Academic Qualifications

• MBBS / 2010 / University of Sri Jayewardenepura / Sri Lanka
• PG Dip (Med Micro) / 2017 / University of Colombo / Sri Lanka
• MD (Med Parasit)/ 2022 / University of Colombo / Sri Lanka

Post-MD training

• Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
• Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), United Kingdom

Postgraduate Degrees Currently Registered

• Post MD Local Training / University of Colombo / Sri Lanka

Professional Qualifications

• Fully registered with the Sri Lanka Medical Council since February 2012.
• Certified teacher in higher education.

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• Full registration with Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) 2012
• Member of Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) 2015 to date
• Member of Forum of Sri Lankan Medical Educationists (FOSME) 2015 to date
• Member of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) 2016 to date

Medical Parasitology

Research Interests

• Medical Parasitology
• Tropical Medicine

Google Scholar Link

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=snkXw0oAAAAJ

Research Gate Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sujai-Senarathne

Publications and Scientific Communications

Abstracts

• Chulasiri P, Seneviratne S, Senarathne S, Fernando D, Aluthweera C, Mendis K, Wijewardena T, Wickremasinghe AR. Characteristics of Plasmodium ovale malaria infections patients reported in Sri Lanka from 2013 to 2023. 137^th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association 2024. Poster Presentation 105. Published in The Ceylon Medical Journal Volume 69, S, June 2024
• Seneviratne S, Chulasiri, Senarathne S, Fernando D, Thenuwara N, Aluthweera C, Wickremasinghe AR, Fernandopulle R, Wijesundera A, Mendis K. Severe Malaria cases in Sri Lanka from 2013 To 2023.137^th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association 2024. Poster Presentation 106. Published in The Ceylon Medical Journal Volume 69, S, June 2024
• Senarathne S, Gunathilake H, Dayananda S, Rathnayake T, Gunawardena S. Demographic characterization of human cases confirmed with Dirofilaria repens infection. Colombo Medical Congress 2023. Ceylon Journal of Medical Science. Volume 60: supplement 1. https://doi.org/10.4038/cjms.v60i4.5052
• Senarathne S, Rajapakse S, de Silva HJ, Seneviratne S, Chulasiri P, Fernando D. “First co-infection of malaria and hepatitis E diagnosed in Sri Lanka”. 136^th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association 2023. Poster presentation 049. Published in Special Supplement of The Ceylon Medical Journal Volume 68, S, July 2023
• Sujai Senarathne, Shalindra Ranasinghe, Indira Kahawita, Vijani Somaratne, Amila Wickramasinghe, Vivak Parkash, Charles Lacey, Paul Kaye and Alison Layton “Identifying core outcome domains and development of a cutaneous leishmaniasis core outcome measure for use in clinical practice and trials”. Abstracts for the British Association of Dermatologists 103^rd Annual Meeting, 27–29 June 2023, ACC Liverpool, UK. Published in British Journal of Dermatology 188(Supplement_4) DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljad113.277
• Senaratne S, Layton AM, Somaratne V, Paul M. Kaye, Kahawita I, Wickremasinghe R, Ranasinghe S. Patient perspectives of having cutaneous leishmaniasis and treatment with intralesional sodium stibogluconate. Poster presentation (PP1) at MSF Asia Scientific Days & International Conference on Medical Sciences 2022.
• Nidhi Dey, Sujai Senarathna, Luiza Reis, Srija Moulik, Marcela Montes De Oca, Pegine Walrad, Hiro Goto, Mitali Chatterjee, Dimitris Lagos, Shalindra Ranasinghe, Paul Kaye. Immunopathology pipeline to study potential host directed therapy targets in cutaneous leishmaniasis. doi: 10.22443/rms.mmc2021.296. Microscience Microscopy Congress 2021 incorporating EMAG 2021.
• Gunaratne G, Ranasinghe S, Manamperi A, Pathirana N, Hasantha KP, Wickremasinghe R, De Silva N, Sooriyarachchi M, Senaratne S, Banneheka H, Abeynayake J, Refai W, Mallawarachchi CH, Sudarshani M, Mondal D, Hansen S, El Wahed A (2017). Rapid extraction and detection of Leishmania donavani DNA from skin lesions of suspected cases in Sri Lanka. 66^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, USA. (LB5116)
• Gayani De Silva; Renu Wickremasinghe; Vijani Somaratne ; Sujai Senaratne; Manuja Vipuladasa ; Shalindra Ranasinghe. Validation of an antigen detection rapid diagnostic test kit to diagnose Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani. Poster presentation at 6th World Congress on Leishmaniasis, Palacio decongresos El Greco, Toledo, 2017.
• L D G G De Silva, V Somarathne, S Senarathne, M Vipuladasa, S N Kahatapitiya, D D S De Silva, I D J C Dissanayake, S Ranasinghe and R Wickremasinghe Analysis of clinical features with microscopy of cutaneous leishmaniasis suspected patients attending the dermatology clinic at General Hospital Hambantota. Open University Research Sessions 2016 Proceedings; page 69
• L D G G De Silva, V Somarathne, S Senarathne, M Vipuladasa, S Ranasinghe and R Wickremasinghe Diagnosis of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions with rapid diagnostic test and slit skin smear: a comparative study Sri Lanka. Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) Proceedings of the 72^nd Annual Sessions 2016 Part1; Abstracts; page 2.
• de Silva G, Somarathne V, Senarathne S, Vipuladasa M, Premachandra J, Munasinghe H, Munasinghe C, Ranasinghe S, Wickremasinghe R Use of a rapid diagnostic test to detect cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Scientific sessions 2015; Abstracts PP11

