MBBS MD(Psych) D.Psychology MSLCPsych
Lecturer
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Acting Consultant Psychiatrist
Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura
- Appointments
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- Teaching Experience
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1. January 2021 to date
Position
Acting Consultant Psychiatrist
Lecturer in Psychiatry
Professorial Psychiatry unit
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2. August 2021 - January 2022
Position
Advanced trainee in psychiatry
Acute Inpatient Unit – Blacktown Mental Health
Blacktown Hospital NSW
Telephone: 02 9881 8888
3. February 2021 - August 2021
Position
Advanced trainee in Psychiatry
Aged Care Psychiatry & Neuro Sciences Unit (ACPNU)
St Joseph’s Hospital
Auburn NSW
Telephone: 02 9649 8941
4. February 2020 – February 2021
Position
Advanced trainee in psychiatry
Acute Inpatient Unit – Blacktown Mental Health
Blacktown Hospital
Telephone: 02 9881 8888
5. December 2019- February 2020
Position
Advanced trainee in psychiatry
Acute Inpatient Unit - Mental Health Centre
Level 2 Mental Health Centre, Nepean Hospital
Telephone: 02 4734 2544
6. December 2017- December 2019
Position
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist (Acting)
Lecturer in Psychiatry (Full time, paid)
Professorial Psychiatry Unit
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
+94252227704
7. December 2016 - November 2017
Position
Senior Registrar in Psychiatry (Full time, paid)
National Institute of Mental Health, Mulleriyawa New Town, Angoda, Sri Lanka
+94112 578 234
8. September 2014 – November 2016
Position
Registrar in Psychiatry (Full time, paid)
University Psychiatry Unit - Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka
+94112 959 261
9. March 2014 – September 2014
Position
Registrar in Psychiatry (Full time, paid)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Sri Lanka
+94112763070
10. December 2013 – March 2014
Position
Registrar in Forensic psychiatry (Full time, Paid)
Forensic psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health, Angoda, Sri Lanka
+94714758006
11. September 2013 – December 2013
Position
Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Full time, Paid)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University
of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
94112959261
12. September 2012 – September 2013
Position
Registrar in General adult Psychiatry (Full time, Paid)
Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka
+94812 222 261
13. July 2009- September 2012
Position
Lecturer in Psychiatry (Full time/paid)
Medical officer in Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
94252 222 261
Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
12. July 2008- July 2009
Position
Intern House Officer (Full time/ paid)
13. July 2007 – July 2008
Position
Temporary Lecturer (Full time)
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka
+94 (81) 2388301
Professional qualifications
MBBS University of Peradeniya-Sri Lanka-2007
Diploma in Psychology American College of Higher Education-Sri Lanka 2008
Certificate in Teaching University of Colombo-Sri Lanka-2012
in Higher Education
MD (Psychiatry) University of Colombo-Sri Lanka-2016
Member of Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
Fellowships
Fellowship, 5th Leadership and Professional Skills Course for Early Career Psychiatrists, Dr. Ramachandra N Moorthy Foundation for Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, Bangalore, India
2017
Fellowship of South Asian Hub for Advocacy Research & Education on Mental Health
(SHARE)- 2011
Fellowship, 5th Leadership and Professional Skills Course for Early Career Psychiatrists, Dr. Ramachandra N Moorthy Foundation for Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, Bangalore, India 2017
WASP Young Psychiatrist Track Award- Annual Congress of the World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP)- New Delhi, India, 2016
Fellowship of South Asian Hub for Advocacy Research & Education on Mental Health (SHARE)- 2011
Siriwardhana, C., Adikari, A., Jayaweera, K., Abeyrathna, B., Sumathipala, A., 2016. Integrating mental health into primary care for post-conflict populations: a pilot study. Int. J. Ment. Health Syst. 10, 12. DOI:10.1186/s13033-016-0046-x
Kosala Amaranayake, Buddhika Abeyrathna, WAL Wickramasinghe, 2017. “ Economic impact of alcohol use disorders on patients and their families”, abstract book, Global Alcohol Policy Conference (GAPC2017)
Buddhika Abeyrathna, Paul Bolton, Anna Chiumento, Athula Sumathipala, 2016. “Priority mental health and psychosocial problems of post-conflict communities: A qualitative study in northern Sri Lanka ”, and oral presentation at XXII World Congress of the World Association for Social Psychiatry –WASP
2016 ,November 30th –December 04th 2016
Wickramasinghe, W. A. L., Amaranayake, R. M. K., Abeyrathna, B., 2013. “Outcome of patients discharged from intermediate stay rehabilitation unit, Deltota Sri Lanka”, Proceedings of SLCOP annual academic sessions 2013
Mafaz M. G. M., Wickramasinghe, W. A. L., Amaranayake, R. M. K., Abeyrathna, B., 2013. “Outcome of patients registered at mental health clinic, Teaching Hospital Kandy: An overview” Proceedings of SLCOP annual academic sessions 2013
