The Speakers
Local Faculty
Professor Ranjiv Shenal Thalgahagoda
Professor in Paediatric Nephrology
MBBS, DCH, MD(PAED), FRCPCH(UK)
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
Professor Madunil A. Niriella
MBBS(Col). MD(Col), MRCP(Lon), MRCP(UK)
Professor in Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Professor Anuja P. Premawardena
MBBS (Perad'ya), MD (C'bo), MRCP (UK), FRCP (London), DPhil (Oxon), FCCP(SL), FNAS (SL)
Senior Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Professor Thashi Chang
MBBS, MD, MRCP(UK), MRCP(UK)(Neurol), FRCP(Lond), FCCP, DPhil(Oxon)
Professor in Neurology
Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Dr. Rohitha Muthugala
MBBS, Dip. Med. Microbiology, MD (Virology)
Consultant Virologist
National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka
Dr Premil Rajakrishna
MBBS, MD (Nephrology)
Consultant Nephrologist
Teaching Hospital Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Dr. Geethani Samaraweera
Consultant Venereologist at National STD/AIDS control programme,
National Coordinator for training and capacity building
Dr Dileetha Kuruppu
MBBS, DTM, MD (Transfusion Medicine)
Consultant Transfusion Physician
Teaching Hospital Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
International Faculty
Dr Anthea Greenway
Paediatric Haematologist
Head of Clinical Hematology
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Professor Adam Nelson
Paediatric and adolescent Haematologist
Kids cancer centre
Blood and Marrow Transplant programme
Sydney Children’s Hospital
New South Wales, Australia
Dr Yatin Mehta
Chairman, Cardiac Critical care
Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology
Medantha, India
Dr. Ajay Gandhi,
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs
Werfen India,
New Delhi,
India.
Professor Uma Kanga
Head,
Department of Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics
All India Institute of Medical Science
New Delhi, India
Dr. Peter J. M. van den Burg
Consultant in Transfusion Medicine,
Sanquin Blood Service,
Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
"Blood: Cure with care"