Specialty Updates

The specialty update is a monthly held academic forum where Ceylon College of Physicians collaborates with sister colleges.  Aim of this programme is to share expert knowledge of members from sub-specialties with the specialists from other disciplines as well as postgraduate trainees, medical officers, and medical students. Each month is dedicated to a particular speciality and the relevant college take the lead in organizing four to five lectures. 

09th June 2026

11.30 am – 1.30 pm

@ClinMARC Auditorium

Symposium 1

Bloody Diarrhoea

Dr Vajira Samarawickrama

Consultant Gastroenterologist 
Nationl Hospital Sri Lanka

⁠Chronic Abdominal Pain & Diarrhoea

Dr ⁠Hishali Jayasundara

Consultant Gastroenterologist 
District General Hospital 
Nuwara Eliya

LOW and Diarrhoea

Dr Eranda Luxman

Consultant Gastroenterologist 
District General Hospital
Matale

 

Symposium 2

⁠ Functional Diarrhoea

Dr Sunantha Niruban

Consultant Gastroenterologist 
Nationl Hospital, Galle

Upper GI Bleeding

Dr Eranga Thalagala

Consultant Gastroenterologist 
District General Hospital 
Chilaw

 

Dysphagia

Dr Supun Kulathunga

Consultant Gastroenterologist 
District General Hospital
Kuliyapitiya

 

Expert Panel Discussion