• Paediatric Toxicology, General Paediatrics

• CVCD Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher in Medical and Dental Sciences

•             Awarded by the Committee of the Vice Chancellors and Directors (CVCD), Sri Lanka

              2022/23

• Dr. E.W. Wijerama Award

•             Best Research oral presentation

              Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians

              2009

• Outstanding Oral Presentation Award

• Best oral presentation

  World Summit on Paediatrics

  Madrid, Spain

  2018

• Dr. S.K.P. Harischandra Memorial Award

• Best oral research presentation

  Seventh Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka

  2009

• Dr. Gamini Karunarathne Award

•             Best research presentation from outstations in Sri Lanka

              Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians

              2022

   

• Doctor of the Year Award, Oxford School of Paediatrics, UK

• For Clinical Excellence by an MTI trainee/ UK non-trainee in Oxford Deanery 

  Oxford School of Paediatrics, United Kingdom

  2018

   

• Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher 2022

•       For Excellence in Research by an academic within the Faculty of Medicine

        University of  Kelaniya

        2022

• Best Poster Prize

•             Foundation sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association

              Seventh Annual Scientific sessions of the Anuradhapura Clinical Society

              2013

• Young Investigator Travel Award

•       Eleventh Congress of the Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology Association

        Hong Kong academy of Medicine, Hong Kong,

        2012

• Young Investigator Travel Award

•       15th meeting of Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology association

         Tan Tock Seng Hospital

         Singapore, 2016

• Award of the Yonsei Fund

• For the most outstanding research abstract at the 49th Meeting of Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health

  Awarded by University of Yonsei, South Korea

  2017

• Outstanding Oral Presentation Award

•       Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health

        South Korea, 2017

• Finalist award

•             Annual Research Competition 2018

              British Association  of Physicians of Indian Origin

              Bristol, United Kingdom

              2018

• Senate awards – University of Kelaniya 2022, 2023

• For outstanding research work by the university academics

• Vice Chancellors Award for bringing  honor to the university by winning prestigious national/international awards

•             For Excellence in Research by an academic within the Faculty of Medicine

              University of  Kelaniya

              2023

• Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher 2023

•       For Excellence in Research by an academic within the Faculty of Medicine

        University of  Kelaniya

        2023

• The academic with the most outstanding creative production in the university

• University of Kelaniya

        Vice chancellors’ awards - 2023

• Global Research Academy of Clinical Toxicology scholarship

•  2024

  Edinburgh Medical School

  University of Edinburgh, UK

• NIHR (The National Institute for Health and Care Research, UK) – Right 4 -Travel Award

•       24th meeting of Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology association 2024

  Penang, Malaysia

• Best Oral Presentation Award

•             24th meeting of Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology association 2024

              Penang, Malaysia

• Vice Chancellors Award for bringing  honor to the university by winning prestigious national/international awards

•             For Excellence in Research by an academic within the Faculty of Medicine

              University of  Kelaniya

              2024

• Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – Oxford University Hospitals Clinical Paediatric Fellowship in General Paediatrics

• Travel scholarship by the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to participate as an invited speaker at the World Summit on Paediatrics, Spain, 2018 
• Scholarship for the best student (Medicine) from Public Servants’ Mutual Provident Association of Sri Lanka (2003 – 2007)
• Stella De Silva Research Grant -2017 – Awarded by Sri Lanka college of paediatricians – Co-investigator of the study
• Stella De Silva Research Grant -2020 – Awarded by Sri Lanka college of paediatricians – Co-investigator of the study
• 25^th Anniversary Research Grant,   Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2021
• Scholarship from Global Research Academy of Clinical Toxicology, University of Edinburgh, 2024

• Eleventh Congress of the Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology Association, Hong Kong, 2012 – Invited Talk on “Trends in acute poisoning in the paediatric age group in North Central Province of Sri Lanka”.
• Resource person, Workshop on “ENT Nursing”, College of Otorhinolaryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, Colombo 2008.
• Workshop on “Holistic Neonatal Care” - Case presentation on “ A neonate with a life limiting disease”, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, 2015.
•  Workshop on “Holistic Neonatal Care” – Case presentation on “ A neonate with massive intracranial hemorrhage”, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, 2015.
• 25^th Anniversary International Medical Conference, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2016 – Invited speaker in symposium “Poisoning” 
• Toxicological emergencies in children, Symposium in emergency medicine, Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2019
• Two Pills Can Kill – Young Paediatricians’ Forum – Sri Lanka College of paediatricians, 2022
• Approach to the excessively crying child – Board of Study in Emergency Medicine, Study Day program, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2021
• Urological emergencies in children – Board of Study in Emergency Medicine, Study Day program, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2021
• Management of the intoxicated child  – Board of Study in Emergency Medicine, Study Day program, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2021
• The clinical approach to the intoxicated child – Regional academic sessions of Sri Lanka Colle of Paediatricians in collaboration with Batticaloa medical Association, 2022
• Clinical approach to palpitations in children – Guest lecture in Jaffna Medical Association, 2021
• Workshop on “Problem solving in the emergency department – a case-based approach” Board of Study in Emergency Medicine, Study Day program, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2022
• Management of Allergic Rhinitis in Children – Guest lecture in Batticaloa medical association, 2021
• The child with a fast-beating heart in ED – Board of Study in Emergency Medicine, Study Day program, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2021
• Approach to the child with acutely twisted neck - Guest lecture in Batticaloa medical association, 2022
• Session on Paediatric Emergency Medicine – MD Part 1 MCQ Course – Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2021
• Session on Paediatric Toxicology and Haematology – MD Part 2 Data interpretation course -  Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2021
• Safeguarding of children in the emergency department - Board of Study in Emergency Medicine, Study Day program, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2022
• Vaccination in children – Guest lecture at Government Mid-wifery Officers’ Association – 2021
• Overseas Training Workshop – Session on ‘How to Structure Your CV’ - Board of Study in Paediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, 2021
• Epilepsy in children - Guest lecture at Government Mid-wifery Officers’ Association – 2022
• Toxicological emergencies in children – Guest lecture for paediatric registrars – Nestle Nutrition Institute, Sri Lanka, 2021
• Clinical approach to chronic headache in children - Guest lecture in Batticaloa medical association, June 2021
• Guest lecture on “Basic Life Support” – Training Program for Nursing Officers, North Colombo Teaching Hospital Ragama, May 2022
• Approach to developmental regression in children - Guest lecture in Batticaloa medical association, July 2021
• Guest speaker – Parent Craft program – Melsta Hospitals, Ragama
• The Limping Child - Guest lecture in Batticaloa medical association, July 2021
• Guest lecture on “Poisoning in Paediatric age Group” – Continuous Medical Education Program – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – United Kingdom, June 2018
•  Guest lecture on “Effect on fortified milk on cognitive abilities in school-aged children” – Continuous Medical Education Program – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – United Kingdom, June 2018
•  Guest lecture on “Strengthening Junior Doctors through shared learning of Evidence based Medicine” – Continuous Medical Education Program – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – United Kingdom, August 2019
•  Guest lecture on “Liquitab detergent capsules are the commonest cause of accidental poisoning in children less 5 years old presenting to two UK emergency departments” – Continuous Medical Education Program – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – United Kingdom, June 2018
• Pre-congress workshop on “Research Made Easy” – Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, April 2022
• Emergency Paediatrics Training Program – for training island-wide house officers by the Ministry of Health – 2021
• Guest speaker at the post-graduate live webinar sessions organized by the Nestle Nutrition Institute, August 2021
• Guest lecture on “paediatric respiratory tract infections” – School of Nursing, Colombo, September 2021
• Resource person - Training program for nursing students on practical procedures in nursing care, School of Nursing, Colombo
• Resource person - Session on Paediatric Toxicology and Haematology – MD Part 2 Data interpretation course -  Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022
• Resource person - Session on Objectively Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) Mock examination – MD Part 2 Data interpretation course -  Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022
• Resource person – Communication Skills Training Course –College of Medical Administrators of Sri Lanka, September, 2022
• Resource person – Data Interpretation and Case History Course – Mock Examination - -  Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022
• Resource person – Communication Skills Training Course – for DCH trainees, Organised by the Specialty Board in Paediatrics, July 2023
• Resource person, MD Paediatric Clinical Course 2022, organised by Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
• Resource person, Session on Febrile Illness in Children, MCGP Training Course, 2023, organised by the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka (CGPSL)
• Resource person, The Skills Teaching Programs in 2021 and 2022 – Local Advanced Paediatric Life Support Provider Course, organised by Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
• Resource Person, The National Emergency Paediatrics Training Program, April 2021 for training island-wide Relief House Officers, organised by The Ministry of Health Sri Lanka
• Resource Person, The Online Workshop on “Identifying Research Opportunities in School Activities” for Post-Graduate Trainees in Paediatrics December, 2022, organised by the Sub-committee on Education, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
• Resource Person, session on Managing Workplace Communication” – a 2 credit course (part of the NVQ Level 5 Course in Optometry) organised by the Wickramarachchi Institute of Audiology, Colombo
• Resource person - Approach to a Child with Joint Pains, The Continuous Professional Development Programme of the Batticaloa Medical Association, May 2023 organised by  The Batticaloa Medical Association
• Resource person – session on Problems in the Neonate, Prematurity and Low Birth Weight, MCGP Training Course, 2023 organised by the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka (CGPSL)
• Resource person, SLMA Saturday Talk session in April 2023 organised by The Sri Lanka Medical Association, Talk on The Intoxicated Child: Spot the Diagnosis
• Resource person, Communication Skills Training Program for MD Trainees in Paediatrics, May, 2023, organised by the Specialty Board in Paediatrics, Post-graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Resource person for the session on  The Child with Acutely Twisted Neck: How to Approach? - Continuous Professional Development lecture, July 2023, organised by The Society for Health Research and Innovation, Government Medical Officers’ Association, Sri Lanka  
• Resource person, Research Writing Support Programme organised by the Research Promotion and Facilitation Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in 2022/2023
• Resource person for developing course material for Communication Skills training module in the Online Learning Platform, University of Peradeniya, 2023
• Resource Person for the full day Communication Skills (SH-003) workshop in Master of Sexual Health Programme at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, 2023.
• Resource person – Communication Skills Training Course – for DCH trainees, Organised by the Specialty Board in Paediatrics, July 2023
• Resource person – Communication Skills Training Course – for MD trainees, Organised by the Specialty Board in Paediatrics, July 2024
• Resource person – Academic Hour Program, Government Medical Officers’ Association, December , 2024

Books

• Kavinda Dayasiri, Arjuna Athapathu

  SBAs in Paediatrics

  Samudra Medical Publications

  ISBN – 978-624-203-155-2

  First Edition – April 2023

  Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Kavinda Dayasiri, Hashan Pathiraja

  Case Studies in Paediatric Toxicology

  Samudra Medical Publications

  ISBN – 978-624-203-140-6

  First Edition – September 2022

  Colombo Sri Lanka

• Kavinda Dayasiri, V. Thadchanamoorthy

  MCQs in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

  Samudra Medical Publications

  ISBN – 978 – 624-203-141-5

  First Edition – September 2022

  Colombo Sri Lanka

  1. V. Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri

• MCQs in Neonatology

  Kumaran Book House

  ISBN – 978-624-6164-2

  First Edition – 2022

  Colombo Sri Lanka

• Kavinda Dayasiri, Kalana Maduwage.

