Lecturer

dhilmaa@yahoo.com

Educational /Professional Qualifications

MBBS (Sri Lanka)

Working experience

1. Teaching Hospital Kegalle- Intern Medical Officer 2006/07.
2. District Hospital Pussallawa- Medical Officer 2007/08.
3. Office of the Provincial Director of Health Services- Central Province 2008.
4. Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya

Research interests

1. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka.
2. The psychology behind selecting Medicine as a life career

Ongoing research

        Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

Teaching experience

• Teaching medical undergraduates since 2008.

Other interests

• Crafting
• Painting
• Recycling and reuse of material

Publications

D.N. Atapattu, W.M.D.R. Iddawela, S.B. Adikari, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, D.
Karunarathna, K.A. Wijewardena, C.S. Dassanayake, M.A.T.U.
Mallawarachchi, N.L.S. Wijesundara and D.R.L.N. Bandara. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: The clinical profile.2010.  Peradeniya University Research Sessions. 89