guidelines for pathology reporting of Gastrointestinal malignancy’ College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2018/19)
• Member – Expert panel to develop ‘Guidelines on early detection of thyroid cancers for primary care doctors and family physicians’ (2017) and ‘Guidelines on early detection of Prostate carcinoma for primary care doctors and family physicians’ (2018), National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
• Member – Expert panel to revise ‘Management of breast symptoms, A guide for primary care doctors and family physicians’ Published by the National cancer control programme, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka ISBN 978-955-0505-21-0 (2017)
• Member – Expert panel to develop ‘Guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology’, College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2014). Published by The Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka as the National guidelines for reporting thyroid cytology. ISBN 978-955-0505-87-6 (2016).

• Temporary advisor – Working group for tumour classification at the WHO/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)
• Member – IARC editorial committee, International classification systems for cytology, WHO/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)
• Member – ICD-O committee, International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO/IARC), Lyon France (2020 to date)
• Member – Working group for tumour classification at the WHO/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO/IARC), Lyon France (2018-20)