Speciality Update - Respiratory Medicine

Speciality Update - Respiratory Medicine

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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