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| Prof. Sarathchandra Kodikara |
| Chair and Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine / Consultant in Forensic Medicine |
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Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya |
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kaskodikara@yahoo.com |
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081-2388083/ 081-2396607/ 081-2386601 |
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081-2389106 |
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https://scholar.google.com/citations |
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https://www.researchgate.net |
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https://orcid.org/ |
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| Educational Qualifications |
| MBBS,
MD,
DLM,
Attorney at law |
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| Research Interest |
| Clinical Forensic Medicine, Forensic Pathology |
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| Positions Held |
- Chair and Professor in Forensic Medicine/Consultant in Forensic Medicine (2016 -Present)
- Acting in-lieu of Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (2019-2021)
- Head of the Department - Department of Forensic Medicine (2017-2020)
- Acting Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2017-2020)
- Director-Research and Development Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (2014-2018)
- Faculty Representative to the Local Steering Committee of the Erasmus Mundus Project, University of Peradeniya (2014-2015)
- Director, Research & Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (2014-2017)
- Soft skill Coordinator, Student Affairs Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (2014)
- Academic Counsellor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya since January (2013).
- Council Member College of Forensic Pathologists Sri Lanka (2006)
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| Awards and Memberships |
- Resource Person for Journal Club conducted by the Board of Study in Forensic Medicine (2022-Present)
- Coordinator for the Journal Club conducted by the Board of Study in Forensic Medicine since January 2022
- Course Coordinator for the Master of Forensic Medicine Training Program from the year 2021
- Chairman of the Panel of Judges Grand Clinico Pathological rounds 2021 & 2022
- Member of the Board of Study in Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (June 2018 to June 2021 and June 2021 to present)
- Member of the Panel of Judges for the Grand Clinicopathological Rounds, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2020-Present)
- Resource Person Grand Clinical Pathological Rounds (2020-Present)
- Ethics review committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (2018-2021)
- Member of the Curriculum Development Committee for the Master of Forensic Anthropology Training Program, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Best teacher-Paraclinical section, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2019)
- Member of the core group for the Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Care Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2019-Present)
- Member of the Fact-finding committee appointed by the Board of Study in Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2019)
- Chairman of the Fact-finding committee appointed by the Board of Study in Forensic Medicine (2019)
- Member of the core group for forming multiple choice questions in Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2018- Present)
- Editorial board member of the Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine Science and Law (2010-Present)
- Editorial board member of the Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (2012-Present)
- Editorial board member of the Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka (2016-Present)
- National Merit Award for Research awarded by the National Research Council in 2012
- The prize for the best scientific paper (medical section) at the 9th Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Indo-Pacific Association of Law, Medicine and Science in 2007
- An award granted by the Center of Forensic Science and Medicine, University of Toronto in recognition of the special academic distinction in research
- • Scored the first place in order of merit among the first attempters at the Doctor of Medicine examination conducted by Post-graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
- ‘Youngest lawyer’ at the ‘National Competition for Youth Record’ awarded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports
- ‘Youngest doctor’ at the ‘National Competition for Youth Record’ awarded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports
- M.S. Lin Scholar awarded by the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
- Member of the Justice Rapid Response roster of experts from 2012 August. (This is an international inter-governmental stand-by facility to deploy experts in case of international criminal law violations)
- Member, Student Affairs Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya since January 2014
- Member, Centre for Research in Tropical Medicine Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya since March 2014
- Life member - College of Forensic Pathologists Sri Lanka
- Life member - Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA
- Member of the SLMA committees of ‘Alcohol & Tobacco’. ‘Ethics’ and Road Traffic Accident Prevention’ - Sri Lanka Medical Association – 2006
- Member, Board of Study in Forensic Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Life member - Indo-Pacific Association of Law Medicine & Science
- Life member - Medico-Legal Society of Sri Lanka
- Life member - Bar Association of Sri Lanka
- Editorial board membership - Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
- Editorial board membership - Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine Science and Law
- Editorial board membership - Journal of Hospital Administration
- Editorial board membership - Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka
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| Recent Publications |
- Kodikara S, Kudagama KM. Trap Gun: An Unusual Firearm, Aimed at Wild Animals But Causing a Silent Epidemic of Human Fatalities. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 2014;35(1):1-3.
- Kodikara S. Over-a-Century-Old Death Investigation System in Sri Lanka: An Appraisal for Reforms. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 2013;34 (3):283-285
- Kodikara S. A Death Following Hemopericardium Due to Rupture of a Right Ventricular Aneurysm Due to a Congenital Ventricular Septal Defect. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2013;58(Supplement s1):S258–S260.
- Kodikara S, Paranitharan P, Pollanen MS. The role of the Armanni-Ebstein lesion, hepatic steatosis, biochemical analysis and second generation anti-psychotic drugs in fatal diabetic ketoacidosis. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2013;20(2):108–111
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