Dr. Selvaratnam Srishankar

Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Allied sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka since 15^th May 2017 to date

• Doctor of Medicine (Surgery) (MD Surgery), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Fellowships

• Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow- FRCS (Glasg) since 13^th October 2020
• Member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh- MRCSEd since 04th July 2014
• Member of Royal College of Surgeons of England- MRCS(Eng) since 13^th June 2012
• Life Member, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka Since 21^st December 2012
• Life Member, Sri Lanka Medical Association Since 12^th October 2012
• Fellow of Royal Society of Public Health- FRSPH Since 30^thNovember 2014
• Fellow of Minimal Access Surgeons of India- FMAS Since 26^th October 2017
• Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland- FRAS Since 31^st March 2014.

1. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study C COVIDSurg, C GlobalSurg, S Palmisano, N de Manzini Anaesthesia 76 (6), 748-758

2. Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an international, multicenter, comparative cohort study J Glasbey, D Nepogodiev, J Simoes, O Omar, E Li, M Venn, M Chaar, ...Journal of Clinical Oncology 39 (1)

3. Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection Journal of British Surgery 107 (12), e601-e602

4. Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic COVIDSurg Collaborative, JC Glasbey, D Nepogodiev, JFF Simoes, ...Colorectal Disease 23 (3), 732-749

5. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative, D Nepogodiev, ...Anaesthesia 77 (1), 28-39

6. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative, D Nepogodiev, ...Anaesthesia 76 (11), 1454-1464

7. Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic British Journal of Surgery 108 (12), 1448-1464

8. The impact of surgical delay on resectability of colorectal cancer: An international prospective cohort study COVIDSurg Collaborative, M Adamina, AAdemuyiwa, A Adisa, ... Colorectal Disease

9. Valentino’s syndrome: A rare and lethal differential diagnosis for acute appendicitis VEU Rodrigo, G de Silva, DSH Jayasinghe, SPB Thalagaspitiya, S Srishankar SAGE Open Medical Case Reports 10, 2050313X221132069

10. V5 Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic COVIDSurg Collaborative

Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Allied sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka since 15^th May 2017 to date