Devaka Fernando Explained

Devaka Fernando
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Occupation:Physician
Known For:Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardanapura
Professor

Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.

Education

Fernando was educated at Dean Row School in Cheshire, UK,[1] Shore Country Day School in Beverly, Massachusetts[1] and S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka.[2] [3] He received a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Fernando received a Doctor of Medicine degree and membership of the Royal College of Physicians, trained in public health at the University of Manchester (Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology) and trained as a specialist at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.[1]

Educational and professional activities

Fernando was a consultant physician in diabetes and the endocrinology department of the Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital and a senior lecturer in the faculty of medicine at the University of Colombo.[4] [5] He was the Foundation Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura faculty of health sciences,[6] coordinated the endocrinology training programme for the board of study in medicine at the University of Colombo's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine from 1998 to 2004,[7] managed the World Diabetes Foundation project in Sri Lanka,[8] was editor and vice-president of the Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka and was the founding director of the Sri Lanka Twin Registry.[9] [10] [11] Fernando was a charter member of the board of study in medical administration at PGIM Colombo,[12] [13] was involved in the specialist training of doctors in Sri Lanka through the Royal College of Physicians[14] [15] and was connected to efforts to prevent discrimination against diabetes patients.[16] [17] He had a health-policy advisory role on a World Bank project[18] and engaging the media in diabetes care[19] through the Diabetes Forum.[20] Fernando was secretary in 1995 and 1997,[21] [22] treasurer in 1998 and vice-president in 2000 of the Sri Lanka Medical Association; secretary (1993–1996) and treasurer (1997–1998) of the Ceylon College of Physicians; founding president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka (later named Osteoporosis Sri Lanka);[23] from 2000 to 2004,[24] [25] editor (1994–1995) and treasurer (1996–2000) of the Endocrine Society of Sri Lanka;[7] part of a Sri Lanka task force for the eradication of rabies,[26] and charter committee members of the National Stroke Association of Sri Lanka[27] and the for the Brain Research and Neuroscience Centre's advisory panel.[28] While working in Sri Lanka, Fernando held clinical and research fellowships and senior research fellowships at the University of Manchester, visiting professorships with the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and the University of Sheffield and an honorary professorship at Sheffield Hallam University;[29] he later emigrated to the United Kingdom.

Research

Publications

Citation report
Total citations 1157
Citations without self-citations 1128
Citing articles 1013
Average citations per item 12.31
17[30] [31] [32]

Grants

Fernando has been an applicant or co-applicant in grants received from the Wellcome Trust[33] and the World Diabetes Foundation.[34]

Professional affiliations and honors

He has received academic honors from:

With Victor Hettigoda, Fernando received a presidential award for research.[40] He was made an honorary fellow of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka an Honorary Fellow of the College of Medical Administrators of Sri Lanka and an Honorary Fellow of he College of Endocrinologists of Sri Lanka. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London and Edinburgh and the Ceylon College of Physicians.[41]

Voluntary service

Fernando chaired the Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Trust, based in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Ratmalana, from 1990 to 2004;[42] [43] helped establish a renal dialysis unit[44] and transit home[45] for patients and families visiting the University of Sri Jayewardenepura faculty of health sciences and its teaching hospital in 1998;[46] set up computer servers linking the John Pease Diabetes Centre in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England and centres in Sri Lanka to aid education in Sri Lanka,[47] and assisted in disaster relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[48]

Other activities

Fernando was a school prefect,[49] won awards in rugby and athletics (finished second in the 1973 400m junior national AAA championships),[50] [51] was active in classical, English debating and drama societies[52] [53] and was part of the rugby union Royal-Thomian rivalry[54] [55] on the 1975 S. Thomas' College team coached by Quentin Israel, called the best Thomian team by sports journalist Sharm de Alwis.[56] [57]

He captained the University of Colombo rugby team, scoring two tries in a victory against Colombo Hockey and Football Club;[58] placed second in the 400m hurdles at the 1976 junior national AAA championships, and represented the Colombo Hockey and Football Club in the 1981 First Division Rugby Union tournament.[59] Fernando has coached rugby teams in Sri Lanka and the UK.[60]

