MDLamawansa
MDLamawansa
MDLamawansa
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Date of Birth
Age
51 yrs
Sex
Male
Civil status
Married
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Residence
Present Employment/assignment
1. Professor and Head, Department of Surgery, University of
Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka and
2. Consultant Surgeon (General surgery and Renal Transplantation
(adults and children), Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya
3. Member, Board of study in Surgery, Post Graduate
Institute of Medicine
4. Member council of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
5. Member, Senate, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka
6. Examiner for Final MBBS of Government Medcial Schools in
Sri Lanka
7. Examiner- MD (in Surgery), Post Graduate Institute of
Medicine, Sri Lanka
Professional Qualifications
1984
1994
1989
FRCS (Edin)
2001
Experience in Evaluation at Post Graduate Level
1. Examiner Master of Surgery Part I (General Surgery), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo since 1997. (now it is MD)
2. Examiner Master of Surgery , Part II (General Surgery), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo since 1998. (Now it is MD)
3. Examiner Master of Surgery Part II (Otolaryngology), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo 1999, 2000.(now it is MD)
4. Examiner MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh since 2010
Professional Posts held
1. Consultant surgeon, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Kandy Sri Lanka from 1994 to date.
2. Lecturer thereafter Senior Lecturer and Professor, Department of Surgery, University of
Peradeniya starting from 1991
3. Surgical Tutor Teaching Hospital Peradeniya from 2001.
4. Clinical Coordinator, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya from June 2006.
5. Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Transplant Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy from January 2007
to January 2009.
Special Training undergone
Trauma
1. One month at the Trauma Centre, Westmead Hospital, Sydney - Australia in 1993.
2. Four weeks of Training - International Course in Developing and Organising Trauma Care
System, Haifa in Israel on 13th October to 8th November 2002.
3. Training of trainers in trauma, Primary Trauma Care. 3 day training programme, Post
Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka, 2001.
Transplantation
1. Training in Transplant and vascular surgery as a Postgraduate Scholar, Department of
Surgery University of Western Australia from 29th January 1992 to 24th October 1994 under
Prof. AK House (MS, FRCS, FRACS)
2. Training in Renal Transplant Surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western
Australia, for one month in 1998.
3. Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Transplant Surgery, from January 2005 to June 2006 at the
Royal Free Hospital in London.
Contribution to Teaching, Evaluation and Curriculum Development of Undergraduate students
and Post Graduate students.
Undergraduates:
Teaching
1. Basic Lectures in Wound management, Needles and suture materials, Lumps and ulcers,
Fluid and electrolytes in surgery, Anatomy of the upper limb and Applied anatomy of the
inguinal canal.
2. Lectures in Trauma - Introduction to Trauma, Trauma Care, Primary Survey and
Resuscitation, Circulation and disability, Secondary survey, Missile and explosive Injuries,
Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Chest injuries, Pelvic fractures, Burns, Hand injuries, Prevention of
Injuries and Trauma Care system for Sri Lanka.
3. General Lectures include Adult Respiratory Distress syndrome, Renal transplantation, How
to prepare for Final MBBS examination, Common mistakes in answering essay questions.
4. Teaching Basic General Surgery to Dental and Nursing undergraduates.
5. Organiser, Basic trauma training workshops for Medical students from 2006 to date.
6. Organiser, Basic surgical skills training workshops for final year medical students from 2006
to date.
7. Organiser, Mock examination on surgical short cases from 2003 to date.
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Curriculum development
1. Member of the Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee from 3rd April 2001 to 5th April
2002.
2. Member of the workshop on Problem based teaching on 18th and 19th July 2002.
3. Convener, Educational Review committee, 2003.
4. Member of the Module development group-Bone, muscle and Locomotion, 2001.
5. Member of the Medical Education Unit working group from 2007 to date.
6. Member of the Curriculum planning committee of the new curriculum, 2008-2009.
7. Member of the working meeting to formulate objectives for the introductory clinical
appointment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, 22nd October 2007.
8. Supervisor of the selective programme for the 2005/2006 batch.
9. Clinical co-ordinator, Faculty of Medicine from 2006 to date.
Undergraduates: Evaluation
Final MBBS Examination
1. Internal examiner in Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya, from 1995.
2. Organiser of the OSCE (from 1997 to 2002) and MCQ components (from 1995 to date) of the
Final MBBS examination.
3. External examiner in Surgery for the Medical Faculties of Ruhuna, Colombo, Sri
Jayawardhanepura and Kelaniya from 1997.
Other Examinations
1. Examiner, ACT 16 examination-Surgery, 1999.
2. Viva Examiner in Anatomy at the second MBBS examinations at the Faculty of Medicine,
Peradeniya from 1999 to 2004.
3. Examiner of Alimentation module 2nd year semester 1 examination, 2006.
Postgraduates
Teaching
1. Trainer in General Surgery since 1995, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of
Colombo.
2. Trainer in Transplant Surgery.
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Evaluation
Examiner Master of Surgery Part I (General Surgery), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo since 1997. (now it is MD)
Examiner Master of Surgery , Part II (General Surgery), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo since 1998. (Now it is MD)
Examiner Master of Surgery Part II (Otolaryngology), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
University of Colombo 1999, 2000.(now it is MD)
Examiner MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh since 2010
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Referees (National/International)
National
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International
1. Prof AK House, Suit 26, Hollywood Specialist Centre
Hollywood Private Hospital
Nedlands
Western Australia 6009
2. Prof Paul Norman,
University Department of Surgery,
Fremantle Hospital,
PO Box 480,
Western Australia 6959
3. Dr ON Fernando,
Consultant Transplant Surgeon,
Department of Nephrology and Transplantation
Royal Free Hospital,
Pond Street
London NW 3 2QG
UK