CURRICULUM VITAE · PDF file 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne Marital Status: Married Home address: 132/9 Upper Augustawatta, Uda-Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne Marital Status: Married Home address: 132/9 Upper Augustawatta, Uda-Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka Undergraduate career: First in the batch at the Final BDS examination Present appointment: Dean and Chair Professor of Oral Pathology Faculty of Dental Sciences University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka President: International Association of Oral- - Pathologists: 2016-18 Email - [email protected] TP - 94 8 2397201 Fax - 94 8 388948 Previous and other Present Appointments:

 Adjunct Visiting Professor at Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, India, 2016-18

 Founder Director, Centre for Research in Oral Cancer, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2013-2015

 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2015/16

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 “Sir Thomas Key Sidey visiting Professor” Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, New Zealand, 2013.

 Professor of Oral Pathology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Barts and the London, Queen Mary,University of London, UK 2010-11

 Professional Fellow to Queen Mary University of London, UK, 2007-2012  Councillor for Asia at the International Association of Oral Pathologists,

2008-2012.  Senior Lecturer (Clinical) in Oral Pathology, School of Medicine and

Dentistry Barts and the London Queen Mary, University of London United Kingdom, 2005-07.

 Visiting Professor to University of Niigata, Japan, 2005  Lecturer in Oral Pathology and Radiology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK

1996-1999  Lecturer and in Oral Pathology, University of Birmingham, UK, 1999  Proctor, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2007-2008  Head Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Qualifications: BDS (SL) MS (Col) PhD (JP) FDSRCS (UK) FRCPath (UK) University Education: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Professional experience:

 Working as a consultant Oral Pathologist for more than 25 years involving a very busy diagnostic service

 Teacher in Oral and General Pathology for both undergraduates and postgraduates for 25 years in different countries

 Examiner in both undergraduates and postgraduates examinations locally and internationally for more than 25 years

Memberships:

 Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences from 2017  Member of the Working Committee on Health Sciences at National Science

Foundation, 2016-19  Chairman of the smokeless tobacco sub-committee in the National Authority

on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), Sri Lanka 2015.  Member of the Professional conduct committee of the Sri Lanka Medical

Council of Sri Lanka, 2015 to date.

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 Member of the Preliminary proceedings committee of Sri Lanka Medical Council, 2015 to date.

 International Association of Oral Pathologists (President Elect): 2014-16  Board member of Sri Lanka Medical Council: 2015- to date  Member of the Board of Management of Postgraduate Institute of Medicine

Sri Lanka: 2015- to date  Member of the Standing Committee for Medicine and Dentistry, University

Grants Commission of Sri Lanka  Member of the Council of University of Peradeniya 2014- to date  British Society of Oral and Maxillo-facial Pathology  College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka  Asian Society of Oral Pathologists (Founder committee member)  Sri Lanka Dental Association  Member of the Committee on undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing

Education.  Sri Lanka Society of Allergy and Immunology  Member of the Senate, University of Peradeniya: 2000 to date  Vice President, Kandy Society of Medicine- 2013  Member of the Board of Study in Dental Surgery (Post-graduate institute of

Medicine Colombo, Sri Lanka)  Founder Board member for the Centre for study of Human Rights, University

of Peradeniya, 2003-05  Chairman, Specialty Board in Oral Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of

Medicine Colombo, Sri Lanka:2007 - 2015

Membership in other committees in the University (Present and past):

 Board member; International Research Centre, University of Peradeniya 2015  Warden, Senaka Bibile, University of Peradeniya 2001-2004  Chairman- Faculty Higher degrees committee  Chairman- Tobacco cessation unit  Chairman- computer aided learning unit  Chairman- Foreign qualifications committee  Chairman- Maintenance committee  Chairman - Research in Molecular Biology  University sports advisory committee  Faculty research and ethical Review committee  Faculty corporate plans committee  Academic development and planning Committee  Faculty co-group committee  Faculty clinical audit committee  Curriculum reforms committee  Equipment procurement committee  Review of University reforms and synchronization of academic

programme committee

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 Scholarships committee  Staff development committee  JICA – 3rd country training programme Committee  Member of the governing body of the centre for study of human rights  Member of the teaching evaluation committee  Member of the treatment evaluation committee

Editorial boards/Advisory panel of Journals:

 Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry (Associate Editor)  International Journal of Genetics and Genomics  Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medicine and Pathology  Journal of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and

Endodontology  ISRN Pathology  Microbial Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis  Journal of Orofacial Sciences  World Journal of Stomatology  Sri Lanka Medical Journal  Hantana Vision  Manipal Journal of Dental Sciences  Indian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Referee for Journals:

 Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine  Oral Diseases  Oral Oncology  Cancer Investigation  Journal of Pathology  International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry  Journal of Clinica Chimica Acta  Archives of Oral Biology  Mycopathologia  World Journal of Surgical Oncology  Cancer Letters  Journal of Oral Sugery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and

Endodontology  Journal of Oral BioSciences  Indian Journal of Dental Research  Journal of Pathology Research and Practice  Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry  Journal of Oncology  International Journal of Dentistry

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 Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery  Journal of Oral Med and Pathology  ISRN Pathology  Journal of Parasitology Research  Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology  Sri Lanka Medical Journal  Sri Lanka Dental Journal  Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology  BMC Clinical Pathology  European Journal of Molecular Biology  Cancer Research Journal  Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology  Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery  Journal of Cellular Biochemistry  British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research  Tumour Biology  Head and Neck Pathology  Oral Cancer

Contribution for curriculum development:

1. Development of BDS curriculum: Responsible for the development and reforms of the curriculum in various capacities including chairperson.

2. MD Oral Pathology: The key person in developing and implementing MD Oral Pathology Degree programme of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo. The first chairman of the Specialty Board in Oral Pathology.

3. Contributed to curricula in MD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Restorative Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dental auxiliary programme