{{Short description|Academic and Consultant Physician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = Senior Professor<ref>[https://medicine.kln.ac.lk/depts/medicine/index.php/our-people/academic-staff Academic Staff, Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (Sri Lanka)].</ref><ref>[https://medicine.kln.ac.lk/index.php/vidyajyothi-prof-arjuna-p-de-silva Vidyajyothi Prof. Arjuna. P. de Silva Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (Sri Lanka)].</ref> |name = Arjuna de Silva |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRCP}} |image = File:Professor Arjuna de Silva.jpg |image_size = 250px |alt = |caption = | education = Green College, University of Oxford<br>Royal College of Physicians United Kingdom<br>Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo<br>North Colombo Medical College (NCMC)<br>S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia |occupation = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|06|13}} |spouse = Thulani Weerakoon |profession = Academic and consultant physician }} '''Arjuna Priyadarsin de Silva''' (born 13 June 1965) is a Sri Lankan Academic and Consultant Gastroenterologist. He is the Head of the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya and Chairman of the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA).<ref>[http://epaper.dailynews.lk//art.asp?id=2013/12/05/pg14_0&pt=p&h= SLADA will have wider area to work on] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220073351/http://epaper.dailynews.lk//art.asp?id=2013%2F12%2F05%2Fpg14_0&pt=p&h= |date=20 December 2016 }}. Daily News, Retrieved on 5 December 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketcongress2015.org/speakers.html |title=Speakers | 5th WCSMC 2015 | 23–27 March | Sydney |publisher=Cricketcongress2015.org |accessdate=4 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211030620/http://cricketcongress2015.org/speakers.html |archivedate=11 December 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.lk/2014/10/20/sportunleash-to-revolutionise-talent-identification-in-athletes/ |title=SportUnleash to revolutionise talent identification in athletes | DailyFT - Be Empowered |publisher=Ft.lk |date=20 October 2014 |accessdate=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128211352/http://www.ft.lk/2014/10/20/sportunleash-to-revolutionise-talent-identification-in-athletes/ |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/other/6676-sri-lanka-anti-doping-agency-launches-its-official-website |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229051653/http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/other/6676-sri-lanka-anti-doping-agency-launches-its-official-website |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2014 |title=Sri Lanka Anti-doping agency launches its official website |publisher=Thepapare.com |date=26 December 2014 |accessdate=4 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/departments/medicine/422 |title=Prof. Arjuna P. de Silva |publisher=Kln.ac.lk |date=19 March 2013 |accessdate=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035301/http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/departments/medicine/422 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> De Silva practices as a Consultant Physician at Colombo North Teaching Hospital and is a Board Certified trainer in Gastroenterology in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/14271/rare-liver-transplant-a-success |title=Rare liver transplant a success ::: Dailymirror.lk ::: Breaking News |publisher= Daily Mirror |date= |accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> He is the Chairman of the Sri Lankan Board of Study in Gastroenterology, member of the Board of Study in Medicine and is a Council Member of the National Institute of Education, the governing body vested with the administration, management and control of the affairs of national education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nie.lk/pages/coun1x.asp |title=National Institute of Education ( NIE ) - Sri lanka |publisher=Nie.lk |accessdate=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225215942/http://www.nie.lk/pages/coun1x.asp |archive-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> De Silva is also a member of the Board of study in Sports Medicine and council member of Sri Lanka National Sports Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsmin.gov.lk/main/index.php/news/310-new-members-appointed-for-the-national-sports-council |title=New members appointed for the National Sports Council |publisher=Sportsmin.gov.lk |accessdate=4 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114046/http://www.sportsmin.gov.lk/main/index.php/news/310-new-members-appointed-for-the-national-sports-council |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=30012 |title=New members appointed to National Sports Council |publisher=Adaderana.lk |date= |accessdate=2015-03-04}}</ref> He is an associate editor of the World Journal of Gastroenterology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bsdwebstorage.blob.core.windows.net/ejournals-1007-9327/WJGv19i48.pdf|title=World Journal of Gastroenterology|date=28 December 2013|volume=19|publisher=Wjgnet.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129012258/http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/ejournals/WJGv19i48.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref>
==Education==
De Silva was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, where he had won sports colours and was a senior prefect. He was the captain of the S. Thomas' College's rowing team and represented Sri Lanka in rowing 1983-1984. De Silva entered North Colombo Medical College from where he graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. He subsequently obtained a postgraduate Doctor of Medicine 1st in Order of Merit from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo (1997-1999). In 2001, he obtained an MSc from the University of Oxford.
==Professional career== De Silva was Board Certified in Sri Lanka as a Specialist in General Medicine in 1999. He has practised as a Registrar in Gastroenterology and Research Fellow at Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford during his professional training. In 2001 he was awarded MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians London. De Silva was subsequently appointed Consultant Physician (Resident Physician) at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. He has also worked at the Ampara Hospital as a Consultant Physician. In 2008, de Silva was appointed a Board Certified as a trainer in Gastroenterology. He was awarded FCCP 2009 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, London) in 2010.
