Message from the President SLMA

Dear Members of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, It was indeed a privilege to hold office as the 126th President of this hallowed institute. My pledge during the Presidential induction held on 18th January 2020 was to take SLMA to even greater heights of achievement...

E M Wijerama Endowment Lectures

2019 “Reminiscences from a personal odyssey of a 50 year medical career: an opportunity to reflect” Vidyajyothi Senior Prof. Rezvi Sheriff MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FCCP, FACP, FNASSL FIMA Senior Professor of Medicine, Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Emeritus...

Professor N D W Lionel Memorial Oration

2020- “The challenge of the early arrivals: Preterm births revisited” Dr. Kapila Jayaratne Consultant Community Physician, National Program Manager – Maternal & Child Morbidity & Mortality Surveillance, Family Health Bureau – Ministry of Health 2019-...

Murugesar Sinnetamby Oration

2019 – “Survival analysis of breast cancer in Sri Lanka; a dire necessity revisited” Dr. Harshini Peiris BSc, MSc, PhD Dept. of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna 2018 – Not Awarded 2017 – “The Sri Lanka...

Dr S Ramachandran Memorial Oration

2020- Not Awarded 2019- “Diagnosis of tropical infections: beyond the borders” Dr. Kosala G. A. D. Weerakoon MBBS, MPhil, PhD, FRSPH Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka 2018- “Antivenoms...