Dr. Vasana Mendis

Senior lecturer

Department of Pathology

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Consultant Haematologist

Teaching Hospital

Anuradhapura

Previous Appointments 

2012 - present; head, Department of Pathology,  Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

2018 - present; visiting lecturer (military nursing school, Anuradhapura)

2018; Editor of hematology sessions of MLT diploma course in hematology of the Open University of Sri Lanka

2016 - 2017; warden, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

• Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, Distinction in Microbiology,anatomy and physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya - September 1999

• November 2007 - Diploma in pathology

Postgraduate institute  of medicine, University of Colombo

• January 2011 - Doctor of Medicine in Hematology

Postgraduate institute  of medicine, University of Colombo

Fellowships and memberships

• Member of Sri Lanka collage of hematologist
• Clinical fellow in hematology –(post MD overseas training ),Royal derby hospital, united kingdom(July 2014-January 2015)
• Licentiate of trinity college of London (LTCL) in pianoforte performance (1993)
• Certified teacher in associated board of royal schools of music.

Best oral presentation - second place- Anuradhapura clinical sessions 2013- Thalassaemia trait a neglected cause of anaemia in pregnancy in Anuradhapura

Gold medal in Anatomy (1995)- Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Awarded Panabokke memorial prize for pathology (1998)- Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Best oral presentation (1^st place )- Anuradhapura clinical society

2018-2020 - Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) Grant  for the research project titled “Generating Evidence for Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths (GEEPMD)” - Co-investigator

• The geo-spatial perspective of biological, social and environmental determinants of early pregnancy anaemia in rural Sri Lanka: Need for context-specific approaches on prevention Gayani Shashikala Amarasinghe,1 ThiliniChanchala Agampodi,1 Vasana Mendis,2SunethBuddhika Agampodi1 1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri       Lanka, Saliyapura; 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata Universit     of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka    
• Cross-sectional study to assess etiology and associated factors for anaemia during the first trimester of pregnancy in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka: a protocol [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] Gayani Amarasinghe, Vasana Mendis, Thilini Agampodi, Suneth Agampodi
• Mendis V, Chathurani U, Agampodi TC, Agampodi SB(2013) Thlassaemia trait; a neglected cause of anemia during pregnancy in Anuradhapura.Annual academic sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society 2013, Anuradhapura.

• Weerawansa MRP, Dahanayka NJ,Siribaddana S, Pilapitiya S, Mendis V,Somathilaka MWVTD, Nawarathne RMDNK,Wijerathne AT,Agampodi S . Rabdomyolysis in Russell’s  viper bite. Accepted as a poster presentation at  the 46 ^th  annual academic sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians 2013.

• Haematology to medical students of Fathe culty of Medicine Karapitya from 2007 to 2010 during the postgraduate training
• Pathology and haematology to medical students at FMAS, RUSL from 2010 up to date
• Clinical haematology to medical registrars of the professorial medical unit TH Anuradhapura from 2013 up to date
• General pathology to nursing students in military nursing school from 2018 up to date

• 2018-2020-Constructing a database on vitamin B12 and vitamin D in vegetarians of Anuradhapura
• 2018-2020 -Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) Grant  for the research project titled “Generating Evidence for Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths (GEEPMD)” - Co-investigator

• Qualified music teacher (passed grade 8 ABRSM- UK, LTCL holder ) for ABRSM piano practical and theory exams

• Editor of haematology sessions of MLT diploma course in haematology of the Open University of Sri Lanka