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Prof. Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy (Prof. Mrs. V. Thirukumar)

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Prof. Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy (Prof. Mrs. V. Thirukumar)
MBBS, DCH, MD (Paed), FRCPCH (UK), FCP (USA)
Professor in Paediatrics
Faculty of Health- Care Sciences,
Eastern University (SL).
Hon. Consultant Paediatrician,
Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa
Telephone: 077 232 0717
Email: vijayakumaryt@esn.ac.lk /v.vijayakumary@yahoo.com

Biography

Professor V. Thadchanamoorthy, an esteemed figure in the field of Paediatrics, holds a position at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health-Care Sciences, Eastern University Sri Lanka, while also serving as an Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa. Born on 05/02/1970 in Karaitivu (E.P), she received her primary and secondary education at Ramakrishnan Mission Girls’ School Karaitivu and Vipulananda Central College, Karaitivu, respectively. Graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna with second class honors, she pursued postgraduate training both locally and internationally, earning MBBS (SL), MD (SL), and DCH (SL), FRCPCH (UK), FCP (USA) qualifications.

Joining the Faculty as a senior lecturer II in November 2017, she ascended to the rank of Professor in Paediatrics in 2022. Her academic pursuits extend beyond national borders, with her obtaining Fellowship in Royal College in Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK in 2023 and becoming a fellow member of the American College of Paediatrics since 2023. Actively engaged in academic governance, she has been a member of the Board of Study, Paediatrics, Postgraduate institute of Medicine, University of Colombo since 2018, a Council member of the College of Paediatricians, Sri Lanka, since 2021 and member of American Academy of Paediatrics, USA since 2023.

Dedicated to the advancement of her field, Professor Thadchanamoorthy has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals, including two MCQ books and several monographs for medical students and the public. She is a sought-after speaker and resource person, having delivered guest lectures on various platforms. Her expertise spans dengue and neonatology, with a notable commitment to providing healthcare access to underserved communities through outreach clinics.

Beyond academia, she plays an active role in societal welfare, collaborating with organizations such as Save the Children and CERI to UNICEF, particularly in nutritional screening initiatives among children. During the Covid Pandemic, she contributed significantly to various programs, demonstrating her unwavering commitment to public health.

Links to Publications

Publications

Indexed Journal Articles

Abstract Presentation

  1. 2022- Kavinda Dayasiri1, Darshika Jayasingha2, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy3, Geetha Anand4. 826 Predisposing factors for school drop-out among teenagers; an experience from remote Sri Lanka in the pre-COVID era October 2021, Archives of Disease in Childhood 106 (Suppl 1):A127.2-A127, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-rcpch.220.Conference Paper  in  Archives of Disease in Childhood • October 2021 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-rcpch.220
  2. 2022- Kavinda Dayasiri, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy, Michael Jansz, Geetha Anand894 Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district August 2022Archives of Disease in Childhood 107(Suppl 2):A20.1-A20 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-rcpch.34 Conference: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Abstracts of the RCPCH Conference, Liverpool, 28–30 June 2022 
  3. 2022- Kavinda Dayasiri. Hashan Pathiraja, Kasun De soyza, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy, Geetha Anand. 881 Parental attitudes regarding safe handling of hand sanitizers and management of children with sanitizer poisoning amongst a cohort of children admitted to a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka. August 2022,Archives of Disease in Childhood 107(Suppl 2):A19.1-A19 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-rcpch.32. Conference: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Abstracts of the RCPCH Conference, Liverpool, 28–30 June 2022 