  Chapter 28: Envenomation and poisoning

  In: Shaman Rajindrajith, Sachith Mettananda, Asiri Abeygunawardena. Concise Textbook of Paediatrics.

  Samudra Medical Publications

  ISBN – 978-624-203-136-1

  First Edition – April 2022

  Colombo Sri Lanka

Electronic books

1. Kavinda Dayasiri, Basic Life Support in Children, 2023. ISBN - 978-624-94808-4-1
2. Kavinda Dayasiri, The Choking Child; Paediatric First Aid, 2023. ISBN - 978-624-94808-3-4
3. Kavinda Dayasiri, History Taking; Communication Skills in Paediatrics I, 2023.       ISBN - 978-624-94808-2-7
4. Kavinda Dayasiri, Giving Information; Communication Skills in Paediatrics II, 2023. ISBN - 978-624-94808-1-0
5. Kavinda Dayasiri, Breaking Bad News; Communication Skills in Paediatrics III, 2023. ISBN – 978-624-94808-0-3

• Publications in Journals:

• Dayasiri K., PathirajaH., Soyza E. D., Thadchanamoorthy , Dassanayaka S. Parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding safe handling and disposal of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants in urban Sri Lanka: Ethiop J  Pediatr  Child Health. 2024;19 (1):61-70. DOI: 10.4314/ejpch.v19i1.6
• DSG Punchihewa, JR Fonseka, RN Jayarathne, Kavinda Dayasiri, KHTI Sumanasekera, RMAN Dayarathna, MVD Nawarathne. Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: A rare disorder in a neonate. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2024; 53(1): 67-69 DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10612
• Kavinda Dayasiri, Nayani Suraweera, Jayne Joyce, Ulrike Uhlig. Presentation of posterior tongue-tie in a young infant mimicking oral candidiasis: A diagnostic challenge. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2024; 53(1): 77-78 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/v53i1.10615
• Ranawaka R, Dayasiri K, Sandamali E, Gamage M. Management strategies for common viral infections in pediatric renal transplant recipients. World J Transplant. 2024 Mar 18;14(1):89978. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v14.i1.89978. PMID: 38576764; PMCID: PMC10989477.
• Lokuhewage C, Dayasiri K. Acute pericarditis in a child during the recovery period of multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2023; 53(2): 178-180 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v53i2.10736
• Dayasiri K, Rao S. Fifteen-minute consultation: Evaluation of paediatric torticollis. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice. 2021 Nov 19: edpract-2020-319668. doi: 10.1136/archdischild 2020-319668. Epub ahead of print.
• Dayasiri K, Hull J, Rao S. NICE guidance on diagnosis and management of cystic fibrosis. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice. 2021 Feb;106(1):31-34. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-316882. Epub 2020 May 23.
• Dayasiri K, Weerapperuma N, Wright J, Anand G. Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia: a diagnostic challenge. BMJ Case Reports. 2021 Feb 5;14(2):e235112. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235112
• Dayasiri MB, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Plant Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2017;2017:6187487. doi: 10.1155/2017/6187487. Epub 2017 Mar 9.
• Dayasiri K, Rao S. Fifteen-minute update: International normalised ratio as the treatment end point in children with acute paracetamol poisoning. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice. 2021 Dec 8:edpract-2020-320190. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320190.
• Ranawaka R, Dayasiri K, Gamage M. Combined liver and kidney transplantation in children and long-term outcome. World Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Oct 18;10(10):283-290. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v10.i10.283.
• Sathanantham S, Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V. Approach to the Adolescent with Substance Use in the Acute Setting. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Jul 11;13(7):e16309. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16309
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Child with dengue haemorrhagic fever complicated by ileocaecal intussusception. BMJ Case Reports. 2021 Mar 16;14(3):e237697. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237697.
• Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V, Thudugala K, Ranaweera A, Parthipan N. Clinical and Radiological Characterization of an Infant with Caudal Regression Syndrome Type III. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2020 Oct 26;2020:8827281. doi: 10.1155/2020/8827281.
• Bakewell C, Dayasiri K, Brown RM, Rodrigues A, Williams R, Anand G, Gupte GL. Autoimmune hepatitis and acquired partial lipodystrophy. Frontline Gastroenterology. 2021 May 14;13(2):175-177. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2021-101824.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Postdengue chronic fatigue syndrome in an adolescent boy. BMJ Case Reports. 2021 Jun 7;14(6):e238605. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238605.
• Hemachandra KHDT, Chandimal Dayasiri MBK, Kannangara T. Acute Ascending Flaccid Paralysis Secondary to Multiple Trigger Factor Induced Hyperkalemia. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2018 May 29;2018:6360381. doi: 10.1155/2018/6360381
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Review on Pneumococcal Infection in Children. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 May 9;13(5):e14913. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14913.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Cutaneous larva migrans in a young child following circumrotation as a cultural ritual. BMJ Case Reports. 2021 Jan 25;14(1):e237204. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237204.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Thirukumar M, Dayasiri K. Sucking Pads: A Report of Two Newborns. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Oct 11;12(10):e10904. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10904.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K, Thirukumar M, Thamilvannan N, Chandraratne SH. Multiple aplasia cutis congenita type V and fetus papyraceous: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021 Mar 4;15(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-02662-3.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as lung abscess in a 10-month-Old infant. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 2020 Sep 16;31:101229. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101229.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Dengue Fever Associated Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Report of Two Children. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Oct 29;12(10):e11232. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11232.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Jayasekara N, Dayasiri K. Primary Hypertension as the Presenting Feature of Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A Report of Two Children. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Jan 11;13(1):e12617. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12617.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Kerosene Oil Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2017;2017:8798610. doi: 10.1155/2017/8798610. Epub 2017 Nov 16.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Early-Onset Multiple Sclerosis With Frequent Relapses: A Challenging Diagnosis With a Less Favorable Prognosis. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Mar 18;13(3):e13963. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13963.
• Ranawaka R, Jayamanne C, Dayasiri K, Samaranayake D, Sandakelum U, Hathagoda W, Dissanayake R, Wickramasinghe P. Effect of Prior Symptomatic Dengue Infection on Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in Children. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2021 Jun 2;2021:8842799. doi: 10.1155/2021/8842799.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Maternal-Fetal Perinatal Transmission of Staphylococcal Infections: A Report of Two Neonates. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2020 Jun 16;2020:8886049. doi: 10.1155/2020/8886049.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Subgaleal Abscess Following Staphylococcal Cellulitis in a 10-Month-Old Child: A Diagnostic Challenge for the Clinician. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Jan 9;13(1):e12591. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12591.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. A Study on Digit Sucking Among Children Presented to a Tertiary Care Paediatric Clinic in Sri Lanka. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Feb 12;13(2):e13306. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13306.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Septicemia Complicated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Meningitis. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Sep 25;12(9):e10644. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10644.
• Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V. PHACE Syndrome Presenting With Retinal Degeneration, Cortical Dysplasia, Microphthalmia, and Atrial Septal Defect in a South Asian Boy. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Jan 26;13(1):e12928. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12928.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K, Majitha SI, Hooper AJ, Burnett JR. Homozygous autosomal recessive hypercholesterolaemia in a South Asian child presenting with multiple cutaneous xanthomata. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 2021 Mar;58(2):153-156. doi: 10.1177/0004563220961755. Epub 2020 Oct 7.
• Dayasiri K, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka. Emergency Medicine International. 2020 Aug 3;2020:9872821. doi: 10.1155/2020/9872821.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Jayatunga MTR, Dayasiri K, Jasinge E, Jinnah MLM, Pereira C, Skrahina V, Thirukumar M. Exome sequencing detected an extremely rare case of foetal onset familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 presenting with hydrops foetalis. BMC Medical Genomics. 2021 Feb 16;14(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s12920-021-00897-z.
• Dayasiri KC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Patterns of acute poisoning with pesticides in the paediatric age group. International Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Dec;10(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s12245-017-0148-5. Epub 2017 Jul 11.
• Dayasiri K, Jayaweera H. Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita in a child with congenital fractures: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022 Oct 19;16(1):376. doi: 10.1186/s13256-022-03587-1.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Thirukumar M, Dayasiri K, Thamilvannan N, Jeyakumar J. Trichotemnomania in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report of an Asian Child and Literature Review. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2020 Dec 8;2020:6615250. doi: 10.1155/2020/6615250.
• Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V, Thudugala K, Wijewardana M. Focal Status and Sub-Ependymal Tumor as Features of the First Presentation in a Child With Tuberous Sclerosis. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Dec 1;12(12):e11816. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11816.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Refractory Kawasaki Disease Presenting With Erythema at Bacille Calmette-Guérin Inoculation Site: A Paediatric Case Report. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Oct 13;12(10):e10928. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10928.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K, Anputhasan S. Retrospective Study of Clinico-Aetiological Factors of Chronic Urticaria Among Children Attending a Tertiary Care Paediatric Centre in Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 May 4;13(5):e14848. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14848.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Patterns and outcome of acute poisoning among children in rural Sri Lanka. BMC Pediatrics. 2018 Aug 18;18(1):274. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1246-0.
• Dayasiri M, Dayasena R, Jayasuriya C, Perera D, Kuruppu KA, Peris M. Quantitative analysis of the effect of the demographic factors on presbyacusis. Australasian Medical Journal. 2011;4(3):118-22. doi: 10.4066/AMJ.2011.567. Epub 2011 Mar 31.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Clinical Profile, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Children With Cutaneous Larva Migrans Infection: A Hospital-Based Study. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Apr 11;13(4):e14416. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14416.
• Sinnarajah K, Dayasiri MB, Dissanayake ND, Kudagammana ST, Jayaweera AH. Rabson Mendenhall Syndrome caused by a novel missense mutation. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology. 2016;2016:21. doi: 10.1186/s13633-016-0039-1. Epub 2016 Nov 17.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Dengue hemorrhagic fever as a rare cause of chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura-a pediatric case report. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2020 Jul 20;48:59. doi: 10.1186/s41182-020-00248-1.
• Thirukumar M, Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Adolescent Pregnancy and Outcomes: A Hospital-Based Comparative Study at a Tertiary Care Unit in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Dec 14;12(12):e12081. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12081.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Ganeshrajah A, Dayasiri K, Jayasekara NP. Acute appendicitis during the recovery phase of dengue hemorrhagic fever: two case reports. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022 Jun 5;16(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s13256-022-03443-2.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Cutaneous Larva Migrans Infestation Over Buttocks and Perineal Region: A Case Series of Five Toddlers From Sri Lanka and Literature Review. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 Nov 5;12(11):e11335. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11335.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Unexplained Tachypneoa and Severe Metabolic Acidosis in a Three-Month-Old Child: A Rare Presentation of Beta-Ketothiolose Deficiency. The Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2022 Feb 5;14(2):e21934. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21934.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. A case report of dengue hemorrhagic fever complicated with diabetic ketoacidosis in a child: challenges in clinical management. BMC Pediatrics. 2020 Aug 26;20(1):403.
• Dayasena R, Dayasiri M, Jayasuriya C, Perera D. Aetiological agents in chronic suppurative otitis media in Sri Lanka. Australasian Medical Journal. 2011;4(2):101-4. doi: 10.4066/AMJ.2011.549. Epub 2011 Feb 28.
• Dayasiri KC, Suraweera N, Nawarathne D, Senanayake UE, Dayanath BKTP, Jasinge E, Weerasekara K. GTP-Cyclohydrolase I deficiency presenting as malignant hyperphenylalaninemia, recurrent hyperthermia and progressive neurological dysfunction in a South Asian child - a case report. BMC Pediatrics. 2019 Jun 15;19(1):199. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1580-x.
• Dayasiri K, Kariyawasam A, Dissanayaka R, Samarasinghe D, De Silva H. Incomplete Kawasaki Disease with coronary aneurysms in a young infant of 45 days presented as neonatal sepsis. The Ceylon Medical Journal. 2018 Mar 31;63(1):26-28. doi: 10.4038/cmj.v63i1.8621.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Risk Factors for Acute Unintentional Poisoning among Children Aged 1-5 Years in the Rural Community of Sri Lanka. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2017;2017:4375987. doi: 10.1155/2017/4375987. Epub 2017 Aug 8.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Expanded dengue syndrome presenting with acute liver failure, acute kidney injury, pancreatic involvement, coagulopathy, and multiple intracranial hemorrhages in a young child: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022 Mar 29;16(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s13256-022-03348-0.
• De Silva D, Williamson KA, Dayasiri KC, Suraweera N, Quinters V, Abeysekara H, Wanigasinghe J, De Silva D, De Silva H. Gillespie syndrome in a South Asian child: a case report with confirmation of a heterozygous mutation of the ITPR1 gene and review of the clinical and molecular features. BMC Pediatrics. 2018 Sep 24;18(1):308. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1286-5.
• Ranawaka R, Dayasiri K, Gamage M. A child with distal (type 1) renal tubular acidosis presenting with progressive gross motor developmental regression and acute paralysis. BMC Research Notes. 2017 Nov 25;10(1):618. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2949-2.