United Kingdom 2005-

Fernando moved to the United Kingdom in 2005, where he has been a consultant endocrinologist, Head of the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust's Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology at King's Mill Hospital[61] and a member of the foot-care team,[62] associate medical director for clinical governance[63] and member of a trial steering committee.[64] In collaboration with the Thyroid Association, he has delivered lectures with colleague George Thomson.[65] [66] [67] Fernando is a board member of the Thanet[60] [68] Sheffield clinical commissioning groups[69] [70] and Northampton[71] as well as a member of the Diabetes Think Tank, a parliamentary advisory group.[72] [73] and medical advisor to Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. linkedin.com . 2011-11-29.
  2. Web site: D.S.Jayasekera-Unassuming in disposition, he walked tall.Daily Mirror, 24 th August 2006. tyretracks.com . 2011-07-15.
  3. Web site: Sharm de Alwis Thomians honour Quentin Israel . The Island . 26 September 2013 . 20 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Prevention of non-communicable diseases - challenges in the next century Daily News, Saturday 28, February 1998 . hettiarachchi.tripod.com. 2011-09-28.
  5. Web site: Prevention of non-communicable disease - challanges[sic] in the next century Ravindra Fernando Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 1999, 32, 9-18 ]. National Science Foundation. 2013-12-26.
  6. Web site: Faculty of Graduate Studies third research sessions Daily News Friday, 21 December 2001. dailynews.lk. 2011-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028230626/http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/12/21/new20.html. 28 October 2004. dead.
  7. Web site: Milestones in the history of the Endocrine Society of Sri Lanka. endocrinesociety.wordpress.com. 2012-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320192156/http://endocrinesociety.wordpress.com/council/history/milestone/. 20 March 2013. dead.
  8. Web site: Diabetes is slowly but steadily rearing its head among the majority of Sri Lankans, and it's time to take notice . sundaytimes.lk. 2011-11-15.
  9. Web site: A National Twin Registry has been launched to facilitate research in this fascinating field The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 13th December 1998. sundaytimes.lk . 2011-05-28.
  10. Sri Lanka twin Registry. 10.1375/twin.5.5.424. 5. 05. Twin Research. 424–426. 2002. Sumathipala. Athula. Siribaddana. Sisira. Silva. Nimali De. Fernando. Devaka. Abeysingha. Nihal. Dayaratne. Rohana. Silva. Deepthi De. Warnasuriya. Narada. Hotopf. Mathew. 12537869. free.
  11. Web site: Message from Prof. Rohan Jayesekara, The Head of the Department of Anatomy and the Director of the Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. infolanka.com . 2012-12-20.
  12. Web site: A Seminar on Medical Management Professor Devaka Fernando MBBS MD FRCP FRCP (Edin) Msc, was the keynote speaker. cmasl.lk. 2012-01-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20140901090827/http://cmasl.lk/news.php#df. 1 September 2014. dead.
  13. Web site: A Seminar on Medical Management Professor Devaka Fernando . cmasl.lk. 2012-01-04.
  14. Web site: International educational partnerships for doctors in training: a collaborative framework with the RCP. rcplondon.ac.uk. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155405/http://old.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/clinicalmedicine/0502marapr/0502_marchapril_prof3.htm. 23 August 2011. dead.
  15. Web site: Partnership with colleagues in other countries. sfh-tr.nhs.uk. 2011-05-28.
  16. Web site: A Champion in the making: An Interview with Dayan Rathnajith. novoindia.com. 2012-11-30.
  17. Web site: Doctor and sportsman Edward Arambewela Ceylon daily News Friday 16th November 2001 . dailynews.lk . 2012-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120201132335/http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/11/16/fea06.html . 1 February 2012 . dead .
  18. Web site: Rationalising NCD Care in the Maldives. ihp.lk . 2011-05-28.
  19. 10.1002/pdi.1000. Engaging the media in diabetes prevention in Sri Lanka. 23. 8. Practical Diabetes International. 335–337. 2006. Gunathilake. W.. Kulasinghe. Rajendra. Siriwardana. A.. Hettiarchchi. K.. Thomson. GA. Fernando. DJS.
  20. Web site: A Diabetes Forum for the Sri Lankan health community. emdtr.org. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121556/http://www.emdtr.org/projects/diabetesforum/diabetesforum.htm. 7 July 2011. dead.
  21. Web site: Dr Lucien Jayasuriya SLMA News September 2012 Volume 5 Issue 09 page 12. Slmanews . 2012-12-03.
  22. Web site: Dr S Ramachandran SLMA News August 2012 volume 5 Issue 08 page 16 . 22 August 2012 . Slma.lk . 2013-02-16.
  23. Web site: Osteoporosis Sri Lanka Society News. iofbonehealth.org . 2011-09-30.
  24. Web site: Osteoporosis society launched The Sunday Times 13th February 2000 . sundaytimes.lk. 2011-05-28.
  25. Web site: As a national survey on osteoporosis gets underway, Sunday Times . sundaytimes.lk . 17 October 2004 . 2011-05-28.
  26. Web site: Task Force to eradicate rabies. dailynews.lk. 2012-11-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20041226224224/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/04/26/fea06.html. 26 December 2004. dead.
  27. Web site: Rienzie elected to head National Stroke Association. dailymirror.lk. 2012-12-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055101/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2004/05/26/news/3.asp. 21 September 2013.
  28. Web site: Professor Devaka Fernando . btnrc.org . 2012-10-01 . 2013-11-13.
  29. Web site: Sheffield Hallam University, Honorary Professors, Postgraduate Institute of Medical and Dental Education . shu.ac.uk. 2011-05-28.
  30. Web site: Devaka J S Fernando . 2011-12-23.
  31. Web site: Devaka Fernando . pubfacts.com. 2016-01-20.
  32. Web site: Devaka JS Fernando . academic.research.microsoft.com. 2015-05-28.
  33. Web site: The Wellcome Trust Grants Awarded 2007/08. wellcome.ac.uk . 2011-05-28.
  34. Web site: Preventing Diabetes and NCDs. worlddiabetesfoundation.org . 2011-05-28.
  35. Web site: The Diabetic Foot . hellis.srilanka.healthrepository.org . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817192345/http://hellis.srilanka.healthrepository.org/handle/123456789/6136 . 17 August 2011 . dead .
  36. Web site: The Clinical epidemiology of thyroid disease in Sri Lanka . hellis.srilanka.healthrepository.org . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817192643/http://hellis.srilanka.healthrepository.org/handle/123456789/6214?mode=full&submit_simple=Show+full+item+record . 17 August 2011 . dead .
  37. Web site: Sir Nicholas Attygalle Oration -List of Orators. slma.lk. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145607/http://www.slma.lk/sna.html. 22 July 2011. dead.
  38. Web site: Lifestyle Diseases in Sri Lanka – a Medical Tsunami Kandy Society of Medicine annual sessions begin, The Island 13th February 2006 . island.lk. 2011-05-28.
  39. Web site: 31st Annual Sessions. theksm.org. 2011-08-18.
  40. Web site: Hettigoda honoured Sunday Leader. 8 August 2010. the sunday leader.lk. 2011-05-28.
  41. Web site: Ceylon College of Physicians Fellowships Sunday Times 1st November 1998. sundaytimes.lk. 2011-05-28.
  42. Web site: Community Health Awareness Programme, Monaragala District General Hospital. emdtr.org. 2011-07-15.
  43. Capacity building through research and educational collaboration: a report of a UK–Sri Lanka collaboration. 10.1002/pdi.1008. 23. 8. Practical Diabetes International. 350–352. 2006. Dissanayake. A.. Idampitiya. CA. Amarasinghe. A.. Thomson. GA. Fernando. DJS. free.
  44. Web site: Dialysis project for Colombo South (Kalubowila) Teaching Hospital, Sri-Lanka . snni.brinkster.net . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110827121947/http://snni.brinkster.net/help/pilisarana.html . 27 August 2011 . dead .