Full paper publications

  1. 2023-V. Thadchanamoorthy1 , Kavinda Dayasiri2* and I. R. Ragunathan3.Atypical Kawasaki disease presenting with macroscopic hematuria in an infant: a case report.Journal of Medical Case Reports (2023) 17:10 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03739-3.
  2. 2022- V.Thadchanamoorthy1, A. Ganeshrajah2, Kavinda Dayasiri3* and N. P. Jayasekara.Acute appendicitis during the recovery phase of dengue hemorrhagic fever: two case reports. Journal of Medical Case Reports (2022) 16:219. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03443-2. 
  3. 2022- V. Thadchanamoorthy1 and Kavinda Dayasiri2*Expanded dengue syndrome presenting with acute liver failure, acute kidney injury, pancreatic involvement, coagulopathy, and multiple intracranial haemorrhages in a young child: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports (2022) 16:123 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03348-0
  4. 2022- V. Thadchanamoorthy1 and Kavinda Dayasiri2.Unexplained Tachypneoa and Severe Metabolic Acidosis in a Three-Month-Old Child: A Rare Presentation of Beta-Ketothiolose Deficiency. February 2022, Cureus 14(2),DOI:10.7759/cureus.21934
  5. 2021- Vijayakumary  Thadchanamoorthy1  , Kavinda Dayasiri2. A Study on Digit Sucking Among Children Presented to a Tertiary Care Paediatric Clinic in Sri Lanka.2021 Thadchanamoorthy et al. Cureus 13(2): e13306. DOI 10.7759/cureus.13306
  6. 2021- Sujetha Sathanantham1, Kavinda Dayasiri2  , Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy3 Approach to the Adolescent With Substance Use in the Acute Setting. 2021, Cureus 13(7): e16309. DOI 10.7759/cureus.16309.
  7. 2021- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda2 Dayasiri. Clinical Profile, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Children With Cutaneous Larva Migrans Infection: A Hospital-Based Study 2021 Thadchanamoorthy et al. Cureus 13(4): e14416. DOI 10.7759/cureus.14416.
  8. 2021- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2. Early-Onset Multiple Sclerosis With Frequent Relapses: A Challenging Diagnosis With a Less Favorable Prognosis. 2021, Cureus 13(3): e13963. DOI 10.7759/cureus.13963.
  9. 2021- V. Thadchanamoorthy1, M. T. R. Jayatunga2, Kavinda Dayasiri3*, E. Jasinge4, M. L. M. Jinnah2, C. Pereira5, V. Skrahina5 and Markandu Thirukumar1. Exome sequencing detected an extremely rare case of foetal onset familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 presenting with hydrops foetalis. BMC Med Genomics (2021) 14:50 
  10. 2021- V Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2 , S I Majitha3, Amanda J Hooper 4, 5 and John R Burnett4,5. Homozygous autosomal recessive hypercholesterolaemia in a South Asian child presenting with multiple cutaneous xanthomata.Case Report, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 0(0) 1–4 sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0004563220961755.
  11. 2021- V. Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2*, M. Thirukumar1, N. Thamilvannan3 and S. H. Chandraratne4. Multiple aplasia cutis congenita type V and fetus papyraceous: a case report and review of the literature. Med Case Reports (2021) 15:110  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02662-3
  12. 2021- Kavinda Dayasiri1, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy2. PHACE Syndrome Presenting With Retinal Degeneration, Cortical Dysplasia, Microphthalmia, and Atrial Septal Defect in a South Asian Boy. 2021 Dayasiri et al. Cureus 13(1): e12928. DOI 10.7759/cureus.12928
  13. 2021- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Nadeesha Jayasekara2, Kavinda Dayasiri3. Primary Hypertension as the Presenting Feature of Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A Report of Two Children. 2021, Cureus 13(1): e12617. DOI 10.7759/cureus.12617
  14. 2021- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2, S Anputhasan3. Retrospective study of clinico-Aetiological factors of chronic Urticaria among children attending a tertiary care Paediatric center in Eastern province of Srilanka . Cureus 13(5): e14848. DOI 10.7759/cureus.1484, 2021
  15. 2021- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2.  Review on Pneumococcal Infection in Children. May 09, 2021) Cureus 13(5): e14913. DOI 10.7759/cureus.14913
  16. 2021- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1  , Kavinda Dayasiri2. Subgaleal Abscess Following Staphylococcal Cellulitis in a 10-Month-Old Child: A Diagnostic Challenge for the Clinician. 2021, Cureus 13(1): e12591. DOI 10.7759/cureus.12591
