Editor-in-chief
Prof. Ajith Malalasekera
MBBS (Col) MS (Col) MRCS (LOND) FCSSL
Editor in Chief, The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery
Professor in Urology, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Consultant Urological Surgeon
ajith@anat.cmb.ac.lk
Editorial board
Prof. Kemal I. Deen
MBBS (Peradeniya) MD (Birmingham) MS (Col) FRCS (Ed) FCSSL
Past President of the College of Surgeons Sri Lanka (2015),
Chairman of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies,
Sri Lanka.
radihan@mail.ewisl.net
Dr. Sivasuriya Sivaganesh
MS (Col) FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Edin) PhD (Cantab) FCSSL
Senior lecturer and Honorary Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,
Honorary Secretary, the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka.
sivaganesh@srg.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Naomal Perera
MBBS MS FRCS (Edin)
Consultant Oncosurgeon,
Lanka Hospitals,
Sri Lanka.
dr.naomal@gmail.com
Dr. Hiran Amarasekera
MBBS MS (Col) FRCS (Ed) FCSSL MPhil (Warwick)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital, Malabe,
Sri Lanka.
hiruwan@hotmail.com
Dr. Dulantha De Silva
MBBS MD Surgery MRCS Dip Chir Lap
Senior Lecturer in Surgery and Consultant Surgeon,
General Sir John Kotelalawala Defence University,
Ratmalana,
Sri Lanka.
desilva.dulantha@gmail.com
Dr. Sanjeewa Seneviratne
MBBS MD(Surgery), FRCS(Edin) PhD(Auckland)
Senior Lecturer in Surgery and Consultant Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine
University of Colombo
Sri Lanka
sanjeewa@srg.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Rasika Jayatillake (PhD)
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Statistics,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka
rasika@stat.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Gayan Ekanayake
MBBS (Pera), MS(Col),FCSSL
Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
National Hospital Sri Lanka
gayanse2003@yahoo.com
Dr. Pramodh Chandrasinghe
MBBS MD MRCS MRCSEd
Consultant general and colorectal surgeon and Lecturer in surgery,
Department of Surgery,
University of Kelaniya,
Sri Lanka.
pcchandrasinghe@gmail.com
Dr. Dileepa Ediriweera
MBBS MSc (Biostatistics) MSc (Biomedical Informatics) Dip (CSD)
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Kelaniya,
Sri Lanka.
dileepa@kln.ac.lk
Dr. Dakshitha P. Wickramasinghe
MBBS DM (Col) MD (Surgery) PgCertMedEdu MRCSEd
Lecturer in Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka
dakshithaw@srg.cmb.ac.lk
Associate Editors
Prof. Shalini Sri Ranganathan
MBBS MD DCH MRCP Dip MedTox PhD
Professor in Pharmacology and Specialist in Paediatrics,
Department of Pharmacology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
sshalini14@hotmail.com
Prof. Varuni De Silva
MBBS MD FSLCOP Professor in Psychiatry,
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Department of Psychiatry,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
vades@psych.cmb.ac.lk
Dr. Ruvini Abeygunaratne
MBChB BSc (Hons) MRCS (UK) FRCS (Neurosurgery) EANS (Europe)
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Hope Hospital, Manchester,
Lanka hospitals, Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
ruvinisa@hotmail.com
International advisory board
Mr. Ian Pearce (UK)
BMed (Sci) BMBS FRCS (Urol)
Consultant Urological Surgeon,
Manchester Royal Infirmary,
Manchester,
United Kingdom.
Ian.Pearce@cmft.nhs.uk
Dr. Tom R. De Meester (USA)
MD BA
The Jeffrey P Smith Professor of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Chairman, Department of Surgery,
Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California,
California, U.S.A.
Prof. Peter Hutchinson (UK)
BSc (Hons) MBBS PhD FRCS (SurgNeurol),
Professor and Head of Department of Neurosurgery,
University of Cambridge,
Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
United Kingdom.
Dr. Konstantina Karabatsou (UK)
MD FRCS
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Neurosurgical unit,
Salford Royal Hospital,
Manchester
United Kingdom.
Prof. Vinay Kumar Kapoor (India)
MBBS MS DNBE FRCS FACS FACG FICS FAMS FAIS
Senior Professor,
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology,
SGPGIMS,
Lucknow,
India.
Dr. Anil Mandhani (India)
Professor,
Department of Urology,
SGPIMS,
Lucknow,
India.
Dr. Michael Silva (UK)
MBBS MS MD FRCS (Gen Surg) FRCS Ed
Consultant hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon,
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust,
United Kingdom.
Dr. Nimalan Pathmanathan (Australia)
MBBS (Hons) MMed (ClinEpi) FRACS
Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon,
Westmead Hospital,
Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Carolynne Vaizey (UK)
MBChB MD FRCS (Gen Surg) FCS (SA)
Consultant Surgeon and Chair of Surgery at St Mark's Hospital,
Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College,
Director of the Sir Alan Park's Physiology Unit,
Lead Surgeon for Intestinal Failure - the Lennard Jones Unit,
United Kingdom.
Mr. Janindra Warusavitarne
B Med FRACS PhD
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon,
Department of Surgery,
St. Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute,
The North West London Hospitals,
United Kingdom
Emeritus editors
Dr. Serozsha A. S. Goonewardena
Consultant Urologist,
National Hospital of Sri Lanka,
Past president of the Sri Lanka Association of Urological Surgeons,
Sri Lanka.
Dr. Suren C. Paul
Dr. E. D. Rodrigo
Dr. C. S. Sinnatamby