  45. Web site: Transit home and dialysis unit for kidney patients The Sunday Leader 05th May 2002, Volume 8, Issue 42 . thesundayleader.lk . 2012-11-30.
  46. Web site: Transit home and dialysis unit for kidney patients Sunday Leader 5th May 2002 . thesundayleader.lk . 2011-05-28.
  47. Web site: Orchid and IBM support Sri Lankan diabetes project. moorlands-media.co.uk . 2015-08-29.
  48. Web site: Tsunami Disaster . rcplondon.ac.uk . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110823155338/http://old.rcplondon.ac.uk/international/Documents/InternationalFocus03.pdf . 23 August 2011 . dead .
  49. Web site: Senior Athletics Meet 1975;Notes and Comments College Magazine Vol.C. No.2- Term 11,1975 . tyretracks.com. 2011-08-10.
  50. Web site: Biography. tyretracks.com . 2011-10-01.
  51. Web site: Athletics Team 1972. stx-class of 74.blogspot.co.uk . 2015-10-01.
  52. Rohan Edirisinghe: Those memorable days in the 1970's St Thomas' College Mount Lavinia, in The History of the Old Boys' Association, MD Gunasena &Co 1985 page 172
  53. Web site: This Doctor is father of Prof. Devaka Fernando, who had brought great honour and glory to College. In school he was very popular amongst the teachers as an outstanding student. He was also keen Rugby player and athlete. . tyretracks.com . 2012-11-22.
  54. Ceylon Daily News Lake House Newspapers 12 July 1975
  55. Daily Mirror 12 July 1975
  56. Web site: A Brief overview of Thomian Rugby . tyretracks.com. 2011-09-01.
  57. Web site: Thomians honour Quentin Israel by Sharm de Alwis . island.lk. 2014-02-26.
  58. The Observer Lake House Newspapers Ltd DR Wijewardena Mawate 20 May 1979 page 26
  59. Professor Upali Illangasekera President Kandy Society of Medicine: Citation for award of Senaka Bibile Gold Medal, Kandy Society of Medicine 2005
  60. Web site: Launch of Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group. thanetccg.nhs.uk. 2013-07-18.
  61. Web site: Prof Devaka Fernando. sfh-tr.nhs.uk. 2013-07-12.
  62. Web site: King's Mill Hospital foot care team collect top award . sfh-tr.nhs.uk. 2013-07-12.
  63. Web site: Information Technology in Clinical Governance. worldofhealthit.org. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003213659/http://www.worldofhealthit.org/sessionhandouts/documents/PS28-2-Fernando.pdf. 3 October 2011. dead.
  64. Tyrer . P. . et al . 2014. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety in medical patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial . 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61905-4 . The Lancet . 383. 9913. 219–225. 24139977 . 35941804 .
  65. Web site: First Hypoparathyroidism Awareness meeting. btfthyroid.org . 2011-09-01.
  66. Web site: Joint BTF and HPTH UK Thyroid/Parathyroid Awareness Meeting . btfthyroid.org . 2011-09-01.
  67. Web site: Professor to give talk on thyroid issues . https://archive.today/20130714223258/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Professor-talk-thyroid-issues/story-16456006-detail/story.html%23axzz2Z0U4H9gt . dead . 2013-07-14 . thisisnottingham . 2013-07-10 .
  68. Web site: Launch of Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group. thanetccg.nhs.uk. 2013-05-31.
  69. Web site: Annual Report. sheffieldccg.nhs.uk. 2020-05-10.
  70. Web site: Minutes of Public meeting. sheffieldccg.nhs.uk. 2016-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312004139/http://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/CCG%20Board%20Papers/September%202015%20Board%20Papers/PAPER%20Aii%20draft%20Public%20minutes%2016.7.15.pdf. 12 March 2016. dead.
  71. Web site: Secondary Care Doctor.
  72. Web site: DIABETES THINK TANK NICE: a discussion paper on potential policy recommendations for the Diabetes Think Tank. diabetesthinktank.org.uk . 2013-05-31.
  73. Web site: The Diabetes Think Tank. diabetesthinktank.org.uk . 2016-03-31.

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