  17. 2020-V. Thadchanamoorthy 1 Markandu Thirukumar,1 Kavinda Dayasiri ,2 N. Thamilvannan,3 and Judy Jeyakumar4. Trichotemnomania in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report of an Asian Child and Literature Review. Hindawi, Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine Volume 2020, Article ID 6615250, 5 pages,
  18. 2020-Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1. Kavinda Dayasiri2. Post dengue chronic fatigue syndrome in an adolescent boy. June 2021,BMJ Case Reports 14(6):e238605, Follow journal DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238605
  19. 2020- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri. Child with dengue haemorrhagic fever complicated by ileocaecal intussusception. March 2021, BMJ Case Reports 14(3):e237697. Follow journal,DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237697.
  20. 2020- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2. Cutaneous larva migrans in a young child following circumrotation as a cultural ritual. January 2021, BMJ Case Reports 14(1):e237204, Follow journal, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237204.
  21. 2020- Thirukumar M, Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K (December 14, 2020) Adolescent Pregnancy and Outcomes: A Hospital-Based Comparative Study at a Tertiary Care Unit in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. 2020 Cureus 12(12): e12081. DOI 10.7759/cureus.12081.
  22. 2020 Sept- V. Thadchanamoorthy1* and Kavinda Dayasiri2 .Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Septicemia Complicated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Meningitis. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10644.
  23. 2020 Sept- V. Thadchanamoorthy1* and Kavinda Dayasiri2. Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as lung abscess in a 10-month-Old infant. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 31 (2020) 101229
  24. 2020 Aug- V. Thadchanamoorthy1 and Kavinda Dayasiri2*A case report of dengue hemorrhagic fever complicated with diabetic ketoacidosis in a child: challenges in clinical management. BMC Pediatrics (2020) 20:403.
  25. 2020 July- V. Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri2*.Dengue hemorrhagic fever as a rare cause of chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura—a pediatric case report. Tropical Medicine and Health (2020) 48:59
  26. 2020- Kavinda Dayasiri1 V. Thadchanamoorthy2 , Kaushika Thudugala1, Aruni Ranaweera1, and N. Parthipan3.Clinical and Radiological Characterization of an Infant with Caudal Regression Syndrome Type III. Hindawi Case Reports in Neurological Medicine Volume 2020, Article ID 8827281, 5 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8827281
  27. 2020 June --   V. Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri 2. Maternal-Fetal Perinatal Transmission of Staphylococcal Infections:A Report of Two Neonates. Hindawi Case Reports in Pediatrics.Volume 2020, Article ID 8886049, 3 pages.
  28. 2020- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2. Cutaneous Larva Migrans Infestation Over Buttocks and Perineal Region: A Case Series of Five Toddlers From Sri Lanka and Literature Review.2020, Cureus 12(11): e11335. DOI 10.7759/cureus.11335
  29. 2020- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2. Dengue Fever Associated Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Report of Two Children. 2020, Cureus 12(10): e11232. DOI 10.7759/cureus.11232.
  30. 2020- V Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2 . Diagnosis and management of scabies in children .Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2020; 49(4): 383-389 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v49i4.9273
  31. 2020- Kavinda Dayasiri1, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy2, Kaushika Thudugala3  , Maheshaka Wijewardana4. Focal Status and Sub-Ependymal Tumor as Features of the First Presentation in a Child With Tuberous Sclerosis.2020,12(12): e11816. DOI 10.7759/cureus.11816
  32. 2020- Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2. Refractory Kawasaki disease presenting with erythema at bacille calmette-guerin inoculation site: A paediatric case report 2020, Cureus 12(10): e10928. DOI 10.7759/cureus.10928
  33. 2011: Thadchanamoorthy V, De Silva S, Sarathchandra J, Kumarendran. Ventilated patients in the paediatric medical intensive care unit of Lady Ridgeway Hospital: an audit. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2012; 41(3): 114-117.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
  1. 2023 Dec   -V Vijayakanth, 2Kavinda Dayasiri, 3V Thadchanamoorthy, 1UGS Deshapriya 1PPH Gamage Primary indication for admissions to a multi-specialty paediatric intensive care unit in Sri Lanka. Vol.35, No.2, Dec 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v35i2.191.
