International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Sri Lanka Chapter
Brief History of the Sri Lanka Chapter
The SLHPBA was formed in 2011 – with a membership of 50 specialists including HPB Surgeons, GI Surgeons, General Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Radiologists and Pathologists, with an interest in HPB Disease.
The founder President was Prof Janaka De Silva, a Consultant Gastroenterologist, who is the Professor of Medicine at the University of Kelaniya and currently the Director of the Post graduate Institute of Medicine in Sri Lanka. The Association organized clinical meetings regularly. At the Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka – the SLHPBA is entrusted in organizing a symposium on HPB Surgery – regularly.
The Association has its own website – which is currently undergoing restructuring.
The number of members of the IHPBA required to fulfil the criterion to become a chapter of IHPBA was only possible in December 2015, and this was inaugurated in Colombo on the 12th of December 2015, by Prof P Jagannath, President of IHPBA.
Officers:
President | Prof Sivasuriya Sivaganesh |
Vice President & President Elect | Prof Rohan Siriwardena |
Secretary | Dr Suchintha Tilakaratne |
Assistant Secretary | Dr Prabath Kumarasinghe |
Treasurer | Dr Duminda Subasinghe |
Editor | Dr Arinda Dharmapala |
Council members:
1) Prof Aloka Pathirana
2) Prof Thejana Wijeratne
3) Dr Buddhika Dassanayake
4) Dr Sandun Bulathsinghala
5) Dr Malith Nandasena
6) Dr S Gobishankar
7) Dr Rohan Sirisena
8) Dr Dulani Beneragama
9) Dr Nilesh Fernandopulle
10) Dr Eranga Ganewatta
11) Dr Niroshan Atulugama
Secretariat:
c/o Mr Dayananda
Manager-Administration, CSSL
6, Independence Avenue
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Telephone: +94 11 2682290
Email: srilankahpba@gmail.com
News archive:
Report on the inauguration of the Sri Lanka Chapter and outreach project
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