| Dr. Sachinthana Sumanasekara |
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Dept. of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya |
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sachinthana.sumanasekara@med.pdn.ac.lk, sachinthanasumanasekara@gmail.com |
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+94 77 379 2266 |
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| Educational Qualifications |
- MBBS (Peradeniya)
- MD in Histopathology (Colombo)
- FRCPath (UK)
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| Research Interest |
- Hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal Pathology
- Renal Pathology
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| Current Positions |
- Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Acting consultant Pathologist, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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| Work Description |
| Undergraduate Teaching and Examination |
- Undergraduate course of Pathology for year 2 and year 3 for medical undergarduate
- Clinical pathology short appointment for year 4 medical undergarduates
- Visiting Lecturer – Faculty of Allied Health Sciences , University of Peradeniya
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| Postgraduate Teaching |
- Postgraduate teaching for Histopathology trainees in Department of Pathology, Peradeniya and National Hospital Kandy
- Postgraute teaching for post graduate trainees in Surgery and Emergency Medicine
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| Clinical Service |
- Acting consultant Pathologist to Teaching Hospital Peradeniya
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| Membership of professional Societies |
- Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists,UK
- Life Member of the College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka
- Life member of Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA)
- Life member of Kandy Medical Society(KSM)
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| Awards |
- Best Poster Presentation Award– 47th Annual Academic Sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 5–7 February 2025. Poster: Pregnancy complicated by a paraganglioma: a rare presentation.
- Second Place – Oral Presentation Award – Annual Academic Sessions, College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20–21 October 2023. Presentation: Critical appraisal of histopathological features of autoimmune hepatitis: an experience in the local setting.
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| Research Grants |
- University Research Grant, University of Peradeniya (2022) “Prevalence estimation of p53 signature and Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma in fallopian tube in patients with high grade ovarian serous carcinoma and premenopausal and post-menopausal women without ovarian malignancies in a Sri Lankan sample “
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