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The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) is the professional association for doctors and surgical professionals in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be the oldest national professional organisation of medical professionals in Australasia. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the Sri Lanka Medical Council.




History


On the 26 February 1887 W. R. Kynsey (who later became Sir William Kynsey), the Principal Medical Officer of Ceylon arranged a meeting with fifteen other doctors, at the Colonial Medical Library on Maradana Road, Colombo, with a view to organising a branch of the British Medical Association in Ceylon. The proposal was formally agreed by the British Medical Association in April 1887. The inaugural meeting of the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association occurred on 17 December that year, with Dr P. D. Anthoniz elected as the association's first President. When the association was initially established it had a membership of sixty five doctors and within eleven years (1898) this had increased to 113.
In 1951 the name of the association was changed to the Ceylon Medical Association.
For the first 73 years the association's business was conducted at the Colonial Library, followed by another four years from the Consultants' Lounge of the Colombo General Hospital before it found its current permanent accommodation, "Wijerama House", when Dr E. M. Wijerama in 1964, gifted his residence, on McCarthy Road, for the use by the association. The donation resulted in McCarthy Road being renamed Wijerama Mawatha. "Wijerama House" also houses the offices of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, the Lionel Memorial Auditorium and offices of numerous other medical and related associations.

In 1972 Ceylon's name was changed to Sri Lanka and the association's name was changed to the Sri Lanka Medical Association.
Membership of the Association is open to Sri Lankan medical practitioners of all grades, from all branches of medicine in Sri Lanka.




Ceylon Medical Journal


The association's journal is the Ceylon Medical Journal, the first issue of which was published in August 1887. In 1904 the name was changed to the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association and in 1952 it was renamed back to the Ceylon Medical Journal. At 121 years, it is the oldest surviving English medical journal in Asia and Australasia, and is the leading scientific journal in Sri Lanka. The journal is indexed in BIOSIS Previews, EMBASE, CABI and Index Medicus.




Committees


The SLMA has the following Committees:

Ceylon Medical Journal
Ethics Review
Ethics
Honours
Research Promotion
Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry Management
Media
Non Communicable Diseases
Health, Innovation, Research and Practice




Anniversary International Medical Congress


The Annual International Congress has been held uninterrupted since it was first started in 1937 to mark the 50th anniversary of the association.




Past Presidents


P. D. Anthonisz
Sir William R. Kynsey
Dr James Loos
Dr J. L. Vanderstraaten
Sir J. D. Macdonald
Sir Allan Perry
Dr W. G. VanDort
Dr T. F. Garvin
W. G. Rockwood
Sir Marcus Fernando
Dr C. T. Griffin
Dr A. J. Chalmers
Dr M. Sinnetamby
Dr H. G. Thomasz
Sir Aldo Castellani
Sir Allan Perry
Dr S C Paul
Dr G J Rutherford
Dr Frank Grenier
Dr E. V. Ratnam
Dr R. L. Brohier
Dr Lucian de Zilwa
Dr L. D. Parsons
Dr S. D. Boylan Smith
Dr E. Garvin Mack
Dr I. David
Dr Andreas Nell
Dr P. J. Chissell
Dr H. M. Peiris
Dr J. H. G. Bridger
Dr Vanlangenberg
Dr S. Muttiah
Dr S. T. Gunasekera
Sir Frank Gunasekera
Prof W. A. E. Karunaratne
Dr H. O. Gunewardena
Dr S. L. Navaratnam
Dr E. C. Alles
Prof John R. Blaze
Nicholas Attygalle
Dr J H F Jayasuriya
Dr G. A. W. Wickramasuriya
Dr S. V. Gabriel
Dr Gunaratnam Cooke
Dr S. F. Chellappah
Dr May Ratnayake
Dr R. L. Spittel
Dr V. P. de Zoysa
Dr G. S. Sinnatamby
Dr E. M. Wijerama
Dr Cyril F. Fernando
Prof C. C. de Silva
Prof Milroy Paul
Prof M. V. P. Peiris
Dr A. S. Rajasingham
Prof. P. B. Fernando
Dr L. O. Abeyratne
Prof. Gerald H. Cooray
Dr M. C. M. Kaleel
Prof O. E. R. Abhayaratna
Dr Richard Caldera
Prof. V. Sivalingam
Dr W. A. Karunaratna
Dr P. R. Thiagarajah
Dr A. D. P. A. Wijegonawardena
Dr G. R. Handy
Dr Stanley de Silva
Dr F. de S. Goonawardena
Dr P. R. Anthonis
Dr W. D. L. Fernando
Dr M. P. M. Cooray
Dr E. H. Mirando
Dr W. D. Ratnavale
Dr L D C Austin
Dr O. .R Medonza
Dr S. Rajanayagam
Dr S. A. Cabraal
Dr P. Sivasubramaniam
Prof Daphne Attygale
Dr H. B. Perera
Dr S. E. Wijetilake
Dr B. A. V. Perera
Dr N. J. Walloopillai
Dr Stella de Silva
Dr Dennis J. Aloysius
Dr C. G. Uragoda
Dr Lakshman Ranasinghe
Dr S. J. Stephen
Dr G. W. Karunaratne
Dr Nihal Perera
Prof Priyani Soysa
Prof W. A. S. de Silva
Dr A. T. W. P. Jayawardene
Dr Malik Fernando
Prof W. S. E. Perera
Dr J. B. Peiris
Dr Lucian Jayasuriya
Prof Colvin Goonaratna
Dr S. Ramachandran
Dr D. N. Atukorala
Prof Nimal Senanayake
Dr Kumar Weerasekera
Prof Anoja Fernando
Dr Preethi Wijegoonewardene
Dr Sunil Seneviratne Epa
Prof Ravindra Fernando
Prof A. H. Sheriffdeen
Dr Suriyakanthie Amarasekera
Prof Gita Fernando
Prof Lalitha Mendis
Prof Rezvi Sheriff
Prof Narada Warnasuriya
Prof Sanath P. Lamabadusuriya
Prof Vajira H. W. Dissanayake
Dr B. J. C. Perera
Dr Palitha Abeykoon
Prof Jennifer Perera
Dr Iyanthi Abeywickreme
Prof Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne
Dr Ruvaiz Haniffa
Dr Anula Wijesundere
Prof Indika Karunathilake
Dr Padma S. Gunaratne
Prof (Dr.) Samath D. Dharmaratne




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