• Ranawaka R, Sirisena ND, Dayasiri KC, Cogal AG, Lieske JC, Gamage MP, Dissanayake VHW. The first Sri Lankan family with Dent disease-1 due to a pathogenic variant in the CLCN5 gene: a case report. BMC Research Notes. 2017 Oct 30;10(1):539. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2881-5.
• Gajaweera H, Dayasiri MBKC, Suraweera N, Gamage C, Weerasekara K. Acute paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria; a case report and literature review. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science 2021, 20(3), 654-657. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v20i3.52811
• Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V, Umasunthar T. Diagnosis and Management of Allergic Rhinitis in Children. International Journal of Human and Health Sciences 2021 April; (5)2: 159-162. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v5i2.253
• Dayasiri MBKC, Rodrigues A, Lee A. Rapunzel syndrome presenting as acute pancreatitis, hypoproteinaemia and subsequent distal intestinal obstruction. Journal of Paediatric Surgery Case Reports August 2020. 59: 101507 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101507
• Dayasiri MBKC, Lekamge ELS. Predictors of patient satisfaction with quality of health care in Asian Hospitals. Australasian Medical Journal 2010; 3(11): 739-744. Doi 10.4066/AMJ.2010.375
• Dayasiri, K.C., Kulathilake, A. and Mudiyanse, R.M., 2018. Clinical profiles, medical complications and quality of life of children diagnosed with thalassaemia major in Peradeniya Teaching Hospital. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 47(2), pp.112–117. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v47i2.8475
• Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Indranath N, Jayasekara DDNP, Lankamali ELS. The quality of life of layrngectomised patients. Australasian Medical Journal2010; 3(6): 353-357. Doi 10.4066/AMJ.2010.318
• Dayasiri MBKC. Ethics of cancer palliative care in Sri Lanka. A cross- cultural perspective. Australasian Medical Journal 2010; 3(12): 772-776. Doi 10.4066/AMJ.2010.436
• Sudharshan T, Dayasiri MBKC, Dayasena RP. Effectiveness of voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules. Australasian Medical Journal 2011; 4(7):359-360.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri MBKC. Diagnosis and management of scabies in children. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2020; 49(4): 383-389. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v49i4.9273
• Ranawaka R, Dayasiri MBKC, Gamage M, Milford D. Management of acute kidney injury in children. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2019; 48(2): 160-164. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v48i2.8713
• Dayasiri MBKC, Wright J, Anand G. Undisplaced spiral humeral fracture in a non-ambulant infant: Is it always a non-accidental injury? Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2022; 51(2): 305-307. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i2.10146
• Manohari SS, Dayasiri MBKC, Jansz M. Evaluation and treatment of children with poisoning. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2021; 50(3): 514-518 DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v50i3.9738
• Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM. Effectiveness of training parents of beta thalassemia patients in improving medical student-patient communication: a developing country-perspective. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2020; 49(4): 369-374. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v49i4.9269
• Thadchanamoorthy, V., Dayasiri, M.B.K.C. and Karuppiah, D., 2020. Challenges in the management of concurrent diabetic ketoacidosis and Dengue hemorrhagic fever in a child. Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, 10(2), pp.43–46. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v10i2.7426
• Anand G, Dayasiri MBKC, Hewitson R, Yong J, Perkins M, Zaiwalla Z. Multidisciplinary management of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (dissociative seizures) in children - lessons learnt from an inpatient service experience. Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine 2020, 29(1), pp.17–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljm.v29i1.14
• Dayasiri MBKC, Perera C, Bandara W, Ranasinghe J. Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1 in an infant diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society. 2018;39(1):60-2. DOI: 10.3126/jnps.v39i1.20910
• Dayasiri MBKC, Abeysekara CK. Transient hypophosphatasemia in infancy: a less common encounter and a concern for the paediatrician. Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine 2018; 27 (2): 31—34. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljm.v27i2.59
• De Silva D, Dayasiri MBKC, Naotunna C, De Silva M, De Silva H. Neonatal Onset Multi-systemic Inflammatory Disease. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2018; 47 (2): 169-171. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v47i2.8486
• Dayasiri MBKC, De Silva D, Weerasekara K. Confirmation of mosaic trisomy 22 in an infant with failure to thrive. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2018; 47(2): 174-176. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v47i2.8488
• Dayasiri MBKC, Rajasekara N, Gamage KH, Hemachandra KDHT, Edirisinghe DL. Outcome of neonates with idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome; where do we go wrong? Anuradhapura Medical Journal 2014; 8(1):5-8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/amj.v8i1.6752
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Challenges in Diagnosis of Chronic Osteomyelitis: A Case Report from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Human and Health Sciences 2021 Jan; 5(1): 118-121.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v5i1.246
• Dayasiri MBKC, Perera CT, Bandara W, Ranasinghe OJC. A case of right sided cardiosplenic heterotaxy syndrome. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2016: 45(1): 46-47. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v45i1.8086
• Jayasuriya C, Munaweera L, Dayasiri MBKC. Interventional study to assess the effectiveness of a staff motivation program. Australasian Medical Journal 2010, 1, 2, 160-163. Doi 10.4066/AMJ.2010.173
• Dayasiri MBKC, Kudagammana ST, Jayaweera HB, Krishnapradeep S, Kasthuriarachchi S. Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome: Hypothyroid muscular pseudohypertrophy following athyreosis. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2016; 45 (2):123–126. DOI: http: //doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v45i2.7930.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Kudagammana ST, Jayaweera HB, Krishnapradeep S, Kasthuriarachchi S. Hereditary ectodermal dysplasia with hypohydrosis: A report of two female siblings with autosomal recessive type inheritance. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health. 45(3), pp.218–220. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v45i3.7886.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Krishnapradeep S, KMTR Seneviratne, Mudiyanse RM, Abeysekara CK. Classic Acrodermatitis enteropathica associated with cerebral atrophy in a term breastfed infant. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2016; 45(2):139-142 DOI:http: //dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v45i2.8097.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM, Kudagammana HDWS, Rifaya MI, Dissanayaka P, Jeyaratnasingam C, Jeyaratnasingam C, Nawaratna U. Melioidosis manifesting as severe emaciation and clinically indolent liver abscesses in a child with beta thalassemia major. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health. 2016; 45(2):130-133 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10. 4038/ sljch.v45i2.7617.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne S, Jayasinghe C. Non-Accidental Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka: A Two-Year Cross Sectional Study. Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2017; 6(4): 112-117. doi: 10.22038/apjmt.2017.10598
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Qualitative study of accidental poisoning related emergencies in the paediatric ae group. Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology 2018; 7: 68- 74. Doi: 10.22038/APJMT.2018.11977
• Dayasiri, K., Jayaweera, H. Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita in a child with congenital fractures: a case report. J Med Case Reports 16, 376 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03587-1.
• Dayasena RP, Jayasuriya C, Perera DSC, Dayasiri MBKC. Clinical review of the management, and the outcome of the patients with non specific throat symptoms (NSTS). Ceylon Journal of Oto Laryngology 2010 Nov; (1)1:59-63.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Thadchanamoorthy V. Clinico-demographic profile and dietary patterns of children with nutritional iron deficiency anaemia: a rural tertiary care centre experience, Sri Lanka. Batticaloa Med J 2020 Sep; 12 (2): 12-15.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri MBKC. Review on Febrile Seizures in Children. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal 2020; 14(2): 25-35. https://doi.org/10.9734/indj/2020/v14i230126
• Ruberu TRC, Dayasiri MBKC. Determining factors for clients’ satisfaction at a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Oto Laryngology 2010 Nov; (1)1:37-42.
• Dayasiri, M.B.K.C. and Rao, S., 2020. Journal club as a platform for Paediatric post-graduate medical education: lessons learnt from a tertiary care training center in the United Kingdom. South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education, 14(1), pp.10–15. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/seajme.v14i1.217
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri MBKC. A study on febrile seizures among children admitted to a Peripheral Paediatric unit in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Batticaloa Med J 2020 Sep; 12 (2): 7-11.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri MBKC. Cutaneous Larva Migrans on the Abdomen of a Child with Delayed Gross Motor Development. Jaffna Medical Journal. 2020;32(1):36–8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v32i1.92
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Cutaneous larva migrans in children. Batticaloa Med J 2021 Mar; 13 (1): 10-14.
• Jayasuriya C, Indranath N, Jayasekara DDNP, Ruberu TRC, Lankamali ELS, Dayasiri MBKC. Retrospective observational cross sectional study to assess the success rate following Tracheoplasty, Ceylon Journal of Oto Laryngology 2010 Nov; (1)1: 47-50.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Thadchanamoorthy V. Diagnosis and Management of Paediatric Osteoarticular Infections. Jaffna Medical Journal. 2020;32(1):3–6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v32i1.85
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood Secondary to Influenza Viral infection. Batticaloa Med J 2021 Mar; 13 (1): 33-36.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C, Peris MNP, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Wazzer Z, Kuruppu KAMP. Brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) reference values, in normal hearing subjects in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Oto Laryngology 2011 Nov; (1)2: 10-17.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri MBKC. Fever and Drowsiness-An uncommon manifestation of Dengue encephalitis in an adolescent girl. Batticaloa Med J 2021 Mar; 13 (1): 37-39.
• Dayasena RP, Jayasuriya C, Perera DSC, Dayasiri MBKC. The quality of post-operative notes for tracheostomy. A time for improvement. Ceylon Journal of Oto Laryngology 2010 Nov; (1) 1: 50-54
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri MBKC. Recurrent pneumococcal meningitis secondary to a congenital anatomical defect in cribriform plate. Batticaloa Med J 2021 Mar; 13 (1): 40-43.
• Ranawaka R, Dayasiri MBKC, Gamage M , Wickramasinghe P. A Brief Overview of the management of Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome in Children. Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine 2018; 5 (1): E71 1-8. http://doi.org/10.4038/jpgim. 8184
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K, Arulpragasam AN. Management of Children with COVID-19. Batticaloa Med J.2020 May; 12(1): 21-24.
• Kavinda Dayasiri, V.Thadchanamoorthy, Anushki Wijewardana, Kaushika Thudugala, Aruni Ranaweera. A child with Blister Beetle Dermatitis: importance of clinical suspicion and preventative public health interventions in Mahoya, SriLanka. Batticaloa Med J.2020; 12(1): 2: 59-60.
• Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K, Vijayakanth V. Macular papular rash and prolong fever in a teenage boy: A Case Report of Scrub Typhus in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Batticaloa Med J.2020; 12 (1): 84-85.
• Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC, Senarathne L. Trends in Paediatric poisoning in Anuradhapura district: A tertiary care center experience. Journal of Faculty of Grad Studies: University of Kelaniya. 2014 (3): 171- 187. DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789 /10499.
• Jessica Lee, Philip Millington, Kavinda Dayasiri, Sithara Ramdas, Sandeep Jayawant, Geetha Anand. Expanding the phenotype of DYNC1H1-associated diseases with a rare variant resulting in spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMA-LED) and upper motor neuron signs. The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2023; 65: 531-535 https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjped.2022.513
• Kavinda Dayasiri, Thadchanamoorthy V, Michael Jansz, Senuri Dassanayake, Geetha Anand. Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district. Jaffna Medical Journal 2023 July; 35(1): 7-9. DOI: 10.4038/jmj.v35i1.177
• Sanseevan, S. Manivannan, C. Thagshanaa, S. Gayathri, M. B. K. C. Dayasiri, N. Srisaravanapavathan, M. V. D. Nawarathne. Right adrenal Hematoma causing partial small bowel obstruction in a term neonate. . Jaffna Medical Journal 2023 July; 35(1): 41-43.
• Hashan Pathiraja, Kavinda Dayasiri. Primary Mediastinal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma presenting with pyrexia of unknown origin in a 13-year-old boy – A Case Report. Batticaloa Medical Journal 2023 May; 17(1): 44-46
• Vijayakumar V, Kavinda Dayasiri, Thadchanamoorthy V, Gunathilake MDAS. Two cases of “Rusty pipe syndrome”; a potential barrier for establishment of breastfeeding. Batticaloa Medical Journal 2023 May; 17(1): 47-49
• Kavinda Dayasiri, Gayathree de Abrew, Thadchanamoorthy V. Button battery ingestion in a child: is it always necessary to perform urgent endoscopy. Batticaloa Medical Journal 2023 May; 17(1): 28-30.
• Kavinda Dayasiri, Thadchanamoorthy V. Metatropic Dysplasia; A Case Report. Batticaloa Medical Journal 2023 May; 17(1): 37-39
• Kavinda Dayasiri, Gayathree de Abrew, Samaraweera S, Thadchanamoorthy V. A rare case of abrupt onset vascular lump in the newborn; neonatal kaposiform haemangioendothelioma. Batticaloa Medical Journal 2023 May; 17(1): 40-43.
• P KBUC Bandara, Kavinda Dayasiri. Hypoglycaemic seizure in a child following ingestion of Coccinia grandis. Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine 2023; 10(2): E217 1-3 https://doi.org/10.4038/jpgim.8423
• PKBUC Bandara, Kavinda Dayasiri. Monkey tapeworm (Bertiella studeri) infection in a toddler. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2023; 52(4): 494-495 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v52i4.10436
• Arabi Sooreakumar, D. M. D. T. Dissanayake, Wasana Wijenayake, P. K. B. U. C. Bandara, Kavinda Dayasiri, Sachith Mettananda. Hypopharyngeal foreign body impaction presenting late as acute onset torticollis due to retropharyngeal abscess formation in a child. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2023; 52(4): 496-498 DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.4038/sljch.v52i4.10534
• V Vijayakanth, Kavinda Dayasiri, V Thadchanamoorthy, UGS Deshapriya, PPH Gamage. Primary indication for admissions to a multi-specialty paediatric intensive care unit in Sri Lanka. Jaffna Med J. 2023; 35(2): 26-30. DOI: 10.4038/jmj.v35i2.191
• Ranawaka R, Dayasiri K, Sandakelum U, Nelson D, Gamage M. Post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis in children: Association between proteinuria levels and renal outcomes. World J Clin Pediatr 2025; 14(1): 100885. DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i1.100885
• Dayasiri, K., Caldera, D., Suraweera, N. et al. Epidemiological patterns and trends of paediatric snakebites in Sri Lanka. BMC Res Notes 17, 371 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-07036-8
• P Suwarna, Kavinda Dayasiri , Deepal Nawaratne. Collodion baby successfully treated with acitretin. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2024; 53(4): 374-376 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v53i4.10841