  2. 2023 May - Kavinda Dayasiri1, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy2, Michael Jansz3, Geetha Anand4.Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district. August 2023.Jaffna Medical Journal 35(1):7-9 DOI: 10.4038/jmj.v35i1.177
  3. 2023 May - Kavinda Dayasiri1, Gayathree De Abrew2, Sriyani Samaraweera, Vijayakumary 3Thadchanamoorthy A rare case of abrupt onset vascular lump in the newborn; neonatal kaposiform haemangioendothelioma. BATTICALOA MEDICAL JOURNAL Volume 17, Issue 01 May 2023, p40-43, ISSN 1800 – 4903.
  4. 2023- 1 Vijayakanth Vijayakumar, 2 Kavinda Dayasiri, 3V. Thadchanamoorthy, 4 M.D.A.S.Gunathilak Two cases of “Rusty pipe syndrome”; a potential barrier for establishment of breastfeeding. BATTICALOA MEDICAL JOURNAL Volume 17, Issue 01 May 2023, p47-49, ISSN 1800 – 4903.
  5. 2023- Kavinda Dayasiri1, Gayathree de Abrew2, V. Thadchanamoorthy3 Button battery ingestion in a child: is it always necessary to perform urgent endoscopy? BATTICALOA MEDICAL JOURNAL Volume 17, Issue 01 May 2023, p28-30, ISSN 1800 – 4903.
  6. 2023- Kavinda Dayasiri1, V. Thadchanamoorthy2 Metatropic Dysplasia; A Case Report BATTICALOA MEDICAL JOURNAL Volume 17, Issue 01 May 2023, p37-39, ISSN 1800 – 4903.
  7. 2021- V.Thadchanamoorthy 1  Kavinda Dayasiri 2 Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood Secondary to Influenza, Viral infection. Batticaloa Medical Journal, ISSN 1800 – 4903,Vol.13 (1) 2021.
  8. 2021- V.Thadchanamoorthy1     Kavinda Dayasiri2. Fever and Drowsiness-An uncommon manifestation of Dengue encephalitis in an adolescent girl, Batticaloa Medical Journal ISSN 1800 – 4903, Vol.13 (1)2021.
  9. 2021-V.Thadchanamoorthy 1    Kavinda Dayasiri 2 . Recurrent pneumococcal meningitis secondary to a congenital anatomical defect in cribriform plate, Batticaloa Medical Journal, ISSN 1800 – 4903, Vol.13 (1)2021.
  10. 2021- V.Thadchanamoorthy 1     Kavinda Dayasiri2. Review on Cutaneous Larva Migrans in Children. Batticaloa Medical Journal ISSN 1800 – 4903, Vol.13 (1)2021.
  11. 2021- Thirukumar Markandu 1, S Mathanalagan 2, V.Thadchanamoorthy3. Challenges In Caesarean Section Under Spinal Anaesthesia To A Woman With Multiple Sclerosis: Case Report And Literature Review. www.researchpublish.com. International Journal of Healthcare Sciences    ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp: (329-335), Month: October 2020 - March 2021.
  12. 2021- V. Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2. Challenges  in Diagnosis of Chronic Osteomyelitis : A Case Report from Sri Lanka International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 05 No. 01 January’21
  13. 2021- Kavinda Dayasiri1, V.Thadchanamoorthy2 Umasunthar   Thisanayagam3. Diagnosis and Management of Allergic Rhinitis in Children International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 05 No. 02 April’21
  14. 2020- Markandu Thirukumar1, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy2 .Wernicke Encephalopathy secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Case series and literature review. Batticaloa Medical Journal ISSN 1800-4903, Sept2020, 12(2).Batticaloa Medical Journal 12(2).
  15. 2020- V.Thadchanamoorthy1, A. Fairosa2, A.N. Tanzeela2, K. Arulanandem3. Influence of paternal factors on low birth weight of the offspring: a cross-sectional study in Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Batticaloa Medical Journal ISSN 1800-4903, 12(2), Sept2020.
  16. 2020- Kavinda Dayasiri1, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy2. Clinico-demographic profile and dietary patterns of children with of nutritional iron deficiency anaemia: a rural tertiary care center experience, Sri Lanka. Batticaloa medical journal, ISSN 1800-4903,Sept 2020, 12(2).
  17. 2020- Markandu Thirukumar1, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy2. Outcome of Pregnancy in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Report. Batticaloa medical journal, ISSN 1800-4903, Sept 2020, 12(2).
  18. 2020- Markandu Thirukumar1, V.Thahanamoorthy2. Clinical Teaching Skills. Sept 2020, Batticaloa Medical Journal ISSN 1800-4903, Sept2020, 12(2).
  19. 2020 Sept -V. Thadchanamoorthy1* and Kavinda Dayasiri2. Review on Febrile Seizures in Children. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal. 14(2): 25-35, 2020; Article no.INDJ.60346.
  20. 2020 Aug- V.Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri 2, Dharshini Karuppiah Challenges in the management of concurrent diabetic ketoacidosis and Dengue hemorrhagic fever in a child. http://doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v10i2.7426
  21. 2020Aug- 1Thadchanamoorthy V, 2Dayasiri. Cutaneous larva migrans on the abdomen of a child with delayed gross motor development. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v32i1.92.
