CONSULTANTS

She obtained her overseas training from Lancashire Teaching Hospital and Leeds NHS in the United Kingdom. She joined Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital in 2009 and has been a Board Certified Consultant Microbiologist for the past 19 years. She has worked in Teaching Hospital Kurunegala and NIHS Kalutara as a Consultant Microbiologist before joining SJGH. She has held the office of Secretary, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologist. She joined SJGH in 2009. She served as the secretary of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists for a period of 3 years. She is a member of the board of study in medical microbiology in the PGIM and the coordinator for post MD training. She was awarded the President-s award for scientific publication in 2014.

All Bacterial Culture / Fungal Culture / Serology for Dengue, Hepatitis B, Hiv, Hepatitis C andOther Tests / PCR * Covid 19 - Real Time PCR For SARS-Cov-2 * Cenex Rut For Mycobacterium / Acid-Fast Bacillus – Steuning

General Respiratory clinics. including Post-Covid Patients / Special clinic For Interstitral / Sleep clinic (to be commenceed) / Lung function tests / Exhaled Nitric oxide measurement / Sleep studies. / Bronchoscopy / Medical Thoracoscopy

He obtained his overseas training at Harold wood Hospital Romford, St. Bartholomew Hospital London and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds in the United Kingdom. He has been a Board Certified Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist for the last 22 years having worked in Teaching Hospital Mahamoadara and Base Hospitals Panadura, Embilipitiya and Balangoda. He joined SJGH in 2008. He has been a council member of Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is the Treasurer Elect of the SLCOG for 2015. He was also the Academic Secretary of Sri Lanka Menopause Society in 2012 and received the Presidential Award for Scientific Research in 2013.

She was appointed as the Consultant Neonatologist in 1999 and has worked towards improving the neonatal morbidity and mortality over the past 23 years. She obtained her overseas training at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong and Keio University Hospital, Japan. She developed the neonatal ICU and has succeeded in making it the most sought after NICU and the leading post graduate training center in Sri Lanka. Dr Weerasekera is an active member of the Board of Study in Paediatrics, a council member of the Neonatal Forum of Sri Lanka and a council member of Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka. She has been a guest speaker in many obstetric and Paediatric fora and has more than 25 research papers and several publications to the credit.

He is an alumnus of the faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. He underwent his postgraduate training in professorial units of the Colombo North Teaching Hospital Ragama and Lady Ridgeway Hospital for children Colombo 08. After qualifying in MD Paediatrics he received his foreign training from the Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, Surrey, England and at the Nepean Teaching Hospital, Kingswood, Sydney, Australia. Upon his return to Sri Lanka he worked at District General Hospital Gampaha for two years, covering up duties in the Paediatric ward for one year and thereafter as consultant OPD. Thereafter he was appointed to Base Hospital Tissamaharama, where during his tenure the unit was given a whole new outlook with the latest equipment added to the clinic, ward and the NICU. He has been a Board Certified Consultant since 2016.

Dr. Neranjana Vithanage heads the Biochemistry Lab of SJGH. The Biochemistry lab provides essential investigatons for inward and outpatient care, and is equipped with the latest analysers to provide accurate reports in minimal duration.

Dr. Niroshan Senevirtne is the Resident Specialist Urological Surgeon of SJGH. He joined SJGH in 2013. He has been a Board Certified Consultant for the past 09 years. He has obtained his overseas training from Royal Free Hospital London, UK. He has worked at Teaching Hospital Anuradapura before joining Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital. He is the editor of Nephrology Urology Transplant Society. He has published 12 papers (BMJ, CMJ, SLJS, and SLJUS) and presented 65 Abstracts on his scientific research.

He joined SJGH in 1995. He has been a Board Certified Consultant Pathologist for the past 18 years. He obtained his overseas training from Austin Hospital Melbourne Australia. He has worked at NHSL and CSTH before joining SJGH. He also has been an Acting Deputy Director at SJGH previously. Currently he serves as a Board Member of SJGH.

Histopathology / Cytology / Post Mortems (Pathological) / Immunofluorence 

She joined SJGH in 2011. She has been a Board Certified Consultant for the past 16 years. She has worked as a Consultant Anaesthetist at General Hospital Ampara and Teaching Hospital Mahamodera, Galle before joining SJGH She obtained her overseas training from the Old Church Hospital, Esser, United Kingdom. She was a council member in Sri Lanka College of Anaesthesiologists in 2009.

She joined SJGH in year 1995 and has been a Board Certified Consultant Radiologist for the past 12 years. She obtained her overseas training at the Department of Diagnostic Neuro-Radiology, University of Yale, United States of America. She structured the mammography unit and pioneered the screening and diagnostic mammography programme in SJGH. She has been a member of the Board of Study in Radiology in PGIM from 2012-2014. She has several national and international publications in peer reviewed journals to her credit.