Department of Clinical Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, UOC

🩺 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟗𝟖

Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

The Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, together with the Professorial Unit in Medicine and Consultant Physicians of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, is pleased to announce the 98th Grand Round.

This academic session will feature two thought-provoking clinical presentations focusing on diagnostic challenges and clinical reasoning.

🔹 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲.”

Presenters:
• Dr. Mekala Gunawardena – Registrar in General Medicine
• Dr. Dhanushka Nuwan Pathirana – Senior Registrar in Internal Medicine
• Dr. Dhanapala Dissanayake – Consultant Physician
• Dr. Manohari Senevirathne – Consultant Physician

🔹 “𝐇𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬.”

Presenter:
• Prof. Thashi Chang – Senior Professor in Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

📅 Date: Friday, 26 June 2026
⏰ Time: 12.00 noon – 1.00 pm
📍 Venue: Prof. Rezvi Sheriff Auditorium, ClinMARC

This Grand Round provides a valuable platform for clinical learning, discussion, and sharing of medical knowledge among healthcare professionals and trainees.

All are welcome.

🔴 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐌𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑
From Hypertension to Cardiovascular Disease and the Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Pre-webinar interview: 26 May 2026
Live webinar: 19 June 2026 from 14.00 to 15.00 CEST
Post-webinar infographic: 1 July 2026

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✅ Emerging applications of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
✅ Expert speakers and interactive discussion
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𝟵𝟬𝗸𝗪 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 M𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼

Faculty of Medicine Officially Launches Landmark 80 kW Mega Batch Solar Energy Project.
Marking a significant milestone in its commitment to sustainability and renewable energy, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, officially launched the 80 kW Mega Batch Solar Energy Project on the 10th. The project, generously funded and donated by the Faculty's Mega Batch Alumni Group, was inaugurated under the patronage of the Hon. Deputy Minister of Environment, Anton Jayakody.

This landmark initiative reflects the Faculty's dedication to environmental stewardship, energy efficiency, and sustainable development, while highlighting the invaluable contribution of its alumni community toward advancing institutional progress and supporting a greener future.

The solar energy project is expected to significantly reduce the Faculty's carbon footprint and electricity costs, contributing to the University's broader sustainability goals and serving as a model for environmentally responsible practices within the higher education sector.

🫀 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦.

Organ transplantation is one of the most remarkable achievements in modern medicine. It offers a second chance at life for patients suffering from end-stage organ failure and significantly improves both survival and quality of life.

Across the world, thousands of individuals are waiting for a life-saving transplant due to severe diseases affecting the kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, and other vital organs. For many of these patients, hope lies in the generosity of a single organ donor.

Organ donation has the extraordinary power to save multiple lives and transform countless others. It represents one of the greatest acts of compassion and humanity—giving the gift of life even beyond one's lifetime.

🌍 Why World Transplant Day Matters

World Transplant Day is observed to:

✔️ Raise awareness about organ transplantation and organ donation
✔️ Highlight the life-saving impact of organ donors and transplant teams
✔️ Encourage public participation in organ donation programs
✔️ Celebrate advances in transplantation medicine and patient care
✔️ Inspire communities to support and advocate for organ donation

🩺 Common Types of Organ Transplantation
Kidney Transplantation
🩸 Liver Transplantation
🫀 Heart Transplantation
🫁 Lung Transplantation
👁️ Corneal Transplantation

💙 How You Can Make a Difference

🔹 Learn about organ donation and transplantation from reliable sources.
🔹 Discuss your wishes regarding organ donation with your family and loved ones.
🔹 Help spread awareness within your community.
🔹 Support initiatives that promote organ donation and transplant medicine.

✨ A Message of Hope

Every organ donor leaves behind a legacy of hope, healing, and renewed life. Through organ donation, one person can impact many lives, giving patients the opportunity to return to their families, pursue their dreams, and contribute to society.

👉👉"Organ Donation is the Ultimate Gift of Life."

👉👉Your decision today could become someone's chance to live tomorrow.
"අද ඔබගේ තීරණය හෙට දින කෙනෙකුගේ ජීවිතය, සිනහව සහ අනාගතය රැක දිය හැක."

🫀 WORLD TRANSPLANT DAY 2026

අවයව බද්ධ කිරීම (Organ Transplantation) යනු නවීන වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාවේ විශිෂ්ටතම ජයග්‍රහණයන් අතරින් එකකි. අවයව අකර්මණ්‍යතාවයෙන් පෙළෙන රෝගීන්ට නැවත සෞඛ්‍ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ලබාදීමට මෙම ප්‍රතිකාර ක්‍රමය අතිශයින්ම වැදගත් වේ.