Oral presentations

1. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM, Kulathilaka SAW. Physical, social and emotional health of children with beta thalassemia major aged more than 12 years: A tertiary care center experience. 38th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2016.
2. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM, Kulathilaka SAW. Clinical profiles and medical complications of children with beta thalassemia major aged more than 12 years: A tertiary care center experience. 38th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2016.
3. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM, Kulathilaka SAM. Factors affecting physical, emotional and social related quality of life of patients who are more than 12 years and diagnosed with thalassemia major in Sri Lanka. 2^nd Pan Asian Haemoglobinopathy conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. September 2015.
4. Dayasiri MBKC, Gamage DS, MRDR Muhandiram, Kudagammana ST. Patient satisfaction survey on quality of health care delivery in a university paediatric center. 37th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2015.
5. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Patterns and risk factors of acute unintentional poisoning in the paediatric age group in rural Sri Lanka.127^th Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, 2014.
6. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayarathne RN, Pyara Rathnayake. Developmental and Disability outcomes of children with symptomatic and cryptogenic infantile spams. 17^th Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, July 2014.
7. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Trends in acute poisoning in the paediatric age group in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. Fourteenth annual research symposium of Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2013.
8. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Trends in paediatric poisoning in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka; A tertiary care hospital experience. Eleventh Asia Pacific congress in Medical Toxicology, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, 2012.
9. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Trends in acute poisoning in the paediatric age group in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. 126^th Anniversary Scientific Medical Congress of Sri Lanka Medical Association, Colombo, 2013.
10. Dissanayake R, Dayasiri MBKC. Indications for neonatal CSF examination; what are we missing? Sixteenth Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatrcians, Colombo, 2013.
11. Jeyaratnasingam C, Nawaratna U, Rifaya MI, Mudiyanse RM, Dayasiri MBKC, Disanayaka N. Melioidosis in a child with Beta Thalassemia Major. Seventh annual academic sessions of Galoya Nimna Clinical Society, 2014.
12. IndranathN, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasekara DDNP. Retrospective, observational, cross sectional study to assess the quality of life of the laryngectomized patients in Sri Lanka. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists and Head, and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009 (Awarded the best presentation).
13. Jayasuriya C, Munaweera L, Dayasiri MBKC. Effectiveness of a Staff Motivation Program in improving patient satisfaction at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.123^rd Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2010 /7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
14. Indranath N, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasekara DDNP. Effectiveness of Tracheoplasty (Resection and anastomosis) for Patients on long term tracheostomy. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
15. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayaratne C, De Vas Goonewardene, Daminda RMG. Effect of mindfulness meditation on symptoms of stress and depression among cancer out patients in Sri Lanka. 42^nd Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 2009 (Awarded the best presentation).
16. Jayasekara DDNP, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Indranath N. Effectiveness of Modified Radical Mastoidectomy with Mastoid Cavity Obliteration over Non Obliteration. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head, and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka 2009/ The Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka college of Surgeons, 2010 and Joint Academic Meeting with the International Society of Surgery.
17. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Jayasekara DDNP, Indranath N. Retrospective comparative study to assess the risk factors , complications , surgical indications among the severely snoring patients, compared to non snoring patients in Sri Lanka. 43^rd Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians in collaboration with The Royal College of Physicians, London.
18. IndranathN, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasekara DDNP. Retrospective, observational, cross sectional study to assess the quality of life of the laryngectomized patients in Sri Lanka. The Annual Academic Session of Sri Lanka college of Surgeons, 2010 and Joint Academic Meeting with the International Society of Surgery.
19. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayaratne C, De Vas Goonewardene, Daminda RMG. Effect of mindfulness meditation on symptoms of stress and depression among cancer out patients in Sri Lanka. 7th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
20. Jayasekara DDNP, Indranath N, Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C.  Effectiveness of septoplasty with application of splints, over no application of splints.  7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
21. Galappatthy P, Dayasiri MBKC, Dharmarathne N, Fernando VU. Interventional Study to assess the effectiveness of patient education leaflets in improving knowledge on Systemic Lupus Erythematosis among patients at the National Hospital Lupus clinic, Sri Lanka. 122^nd Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2010.
22. Jayasekara DDNP, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Indranath N. Effectiveness of Modified Radical Mastoidectomy with Mastoid Cavity Obliteration over Non Obliteration. 123^rd Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2010.
23. Dayasiri MBKC, Dayasena RP. Observational, cross-sectional study to assess the patients’ waiting time and the effect of it on their income among ENT clinic out patients, at National Hospital of Sri Lanka. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka.
24. Nagalingum T, Dayasena RP, Dayasiri MBKC. Interventional study to assess the effectiveness of voice therapy, for clients with vocal nodules, at National Hospital of Sri Lanka. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka.
25. Rupasinghe J, Dayasiri MBKC, Ruberu R, Xue S. Interventional study to assess the effectiveness of the combined stress reduction psychological counseling and speech therapy in improving the voice of poorly progressed voice abused clients. Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
26. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Jayasekara DDNP, Indranath N. Retrospective comparative study to assess the risk factors , complications , surgical indications among the severely snoring patients, compared to non snoring patients in Sri Lanka. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009
27. Rupasinghe R J S, Sudharshan T, Dayasiri M B K C. Improvement of the voice status following Speech therapy for Puberphonia at the Speech unit, ENT Dept., NHSL.  7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
28. Ekanayake GNS, Jayasekara DDNP, Dayasiri MBKC, Thushan Beneragama, Dulip Perera, Jayasuriya C. Outcome analysis of a new initiative in Complex Head and Neck surgical conditions. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
29. Dissanyaka S, Dayasena R P, Dayasiri M B K C, Indika S D. Subjective and objective assessment of the patient outcome after manipulation under anesthesia, of the nose (MUA nose). 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
30. Indika S D, Dayasena R P, Dissanyaka S, Dayasiri M B K C. Effectiveness of myringoplasty in improving the hearing status. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto-Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka.
31. Arambepola WSNWBMSK, Perera DSC, Dayasiri M B K C. Retrospective study to assess the prevalence of cauliflower ear following perichondrial cyst excision of ear. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka.
32. Arambepola WSNWBMSK, Perera DSC, Dayasiri M B K C, Jayasekara DDNP. Effectiveness of tonsillectomy in as a therapeutic measure for snoring. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
33. Arambepola WSNWBMSK, Perera DSC, Dayasiri M B K C. Prospective analytical study to assess the outcome of the patients undergoing tracheostomies, at the ENT unit ,NHSL. 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
34. Indranath N, Jayasuriya C,Ruberu TRC, Dayasiri M B K C, Jayasekara DDNP. Effectiveness of slide tracheoplasty for patients on long term tracheostomy (resection and anastomosis). 7^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2009.
35. Lankamali ELS, Dayasiri MBKC, Dayasena RP, Jayasuriya C, Perera DSC. The confidence level among ENT medical officers, in the management of ENT emergencies. 8^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2010.
36. Dayasena RP, Uggaldeniya C, Jayasuriya C, Perera DSC, Dayasiri MBKC, Lankamali ELS. An observational cross-sectional study on the prevalence of side-effects and patient satisfaction following EUM (Examination under microscope) of the ear. 8^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2010.
37. Jayasuriya C, Indranath N, Jayasekara DDNP, Lankamali ELS, Dayasiri MBKC. Success rate of surgery at multiple levels, for obstructive sleep apnea, 8^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Oto Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2010.
38. Dayasena RP, Dayasiri MBKC, Uggaldeniya C, Jayasuriya C, Perera DSC. Etiological agents for Chronic Suppurative Ottis Media, and demographic variation in the presentation, 8^th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of the Oto Rhino Laryngologists, and Head and Neck Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2010.
39. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC, Senarathne L. Trends in Paediatric poisoning in Anuradhapura district: A tertiary care center experience. Annual Research Sessions of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 2014. Published as full paper in Journal of Faculty of Grad Studies: University of Kelaniya. 2014 (3): 171- 187. DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789 /10499
40. Kavinda Dayasiri, V Thadchanamoorthy, Imalke Kankananarachchi, Nirubaa Umasankar, Senuri Dassanayake, Sonali Gunasekara, Sachith Mettananda. Impact of COVID 19 on the education and health of schooling children in Sri Lanka; a multi-provincial study. Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, April, 2022. Abstract published in Proceedings of The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – 24th Annual Scientific Congress 2022; 75. (FP-06)
41. Kavinda Dayasiri, Darshika Jayasingha, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy, Geetha Anand. Predisposing factors for school drop-out among teenagers; an experience from remote Sri Lanka in the pre-COVID era. Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, April, 2022.  Abstract published in Proceedings of The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – 24th Annual Scientific Congress 2022; 79. (FP-10)
42. Randula Ranawaka, Kavinda Dayasiri, Udara Hewagamage, Sachni Kannangoda, Harendra de Silva. Home related risk factors for accidental injuries in the paediatric age group. 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017, Colombo Sri Lanka. Abstract published in Proceedings of The 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017; 99. (OP-04)
43. Thamodha Weerasinghe , Radeesha Dassanayake , Minoli Senapathy , Raveen Thennakoon , Kavinda Dayasiri. Parental knowledge and attitudes regarding   prevention of unintentional pharmaceutical poisonings in the paediatric age group. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

