| Prof. Arjuna Medagama |
| Professor in Diabetic Medicine |
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya. |
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arjunam@pdn.ac.lk, arjuna.medagama@gmail.com |
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+94 81 239 6470 |
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| Educational / Professional Qualifications |
- MBBS (University of Peradeniaya- 1998)
- MD (University of Colombo- 2005)
- MRCP (UK) 2006
- FRCP (London) 2015
- FCCP (SL) 2016 2015
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| Academic Positions Held |
- Professor in Diabetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, from 29.11.2016 to date
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, from 2009 to 29.11.2016
- Consultant Physician in General Medicine at the Professorial Medical unit, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Sri Lanka from 2009 to date
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| Other Positions Held |
International Level
- Examiner for MRCP (PACES) conducted by the Royal College of Physicians (UK)
University Level
- The Administrative and Academic Head of the (Electronic) Library, Faculty of Medicine (January 2012 to December 2014)
- The Chairperson of the e-Learning committee of the Faculty of Medicine (2012 to 2014)
- Member of the Web and e-Learning committee University of Peradeniya (2012-2014)
- Member Steering Committee of the Post Graduate School of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (2014-2015)
- Member of the Research a committee of the Faculty of Medicine (2012 to 2015)
- Member of the Infrastructure committee of the Faculty of Medicine (2012 to 2015)
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| Awards |
- Dr. C.E.S. Weeratunge Gold Medal for the second MBBS examination
- The Chalmers Gold Medal for Anatomy
- Dr. C.B. Dharmasena Gold Medal for Anatomy
- Dr. H.J. Hazari Gold Medal for the 3rd MBBS
- University scholarship for the second MBBS examination
- Arthur Fernando Memorial prize
- P.B. Panabokke and Irene Maralande Panabokke Memorial Scholarship for the 3rd MBBS
- University Scholarship for the Final MBBS
- Dr. A.C. Fernando Memorial prize in Surgery
- Presidents’ awards (National Research Council) for publications made in 2014
- Presidents’ awards (National Research Council) for publications made in 2015
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| Research Interests |
- Diabetes epidemiology of Sri Lanka
- Cardiovascular disease in diabete
- Nutrition and exercise in diabetes
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in diabetes and obesity
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