ලොව පුරා දහස් ගණනක් පුද්ගලයන් වකුගඩු, අක්මාව, හෘදය, පෙනහළු සහ අනෙකුත් අවයවවල දරුණු රෝගී තත්ත්වයන් හේතුවෙන් ජීවිතය හා මරණය අතර සටනක නිරත වෙති. ඔවුන්ට බොහෝ විට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ එක් අවයව දායකයෙකුගේ උතුම් තීරණයක් පමණි.

අවයව දායකත්වය මඟින් එක් පුද්ගලයෙකුට ජීවිත කිහිපයක් බේරාගැනීමටත්, තවත් බොහෝ දෙනෙකුගේ ජීවන තත්ත්වය සැලකිය යුතු ලෙස වැඩිදියුණු කිරීමටත් හැකියාව ඇත. එය මරණයෙන් පසුවත් ජීවිතයට බලාපොරොත්තුවක් ලබාදෙන මනුෂ්‍යත්වයේ උතුම්ම පරිත්‍යාගයකි.

🌍 Why World Transplant Day Matters

World Transplant Day යනු,
✔️ අවයව බද්ධ කිරීම පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් කිරීම
✔️ අවයව දායකත්වයේ වැදගත්කම අවධාරණය කිරීම
✔️ ජීවිත බේරාගැනීම සඳහා සමාජයේ සහභාගීත්වය වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම
✔️ අවයව බද්ධ කිරීමේ විද්‍යාත්මක හා සමාජීය ප්‍රගතිය සැමරීම

සඳහා වෙන්වූ ජාත්‍යන්තර දිනයකි.

# # # 🩺 Common Types of Organ Transplantation

🫀 Heart Transplantation
🫁 Lung Transplantation
🩸 Liver Transplantation
🫘 Kidney Transplantation
👁️ Corneal Transplantation

💙 What Can You Do?

🔹 අවයව දායකත්වය පිළිබඳ නිවැරදි තොරතුරු ලබාගන්න.
🔹 ඔබගේ පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් සමඟ මේ පිළිබඳව සංවාදයක් ආරම්භ කරන්න.
🔹 ජීවිත බේරාගැනීමේ මෙම උතුම් මෙහෙවර පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා ඔබත් දායක වන්න.

🏛️ Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

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𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
The Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, is pleased to host a special session for MPhil and PhD candidates on the application of emerging technologies in contemporary research.

The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Senthilkumar Somasundaram, Chair of the Department of Computers and Technology at St. George’s University, Grenada. With extensive experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Big Data Analytics, and technology-enabled innovation, Professor Senthilkumar has contributed to research spanning engineering, healthcare, finance, and intelligent systems.

Designed for researchers from diverse disciplines, the session will explore how emerging technological tools can support the entire research process—from developing research designs and collecting data to advanced analytics, knowledge discovery, and research dissemination. Particular attention will be given to the growing role of Artificial Intelligence and data-driven approaches in contemporary research practice.

The workshop forms part of the Research Methodology Course conducted under the MPhil/PhD Programme – 2026 and aims to equip postgraduate researchers with insights into the opportunities and challenges presented by rapidly evolving technological developments.

Session: 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
Date: 𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Time: 𝟗.𝟎𝟎 𝐚.𝐦. – 𝟏𝟏.𝟑𝟎 𝐩.𝐦.
Venue: 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨

The session is designed to support postgraduate researchers from diverse academic disciplines in navigating the changing landscape of research in an increasingly technology-driven world.

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓 - 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟e💙

The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland that plays a big role in maintaining your body’s energy, metabolism, growth, and overall well-being. Many thyroid disorders can be effectively managed when detected early.

Be aware of the symptoms, get regular check-ups, and take care of your thyroid health.

Small Gland… Big Impact.

Thyroid ග්‍රන්ථිය යනු සමනල හැඩයේ කුඩා ග්‍රන්ථියක් වන අතර, එය ශරීරයේ ශක්තිය, metabolism (පරිවෘත්තීය ක්‍රියාවලිය), වර්ධනය සහ සමස්ත සෞඛ්‍යය පවත්වාගෙන යාම සඳහා ඉතා වැදගත් භූමිකාවක් ඉටු කරයි. Thyroid ආශ්‍රිත බොහෝ රෝග කල්තියා හඳුනාගතහොත් සාර්ථකව පාලනය කළ හැක.

රෝග ලක්ෂණ පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් වන්න, නිරන්තර පරීක්ෂාවන් සිදුකරගන්න, සහ ඔබේ Thyroid සෞඛ්‍යය රැකගන්න.

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