Poster Presentations

1. Arooran T, Fernando PM, Dayasiri K, Kitulwatte N, Schroeder S, Jasinge E. Child with holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2024 May 1;558:119086. 26th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2024, Dubai, The UAE.
2. Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. Children’s perception about the health effects of climate change: a mixed method study in urban Sri Lanka. 26^th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1^st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
3. Kavinda Dayasiri. Use of online clinical videos for training medical students in paediatric clinical skills: benefits and challenges. 26^th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1^st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
4. Kavinda Dayasiri, Ramesh Alagiyawanna. Patterns of urinary excretion of addictive drugs in a cohort of Sri Lankan children. 26^th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1^st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
5. Kavinda Dayasiri, Minoli Senapathy, Dihan Caldera, Ayesha Thewage. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a structured paediatric basic life support training programme in improving life support skills of a cohort of a final-year medical students. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
6. Kavinda Dayasiri , MRSUC Ranawaka, KSP Karunadasa. Levels of toxic and trace metals in the breast milk of lactating mothers from a high endemic zone for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in rural Sri Lanka: a pilot study. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
7. PKBUC Bandara, Raveen Thennakoon, Samanmalee Sumanasena, Kavinda Dayasiri. Patterns and determinants of opportunities and challenges in social participation and the level of enjoyment in children living with cerebral palsy. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
8. Kavinda Dayasiri, Dihan Caldera, Minoli Senapathy, Ayesha Thewage. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a structured paediatric communication skills training programme in improving communication skills of a cohort of final-year medical students. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
9. Kavinda Dayasiri, V Thadchanamoorthy, N M Hettiarachchi, S A N A Suraweera, Thanura Denipitiya, Dihan Caldera. Epidemiology of snake bites in the paediatric age group: a multi-centre study involving six provinces of Sri Lanka. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
10. Kavinda Dayasiri. Patterns of physical well-being and developmental characteristics of children of drug-addicted women in Sri Lanka and challenges in giving health care to such children.  26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
11. Kavinda Dayasiri, Dihan Caldera, Minoli Senapathy. Patterns of deliberate poisoning among a cohort of Sri Lankan teenagers. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
12. Shamaali Gunawardana, Geerthana Jogaprajahpan, Kavinda Dayasiri. A rare presentation of disseminated neuroblastoma mimicking Bell’s palsy. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
13. PKBUC Bandara, Kavinda Dayasiri. Monkey Tapeworm (Bertiella studeri) infection in a toddler. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
14. PKBUC Bandara, Kavinda Dayasiri. Hypoglycaemic seizure in a child following ingestion of Coccinia grandis. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
15. Nayani Suraweera, Rajeevan Thurairaja, G Geerthana, MRUN Navodanie, Kavinda Dayasiri. Reversal of severe envenomation by white scorpion sting with prazosin hydrochloride: a case report from a resource limited rural setting in Sri  Lanka. 26th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians in collaboration with 1st South Asia Paediatric Association Congress, 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
16. Kavinda Dayasiri, Hashan Pathiraja, Kasun De soyza, Senuri Dassanayake, V Thadchanamoorthy. Parental knowledge and practices regarding safe handling and disposal of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants in urban Sri Lanka. Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, April, 2022. Abstract published in Proceedings of The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – 24th Annual Scientific Congress 2022; 134. (PP-48)
17. Kavinda Dayasiri, V. Thadchanamoorthy, Michael Jansz, Senuri Dassanayake, Geetha Anand. Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district. Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, April, 2022. Abstract published in Proceedings of The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – 24th Annual Scientific Congress 2022; 135. (PP-49)
18. Kavinda Dayasiri, Gayathree de Abrew, Sriyani Samaraweera. A case of abrupt onset vascular lump in the newborn: Neonatal Kaposiform Haemangioendothelioma. Annual academic sessions of  Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, April, 2022. Abstract published in Proceedings of The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – 24th Annual Scientific Congress 2022; 170. (PP-84)
19. V. Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri, N. Thamilvannan, Geetha Anand. A study of clinical–demographic profile and quality of life in patients with scabies from a tertiary care hospital in Eastern Sri Lanka. Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Colombo, April, 2022. Abstract published in Proceedings of The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians – 24th Annual Scientific Congress 2022; 140. (PP-54)
20. Randula Ranawaka, Nirmala Sirisena, Kavinda Dayasiri, Manoji Gamage, Andrea Cogal, John Lieske, Vajira Dissanayake. The first Sri Lankan family with Dent disease-1 due to pathogenic variant in the CLCN5 gene: a case report. 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017, Colombo Sri Lanka. Abstract published in Proceedings of The 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017; 263. (PP-102)
21. Kavinda Dayasiri, Harendra de Silva, Apeksha Kariyawasam, Ruwangi Dissanayake, Duminda Samarasinghe. Atypical Kawasaki disease with coronary aneurysms in a young infant of 45 days masquerading neonatal sepsis. 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017, Colombo Sri Lanka. Abstract published in Proceedings of The 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017; 328. (PP-166)
22. Daham de Silva, Nayani Suraweera, Kavinda Dayasiri, Vinushiya Quinters, Hiranya Abeysekara, Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Kathleen Williamson, Deepthi de Silva, Harendra de Silva. Gillespie syndrome following heterozygous mutation of ITPR1 gene in a Sri Lankan child. 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017, Colombo Sri Lanka. Abstract published in Proceedings of The 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017; 329. (PP-167)
23. Navabalasooriya Pratheep, Kavinda Dayasiri, Nalin Kitulwatte. Secondary haempphagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following dengue haemorrhagic fever in children: a case series. 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017, Colombo Sri Lanka. Abstract published in Proceedings of The 6th Global Congress for Consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017; 204. (PP- 49)
24. Dayasiri MBKC, Weerasekara KP, De Silva D. Confirmation of mosaic Trisomy 22 in a child with failure to thrive. 13th International Medical congress of the Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association, Kandy, January 2017.
25. Dayasiri MBKC, Suraweera SANA, Nawarathne NVD, Weerasekara KP. Successful treatment of Classic Phenylketonuria. 13th International Medical congress of the Peradeniya Medical School Alumni Association, Kandy, January 2017.
26. Dayasiri MBKC, Ranasinghe OJC, Bandara W, Perera CT. Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1 in a child with congenital hypothyroidism. 10th Annual Academic Sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society in collaboration with Ceylon College of Physicians, October 2016.
27. Thalgahagoda S, Dayasiri MBKC, Abeygunawardena A, Abeysekara CK. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome following Hypnale envenomation: an unreported complication. 38^th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2016.
28. Dayasiri MBKC, Dissanayaka PV, Rathnayaka W. An uncommon presentation of disseminated Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. 10th Annual Academic Sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society in collaboration with Ceylon College of Physicians, October 2016.
29. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM, Kulathilaka SAM. Clinical profiles and medical complications of patients who are more than 12 years and diagnosed with beta thalassemia major in Sri Lanka. 2^nd Pan Asian Haemoglobinopathy conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. September 2015.
30. Dayasiri MBKC, Dissanayaka PV.  Timing of antenatal Dexamethasone therapy and postnatal respiratory distress syndrome. 10th Annual Academic Sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society in collaboration with Ceylon College of Physicians, October 2016.
31. De Silva D, Dayasiri MBKC, Naotunna C, De Silva M, De Silva DGH. Neonatal Onset Multi-systemic Inflammatory Disease. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians, Colombo, 2016.
32. De Silva D, Suraweera SANA, Quienters VG, Dayasiri MBKC, De Silva DC, Abeysekara H, Wanigasinghe J, De Silva DGH. Gillespie syndrome: a rare cause of aniridia. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Scientific Congress of Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians, Colombo, 2016.
33. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Patterns of acute poisoning among children in rural Sri Lanka.18^th Annual academic sessions of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians and 2^nd Congress of the South Asian Paediatric Association, Colombo, August 2015.
34. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayaweera HM, Dissanayaka PV.  Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in a child with possible type 11 Osteogenesis Imperfecta. 10th Annual Academic Sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society in collaboration with Ceylon College of Physicians, October 2016.
35. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM, Kulathilaka SAM. Factors affecting physical, emotional and social related quality of life of patients who are more than 12 years and diagnosed with thalassemia major in Sri Lanka. 2^nd Pan Asian Haemoglobinopathy conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. September 2015.
36. Mudiyanse RM, Dayasiri MBKC, Kulathilaka SAM. Perceptions of beta thalassemia major patients and their parents about medical students’ history taking behavior. 2^nd Pan Asian Haemoglobinopathy conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. September 2015.
37. Mudiyanse RM, Dayasiri MBKC, Kulathilaka SAM. Effectiveness of a patient-parent empowerment program among beta thalassemia major patients in improving doctor-patient communication. 2^nd Pan Asian Haemoglobinopathy conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. September 2015.
38. Dayasiri MBKC, Dissanayaka PV. Leukocyte Adhesion Defect associated with hepatosplenomegaly: A rare presentation. 37^th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2015.
39. Dayasiri MBKC, Gunathilaka IM, Muhandiram MRDR, Abeysekara CK. Transient Hyperphosphatasemia of infancy and early childhood: The lessons to be learnt; 37th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2015.
40. MBKC Dayasiri, S Thalgahagoda, P Gamage, EMP Edirisinghe, Jagath Munasinghe. A child with Glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome and refractory seizures; 37th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2015.
41. Dayasiri MBKC, Perera CT, Bandara W, Ranasinghe OJC, Hemachandra KDHT. A case of right sided cardiosplenic heterotaxy syndrome: the cardiac issues; 37th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2015.
42. Dayasiri MBKC, Kudagammana ST, Jayaweera HB. Acute haemorrhagicoedema of infancy; A case report; 37th Annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2015.
43. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Patterns of acute poisoning with kerosene oil, paracetomol and Jatropha circus among children in rural Sri Lanka. Thirteenth scientific meeting of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Toxicology, Shenyang, China, 2014.
44. Dayasiri MBKC, Madugalle MEMYDB, Dayarathne RMTP, Thalagahage KNH. Risk factors for nutritional iron deficiency anaemia in children: A rural tertiary care centre experience. Thirteenth scientific meeting of the Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Colombo, 2013.
45. Dayasiri MBKC, Rajasekara N, Gamage KH, Hemachandra KDHT, Edirisinghe DL. Outcome of neonates with idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome; A tertiary care centre experience. Conference proceedings of the Foundation sessions of the Sri Lanka Medical Association and seventh annual academic sessions of the Anuradhapura Clinical Society, 2013. (Awarded as the best paper of the congress)
46. Dayasiri MBKC, Rajasekara N, Gamage KH, Hemachandra KDHT, Edirisinghe DL. Outcome of neonates with idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome; A tertiary care centre experience. Conference proceedings of Fifth annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists, October, 2013.
47. Dayasiri MBKC, Perera KPJ. A time for change; Causes for neonatal eye discharge at University Post natal and pediatric baby unit, Colombo North Teaching hospital.43^rd Annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2010 (Awarded as the best poster presentation).
48. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Jayasekara DD N P, Indranath N. Retrospective comparative study to assess the risk factors , complications , surgical indications among the severely snoring patients, compared to non snoring patients in Sri Lanka. 123^rd Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2010.
49. De Silva D, Dayasiri MBKC, Naotunna C, De Silva M, De Silva H. Neonatal Onset Multi-systemic Inflammatory Disease. The 19^th Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka college of Paediatricians, Colombo, 2016.
50. De Silva D, Suraweera SANA, Quinters V, Dayasiri MBKC, Wanigasinghe J, De Silva H. A rare case of Gillespie syndrome. The 19^th Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka college of Paediatricians, Colombo, 2016.
51. Indranath N, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasekara DDNP. Effectiveness of Tracheoplasty for Patients, on long term tracheostomy. The Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka college of Surgeons, 2010 and Joint Academic Meeting with the International Society of Surgery.
52. Jayasuriya C, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Lankamali ELS, Dayasiri MBKC. Confidence level among ENT medical officers in managing ENT emergencies in Sri Lanka. The Annual Academic Session of Sri Lanka college of Surgeons and Joint Academic Meeting with the International Society of Surgery, 2010.
53. Jayasuriya C, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Dayasiri MBKC, Peris MNP. Brainstem evoked response audiometry reference values in normal hearing subjects in Sri Lanka. Conference proceedings of the 43^rd Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians in collaboration with The Royal College of Physicians, London, 2010.

Presentations in International Medical Conferences

1. Dayasiri MBKC, Goh E, Kodagali S, Anand G. Developmental delay in a young infant with non-classical combined malonic methyl malonic aciduria (CMAMMA) caused by a homozygous missense mutation in ACSF3 gene. Annual Academic Sessions of British Paediatric Neurology Association, 2020. Abstract was published at: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. Feb 2020; 62(51):1-80
2. Kavinda Dayasiri, Sahana Rao. Strengthening of Junior Doctors through Shared Learning of Evidence Based Paediatrics. Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research Network Conference, Southampton 2019.
3. Dayasiri MBKC, Peppiat J, Bird C. Liquid detergent capsules are the commonest cause of accidental poisoning in children less than 5 years-old presenting to two UK emergency departments. Annual Academic sessions of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, New Castle, United Kingdom, October 2019.
4. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Pesticide poisoning in the Paediatric age group. World Summit on Paediatrics (4th Edition), Madrid, Spain, 2018. (Awarded the best oral presentation award)
5. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Patterns of Acute poisoning in paediatric age group. Annual academic sessions of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Birmingham, May 2019 (considered as “great poster” by BMJ group) (Abstract was published in Archives of Diseases of Childhood).
6. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Deliberate poisoning in paediatric age group. Annual academic sessions of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Birmingham, May 2019 (Abstract was published in Archives of Diseases of Childhood).
7. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM. Clinical profiles, medical complications and quality of life of children diagnosed with thalassaemia major in Sri Lanka. Annual academic sessions of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Birmingham, May 2019 (Abstract was published in Archives of Diseases of Childhood).
8. Dayasiri MBKC, Mudiyanse RM. Effectiveness of training parents of beta thalassemia patients in improving medical student-patient communication; a developing country-perspective. Annual academic sessions of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Birmingham, May 2019 (Abstract was published in Archives of Diseases of Childhood).
9. De Silva DGH, Dayasiri MBKC, Kariyawasam A. Atypical Kawasaki Disease masquerading as neonatal sepsis in a forty-five-day old infant. Sixth Global Congress for consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017.
10. Randula Ranawaka, Kavinda Dayasiri, Udara Sandakelum, S Kannangoda, M Gamage, Harendra de Silva. Home related risk factors for accidental injuries in the paediatric age group. Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Birmingham, 2019. Abstract published as Ranawaka R, Dayasiri M, Sandakelum U, et al. Home related risk factors for accidental injuries in the paediatric age group. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2019;104: A165.
11. Daham DeSilva, Nayani Suraweera, MBKC Dayasiri, Vinushiya Quinters, Hiranya Abeysekara, Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Kathleen Williamson, Deepthi De Silva, Harendra De Silva.Gillespie Syndrome following heterozygous mutation of ITPR17786_7788delAAG p. (Lys2596del) gene in a Sri Lankan child. Sixth Global Congress for consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017.
12. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Patterns of acute poisoning with kerosene oil, paracetomol, and Jatropha circus among children in rural Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 13^th Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology Congress, Shenyang, China, 2014.
13. Ranawaka R, Dayasiri MBKC, Sirisena N. The first Sri Lankan family with Dent disease-1 due to a pathogenic variant in the CLCN5 gene: A case report. Sixth Global Congress for consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017.
14. Ranawaka R, Dayasiri MBKC, Sandakelum U, De Silva DGH. Home related risk factors for accidental injuries in the paediatric age group. Sixth Global Congress for consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017.
15. Kithulwatte N, Navabalasooriayar P, Dayasiri MBKC. Dengue Hemorrhagic fever complicating with Hemophagocytosis Lymphohistiocytosis, report of two children. Sixth Global Congress for consensus in Paediatrics and Child Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017.
16. Jayasuriya C, Munaweera L, Dayasiri MBKC. Effectiveness of a Staff Motivation Program in improving patient satisfaction at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. Annual Academic Sessions of the British Medical Association & International Forum on Health Quality and Safety, Nice, France, 2010.Poster was published online on the British Medical Journal, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) websites.
17. Nagalingum T, Dyasena RP, Dayasiri MBKC. Interventional study to assess the effectiveness of voice therapy for clients with vocal nodules at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. 8^th Congress of the European laryngological society, Vienna, Austria, 2010. Final program book is available at http://elsoc.org/gestor/upload/Abstracts%208^th %20ELS%20Congress%20Vienna%202010.pdf
18. Galappatthy P, Dayasiri MBKC, Dharmarathne N, Fernando VU. Interventional Study to assess the effectiveness of patient education leaflets in improving knowledge on Systemic Lupus Erythematosis among patients at the National Hospital Lupus clinic, Sri Lanka.9^th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, British Columbia, Canada, 2010.
19. Rupasinghe J, Dayasiri MBKC, Ruberu R, Xue S. Interventional study to assess the effectiveness of the combined stress reduction psychological counseling  and speech therapy in improving the voice of poorly progressed voice abused clients; 8^th Congress of the European laryngological society, Vienna, Austria ,2010. Final program available at http://elsoc.org/gestor/upload/Abstracts%208th%20ELS%20Congress%20Vienna%202010.pdf
20. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Jayasekara DDNP, Indranath N. Retrospective comparative study to assess the risk factors , complications , surgical indications among the severely snoring patients compared to non snoring patients in Sri Lanka.5^th Singapore public health and occupational medicine conference and 4 ^th Asian regional heath technology assessment conference , Singapore,2010. Available at http://phconference.org/yr2010/freepapers.html
21. Rupasinghe RJS, Sudharshan T, Dayasiri MBKC. Improvement of the voice status following Speech therapy for Puberphonia at the Speech unit, ENT Dept., NHSL. 8^th Congress of the European laryngological society, Vienna, Austria, 2010. Available at http://elsoc.org/gestor/upload/Abstracts%208th%20ELS%20Congress%20Vienna%202010.pdf
22. Indranath N, Jayasuriya C, Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasekara DDNP.Retrospective observational cross sectional study to assess the Quality of Life of the Laryngectomized Patients in Sri Lanka.8^th Congress of the European laryngological society, Vienna, Austria, 2010. Final program available at http://elsoc.org/gestor/upload/Abstracts %208th%20ELS%20 Congress%20Vienna%202010.pdf Abstract was published in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 2011 (268); 5: 759-800.
23. Dayasiri MBKC, Lekamge ELS. Predictors of patient satisfaction with quality of health care in Asian Hospitals.12^th Asia-Oceania Otolaryngology Congress, 2011 (Auckland, New Zealand).
24. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayasuriya C, Peris MNP, Dayasena RP, Perera DSC, Kuruppu KAMP. Brainstem evoked response audiometry reference values in normal hearing subjects in Sri Lanka. 12^th Asia-Oceania Otolaryngology Congress, 2011 (Auckland, New Zealand).
25. Dayasiri MBKC, Perera KPJ. A time for change; Causes for neonatal eye discharge at University Post natal and pediatric baby unit, Colombo North Teaching hospital.1^st Global congress for consensus in Pediatrics and Childhealth,2011(Paris, France).
26. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Patterns and risk factors of acute paediatric poisoning among children in rural Sri Lanka. 49^th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, Incheon, South Korea, 2017.
27. Ruberu TRC, Dayasiri MBKC. Determining factors for patients’ satisfaction at a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka. 12^th Asia-Oceania Otolaryngology Congress, 2011 (Auckland, New Zealand).
28. Rupasinghe J, Dayasiri MBKC, Ruberu R, Xue S. Efficacy of psychological counseling for poorly progressed, voice abused patients; a randomized controlled study. 12^th Asia-Oceania Otolaryngology Congress, 2011 (Auckland, New Zealand).
29. Arambepola WSNWBMSK, Perera DSC, Dayasiri M B K C. Patient satisfaction following Successful Perichondrial cyst excision at National Hospital of Sri Lanka. 12^th Asia-Oceania Otolaryngology Congress, 2011 (Auckland, New Zealand).
30. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe YC. Trends in paediatric poisoning in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka; A tertiary care hospital experience. Eleventh Asia Pacific congress in Medical Toxicology, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, 2012. Available at http://www.asiatox.org/11thApamt_Oral2.html
31. Dayasiri MBKC. A time for change; Causes for neonatal eye discharge at University Post natal and pediatric baby unit, Colombo North Teaching hospital. Proceedings of the 27^th Congress of the international paediatric association, Melbourne, Australia, 2013. Final program book available at http://ebooks.meetingxpert.net/icp/files/res/downloads /book.pdf.
32. Dayasiri MBKC, Rajasekara N, Gamage N, Hemachandra KDHT, Edirisinghe L. Outcome of neonates with idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome; A two year tertiary care hospital experience in a rural territory of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 27^th Congress of the international paediatric association, Melbourne, Australia, 2013. Final program book is available at http://ebooks.meetingxpert.net/icp/files/res /downloads /book.pdf.
33. Dayasiri MBKC, Jayamanne SF, Jayasinghe CY. Patterns and risk factors for acute Poisoning in the paediatric age group. Annual Research Competition of British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, 2018 Oct. Bristol, UK (Awarded the Finalist award).
34. Dayasiri MBKC, Goh E, Kodagali S, Anand G. Developmental delay in a young infant with non-classical combined malonic methyl malonic aciduria (CMAMMA) caused by a homozygous missense mutation in ACSF3 gene. Presented at the Annual Academic Sessions of British 33 of 6 Paediatric Neurology Association, Glasgow, 2020 and Annual Academic Sessions of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health conference, 2020. Abstract published as Dayasiri MBKC, Goh E, Kodagali S, Anand G. Developmental delay in a young infant with non-classical combined malonic methyl malonic aciduria (CMAMMA) caused by a homozygous missense mutation in ACSF3 gene. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. Feb 2020; 62(51):1-80 and Dayasiri M, Goh E, Kodagali S, et alG469 Developmental delay in a young infant with non-classical combined malonic and methyl malonic aciduria (CMAMMA) caused by homozygous missense mutation in ACSF3 gene. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105:A168.