Abeyrathna, B., 2011. “An Attempt to Identify the Student Positions in Perry model in a Sri Lankan Medical School”, Proceedings of SLAIHEE conference on higher education in Sri Lanka, May 13th 2011, 06-07 Book Chapter “Assessment of mental health complaints” Chapter 2 in “HANDBOOK OF Clinical Psychiatry, A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS IN MENTAL HEALTH” ISBN :
978-955-710-000-0 , Samudra Book Publications, 2021
December 2017- December 2019
Teaching and supervising final-year medical undergraduates during their professorial psychiatry appointment
A final year batch consists of around 180 medical students and a group of 35-38 students do the
professorial psychiatry appointment at a given time
Teaching consists of Lectures Ward Classes
Teaching nursing staff and social workers to conduct basic psychotherapy. A task-shifting approach is used dedicated psychotherapists or counselors are not available
December 2016 - November 2017
Teaching proper-MDsychiatry trainees, Diploma trainees in psychiatry, medical students and nursing students
December 2016 - November 2017
Teaching medical students, nursing staff and mental health workers
March 2014 – September 2014
Teaching medical students, nursing staff and mental health workers
July 2007 – July 2008
Conducting lectures
Coordinating the study programs for the Medical Laboratory Sciences students
December 2017- December 2019
Conducting the department’s research program. The ongoing projects include research in
Mental health issues in post-war population
Suicide prevention
Medically unexplained symptoms
Alcohol and other substance use
Medical education • Supervising undergraduate students’ research projects
This year the student project supervised by Buddhika was selected for presentation at “ Asia
Pacific Medical Education Conference- APMEC” in Singapore.
| Phone | : | (+94) 25 2227704 (office) |
| E- mail | : | abeyrathna@ymail.com |
| abeyrathna@med.rjt.ac.lk |
Research experience
Training workshops “Mental Health Services Research in a Humanitarian Context”, Institute of
Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre, Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2013,2014,2015
Honorary Research Associate
Institute for Research & Development (IRD), Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka:
Period: 2012 to date
Member, Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medical & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri
Lanka, 2011
Research training
Resource person, “ The 4th annual international course on Qualitative Methods for Health and Social
Care Research” 9th to 13th March 2016, Postgraduate Institute of Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Resource person “Action Research Workshop for Provincial Educational Research Officers”
organized by Institute for Research & Development held on 20th & 21st of April 2015 at the Ministry
Education, Sri Lanka
Honorary positions in professional bodies
Examiner, Psychiatry training for Nursing Officers, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka 2017
Resource person, Samutthana /Sri Lanka Volunteers, The King’s College London Resource Centre
for Trauma, Displacement & Mental Health, 2017
Facilitator for Problem Based Learning (PBL) sessions for medical students at Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo.
Continuous professional development
Pre congress workshop on “ Leadership for Young Psychiatrists”, International Congress of the Asian
Federation of Psychiatric Associations- may 2016
The workshop on Scientific Writing conducted by Sri Lanka college of Psychiatrists in collaboration
with World psychiatrists association – 30.05.2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Pre-congress workshop on “Basics in Family Therapy”, 12th Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri
Lanka College of Psychiatrists- March 2015, CPD Points-09
Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry organized by the Sri Lanka College of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatrists – From 30.04.2015 to01.05.2015.
Delegate, 12th Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists- March 2015,
CPD Points-30
Workshop on “Role of the Psychiatrist in Strengthening Caregiver Associations”, Sri Lanka College of
Psychiatrists, January 2015, CPD Points-06
The workshop on Dialectic behavior therapy conducted by Sri Lanka college of Psychiatrists in
collaboration with World psychiatrists association – 30.03.2015 – Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Post Congress Workshop of 11th Annual Academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists,
March 2014, CPD Points- 04
Delegate, 11th Annual Academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, March 2014, CPD
Points-24
“Capacity Building on research for Psychiatrists” Regional Academic Meeting organized by Sri Lanka
College of Psychiatrists on 2nd December 2014
The workshop on Disorders of Intellectual Development organized by Sri Lanka College of
Psychiatrists in collaboration with world health organization and world association for psychosocial
rehabilitation – 2nd to 6th September2013.
Fourth world congress of Asian psychiatry, organized by Asian federation of psychiatric association–
3rd &4th August 2013, Colombo – Sri Lanka.
Current and all previous medical licensing authorities
Sri Lanka Medical Council-Registration number-24681
Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) Provisional registration number
(2019-2021)-MED 0002315152
