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Ceylon College of Physicians
Specialty Update Series 2015
Update on Respiratory Diseases
In collaboration with the Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists
Venue –Professor Rezvi Sherrif Auditorium, ClinMARC Building, NHSL
Date: Tuesday, 24th February 2015
Programme
08.30 – 09.00 am
Registration
09:00 – 09:30 am “TB Prophylaxis – For whom?”
Dr Wijitha Senaratne - Consultant Respiratory Physician, National Hospital
for Respiratory Diseases, Welisara
09:30 – 10:00 am “Interstitial Lung Disease – An Overview”
Dr Dushantha Medagedara - Consultant Respiratory Physician
Teaching Hospital, Kandy
10:00 – 10:30 am
“Asthma – Update on Management”
Dr Kirthi Gunasekera - Consultant Respiratory Physician
Central Chest Clinic, NHSL.
10:30 – 11:00 am
Tea
11:00 – 12:00 pm Multidisciplinary Team Meeting – Lung Cancer
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12:00 – 12.30 pm
Dr Amitha Fernando - Consultant Respiratory Physician, Central Chest Clinic,
NHSL
Dr Waruna Karunanayake – Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, NHRD
Dr Dehan Gunasekara – Consultant Oncologist, National Cancer Institute, Maharagama
Dr Suneetha Weerakoon - Consultant Radiologist, NHSL
Dr Janaki Fernando – Consultant Pathologist, NHSL
Dr Yamuna Rajapaksha –Senior Registrar in Respiratory Medicine - Facilitator
“Obstructive Sleep Apnoea – When to suspect”
Dr Thushara Galabada – Consultant Respiratory Physician
Central Chest clinic, NHSL
12:30 – 01.00 pm
“Respiratory Failure – A few case based scenarios”
Dr Chathura Wirasinghe – Consultant Respiratory Physician,
General Hospital, Vavuniya
01.00 – 01.30 pm
“Bronchiectasis – Ideal Management in the Sri Lankan Setup”
Dr Saman Kapilawansa – Consultant Respiratory Physician,
Provincial General Hospital, Badulla
01.30 pm
Lunch
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