Profile_Rector – Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka

Rector

Prof. K.T. Sundaresan MBBS (Kel), MD (UOC), FRCP (Edin)
Rector – Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University
Professor in Medicine
Specialist Physician in Internal Medicine
Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa

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E-mail -: rector@esn.ac.lk/ sundaresankt@esn.ac.lk
Phone :-(+94) 26 2227 410
Fax :-(+94) 26 2227 411

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MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
MD (Medicine) Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Edinburgh (2004)
Specialist Physician in Internal Medicine, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa (2020)

Academic Coordinator, Medicine
Former Dean (2013 to 2016), Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Eastern University, Sri Lanka
Former Head of Department of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Care Sciences
Acting Head – Medicine, Faculty of Health Care Sciences
18th March 2008 – 2013: Consultant Physician, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa
5th February 2007 – 7th March 2008: Registrar – (4th year) in General Medicine, Maroondah hospital, Australia.
14th March 2006 – 4th February 2007: Registrar – (3rd year) in General Medicine, Maroondah hospital, Australia.
18th November 2005 – 10th March 2006: Senior Registrar in Gastroenterology Unit, National Hospital of SriLanka.
15th May 2004 – 17th November 2005: Senior Registrar in General Medicine, National Hospital of SriLanka.
1st January 2001: Registrar in the Professorial Unit/Nephrology Unit, National Hospital of SriLanka.
18th August 1999: Medical Officer in the Neurology unit, National Hospital of SriLanka.
15th July 1999: Medical Officer in the Neurology unit, North Colombo Teaching Hospital.
15th January 1999: House Officer in the Professorial Medical Unit, North Colombo Teaching Hospital.
15th July 1998: House Officer in the Professorial Surgical unit, North Colombo Teaching Hospital.
Demonstrator (1997) Physiology Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya under the supervision of Professor Carlo Fonseka and Professor Asoka Dissanayake

Worked in Weston General Hospital, Bristol, UK as an observer in an Endocrinology unit for a month during the period of MD training in 2002
Overseas training at Eastern Health System, Melbourne, Australia

Workshop on Management of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever by the expert team from Thailand at Lady Ridge way Hospital in 2012
Workshop on 2D Echo :17th November – 22nd November 2008: Participated in an Echocardiography Course at Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India

University:

Senate representative to council of Eastern University, Srilanka
Faculty (Faculty of Health Care Sciences) representative to senate, Eastern University, Srilanka
Member of University council (Eastern University, Srilanka): 2013 to 2016
Member of University Senate (Eastern University, Srilanka): 2013 to 2016
Member of University leave and award Committee: 2103 to 2106
Member of University Finance Committee of Eastern University; 2103 to 2016

Faculty:

Member of faculty Board of Faculty of Health Care Sciences
Chairman Ethic Review Committee (2.11.2017), Faculty of Health Care Sciences
Member of Curriculum Review Committee, Faculty of Health Care Sciences
Nominee for the Board of Study – External Degree BSc Nursing, Eastern University, Srilanka

National (Sri Lanka)

Member of SriLanka Medical Council (SLMC) (2013 – 2019)
Member of Educational Committee of SLMC – 2018
Founder council member of SriLankan Society of Internal Medicine (SLSIM) 2017
Council member of Ceylon College of Physician – 2017
Council member of Ceylon College of Physician – 2023
Coordinator of monthly CME activities organised by Ceylon College of Physician – 2023
Member of Forum of Ethic Review Committee of SriLanka (FERCSL)
Member of American College of Physician since 2017
Council member of SriLanka Medical Association (SLMA) – 2023

Other Positions

President of Past Pupil Association of Shivananda National School 2016 & 2017
Secretary – Teachers’ Association of Eastern University – 2018/19
President Teachers” Association of Eastern University
President Teachers” Association of Eastern University

Undergraduate

First Clinical Coordinator, FHCS
First Acting Head of Medicine, FHCS
Acting head, Department of Primary Health Care, FHCS
Acting Head Medical Education and Research, FHCS

Post Graduate

I was appointed and served as a member of Board of Study (Medicine) for two terms and appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Study in Dermatology as mentioned below:
Board of Study (Medicine): 1st term – Jan 2015 to 2018 as a member (Head’s Nominee)
Board of Study (Medicine): 2nd term – 2018 to 2021, nominated by the Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Eastern University, Srilanka
Board of Study in Dermatology: since 1st June 2021 for a period of three years.

Research Supervision and Evaluation

Invited as a panel member of evaluation of research proposal – Faculty of Agriculture, EUSL 31.7.17
evaluation of research proposal for Ethic review committee of FHCS
Invited for the Evaluation of research and viva- Kotelawala Defense University faculty of allied health sciences- Department of Medical Laboratory Science
Invited for Evaluation and viva research Kotelawala Defense University faculty of allied health sciences- Department of Medical Laboratory Science
Appointment as an external reviewer for final year undergraduate research project BSc Hons Medical Laboratory Science FAHS, Kotelawala Defense University
Appointment as an external reviewer for final year undergraduate research project intake 36, BSc honours medical laboratory sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
Panel chair, for the evaluators of technical session International Conference on Emerging Trends in Health-Care Sciences (ICETHS 2023)

Food as Medicine
Non-communicable Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Dengue Fever
Gut Flora

Undergraduate:

Recipient of Gold Medal for Medicine at the Final exam of M.B.B.S,
Distinction Physiology,
Distinction in Pharmacology
2nd class upper division 2nd MBBS,
2nd class lower division 3rd MBBS
2nd class upper division in the Final year examination

Postgraduate:

All Island (SriLanka) 2nd Rank in MD entrance (Medicine) Exam

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