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| Prof. P.V.R. Kumarasiri |
| Professor in Community Medicine |
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Dept. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya |
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matugama@gmail.com |
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+94 71 340 2222 |
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+94 81 238 9106 |
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| Educational / Professional Qualifications |
- MBBS, MSc (Com. Med), MD (Com. Med)
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| Research Interest |
- Risk Factors of non communicable diseases
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| Positions Held |
- Professor in Community Medicine
- Associate Professor in Community Medicine since October 2010
- Head of the Community Medicine Department From 1st February 2005 to 1st October 2006
- Senior lecturer in Community Medicine since 1996 up to 2010
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| Awards & Prizes |
- Sri Lanka Medical Association awarded “Deshamanya S Ramachandran Award” (Nephrology), for the paper presented on “Towards understanding renal diseases in Sri Lanka: A preliminary community based study from Madawachchiya, North Central Province”
- The presidential research awards 2001, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010 & 2011 – awarded for the authorship of the following citations
- Sharmini Jayasekera, S.N.Arsecularatne, D.N.Atapattu, R. Kumarasiri & W.M. Tilakaratne. Cell- mediated immune responses to Rhinosporidium seeberi in mice. Mycopathologia 2000;152: 69-79,.
- N.R de Silva, Heino Huegel, D.N.Atapattue, S.N.Arsecularatne, R. Kumarasiri, S. Gunawardena, P. Balasuriya & R. Fernando. Cell-mediated immune responses in human rhinosporidiosis. Mycopathologia 2000;152: 59-68.
- U A D D Munidasa, I B Gawarammana, S A M Kularathna, P V R Kumarasiri, C D A Goonasekara. Survival pattern in patients with acute organophosphate poisoning receiving intensive care. Journal of Toxicology 2004 ; 42(4): 343 – 347
- S N Arseculerathne, P V R Kumarasiri, R P V J Rajapakse, N A N D Perera, G Arsecularathne, D N Athapattu. Anti-rhinosporidial antibody levels in patients with rhinosporidiosis ans asymptomatic person, in Sri Lanka. Mycopathologia 2004; 158:157-16
- Indika Bandara Gawarammana, S Abeysinghe M Kularathna, Wasantha P Dissanayaka, Ranjith P V Kumarasiri, Nima Senanayaka, H Ariyasena. Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenome for snakebites, A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study. The Medical Journal of Australia.2004; 180:20-23.
- S A M Kularatne, M M K Pathirage, P V R Kumarasiri, S Gunasena, S I Mahindawanse. Cardiac complications of a dengue fever outbreak in Sri Lanka, 2005. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007; 101(8):804-8.
- S A M Kularathna, C Walathara, S I Mahindawansa, S Wijesinghe, M M K Pathirage, P V R Kumarasiri, A M S D M Dissanayake. Efficacy of low dose dexamethasone in severe thrombocytopenia caused by dengue fever: a placebo controlled study. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2009; 85:525-5291-5
- Waruna Lakmal Dissanayaka, Primali Rukmal Jayasooriya, Pallegoda Vithanage Ranjith Kumarasiri, Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne. A histopathologic comparison between synchronous and single primary oral squamous cell carcinomas. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2010 May 20;109(5):732-8.
- Senanayake A M Kularatne, B D Sudhara S Budagoda, V Kapila D de Alwis, W M R Sujantha Wickramasinghe, J M Ruwanthi P Bandara, L P Manoji M K Pathirage, G Rohitha R D K Gamlath, Thusitha J Wijethunga, W A Thilak A Jayalath, Chandrika Jayasinghe, Vasanthi Pinto, Praneetha Somaratne, P V Ranjith Kumarasiri High efficacy of bolus methylprednisolone in severe leptospirosis: a descriptive study in Sri Lanka Postgrad Med J 2011;87:13-17
- Sri Lanka Medical Association awarded “Sir Nicholas Attigalle Prize” for the paper presented on “Is dexamethazone effective in severe thrombocytopenia caused by dengue fever? A randomized double blind placebo controlled study.”
- Recipient of the “Deshamanya S Ramachandran Award (Nephrology)” awarded by the Sri Lanka Medical Association
- Sri Lanka Medical Association awarded “E M Wijerama Prize” awarded by the 122nd Annual Scientific Sessions 2009, Sri Lanka Medical Association.
- Research paper titled “Non medical risk factors of low birth weight” was adjudged first in the category of presentation by senior researchers at the Annual Research Sessions Peradeniya in 1998.
- Research paper titled “Dietetic, socio-demographic, and behavioural risk factors of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case control study” was adjudged a commendable presentation at the Peradeniya University Research Sessions 2003.
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| Meberships in and other Associations |
- Life member of Sri Lanka Medical Council (Reg. No. 7669)
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| Social service activities |
- Sponsor of the SOS children village Sri Lanka
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