27TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS 2025

08th to 10th June 2025 - Monarch Imperial, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Meet the Faculty


Professor Joselyn A. Eusebio

Philippines

Designation: President, Asia Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA)

Speciality: Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Qualifications: (Retired) Associate Professor, College of Medicine, UERMMMC
Past President, Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc., Perinatal Association of the Philippines and Philippine Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics


Dr. Anirban Majumdar

United Kingdom

Designation: Consultant

Speciality: Paediatric Neurology

Qualifications: B.Med.Sci., B.M.B.S.(Nott), FRCPCH (UK), MSc (Ethics and Law


Dr. Mars Skae

United Kingdom

Designation: Consultant

Speciality: Paediatric Endocrinology

Qualifications: MBChB, RCPCH, MPhil 


Professor Simon Craig

Australia

Designation: Adjunct Clinical Professor

Speciality: Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Qualifications: MBBS FACEM PhD


Professor Detlef Bockenhauer

United Kingdom

Designation: Professor

Speciality: Paediatric Nephrology

Qualifications: MD, PhD


Dr. Gayatri Palat

India

Professor and Head,
Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine,
MNJ Institute of Oncology and RCC,
Hyderabad,
India


Dr. Rakesh Vora

United Kingdom

Designation: Consultant

Speciality: Paediatric Gastroenterology

Qualifications: MBBS, MD, MRCPCP, FRCPCH


Professor John Simpson

United Kingdom

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist

Qualifications: MD, FRCP


Dr. Viraraghavan Vadakkencherry Ramaswamy

India

Designation: Consultant Neonatologist and Head of Department of Neonatology, Ankura Hospital for Women and Children, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India
Task Force Member, Neonatal Life Support, ILCOR 
Mentee, Scientific Advisory Committee, ILCOR
Member, Cochrane Neonatal 
Editorial Board Member, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 
Member, National Neonatal Forum, India Clinical Practice Guidelines Group 
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Neonatology

Speciality:  Neonatology

Qualifications: MD, DM (Neonatology), DNB (Neonatology) ( LHMC, Delhi University, India)
Neonatal trainee (Oslo University Hospitals, Oslo, Norway)
Clinical Fellow (Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, U.K.)


Prof. Sameer M Zuberi

United Kingdom

Designation: Professor

Speciality: Paediatric Neurology

Qualifications: MB ChB, MD FRCPCH, FRCP (Ed)


Prof. Megan Doherty

Canada

Designation: Associate Professor in Paediatrics, Palliative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
WHO Consultant, Palliative Care

Speciality: Pediatrics, Palliative Medicine

Qualifications: MD, FRCPC (Pediatrics, Palliative Medicine), MMEd


Dr. Lalith Gamage

Australia

Designation: Consultant Paediatrician d and Paediatrics Emergency Physician

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH. DCH, MD FRACP


Dr. Mahendra Somathilaka

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Pediatric & Adolescent’s Oncologist

Qualifications: MBBS, MD


Dr. Jagath C Ranasinghe

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatrician

Speciality: General Paediatrics

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MD (Paediatrics)


Dr. Manura Madukelum Lekamwattage

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Qualifications: MBBS (Col) MD (Medicine)


Dr. Nalika de Silva

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatrician

Speciality: General Paediatrics

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MD (Paed), MRCPCH (Lond)


Dr. Channa de Silva

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo

Speciality: Paediatric Pulmonology

Qualifications: MBBS (Colombo), MD (Paediatrics)


Dr. Hiranya Abeysekera

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist

Speciality: Paediatric Ophthalmology

Qualifications: MB BS, MD (Ophthalmology)


Dr. Imalke Kankananarachchi

Sri Lanka

Designation: Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, Head, Newborn Screening Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna

Speciality: Consultant Paediatrician with Special interest in Inherited Metabolic Disorders

Qualifications: MBBS (Col), DCH (Col), MD-Paed (Col), DCH (UK), MRCPCH (UK), MRCP (Edin)


Dr. Jayani Tennakoon Jayaweera

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Nutrition Physician – Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila

Speciality: Clinical Nutrition

Qualifications: MBBS, MSc (Human Nutrition), MD (Clinical Nutrition)


Dr. Rajiva de Silva

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Immunologist

Speciality: Virology

Qualifications: MD


Dr. Sanjaya Abeygunasekera

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Surgeon

Speciality: Neonatal Surgery

Qualifications: MBBS, MS, FRCS (Edin)


Prof. Heshan Jayaweera

Sri Lanka

Designation: Professor in Paedaitrics & Consultant

Speciality: Paediatrician

Qualifications: MD (Paediatrics), FRCPCH, FSCL Paed


Prof. Kavinda Dayasiri

Sri Lanka

Designation: Professor in Paediatrics

Speciality: Paediatrics

Qualifications: MBBS, MD, M Phil, MSc FRCPCH


Prof. Marianne Nishani Lucas

Sri Lanka

Designation: Professor in Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Colombo
Consultant Neonatologist, University Unit, De Soysa Hospital for Women, Colombo

Speciality: Neonatology

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MD (Paediatrics), IBCLC, MRCPCH, FRCPCH, FPSSL, FSLCPaed, PhD


Prof. Neelika Malavige

Sri Lanka

Designation: Professor

Speciality: Immunology

Qualifications: DPhil (Oxon), FRCP(Lond), FRC Path (UK), FNASSL


Prof. Sanath Thushara Kudagammana

Sri Lanka

Designation: Professor in Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya and Consultant Paediatrician, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya

Speciality: Paediatrics

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, DAA, MD (Paed), FRCPCH, FSLC Paed


Professor Harendra De Silva

Sri Lanka

Designation: Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, University of Colombo

Founder Chairman NCPA Senior Ashoka Fellow (Wash DC)

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MSc(Birm), FRCP(Lond & Edin), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCP, FCPS (Pak)


Dr. Anuradha Herath

Sri Lanka

Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry
University of Colombo
Sri Lanka


Dr. Iruthayanathan Reginald Ragunathan

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist

Speciality: Paediatric Cardiology

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MD (Paediatrics)


Dr. Nalin C Kitulwatte

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MD (Paed), FSLCPaed, FCCM (Canada)


Dr Sanjaya Fernando

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

Speciality: Paediatric neurology and epilepsy

Qualifications: MBBS, DCH, MD


Dr. Sriyani Samaraweera

Sri Lanka

Designation: Consultant

Speciality: Dermatology

Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Dermatology)


Prof. Gitanjali Sathiadas

Sri Lanka

Designation: Professor of Paediatrics

Speciality: Paediatrics

Qualifications: MD, MRCPCH

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