| Prof. Pabasari Ginige |
| Professor in Psychiatry/ Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist |
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Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya |
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pabasariginige@gmail.com |
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+94 81 493 0749, +94 81 239 6350 |
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+94 81 493 0749 |
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| Educational Qualifications |
- 2008 January- Board Certified as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Sri Lanka
- 2006 January MD (Psychiatry) - held by Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1st in the island list)
- MBBS Degree (Bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery), with second-class honours, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Thirty seventh in the all island merit list of more than 500 doctors, (1991- 1997.)
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| Positions Held |
- Head of the Department: June 2018 - to date
- Public relations officer of the College of Psychiatrists: 2013 -2014
- Public relations officer of the College of Psychiatrists
- Treasuerer of Nivahana Society Kandy.( NSK a local NGO that promotes mental health of the Central province.)
- Representative of the College of Psychiatrists in the Judicial Ministry committee on investigation into legalization of abortion-2012
- In the sub committee of professionals on Prevention of child sexual and other abuse 2015
- Patron and chief advisor of the Wenasa TransGender Network (TGN)
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| Research / Fellowships / Awards |
- Awarded a trophy of appreciation of the service rendered to transgender community for last 15 years, by United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) in October 2016.
- Presidential appreciation of research study on child behaviour and emotional disorders 2014
- Areas of publications and research - Intellectual Disability, Autism, Transsexualism, Childhood mental health disorders
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| Text Books Published |
- Authored the Chapter titled: Internet Addiction Disorder as in the book Child and Adolescent Mental Health InTech on line www.intechopen.com. The permanent web address of the chapter "Internet Addiction Disorder" is: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/internet-addiction-disorder, May 2017.
- Authored the Chapter titled "Mental Health issues of transgender individuals" in Book on Sexual Health by the SL college of sexual medicine. (in press)
- Co authored the chapter titled "Mental Health Assessment in Sexual health" in Book on Sexual Health by the SL college of sexual medicine. (in press)
- Authored a chapter - a psychiatric analysis on Prof Nimal Senanayake's award winning tele film series "Maya ru" and wrote the preface to his 4th book of the series
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| In Press |
- A book on Mental retardation for parents and health care workers who work with individuals in Sinhalese.
- A book on Autism for parents and health care workers who work with individuals in Sinhalese.
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| Meberships in Professional and other Associations |
- Member of the Sri Lanka Medical Council
- Member of the Sri Lanka Medical Association
- Council Member of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
- Member of the Continuous Professional Development(CPD ) of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists ( RANZCP)Member of the Executive Committee of the Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association( PeMSAA)- 2010/2011
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| Social Service Activities |
- Activist on rights of mentally ill, child abuse, transgender issues. Involved in policy making and implementation in mental health as an active member of the Sri Lanka College of psychiatrists.
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| Interests |
- Latin American and Ballroom dancing
- Music-singing and composing lyrics
- Drama-acting and directing
- Writing- creative writing
- Cooking-cuisine from around the globe
- Travelling local and international and meeting people from different cultures
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