Postgraduate Degrees Currently Registered

• Postgraduate Course in Medical Education / University of Colombo / Sri Lanka

Professional Qualifications

• Board Certified Consultant Physician (Sri Lanka)

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians (London)
• Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)
• Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (United Kingdom)
• Membership of British Geriatric Society
• Membership of Sri Lanka Medical Association
• Membership of Ceylon College of Physicians
• Membership of Sri Lankan Association of Geriatric Medicine
• Membership of Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine
• Membership of Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists

• General Internal Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Non Communicable Diseases
• Medical Humanities
• Medical Professionalism and Ethics

Research Interests

• General Internal Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Non Communicable Diseases
• Medical Humanities
• Medical Professionalism and Ethics

ORCID ID and Link

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-4830

Research Gate Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shehan-Silva

Publications and Scientific Communications

• side effect of clozapine. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 11(2), pp.33–34. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v11i2.8275
• Melioidosis with a subdural collection – a case report. (Published Amarasena HLP, Silva FHDS, Tilakaratna PMYI, Jayamanne SF, Ranawaka UK. BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:143 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3782-0)
• Septicaemia caused by Elizabethkingia sp. in a ‘healthy’ Sri Lankan man (Published. Sebastiampillai BS, Luke NV, Silva S, De Silva ST, Premaratna R Trop Doct. 2018 Jan;48(1):62-63. doi: 10.1177/0049475517717135. Epub 2017 Jun 22.)
• Extended spectrum beta lactamase producing organisms causing urinary tract infections in Sri Lanka and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern –A hospital based cross sectional study (Published. Fernando MMPSC, Luke N, Miththinda JKND, Wickramasinghe RDSS,
• Sebastiampillai BS, Gunathilaka MPML, Silva FHDS, Premaratna R. BMC Infectious Diseases December 2017 17(1) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2250-y
• Secondary bacteraemia in adult patients with prolonged fever (Published. Premaratna R, Dissanayake D, Silva FHDS, Dassanyake M, de Silva HJ. Ceylon Medical Journal 2015; 60: 10-12).
• Pringle manoeuvre versus selective hepatic vascular exclusion: outcome of a care series in a tertiary referral centre. (Published – Wijesurendere CN, Silva FHDS, Pathirana AA, Wijeratne T. Ceylon Medical Journal 2014;59:139-140).
• Sino-orbitocranial aspergillosis in a diabetic woman: a case report. (Published. MC Shivanthan, B Wijesiriwardene, R Ahamed, K Somaratne, C Wickramasinghe, S Silva. Galle Medical Journal 2011;16(2): 41-43)
• Audit of stroke care in a Sri Lankan Stroke Unit. Ranawaka UK, Tissera G, Silva S, Nanayakkara Y, Goonetileke C, Muwanwella P, Sooriyabandara V, Hill K, Markus R. (Presented as a poster at the Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians 2018)
• The prevalence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in a cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Sri Lanka: a preliminary evaluation. Ranasinha C, Perera E, Kularatne S, Silva S, Amarasiri S. (Presented as a poster at the Congress of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, November 2017, Sydney, Australia) https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13207_36
• Factors associated with Urinary tract infections caused by extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing organisms in Sri Lanka. Fernando S, Luke N, Miththinda N, Wickramasinghe S, Sebastiampillai BS, Gunathilaka M, Silva S, Premaratna R, 13 (Presented as a poster in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases Conference Hyderabad, India. April 2016. 45(1):146. DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.354)
• Antibiotic sensitivity patterns among ESBL UTIs in Sri Lanka . Fernando S, Luke N, Miththinda N, Wickramasinghe S, Sebastiampillai BS, Gunathialaka M, Silva S, Premaratna R,, (Presented as a poster in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases Conference Hyderabad, India. April 2016. 45(1):146. DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.354)
• Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge about Diabetes Mellitus among Patients Attending a Medical Clinic: A descriptive case controlled study. Rodrigo KMDG, De Silva SSC, Mahbarana IDS, Subasinghe SSC, Silva FHDS, De Silva ST. (Presented at Annual Academic Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, October 2014)
• Hypoglycaemic awareness and knowledge on hypoglycaemia – Perera UDCA, Silva FHDS, De Silva ST. Poster Presentation at Sri Lanka Medical Association Annual Academic Sessions 2013
• A descriptive study on autoimmune hepatitis – a hospital based study – Poster presentation at Sri Lanka Medical Association Annual Academic Sessions 2013
• Two cases of splenic melioidosis in Sri Lanka- Silva FHDS, Premaratna R (Presented at the International Melioidosis Conference in Bangkok, Thailand (2013)
• Atypical dengue with vertigo. Silva FHDS, Premaratna R – Poster presentation at Ceylon College of Physicians Annual Academic Sessions 2012
• Presented a Case Discussion ‘Fever and the Nightmare’ at the Monthly Clinical Meeting of Sri Lanka Medical Association in 2012.
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomies – Is it safe in the hands of surgeons? Silva FHDS, Wijeratna T. (Oral presentation at the College of Surgeons Annual Academic Sessions 2009).
• Pringle manoeuvre versus selective hepatic vascular exclusion: outcome of a care series in a tertiary referral centre. Wijesurendere CN, Silva FHDS, Pathirana AA, Wijeratne T. (Presented as a poster at the College of Surgeons Annual Academic Sessions 2009)
• Cardiopulmonary effects of swimming in children. Fazeena AC, Seneviratne RMAVL, Senanayake KP, Silva FHDS, Thanaraj S, John-Peiris R. Presented as oral presentations at the Sri Lanka College of Physiologists and at the Inaugural annual academic sessions of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2007.
• Cytokine assessment in acute febrile and defervescence phases of dengue viral infection (Pending Publication)
• A Service Audit on Venous Thromboembolism and Malignancy (Done at Cambridge University Hospitals. Submitted for Annual Sessions of the Society of Acute Medicine, UK)

Research Collaborations

With Faculties of Medicine, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and Ruhuna University on studies on Geriatrics, Frailty and Palliative Care

Other Universities

• Clinical Medicine for MD Medicine Stream – Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo