Academic Qualifications

• MBBS / University of Sri Jayewardenepura / Sri Lanka
• MD (Medicine) / UK
• MRCP / UK

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• Royal College of Physicians, London European Respiratory Society Asia Pacific Society of Respirology
• Ceylon College of Physicians
• Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists
• Sri Lanka Medical Association

Awards

• Award for the best lecturer 2022, by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Award ward for the best mentor 2022, by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Silver medal at “Health Innovations for tomorrow organized by the Sri Lanka Medical Association 2020
• For the invention -Aerovac: An aerosol evacuation chamber for aerosol generating procedures.
• The award for the best poster presentation at Respire 2019
• Screening for risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea- results of an islandwide survey in Sri Lanka, presented at theRespire 2019. Undugodage, Amarasiri, Gunasinghe, Kamalanathan, Sadikeen, Wickramasinghe, Fernando, KGunasekera
• Prof. K Rajasuriya Award for the best poster presentation at the Annual Academic Sessions 2016
• Initial 18 months’ experience of EndoBronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) in Sri Lanka- Abstract presented as aposter presentation at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicins, 2016. Y. NRajapakse, U.C.M. Undugodage, M. R. Mowjood, M. Athavan, K. D. Gunasekera, E. A. C. Fernando.
• Prof MTM Jiffrey Gold Medal for the Best overall performance at the final MBBS. Faculty of Medical Sciences,University of Sri Jayewardenepura

• Respiratory Medicine
• Sleep Medicine

Research Interests

• Sleep
• COPD

ORCID ID and Link

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-683X

Publications and Scientific Communications

• Undugodage, C., Dissanayake, U., Kumara, H., Samarasekera, B., Yapa, L., Dissanayake, Domingoarachchi, D., Priyankara, D., Seneviratne, K., Wickramasinghe, W.K., Samarakoon, S., Wijesinghe, P., Wijemanne, U., Sandaruwan, U.C., Neranjan, R., Thenuwara, P., Amashakya, G.A., Dasanayake, H., Jayasooriya, S., Kalubandara, B., Madurawala, N., Prasath, T. and Perera, N., 2021. Reactogenicity to ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in health care workers: A multicenter observational study in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Medical Journal, 66(4), pp.177–184. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v66i4.9508
• Yasaratne BMG, De Silva HDK, Anuththara GT, Rathnayake C, Kandauda C, Undugodage C Risk factors and prevalence of poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness in late pregnancy: A cross-sectional survey from Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Accepted for publication Undugodage C, Perera N, De Silva HDK, Deen FAH, Indrakantha RAD, Ranatunga RAYV, Weveldeniya WTP, Wicramasinghe WADE, Samarasekera GBL Respiratory manifestations of long COVID syndrome and pulmonary function abnormalities at 3-months after COVID 19 infection: A single center experience from Sri Lanka. Journal of Ceylon College of Physicians – Accepted for publication
• Undugodage, C., Wanigasuriya, K. and Madegedara, D., 2020. Respiratory manifestations of COVID-19. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 51(1), pp.20–25. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jccp.v51i1.7882
• Undugodage, C., Dissanayake, U., Tissera, H. and Wijewickrama, A., 2020. National COVID-19 Clinical Practice Guidelines; How it all began. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 51(1), pp.63–64. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jccp.v51i1.7891
• Arjuna P De Silva, Madunil A Niriella, Dileepa S Ediriweera, Jerome P De Alwis, Isurujith K Liyanage, Ushanthani Ettickan, Kasun V Liyanapathirana, Chandimani Undugodage, H. Asita de Silva, H. Janaka de Silva Low-dose melatonin for sleep disturbances in early-stage cirrhosis: A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial JGH Open https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12356
• C Undugodage Review: Non CPAP, non-surgical therapies in obstructive sleep apnoea. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians (2012), 43, 41-43 C. N. Wijekoon, Undugodage, D. Fernando, P. Atapattu, G. N. Malavige, U. K.Ranawaka Anaphylaxis: the “killer allergy” Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians. (2016) 47(1), pp.36–43

Awards

• The award for the best poster presentation at Respire 2019
  Screening for risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea- results of an islandwide survey in Sri Lanka, presented at the Respire 2019. Undugodage, Amarasiri, Gunasinghe, Kamalanathan, Sadikeen, Wickramasinghe, Fernando, K Gunasekera
• K Rajasuriya Award for the best poster presentation at the Annual Academic Sessions 2016
  Initial 18 months’ experience of EndoBronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) in Sri Lanka- Abstract presented as a poster presentation at the Annual Academic Sessions of the Ceylon College of Physicins, 2016. Y. N Rajapakse, U.C.M. Undugodage, M. R. Mowjood, M. Athavan, K. D. Gunasekera, E. A. C. Fernando.

Other Faculties of University of Sri Jayewardenepura

• Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

Other Universities

• Kothalawela Defence University

Awards

• Award for the best lecturer 2022, by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura