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| Dr. Manel Rathnayake |
| Senior Lecturer |
| Specialty: Haematology |
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya. |
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manel.rathnayake@med.pdn.ac.lk |
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+94 81 239 6364 |
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| Educational / Professional Qualifications |
- MD (Hematology), University of Colombo
- MBBS, University of Peradeniya
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| Research Interest |
- Thalassaemia/ Haemoglobinopathy
- Thromboembolic disorders
- Multiple myeloma
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| Current Academic and Professional Leadership |
- Chairperson: Scholarship Committees, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Module Coordinator: Personal and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Coordinator: Haematology Curriculum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Member: Student Affairs Committee Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Member: Senate Scholarship Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Member: Senate Student Counsellor Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Member: Board of Pathology, Haematology, and Transfusion Medicine, PGIM
- Coordinator: MD Haematology Program, PGIM
- Council Member: Sri Lanka College of Haematologists
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| Career profile |
- Clinician-with academic as a Haematologist with expertise in the diagnosis and management of haematological disorders, with special interest in anaemia and Thalassaemia.
- Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, mentoring, and student welfare activities.
- Actively involved in curriculum development in the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Allied Health Sciences.
- Regular workshops and training programs for healthcare professionals across multiple health sectors.
- Committed academic with a strong passion for teaching, mentorship, and advancing research in haematology.
- Published and presented research at national and international conferences and in peer-reviewed international journals.
- Reviewer for several recognized journals with strong knowledge of diverse research techniques
- Technical assessor of the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB) of medical laboratories
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| Academic & Teaching Roles |
- Haematology and pathology Undergraduate teaching from year one to final year of the MBBS undergraduate students of the faculty of Medicine University of Peradeniya
- Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (Medical Laboratory Sciences & Nursing) and Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2015 to - Present)
- Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Wayamba, Sri Lanka (2024-2025)
- Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (Medical Laboratory Sciences & Nursing), University of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (2015-2018)
- External Examiner, University of Jaffna (2015-Present)
- External Examiner, University of Rajarata, Sri Lanka (2018)
- External Examiner, Final Year Dissertations, General Sir John Kotelawala Defiance University (KDU), Sri Lanka (2018- Present)
- Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) - Examiner in Haematology (2018 to present)
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| Consultant & Academic Experience |
- Acting Consultant Hematologist & Visiting Lecturer, Teaching Hospital Batticaloa / Eastern University (Feb-Dec 2014)
- Probationary Lecturer ? Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (Dec 2015-2019)
- Consultant Haematologist, Base Hospital Gampola & Teaching Hospital Kurunegala (2020-Mar 2025)
- Senior Lecturer Grade I, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya (2025-present)
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| Overseas Training & Experience |
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk & Hematology/Oncology Diagnostic Laboratory, Cambridge University Hospitals, UK (Feb 2012-2013)
- Specialty Registrar, Princess Royal University Hospitals, Kings' College NHS Trust, UK (Feb 2013-Jan 2014)
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| Awards |
- World Federation of Hemophilia Fellowship on bleeding disorders 2018 - The Alfred hospital - Melbourne, Australia
- Junior Bursary for young scientist award by British Blood Transfusion Society Harrogate - Yorkshire, UK Annual Conference 2012 at Harrogate, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Best Poster Presentation, Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Haematologists, 2025. Co-author of the paper: "Bone marrow fibrosis secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism with parathyroid adenoma: A case report"
- Best Poster Presentation (Surgery), Free Paper Sessions, 38th Annual Academic Sessions, The Kandy Society of Medicine, 2016 Co-author of the paper: "May-Thurner syndrome-related DVT: A case report"
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| Postgraduate supervision |
- PhD Supervision - Candidate: W.B.N.T. Fernando, HD/2017/02, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya - Thesis: Identification of Template-biomarker profile of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology in Sri Lanka and applicability in screening, diagnosis, staging and prediction of complications - Status: Completed 2025
- M.Phil Supervision - Candidate: WMSN Warnasooriya, HD/2019/14, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya - Thesis: Effects of routine practice of calcium treatment in different clinical groups of Dengue infection and coagulopathy - Status: Completed 2024
- MD Haematology Trainee Supervision and Post MD research projects -
- Dr R A V S Rajapaksha - completed
- Dr Lorani Inosha - completed
- Dr O. Wickramasinghe - completed
- Dr T Ekanayake - ongoing
- Dr G.C.M. Weerasooriya - ongoing
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