Academic Qualifications

• MBBS / 1994 / North Colombo Medical College / Sri Lanka
• Diploma in Legal Medicine / 1999 / University of Colombo / Sri Lanka
• MD Forensic Medicine / 2002 / University of Colombo / Sri Lanka
• Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence (Pathology) / 2003 / The Society of Apothecaries of London / United Kingdom
• Diploma in Child Psychology and Development / 1989 / The Academy of Child Psychology / Sri Lanka (affiliated to United Kingdom)

Professional Qualifications

• Board certification by the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo as a Specialist in Forensic Medicine on the 7th June 2003. Post doctoral overseas attachment
  Attached to the Forensic Pathology Services, UK from 2002 to 2004.

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• Foundation member of Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians UK since 2009
• Life member, Medico-Legal Society of Sri Lanka
• Life member, College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka (also served as the editor twice and the joint secretary twice)
• Life Member, Sri Lanka Medical Association
• Life Member, Alumni Association of North Colombo Medical College

Awards

• Vedasa Exhibition 2009 – 1st runner up, Poster Presentation
• 2007 – Sri Lanka Medical Association: Domestic Violence towards women
• Felicitation Award by Alumni Association of the Faculty of Medical Sciences for over 25 years of service to the Faculty of Medical Sciences -December 2023

• Clinical Forensic Medicine
• Forensic Pathology

Research Interests

• Gender Based Violence
• Child Abuse
• Road Traffic Accidents
• Unnatural Deaths

ORCID ID and Link

0000-0002-7637-3204
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7637-3204

Research Gate Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ianthi-Gunasekara

Other Universities

• University of Colombo
• University of Kelaniya 
• University of Rajarata
• University of Peradeniya
• University of Ruhuna
• University of Uva Wellassa
• Eastern University