Dr Roshan Fernando
MBBS (Kel’ya), MDPsych (C’bo)
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Specialization
General Adult Psychiatry
Research Interests
- Clinical Psychiatry
- Biological Psychiatry
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
Awards and Fellowships
- Professor Andew Sims Gold Medal for Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Publications
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
- Kuruppuarachchi KALA, Fernando WKTR, Fonseka TPM. 2011. Unusual presentations of Delusional Parasitosis. South Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2, 37-40.
- Rohanachandra YM, Chandradasa WMML, Hettiarachchi DB, Fernando WKTR, Gunathilake IAGMP, Wijethunge GS. 2016. Clinical presentation and comorbidities of obsessive compulsive disorders in children and adolescents presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 7(2), 16-19.
- Chandradasa WMML., Hettiarachchi D, Fernando WKTR., Gunathilake IAGMP, Wijethunge GS, Tennakoon A. 2018. A Juvenile Sex Offender with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. J. Clin. Nurs. Res. 2, 13-16.
- Chandradasa WMML, Rohanachandra YM, Dahanayake D, Hettiarachchi D, Gunathilake IAGMP, Fernando WKTR, Wijetunge GS. 2017. A comparative study on medical comorbidities among children with autism spectrum disorder and controls in a children’s hospital. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 46(3), 262-266.
Publications in Conference Proceedings (Oral and Poster Presentations)
- Kuruppuarachchi KALA, Peris MUPK, Wijesinghe CA, Sena Kumara EMKA, Hewamadduma SJ, Kapugama KGCL, Fernando WKTR, Fonseka TPM. 2011. Road traffic accidents among attendees to a psychiatry outpatient clinic at Teaching Hospital, Ragama. 8th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Chandradasa WMML, Hettiarachchi DB, Fernando WKTR, Gunathilake IAGMP, Wijethunga GS, Tennakoon A. 2016. A Juvenile sex offender with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. 14th Annual Academic Sessions, College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
- Rohanachandra YM, Chandradasa WMML, Hettiarachchi DB, Fernando WKTR, Gunathilake IAGMP, Wijethunga GS. 2016. Clinical presentation and Comorbidities of Obsessive compulsive disorders in Children and Adolescents presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka. 13th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- De Silva SS, Champika RML, Ruwanpriya BVS, Fernando WKTR, Perera WFI, Rodrigo A, Peris MUPK. 2017. Audit in aggressive behavior management and documentation at the Psychiatry unit of Colombo north teaching hospital. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Perera WFI, Fernando WKTR, Muthuarachchi MI, Ruwanpriya BVS, De Silva SS, Peris MUPK. 2017. Perceived harm of cannabis use among school attending adolescents in the Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Peris MUPK, Fernando WKTR, Kodithuwakku KAK. 2017. A study on effect of listening to live music on stress perception of pregnant Sinhalese women. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- De Silva SS, Champika RML, Fernando WKTR, Hapangama A, Perera M, Annunzio GD, Pathmeswaran A, Kuruppuarachchi KALA. 2017. Awareness and usage patterns of substance among students at a medical faculty in Sri Lanka. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Kuruppuarachchi KALA, Hapangama A, Seneviratne AN, Wijesinghe CA, Isuru LLA, Herath HMUK, Fernando WKTR, Fonseka TPM. 2011. Attitudes of nursing officers towards mental illness and psychiatric patients. 8th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Hettiarachchi DB, Chandradasa WMML, Rohanachandra YM, Fernando WKTR, Gunathilake IAGMP, Wijethunga GS. 2016. The Phenomenology & Comorbidities of Tic disorders in Children & Adolescents of Sri Lanka. 13th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Hettiarachchi DB, Chandradasa WMML, Rohanachandra YM, Fernando WKTR, Gunathilake IAGMP, Wijethunga GS. 2016. Medical Comorbidities of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Sri Lankan Children’s hospital. 13th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Isuru LLA, Fernando WKTR, Amarasuriya MY, Perera WFI, Galhenage JS, Godawita SP, Fernando PLN. 2017. A study on doctors’ knowledge and attitude towards smoking cessation interventions at Colombo north teaching hospital. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Fernando WKTR, Amarasuriya MY, Champika RML, Fernando PLN. A febrile episode following electro-convulsive therapy: A case report. 2017. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- De Silva SS, Champika RML, Ruwanpriya BVS, Fernando WKTR, Perera WFI, Rodrigo A, Peris MUPK. 2017. An audit of the prescription and documentation of electro-convulsive therapy at Psychiatry unit, Colombo north teaching hospital. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Perera WFI, Fernando WKTR, Ruwanpriya BVS, De Silva SS, De Alwis A. Case report – Schizophrenia comorbid with left frontal meningioma. 2017. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Ruwanpriya BVS, De Silva SS, Fernando WKTR, Perera WFI, Wijesinghe CA, Peris MUPK. 2017. Neuropsychiatric sequelae of near-drowning: A case report. 14th Annual academic sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
- Fernando WKTR, Chandradasa WMML, Kuruppuarachchi KALA. 2018. Diagnostic overlap between adolescent affective instability in borderline personality and juvenile bipolar disorder in Sri Lankan clinical context: A case series. 15th Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Colombo.
Editorships
- Assistant Editor, South Asian Journal of Psychiatry