Dr. Wasundara Suvimali Dissanayake

Senior Registrar in General Paediatrics

Paediatric Nephrology Unit | Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Dedicated paediatric clinician seeking overseas training opportunities to strengthen advanced clinical, academic, and leadership expertise in child health.
MD Paediatrics Paediatric ICU Experience Neonatology Training Teaching & Research
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About Me

Professional Profile

I graduated from medical faculty with a deep sense of focus on treating patients from rural and under-resourced communities in Sri Lanka. I am currently working as a Senior Registrar in Paediatrics while continuing to build my clinical, academic, and leadership capabilities.

Over the past several years, I have cared for children in general paediatrics, paediatric intensive care, neonatology, nephrology, endocrinology, neurology, and rheumatology settings. Many of the illnesses I have encountered were preventable or could have been managed earlier with better awareness and access to healthcare.

These experiences have strengthened my commitment to high-quality, compassionate paediatric care and to further training that will allow me to contribute meaningfully to child health services, education, and research.

Career Objectives

  • Completion of Stage 5 Overseas Training in MD Paediatrics under the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, toward board certification as a Paediatrician
  • Contribution to research activities and clinical audits that improve paediatric health systems locally and globally
  • Providing medical education to healthcare staff and the wider community to enhance the quality of paediatric care

Professional Details

Current Title: Senior Registrar in General Paediatrics

Registration: Sri Lanka Medical Council #35572

Renewal Date: 31 December 2029

Country of Residence: Sri Lanka

Email: wasundarasd@gmail.com

Phone: +94 710 728 434

Professional Experience

February 2026 - Present

Senior Registrar in General Paediatrics

Paediatric Nephrology Unit, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya

  • Performing daily morning ward rounds, clinical assessment, problem identification, and management planning
  • Undertaking 2 night on-calls per week for acute kidney injury, nephrotic syndrome with hypovolemia, hypertensive urgency and emergency, and complex inpatient care
  • Managing chest infections in immunocompromised patients
  • Providing care through nephrotic syndrome, renal, chronic kidney disease, kidney transplant, and bladder clinics
  • Prescribing and performing acute peritoneal dialysis
  • Overseeing the paediatric dialysis unit and managing complications during dialysis
November 2025 - February 2026

Senior Registrar in General Paediatrics

National Hospital Galle PICU & Lady Ridgeway Hospital MICU

  • Participated in daily consultant-led intensive care ward rounds and multidisciplinary discussions on complex cases
  • Performed procedural skills including intubation, extubation, central line insertion, lumbar puncture, arterial blood gas sampling, and exchange transfusion
  • Managed ventilator care, sedation, paralysis, infusion drugs, and ICU emergencies
  • Coordinated multidisciplinary care and communicated closely with parents regarding procedures and treatment plans
March 2025 - November 2025

Senior Registrar in General Paediatrics

Sirimavo Bandaranayake Specialized Children's Hospital

  • Conducted daily morning and evening ward rounds in a busy paediatric unit with high patient turnover
  • Managed emergencies in the ward and ETU and oversaw referrals from other wards
  • Led 2 weekly clinics including asthma and general paediatrics
  • Taught medical students, nursing staff, junior doctors, and registrars
  • Organised clinical and institutional case conferences on child safeguarding
  • Supported junior staff in decision-making, procedures, and ward leadership
August 2021 - January 2025

Registrar in Paediatrics

General Paediatrics, Neonatology & Subspecialty Rotations

  • General Paediatrics: Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, and District General Hospital Matale
  • Neonatology: 6 months at Teaching Hospital Peradeniya with NICU, postnatal ward, and delivery room experience
  • Subspecialty Rotations: Paediatric Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology, and Rheumatology
  • Performed first on-call duties, emergency management, ward procedures, teaching, and case presentations
  • Delivered health education to parents on vaccination, febrile convulsions, bronchial asthma, acute gastroenteritis, and ORS use
March 2019 - July 2021

Medical Officer in Paediatric ICU

Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura

  • Worked as a first on-call medical officer in a multi-specialty paediatric medical ICU
  • Managed ventilator care, oxygen therapies, intubation, extubation, ventilator weaning, and bedside procedures
  • Participated in ICU ward rounds and multidisciplinary coordination
  • Accompanied critically ill children for outside procedures and managed emergency care
November 2018 - February 2019

Residential Medical Officer

Professorial General Paediatric Ward, Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura

  • Managed paediatric emergencies, ward rounds, clinic duties, and inpatient procedures
  • Worked as first on-call medical officer and supported general paediatric inpatient care
April 2018 - October 2018

Residential Medical Officer

Paediatric Cardiology Unit, Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura

  • Worked in paediatric cardiology clinic four times per week
  • Entered echocardiography findings, issued reports, and assisted with basic echocardiography
  • Attended cardiac emergencies in paediatric wards, NICU, and PICU
November 2017 - March 2018

Residential Medical Officer

Neonatology Unit, Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura

  • Managed first on-call duties in neonatal ICU, postnatal wards, and weekly postnatal clinic
  • Attended neonatal emergencies in labour room and theatre, including emergency intubation and UVC insertion
  • Conducted daily NICU rounds and supported neonatal thermoregulation, referral, discharge, and parent education
May 2016 - November 2017

Intern Medical Officer

Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura

  • Completed internship in Paediatrics and General Surgery
  • Performed emergency assessment, ward procedures, discharge summaries, clinic duties, wound care, and minor procedures
  • Supported patient referrals, medicolegal matters, and transfusion-related care
May 2016 - November 2016

Demonstrator in Department of Paediatrics

Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University

  • Conducted research studies under supervision
  • Taught medical students, prepared lectures, and maintained student reports
  • Contributed to academic activities within the department

Neonatal Experience

I have worked in neonatal intensive care and postnatal wards at Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura and Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, attending neonatal resuscitation, care of sick neonates, neonatal examination and screening before discharge, ventilation support, UVC insertion, intubation, fluid and feed management, and parent education. My tertiary NICU training also included exposure to therapeutic hypothermia and nitric oxide use under supervision.

Administrative & Leadership Contributions

  • Represented the department at drug and therapeutic committee meetings
  • Conducted clinical case conferences on safeguarding issues
  • Participated in neonatal and infant mortality meetings focused on preventive strategies and healthcare improvement
  • Coordinated transfer of sophisticated blood and urine samples to specialist laboratories in the capital

Contributions as a Resource Person

  • Member of the exam organising committee for Final MBBS examinations at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
  • Teaching visiting school students at the Department of Anatomy, University of Peradeniya
  • APLS instructor under supervision for medical trainees in 2025

Teaching Experience

  • Taught school students during undergraduate anatomy teaching activities
  • Taught final year medical students during work as a demonstrator in paediatrics
  • Continued teaching medical students, doctors, registrars, and nursing staff throughout registrar and senior registrar training
  • Presented academic topics at journal clubs and ward-based teaching sessions
  • Served as a training instructor for the APLS program

Education & Qualifications

2025

MD Paediatrics

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Advanced postgraduate specialist training in paediatrics.

2023

Diploma in Child Health

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Postgraduate qualification focused on child health and paediatric practice.

2016

MBBS

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  • Distinction in Parasitology
  • Distinction in Microbiology
  • Distinction in Psychiatry

Professional Training Courses

APLS

Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians (2025)

Child Protection & Safeguarding Level 3

PGIM & Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2025)

Leadership Training

PGIM University of Colombo (2025)

Communication Workshop

PGIM University of Colombo (2024)

Research Methodology

PGIM University of Colombo (2023)

Professionalism and Ethics

PGIM University of Colombo (2023)

Dengue Management Workshop

PGIM University of Colombo (2023)

Clinical & Procedural Skills

Core Clinical Skills

  • IV Cannulation
  • Lumbar Puncture
  • Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
  • Intubation
  • Basic Echocardiogram
  • ECG Interpretation
  • Urinary Catheter Insertion
  • Umbilical Venous Catheter Insertion

Advanced / Observed Skills

  • Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion for Acute PD
  • Bone Marrow Aspiration
  • USS Abdomen
  • Arterial Line Insertion
  • External Ventricular Drainage
  • Central Line Insertion - Jugular & Subclavian Veins
  • Central Line Insertion - Femoral Vein

Areas of Expertise

General Paediatrics Paediatric Nephrology Paediatric Intensive Care Neonatology Emergency Paediatrics Paediatric Endocrinology Paediatric Neurology Rheumatology Exposure Child Safeguarding Teaching & Academic Support

Publications, Research & Audit

Patterns of Television Viewing and Associated Factors Among Adolescent School Children in the Anuradhapura Educational Zone, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2019; 48(4): 292-299
Published research examining television viewing patterns and associated factors among school children.

A Rare Case of Liver Focal Nodular Hyperplasia and Pulmonary Hypertension Following Abernethy Malformation

Poster Presentation
27th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, June 2025

A Case of Acute Kidney Injury in Decompensated Chronic Liver Cell Disease Due to Hepato Renal Syndrome

Poster Presentation
26th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, June 2024

Clinical Audit

Number of False Positive Urine Cultures in a Tertiary Care General Paediatric Ward and Outpatient Department due to Improper Urine Collection Advice.

Get in Touch

Email

wasundarasd@gmail.com

Phone

+94 710 728 434

Current Workplace

Paediatric Nephrology Unit
Department of Paediatrics
Teaching Hospital Peradeniya
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka