Emeritus Editor
Prof. Laal Jayakody
MBBS, MRCP (UK), LRCP MRCS (UK), PhD (Alberta),
MA (Kelaniya)
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: jayakodyrl@hotmail.com
Editor
Vidya Jyothi Prof. Prasad Katulanda
MD, FRCP, FACE, FCCP, FSLCE, DPhil (Oxon)
Professor in Medicine,
Department of Clinical Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Consultant Endocrinologist
University Medical Unit
National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Email: prasad.katulanda@clinmed.cmb.ac.lk
Members of the Editorial Board
Prof. Jithangi Wanigasinghe
MBBS (Col), DCH (Col), MD (Paed), MPhil
Professor in Paediatric Neurology,
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Honorary Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.
Email: jithangi@pdt.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Carukshi Arambepola
MBBS, MSc (ComMed), MD (ComMed)
Specialist & Professor in Community Medicine
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: carukshi@commed.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Thashi Chang
MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), MRCP (UK) (Neurol),
FRCP (Lond), FCCP, DPhil (Oxon)
Professor in Neurology,
Department of Clinical Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Honorary Consultant Neurologist
Professorial Unit in Medicine
National Hospital of Sri Lanka.
Email: thashi@clinmed.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Madhubhahsinee Dayabandara
MBBS, MD (Psy)
Professor in Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
University Psychiatry Unit
National Hospital of Sri Lanka.
Email: madhudayabandara@psych.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Erandi Ediriweera
MBBS, MRCGP (Int), PgDip (Family Medicine),
MD (Family Medicine)
Senior Lecturer in Family Medicine
Family Medicine Unit
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: erandi@med.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe
MBBS, MD (Col), MRCP (UK), MD (Bristol),
FRCP (Lond), FCCP, PhD (Col)
Emeritus Professor and Former Chair of Medicine
Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka
Email: saroj@clinmed.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Sarath Lekamwasam
MBBS, MD, FRCP, PhD, FCCP, FRACP (Hon),
Hon FCP (SA)
Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
Specialist Physician, University Medical Unit
Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Sri Lanka.
Email: slekamwasam@gmail.com
Prof. Aloka Pathirana
MS (Surgery), FRCS (England), FRCS (Edinburgh)
Dean and Senior Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medical Sciences,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
Sri Lanka.
Email: aloka@sjp.ac.lk
Prof. Jean Perera
MBBS, DLM, MD, DMJ (Clin) (Lond), ASTHE (SEDA UK)
Chair and Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: jean@fortox.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Jennifer Perera
MBBS, MD Microbiology (Col), DipWomen’s Stu (Col),
DipMedEd (Dundee), MBA (Wales)
Emeritus Professor
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Fellow of the National Academy of Science of Sri Lanka
Fellow of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists
Email: jenniferp@micro.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Dulani Samaranayake
MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MD (Community Medicine)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Community Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: dulani@commed.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva
MD (Col), FRCP (Lon), FRACP (Hony), FCCP
Consultant Physician
Member, Editorial Board, Sri Lanka Medical Association
Former member, Editorial Board, Ceylon Medical Journal
Former President, Ceylon College of Physicians
Prof. Preethi Soysa
BSc. (App. Sciences), M.Sc (Biochemistry),
PhD. (Biochemistry)
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: preethi@bmb.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Shalini Sri Ranganathan
MBBS, MD (Paediatrics, Col), DCH (Col), MRCP (London),
Dip MedTox (Cardiff), PhD (Cardiff)
Professor in Pharmacology and Specialist in Paediatrics
Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Email: sshalini@pharm.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Pujitha Wickramasinghe
MBBS (Col), DCH (Col), MD (Paed), PhD (Col)
Senior Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka
Email: pujitha@pdt.cmb.ac.lk
International Advisory Board
Prof. David A. Warrell
DM, DSc, FRCP, FRCPE, FMedSci, Hon FCCP
Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine,
University of Oxford.
Honorary Professor of Tropical Medicine,
University of Medicine -1, Yangon, Myanmar.
Email: david.warrell@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Ayanka Wijewardena
BSc. (Col), MSc. (USA) PhD. (Australia)
Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER)
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Email: ayanka.wijayawardena@newcastle.edu.au
Prof. Arvind Kasthuri
MD, DNB, DGM
Professor, Department of Community Health
St Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Email: arvindk@gmail.com