35. Kavinda Dayasiri, V Thadchanamoorthy, Imalke Kankananarachchi, Nirubaa Umasankar, Senuri Dassanayake, Sonali Gunasekara, Sachith Mettananda. Impact of COVID 19 on the education and health of schooling children in Sri Lanka; a multi-provincial study. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract was published as Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V, Kankananarachchi I, et al. Impact of COVID 19 on the education and health of schooling children in Sri Lanka; a multi-provincial study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2022;107:A330-A331.
36. Kavinda Dayasiri, Sheetal Kodagali, Nilushika Weearapperuma, En Goh, S Magdum, Geetha Anand. Type I Chiari malformation in two siblings: syncope, the presenting feature. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2020. Abstract published as Dayasiri M, Kodagali S, Weerapperuma N, et al. Type I Chiari malformation in two siblings: syncope, the presenting feature. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105: A16.
37. Kavinda Dayasiri, Nilushika Weerapperuma, Juliana Wright, Geetha Anand. Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia; a diagnostic challenge to the general paediatrician. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, UK, 2020. Abstract published as Dayasiri M, Weerapperuma N, Wright J, et al. Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia; a diagnostic challenge to the general paediatrician. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105: A16.
38. Kavinda Dayasiri, Peppiatt J, Bird C. Liquid detergent capsules are the commonest cause of accidental poisoning in children less than 5 years-old presenting to two UK emergency departments. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2020. Abstract published as Dayasiri M, Peppiatt J, Bird C. Liquid detergent capsules are the commonest cause of accidental poisoning in children less than 5 years-old presenting to two UK emergency departments. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105:A82-A83.
39. Nilushika Weerapperuma, Kavinda Dayasiri, A Rose. Autism awareness in the paediatric staff. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, UK, 2020. Abstract published as Weerapperuma N, Dayasiri K, Rose A. Autism awareness in the paediatric staff. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105: A223.
40. Kavinda Dayasiri, Sahana Rao. Strengthening of Junior Doctors through Shared Learning of Evidence Based Paediatrics. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2020. Abstract published as Dayasiri M, Rao SG398(P) Strengthening of junior doctors through shared learning of evidence-based paediatrics. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105: A143.
41. R Ranawaka, F Erger, Kavinda Dayasiri, J Altmuller, K Jayasundara, M Gamage, P Chathurangana, I Herath, L Siderius, B Beck. Fish-Eye disease: A rare cause of steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of International Society of Nephrology, World Congress in Nephrology 2021, Montreal, Canada. Abstract published as R Ranawaka, F Erger, K Dayasiri, J Altmuller, K Jayasundara, M Gamage, P Chathurangana, I Herath, L Siderius, B Beck. Fish-Eye disease: A rare cause of steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. Kidney International Reports (2021); 6, S1-S362.
42. Christopher Bakewell, Astor Rodrigues, Rachel Williams, Girish Gupte, Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. A curious case of autoimmune hepatitis and acquired partial lipodystrophy. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2021 (Virtual meeting). Abstract published as Christopher Bakewell, Astor Rodrigues, Rachel Williams, Girish Gupte, Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. A curious case of autoimmune hepatitis and acquired partial lipodystrophy. Frontline Gastroenterology 2021;12(Suppl 1): A1-A52.
43. Dayasiri MBKC, Rao S. Strengthening of Junior Doctors through Shared Learning of Evidence Based Paediatrics. Presented in Annual Quality Improvement Symposium, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK, 2019.
44. Kavinda Dayasiri, Darshika Jayasingha, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy, Geetha Anand. Predisposing factors for school drop-out among teenagers; an experience from remote Sri Lanka in the pre-COVID era. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract published as Dayasiri K, Jayasingha D, Thadchanamoorthy V, et al. Predisposing factors for school drop-out among teenagers; an experience from remote Sri Lanka in the pre-COVID era. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106:A127.
45. Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. Tics and the COVID pandemic-observation from a tertiary care seizure clinic. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021. Abstract published as Dayasiri K, Anand G. Tics and the COVID pandemic-observation from a tertiary care seizure clinic. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106: A139.
46. Kavinda Dayasiri, Nilushika Weerapperuma, Geetha Anand. Patterns and outcomes of deliberate self-harm among young people presented to a tertiary care service in the United Kingdom. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021. Abstract published as Dayasiri K, Weerapperuma N, Anand G. Patterns and outcomes of deliberate self-harm among young people presented to a tertiary care service in the United Kingdom. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106: A419.
47. Kavinda Dayasiri, En Goh, Juliana Wright, Geetha Anand. Undisplaced spiral humeral fracture in a non-ambulant infant – is it always non-accidental injury? a case report. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021. Abstract published in Dayasiri K, Goh E, Wright J, et al. Undisplaced spiral humeral fracture in a non-ambulant infant – is it always non-accidental injury? a case report. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106: A419.
48. RJMKA Jayasundara, Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. A heterozygous pathogenic 16p11.2 deletion in a child with non-nutritional weight gain and fatty liver disease– a case study. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract published as Jayasundara RJMKA, Dayasiri K, Anand. A heterozygous pathogenic 16p11.2 deletion in a child with non-nutritional weight gain and fatty liver disease– a case study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2022;107:A281-A282.
49. Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri, N. Thamilvannan, Geetha Anand. A study of clinical–demographic profile and quality of life in patients with scabies from a tertiary care hospital in Eastern Sri Lanka. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract published as Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K, Thamilvannan N, et al. A study of clinical–demographic profile and quality of life in patients with scabies from a tertiary care hospital in Eastern Sri Lanka. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2022;107:A250.
50. Kavinda Dayasiri, V Thadchanamoorthy, Michael Jansz, Senuri Dassanayake, Geetha Anand. Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract published as Dayasiri K, Thadchanamoorthy V, Jansz M, et al. Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2022;107: A20.
51. RJMKA Jayasundara, Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. Anicteric hepatitis, a rare extraintestinal manifestation following Campylobacter infection -a case study. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract published as RJMKA Jayasundara, Dayasiri K, Anand. Anicteric hepatitis, a rare extraintestinal manifestation following Campylobacter infection -a case study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2022;107: A214.
52. Kavinda Dayasiri, Hashan Pathiraja, Kasun De soyza, Senuri Dassanayake, V Thadchanamoorthy. Parental attitudes regarding safe handling of hand sanitizers and management of children with sanitizer poisoning amongst a cohort of children admitted to a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka. Presented at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool, 2022. Abstract published as Dayasiri K, Pathiraja H, soyza KD, et al. Parental attitudes regarding safe handling of hand sanitizers and management of children with sanitizer poisoning amongst a cohort of children admitted to a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2022;107:A19.
53. Kate Scarff, Jessica Lee, Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. Pattern of neurocognitive and psychosocial profiles of children with non-classical GLUT1 deficiency syndrome: a case series. Presented at the British Paediatric Neurology Association Annual Meeting 19–21 January 2022 Virtual (hosted by Dublin). Abstract published as Kate Scarff, Jessica Lee, Kavinda Dayasiri, Geetha Anand. Pattern of neurocognitive and psychosocial profiles of children with non-classical GLUT1 deficiency syndrome: a case series. Develop Med Ch Neurol 2022 Jan; 64 (1) doi - https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15123
54. Dayasiri MBKC, Thadchanamoorthy V, Parthipan N, Anand G. Caudal Regression Syndrome type III following gestational diabetes (in a Sri Lankan setting). Presented at the British Paediatric Neurology Association Annual Meeting 19–21 January 2022 Virtual (hosted by Dublin). Abstract published as Dayasiri MBKC, Thadchanamoorthy V, Parthipan N, Anand G. Caudal Regression Syndrome type III following gestational diabetes (in a Sri Lankan setting). Develop Med Ch Neurol 2022 Jan; 64 (1) doi -https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.1512
55. Dayasiri MBKC, Anand G. Type I chiari malformation in two siblings: syncope, the presenting feature. Annual Sessions of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool UK, 2020. Abstract published as Dayasiri K, Kodagali S, Weerapperuma N, Anand G. Type I chiari malformation in two siblings: syncope, the presenting feature. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105:
56. Kavinda Dayasiri, Hashan Pathiraja, Kasun De soyza, Senuri Dassanayake, V Thadchanamoorthy. Parental knowledge and practices regarding safe handling and disposal of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants in urban Sri Lanka. 24th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology Association, Penang Malaysia, November 2024.
57. Kavinda Dayasiri, V Thadchanamoorthy, N M Hettiarachchi, S A N A Suraweera, Thanura Denipitiya, Dihan Caldera. Epidemiology of snake bites in the paediatric age group: a multi-center study involving six provinces of Sri Lanka. 24th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology Association, Penang Malaysia, November 2024.
58. Kavinda Dayasiri. Patterns of physical well-being and developmental characteristics of children of drug-addicted women in Sri Lanka and challenges in giving health care to such children.  24th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Medical Toxicology Association, Penang Malaysia, November 2024.