Journal Publications

• Senarathne, S., Gunathilake, H., Dayananda, S., Rathnayake, T. and Gunawardena, S. (2025) ‘Human infection by Dirofilaria repens in Sri Lanka: A retrospective audit of cases reported by the Department of Parasitology, University of Colombo from 2007 to 2023’, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 15(2), p. 1-5. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v15i2.8740.
• Dey NS, Dey S, Brown N, Senarathne S, Campos Reis L, Sengupta R, Lindoso JA, James SR, Gilbert L, Boucher D, Chatterjee M, Goto H, Ranasinghe S, Kaye PM. IL-32-producing CD8+ memory T cells define immunoregulatory niches in human cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Clin Invest. 2025 May 15;135(10):e182040. doi: 10.1172/JCI182040. PMID: 40371647; PMCID: PMC12077899.
• Ranasinghe S, Senarathne S, Somaratne V, Lacey CJN, Jayakody S, Wickramasinghe A, Kahawita I, Goto H, Chatterjee M, Lindoso JAL, Parkash V, Chaudhuri SJ, Wickremasinghe R, Das NK, Kaye PM, Layton AM. Development of a Core Outcome Measure Instrument; “LeishCOM_LCL”, for Localised Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Aug 29;18(8):e0012393. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012393. PMID: 39208389; PMCID: PMC11407661.
  *Joint first co-author
• Seneviratne S, Fernando D, Wickremasinghe R, Senarathne S, Chulasiri P, Thenuwara N, Aluthweera C, Mohotti I, Jayakuru S, Fernando T, Wijesundara A, Fernandopulle R, Mendis K. An epidemiological analysis of severe imported malaria infections in Sri Lanka, after malaria elimination. Malar J. 2024 Jun 22;23(1):195. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-05014-w. PMID: 38909255; PMCID: PMC11193279.
• Senarathne, S., Rajapakse, S., de Silva, H.J., Seneviratne, S., Chuasiri, P. and Fernando, D., 2023. The first reported case of co-infection of imported hepatitis E and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 13(2), p.E47:1-5.DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v13i2.8570
• Dey NS, Senaratne S, Somaratne V, Madarasinghe NP, Seneviratne B, Forrester S, Montes de Oca M, Reis LC, Moulik S, Walrad PB, Chatterjee M, Goto H, Wickremasinghe R, Lagos D, Kaye PM, Ranasinghe S. Early reduction in PD-L1 expression predicts faster treatment response in human cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Clin Invest. 2021 Nov 15;131(22):e142765. doi: 10.1172/JCI142765. PMID: 34609968; PMCID: PMC8592550.
  *Joint first co-author
• De Silva G, Somaratne V, Senaratne S, Vipuladasa M, Wickremasinghe R, Wickremasinghe R, Ranasinghe S. Efficacy of a new rapid diagnostic test kit to diagnose Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 14;12(11):e0187024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187024. PMID: 29135995; PMCID: PMC5685575.

Dissertation

• “High Resolution Phenotyping of the Healing Process of Sri Lankan Cutaneous Leishmaniasis” 2022 at Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Awards

1. Research Awards 2017 University of Sri Jayewardenepura for scientific publications
2. Best poster presentation in the category of “Infectious Diseases and Miscellaneous” at the MSF Asia Scientific Days & International Conference on Medical Sciences 2022.

Other Faculties of University of Sri Jayewardenepura

• Faculty of Allied Health Sciences