De Silva is a Professor in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya and has previously held the positions of Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Clinical Coordinator at the same university. He was appointed Head, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya in 2013. De Silva currently holds several advisory positions for the Government of Sri Lanka and is the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/anti-doping/2228-it-s-not-always-what-is-on-the-tin-that-is-inside-prof-arjuna-de-silva-slada|title="It's not always what is on the tin that is inside " Prof. Arjuna de Silva – SLADA|publisher=Thepapare.com|date=9 January 2014|accessdate=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126174712/http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/anti-doping/2228-it-s-not-always-what-is-on-the-tin-that-is-inside-prof-arjuna-de-silva-slada|archive-date=26 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Yasaratne Gamage |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports/strict-decisions-be-taken-sending-athletes-international-meets |title=Strict decisions to be taken before sending athletes to International meets | Daily News Online : Sri Lanka's National News |work=Daily News |date=14 August 2014 |accessdate=4 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129161321/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports%2Fstrict-decisions-be-taken-sending-athletes-international-meets |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref> He was formerly the Director General Institute of Sports Medicine Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.dailymirror.lk/2011/11/03/professor-arjuna-appointed-as-director-of-sports-medicine/ |title=Professor Arjuna appointed as Director of Sports Medicine : Mirror Sports |publisher=Sports Daily Mirror|date=3 November 2011 |accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>
==Sports medicine== De Silva has been at the forefront in the development of Sports Medicine in Sri Lanka. He was the Director General of Institute of Sports Medicine from 2011-2013. He has played a leading role in establishing SLADA and introducing new legislation to criminalize trafficking in banned substances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.lk/2014/10/20/sportunleash-to-revolutionise-talent-identification-in-athletes/ |title=SportUnleash to revolutionise talent identification in athletes | DailyFT - Be Empowered |publisher=Ft.lk |date=2014-10-20 |accessdate=2015-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031093816/http://www.ft.lk/2014/10/20/sportunleash-to-revolutionise-talent-identification-in-athletes/ |archive-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/other/6676-sri-lanka-anti-doping-agency-launches-its-official-website |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229051653/http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/other/6676-sri-lanka-anti-doping-agency-launches-its-official-website |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-12-29 |title=Sri Lanka Anti-doping agency launches its official website |publisher=Thepapare.com |date=2014-12-26 |accessdate=2015-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/departments/medicine/422 |title=Prof. Arjuna P. de Silva |publisher=Kln.ac.lk |date=2013-03-19 |accessdate=2015-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035301/http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/departments/medicine/422 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sri Lanka is among few countries in Asia to have legislation to this effect. De Silva was the medical provider for the 20/20 Cricket World Cup hosted by Sri Lanka in 2012 and is currently an advisor to the Sri Lanka Cricket Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srilankacricket.lk/news/slc-executive-committee-decisions-july-22nd-2014 |title=SLC Executive Committee Decisions – July 22nd 2014 | Sri Lanka Cricket |publisher=Srilankacricket.lk |date=2014-07-23 |accessdate=2015-03-04}}</ref> He was also the official physician to the Sri Lankan Olympic team at the 2012 London Olympics.
==Research== De Silva has won Presidential Research Awards in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/research/awards |title=Awards |publisher=Kln.ac.lk |accessdate=2015-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035740/http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/research/awards |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |url=http://www.nrc.gov.lk/index.php/list-of-awardees-the-president-s-awards-2010-2011-2012 |title=List of Awardees : The President's Awards : 2010/2011/2012 |publisher=Nrc.gov.lk |date=2015-01-01 |accessdate=2015-03-04 |archive-date=27 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127011624/http://www.nrc.gov.lk/index.php/list-of-awardees-the-president-s-awards-2010-2011-2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has delivered numerous orations and lectures at national and international scientific meetings.<ref name="slmaonline1">{{cite web|url=http://www.slmaonline.info/index.php/sir-marcus-fernando-oration|title=Sri Lankan Medical Association |accessdate=14 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129051029/http://www.slmaonline.info/index.php/sir-marcus-fernando-oration |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref> He has authored one book, ''The Role of TNF polymorphisms in IBD'' and two book chapters in the field of gastroenterology, by international publishers. His publications also include 38 scientific papers and over 100 published abstracts in international scientific journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gDi6RrEAAAAJ&hl=en |title=Arjuna P de Silva - Google Scholar Citations |date= |accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== * Vice Chancellors Award for the most outstanding researcher in Medicine 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kln.ac.lk/2015/01/long-service-awards-and-vice-chancellors-awards-ceremony/ |title=Long Service Awards and Vice-Chancellor's Awards Ceremony - University of KelaniyaUniversity of Kelaniya |publisher=Kln.ac.lk |date=2015-01-01 |accessdate=2015-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105132504/http://www.kln.ac.lk/2015/01/long-service-awards-and-vice-chancellors-awards-ceremony/ |archive-date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Presidential Research Award 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web |url=http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/component/content/article/635 |title=Presidential Awards 2014 |publisher=Kln.ac.lk |date=2014-10-31 |accessdate=2015-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035853/http://www.kln.ac.lk/medicine/index.php/component/content/article/635 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * National Research council, Colombo 2001, 2010<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="autogenerated3"/> * Vice Chancellors Award for the most outstanding researcher in Medicine 2010<ref name="autogenerated1"/> * Wijerama Award for best research paper 2010, Sri Lanka Medical Association Annual Sessions, Colombo 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slmaonline.info/images/pdf/reportc2009.pdf|title= ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009 |accessdate=16 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213043702/http://www.slmaonline.info/images/pdf/reportc2009.pdf |archivedate=13 December 2014 }}</ref> * Sir Markus Fernando Oration Medal, Sri Lanka Medical Association 2008<ref name="slmaonline1"/> * Sir Markus Fernando Oration Medal, Sri Lanka Medical Association 2003<ref name="slmaonline1"/> * National Science Foundation Research Grant (2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/slmanews/docs/20130701_programme_book_2013_final|title=Sri Lanka Medical Association : 126th Anniversary Scientific Medical Congress|date=5 July 2013 |publisher=Issuu.com|accessdate=2015-03-04}}</ref> * Vidya Jyothi - 2018 Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for outstanding scientific and technological achievements"
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20141129044944/http://pgim.cmb.ac.lk/?page_id=303 Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka] *[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gDi6RrEAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]
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