Feature articles in national/ international forums

1. Unravelling the mystery that is hay fever – Daily Mirror Health Capsule, 13^th May 2022
2. Is there cause for concern? -  – Daily Mirror Health Capsule, 4^th March 2022
3. Caring for COVID positive children at home - – Daily Mirror Health Capsule, 3^rd September 2021
4. When the protector becomes the enemy - – Daily Mirror Health Capsule, 7^th January 2022
5. Yet another side effect of COVID 19? - – Daily Mirror Health Capsule, 26^th November 2021
6. Caring for Your Child with Diabetes (English), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 November Digital Version; Special Diabetes Release. Pages 120-123.
7. ළමුන් තුළ සුලභව දක්නට ලැබෙන පීනස (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine 2023 January (Digital Version) Pages 60-62.
8. දරුවන්ගේ  බඩේ  කැක්කුම (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2023 March Digital Version). Pages 72-75.
9. CARING FOR YOUR CHILD AFTER A HEAD INJURY (English), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 December Digital Version; Special Diabetes Release. Pages 32-37.
10. අලුත උපන් දරුවන්ගේ ඇග කහ වීම (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 December Digital Version.) Pages 75-78.
11. Urinary tract infections in children; What every parent needs to know? (English), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 September Digital Version) Pages 14-16.
12. දරුවාගේ ප්රතිශක්තිකරණය පිළිබද දෙමාපියන් දැනගත යුතු කරුණු (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 October Digital Version) Pages 42-45.
13. උණ වලිප්පුව නොහොත් ෆි ට් එක පිළිබද මව්වරුන් දැනගත යුතු කරුණු (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 September Digital Version) Pages 64-67.
14. දරුවන්ට ඇතිවන හිසරදය (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Doctor’ health magazine (2022 September Digital Version) Pages 64-67.
15. Why do children drop out from schools? Revelations from a mixed method study in Sri Lanka (English), Research and Innovation Feature Article, Published in Dily News - Sunday Observer: on July 2, 2023
16. Why do children take poisons? And to what extent, can we prevent it? Results from a missed method study in over 35 hospitals in rural Sri Lanka (English), Research and Innovation Feature Article, Published in Dily News - Sunday Observer: on June 25, 2023
17. අලුත් බබා  නිතර කිරි වමනය දානව නම් සාමාන්‍ය දෙයක් කියලා හිතන්න එපා,  Health Education Literary Communication, In Nawaliya National News Paper 8th May 2023
18. විෂ ශරීර මගින් සිදුවන මරණ වළක්වගන්න පුළුවන් (Sinhalese), Feature article on Dinamina National News Paper  On 18th June, 2023
19. ඇදුම ඇති දරුවෙකුට ඉන්හේලර් ලබා දීමට බිය නොවන්න, Literary communication published in ‘Nawaliya’ health segment (published on 10th April 2023) Page 18.
20. හිසට සිදුවන සෑම අනතුරකදීම මොළයට හානියක් නොවේ (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Nawaliya’ health segment (published on 6th March 2023) Page 18.
21. පැටියා ට කිරි හිරවූවා නම් මොනවද කරන්නේ (Sinhala), Literary communication published in ‘Nawaliya’ health segment (published on 7th July 2023) Page 18.

• Positions held and holding in academic and scientific bodies :

• 1. Secretary, Specialty Board in Toxicology, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo
  2. Secretary, Toxicology Special Interest Group, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
  3. Course coordinator, Specialty Board in Toxicology, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo (2021-24)
  4. Member, SLMA Expert Committee on Snakebites

• Positions held & holding in committees in the Faculty of Medicine & University of Kelaniya :

• 1. Secretary, Research Management Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
  2. Treasurer, Kelaniya University Faculty of Medicine Teachers’ Association
  3. Senior Treasurer, Green practices committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
  4. Member, Ethical Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya