Publications in Journals

1. Mathangasinghe Y, Wijayawardhana S, Perera U, Punchihewa R, Pradeep S. Pathological characteristics of lung tumors in Sri Lanka 2017–2021. Thoracic Cancer. 2024; 15(4): 347–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.15206
2. Athapathu AS, Wijayawardhana SM, Meegoda J, Gunaratne SA, Somathilaka M, Chang KTE, Wickramasinghe P. Case report of an infant with congenital mesoblastic nephroma leading to pulmonary metastasis. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2023 Dec 25;11:2050313X231220826. doi: 10.1177/2050313X231220826.
3. Herath, H.M.M.T.B., Wijayawardhana, K.W.S.M., Wickramarachchi, U.I. et al. Attitudes on euthanasia among medical students and doctors in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study. BMC Med Ethics 22, 162 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00731-2
4. Wickramasinghe VP, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Arambepola C. Serum Triglyceride to HDL Ratio as a Marker of Insulin Resistance Among 5–15-Year-Old Sri Lankan Children in an Urban Setting. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1089/met.2022.0086
5. Herath HMMTB, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi UI, Senanayake S, Senanayake B, Rodrigo C. Estimation of body weight using anthropometric parameters in Sri Lankan hospitalized adult patients. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 1. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290895

Abstracts - International

1. Ravindra Inaththappulige, Chulika Makawita, Hasini Munasinghe, Kasun Udenike, Ishani Rajapakshe, Sameera Wijayawardhana, Tharuka Herath, Amitha Fernando, Bimsara Senanayake. Effect of continuation of intensive phase on poor responders of antituberculosis treatment on morbidity and mortality in central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB). Journal of the Neurological Sciences. ABSTRACT. VOLUME 455, SUPPLEMENT, 121132, DECEMBER 2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2023.121132
2. Gayan Ekanayake, Paheerathan Nadesan , Sameera Wijayawardana , Oshan Basnayake , Pathum Abeyasekara. TOE-TO-FINGER TRANSFER IN TRAUMA - A SINGLE CENTERED EXPERIENCE IN A DEVELOPING ASIAN COUNTRY. Poster presentation at International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies (ICOPLAST-2023), Dubai, UAE. 2023 May 5-7.
3. Paheerathan Nadesan , Sameera Wijayawardhana , Pathum Abeysekara, Oshan Basnayake, Dishan Samarathunga, Gayan Ekanayake. REVERSE ARTERIAL FLOW FREE HELICAL RIM FLAP FOR NASAL ALAR RECONSTRUCTION –A CASE REPORT. Poster presentation at International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies (ICOPLAST 2023), Dubai, UAE. 2023 May 5-7.
4. Paheerathan Nadesan , Sameera Wijayawardhana , Pathum Abeysekara, Oshan Basnayake, Dishan Samarathunga, Gayan Ekanayake. NOVEL METHOD TO TREAT EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA - RECONSTRUCTION OF HAND WITH ARTIFICIAL DERMIS- A CASE REPORT. Poster presentation at International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies (ICOPLAST 2023), Dubai, UAE. 2023 May 5-7
5. Gamage T, Wijayawardhana K.W.S.M, Athukorala T, Abeygunasekara S. EMERGENCY SURGERIES DURING COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) PANDEMIC IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE PAEDIATRIC CENTRE IN A LOW MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY “oral presentation presented at British Association of Paediatrics Surgeons 68th Congress 2022 July 13-15.

Abstracts - Local

1. Wijayawardhana S, Jayawardena D, Chandraratne N, Wickramasinghe P. A left shift of weight, height and BMI of 5- 15 year old Sri Lanka children compared to WHO data. Poster presented at Colombo Medical Congress 2023. 4th to 8th December 2023.- Presenting Author
   
2. Wijayawardhana S, Jayawardena D, Chandraratne N, Wickramasinghe P. National growth charts for 10-15 year old paediatric population of Sri Lanka. Poster presented at Colombo Medical Congress 2023. 4th to 8th December 2023.- Presenting Author
3. Senavirathne U, Bandaranayake C, Wijayawardhana S, Wickramarachchi U. Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis: A case report. Poster presented at Colombo Medical Congress 2023. 4th to 8th December 2023.
4. P Nadesan, S Wijayawardhana, U Wickramarachchi, D Samarathunga, P Abeysekara, O Basnayake, G Ekanayake. Trends in Microbial and Antibiotic Profile of Burn Patients – An Audit at National Burns center Sri Lanka. National Trauma Conference Sri Lanka; 10th to 11th November 2023.
5. Sameera Wijayawardhana, Yasith Mathangasinghe, Saman Iddagoda. Successful Sternal Reconstruction in Complex Life Threatening Thoracic Trauma: A Case Series. National Trauma Conference Sri Lanka; 10th to 11th November 2023.
6. Ekanayake G., Wijayawardhana K.W.S.M., Nadesan P, Abeysekara P, Samarathunga D R, Basnayake O. Outcome of Toe to finger transfer in trauma - A single centered experience in a developing Asian Country. Oral Presentation at Sri Lanka Orthopaedic Association 15th Annual Academic Sessions 2023; 2nd to 4th November 2023.
7. Mathangasinghe Y, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Perera SAU, Punchihewa R, Pradeep IHDS. Pathological Characteristics of Lung Tumours in Sri Lanka – a Five Year Follow Up Study. The Sri Lanka College of Oncologists Annual Acadaemic Sessions 2023; 13th -15th October 2023 – Presenting Author
8. Wickramarachchi UI ,Wijayawardhana KWSM, Herath HMTB, Chathurka R, Senanayake S, Senanayake B. IMPULSIVE CONTROL DISORDER AMONG PARKINSON PATIENTS IN SRI LANKA. . Poster Presented at The Annual academic sessions 2023 of the Ceylon College of Physicians. 28th to 30th September 2023.- Presenting Author
9. Senavirathne LUS, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi UI, Bandaranayake C. PATTERN OF MICROBIAL CULTURES AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROFILE IN SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT NATIONAL HOSPITAL SRI LANKA. Poster Presented at The Annual academic sessions 2023 of the Ceylon College of Physicians. 28th to 30th September 2023.
10. K.W.S.M.Wijayawardhana, U.I.Wickramarachchi, S. Gunaratne. Clinical and Histopathological Correlates of Paediatric Inflammatory Myoblastic Tumors - A Single Centered Tertiary Care Experience. Poster Presented at The Sri Lanka Surgical Congress 2023 - 52nd Annual Academic Sessions of The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and Joint International Conference with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and The SAARC Surgical Care Society ;September 14th - 16th 2023 – Presenting Author
11. P Abeysekara,K W S M Wijayawardhana,A.Harishankar, S.D. Gunathunga, P Nadesan , D .R. Samarathunga, O. Basnayake, G. Ekanayake. Post operative symptomatic improvement of Lateral Tarsorrhaphy in facial nerve palsy- A Patient's Perspective. Poster Presented at The Sri Lanka Surgical Congress 2023 - 52nd Annual Academic Sessions of The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and Joint International Conference with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and The SAARC Surgical Care Society ;September 14th - 16th 2023 – Presenting Author
12. H.M.S.H. Herath, S.Perera, K.W.S.M. Wijayawardhana. PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATING SYSTEM(PACS) in neurotrauma; a cost-effective way forward? Single center experience in a developing country. Poster Presented at The Sri Lanka Surgical Congress 2023 - 52nd Annual Academic Sessions of The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and Joint International Conference with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and The SAARC Surgical Care Society ;September 14th - 16th 2023
13. Herath HMMTB , Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi UI, Senanayake S, Senanayake B, Rodrigo C. Estimation of body weight using anthropometric parameters in Sri Lankan adults. Poster presented at: 16th Annual Congress of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists; 2023 Feb 24-26; Colombo, Sri Lanka - Presenting author
14. Monika de Silva, W A E Udeshika, Herath H M M T B, Wijayawardhana K W S M, Wickramarachchi U I. Factors affecting the delay in presentation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis to tertiary care in sri lanka. Presenting author of Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians of Sri Lanka; 2022 Sept 21-24; Colombo, Sri Lanka - Presenting author
15. Herath HMMTB, Rodrigo C, Alahakoon AMBD, Ambawatte SB, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi UI, Senanayake S, Senanayake B, Fernando A. Outcomes of stroke patients undergoing thrombolysis in sri lanka: an observational prospective study from a low middle-income country. Presenting author of Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians of Sri Lanka; 2022 Sept 21-24; Colombo, Sri Lanka - Presenting author
16. Athapathu AS , Wijayawardhana KWSM, Meegoda VJ , Gunaratne SA, Somathilaka M, Chang KTE, Wickramasinghe VP. An Infant Presenting with Pulmonary Metastasis After Complete Excision of a Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma – A Case Report. Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 12-14; Colombo, Sri Lanka - Presenting author
17. Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi U.I, Meegoda VJ, Meegoda DA, Gunarathne SA, Somathilaka LHDM, Lamahewage A.K. An Infant with Pancreatic Yolk Sac Tumour Presenting with Obstructive Jaundice –A Case Report. Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 12-14; Colombo, Sri Lanka- Presenting author
18. Wickramarachchi U.I, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Meegoda VJ, Meegoda DA, Gunaratne SA, Somathilaka LHDM, Rasnayake D. A silent presentation of a primary lung tumour in a child – A case report. Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 12-14; Colombo, Sri Lanka.
19. Meegoda DA, Meegoda VJ, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi U.I, Gunaratne SA, Kopinath K. Newborn with a congenital ovarian cyst – A rare clinical entity. Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 12-14; Colombo, Sri Lanka
20. Meegoda VJ, Meegoda DA, Wijayawardhana KWSM, Wickramarachchi U.I, Gunaratne SA, Somathilaka LHDM, Samarasinghe N. Primary bone anaplastic large cell lymphoma in a child – A diagnostic challenge. Poster presented at: Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 12-14; Colombo, Sri Lanka
21. Meegoda J, Wijayawardhana K W S M, Samarasinghe M , Wijekoon N , Gunaratne S , Wickramarachchi U I. Hirschsprung disease – a clinicopathological descriptive study in a tertiary care referral centre. Poster presented at: 50th annual academic sessions of the college of surgeons of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 19; Colombo, Sri Lanka
22. Wickramarachchi U I, Herath T B, Rodrigo C, Wijayawardhana K W S M. Attitudes on euthanasia among medical students and doctors in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study. Poster presented at: 50th annual academic sessions of the college of surgeons of Sri Lanka; 2021 Nov 19; Colombo, Sri Lanka.
23. Wijayawardhana K W S M , Meegoda V J, Mahathanthila W D T A, Kumarasinghe N, Munasinghe T D, Paul Bright B, Perera U, Wijekoon N, Gunaratne S A. Profile of Paediatrics Solid Tumours in Sri Lanka: a retrospective study. Poster Presented at 48th annual academic sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka 2019 Aug 22-24 and 22nd annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2019 Aug 29-31- Presenting author
24. Oral presenation “Accidental machinery injuries: The unseen medical and economic burden of Sri Lanka. Study on injury patterns, disabilities and socioeconomic characteristics “at Annual academic sessions of the Nothern Chapter of Sri Lanka 2019
25. Kumarasinghe N, Meegoda V J, Wijayawardhana K W S M , Mahathanthila W D T A, , Munasinghe T D, Paul Bright B, Perera U, Wijekoon N, Gunaratne S A. Role of biopsy and radiological investigations in diagnosis of paediatric solid tumours. Poster presented at 48th annual academic sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka 2019 Aug 22-24 and 22nd annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2019 Aug 29-31.
26. Meegoda V J, Wijayawardhana K W S M , Mahathanthila W D T A, Kumarasinghe N, Munasinghe T D, Paul Bright B, Perera U, Wijekoon N, Gunaratne S A. Wilm’s tumour in Sri Lankan Children: a single centre experience Poster presented at 48th annual academic sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka 2019 Aug 22-24 and 22nd annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2019 Aug 29-31.
27. Meegoda V J, Wijayawardhana K W S M , Mahathanthila W D T A, Kumarasinghe N, Munasinghe T D, Paul Bright B, Perera U, Wijekoon N, Gunaratne S A. Histo-clinico-pathological description of Neuroblastoma in Sri Lanka: An institutional based retrospective study Poster presented at 22nd annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians; 2019 Aug 29 – 31 and Colombo Medical Congress 2020 Feb 12-15.
28. Meegoda V J, Wijayawardhana K W S M , Mahathanthila W D T A, Kumarasinghe N, Munasinghe T D, Paul Bright B, Perera U, Wijekoon N, Gunaratne S A. Hepatoblastomas in Sri Lanka: an institutional based retrospective study. Poster presented at 22nd annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians; 2019 Aug 29 – 31 and Poster presented at National Health Research Symposium 2019 Oct 22-23
29. Samarathunga S A P M , Wijayawardhana KWSM ,Rajamantri S.D. Factors affecting serum CPK levels in acute lower limb ischaemia caused by popliteal artery injury – a retrospective analysis. Poster presented at 48th annual academic sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka 2019 Aug 22-24.
30. Samarathunga S A P M , Wijayawardhana KWSM , Fernando T K. Cosmetic and symptomatic improvement following great saphenous vein (GSV) endo venous laser ablation (EVLA) with and without synchronous branch varicosity treatment – early results of a prospective observational study. Poster presented at 48th annual academic sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka 2019 Aug 22-24.

1. Dr Henry Rajarathnam award for the best free paper in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism for oral presentation at Ceylon College of Physicians – 51st annual academic sessions 2018 Sept 12-15.

Wijayawardhana, K.W.S.M., K.M.P.P.Wijerathna, H.M.W.A.B Wijerathne, Olupeliyawa A. Practices on sports nutrition, body composition and associated factors among athletes in Sri Lanka. Ceylon College of Physicians – 51st annual academic sessions 2018 Sept 12-15 - Presenting author

2. First runner up of the oral presentation of 24th annual scientific congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians; 24-26th April 2022.

Wijayawardhana K.W.S.M., Chandraratne N,.Wickramasinghe V.P. Assessment of growth in Sri Lankan children and adolescents: are the WHO growth charts robust ? 24th annual scientific congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians; 24-26th April 2022.