  22. 2020 Aug- 1Kavinda Dayasiri, 1Thadchanamoorthy V. Diagnosis and Management of Paediatric Osteoarticular Infections DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v32i1.85
  23. 2020 June - V. Thadchanamoorthy1*, V. Vijayakanth and N. ThamilvannanA Case of Linear IgA Dermatosis in a Young Child. Asian Journal of    Research in Dermatological Science 3(2): 5-8, 2020; Article no.AJRDES.57581
  24. 2020 July - V. Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2 .Challenges in Diagnosis of Chronic Osteomyelitis: A Case Report from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 05 No. 01 January’21
  25. 2020 May-   1Kavinda Dayasiri, 2V.Thadchanamoorthy   3 Anushki  Wijewardana ,4 Kaushika Thudugala, 4Aruni Ranaweera. A child with Blister Beetle Dermatitis: importance of clinical suspicion and preventative public health interventions in Mahaoya, Sri Lanka. Batticaloa Medical Journal,May 2020.
  26. 2020 May - V. Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2, V.Vijayakanth3Macular papular rash and prolong fever in a teenage boy: A Case Report of Scrub Typhus in Batticaloa, SriLanka. Batticaloa Medical Journal,May 2020.
  27. 2020 May -V.Thadchanamoorthy.   A Study on effectiveness of Albendazole in the treatment of cutaneous larva migrans in children at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa over the period of one year. May 2020.
  28. 2020 May- V.Thadchanamoorthy 1   A .N. Arulpragasam2  .Picture gallery of cutaneous larva migrans. Batticaloa Medical Journal, May 2020
  29. 2020 May- V.Thadchanamoorthy 1   Kavinda Dayasiri 2 A .N. Arulpragasam 3 Management of Children with COVID-19. Batticaloa Medical Journal,May 2020.
  30. 2020- V.Thadchanamoorthy1, Dayasiri K2. Cutaneous larva migrans on the abdomen of a child with delayed gross motor development. Jaffna Medical JournalVol.32, No.1, July  2020
  31. 2020- V Thadchanamoorthy1, Kavinda Dayasiri2 . Diagnosis and management of scabies in children .Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2020; 49(4): 383-389 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v49i4.9273
  32. 2020-1Kavinda Dayasiri, 1Thadchanamoorthy V. Diagnosis and Management of Paediatric Osteoarticular Infections. Vol.32, No.1, July  2020DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v32i1.85.
  33. 2019  Sep -    V. Thadchanamoorthy    V.Vijayakanth    A Ganesharaj. A case of recurrent intussusception in a young child. Batticaloa Medical Journal, Sept 2019.
  34. 2019  May-- V. Thadchanamoorthy    V.Vijayakanth    A Arulpragasum.Extensive Nappy rash and Persistent Thrombocytopenia: A Case of Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection. Batticaloa Medical journal, May 2019.
  35. 2018   Nov     V. Thadchanamoorthy. A Paediartic Case Report of Cutaneous Larva Migrans Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Nov 30, 2018, P1350-1352.
  36. 2017 Sep-   V. Thirukumar, WMP Weerakoon. A   case of Dengue haemorrhagic fever in a 35days old baby. Batticaloa Medical Journal, sept 2017.
  37. Oct 2017 - Dharshini Karuppiah S. Thimbirigaha Arawa,J. Sivaganam, V. Thirukumar, A. Arul Pragasam, K. Sivakanthan. The prevalence of endocrinopathies among patients with thalassaemia major In Batticaloa District, SriLanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v7i2.7331.

Abstract Presentation

  1. 2022- Ashhar S.M,   Thadchanamoorthy .V,  Sivakanthan.K .PP 10: Retrospective analysis of paediatric patients who were admitted to Medical Intensive CareUnit (MICU), Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa. 24th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022. ISSN:1391-2992,Volume 6 No.1 0.75           
  2. 2022- Kavinda Dayasiri, 2Hashan Pathiraja, 2EKN De Soyza, 1SJS Dassanayaka, 3V Thadchanamoorthy. PP48: Parental knowledge and practices regarding safe handling and disposal of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants in urban Sri Lanka.24th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022. ISSN:1391- 2992,Volume 6 No.1
  3. 2022- Kavinda Dayasiri1, Michael Jansz2,   V Thadchanamoorthy3, Geetha Anand4, PP49: Epidemiology of acute poisoning among children in urban Sri Lanka: the experience of two tertiary care hospitals in Colombo district. 24th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022. ISSN:1391-2992,Volume 6 No.
  4. 2022- V Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri, N Thamilvannan, Geetha Anand. PP54: A Study of Clinical–demographic Profile and Quality of Life in Patients with Scabies from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Sri Lanka. 24th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022. ISSN:1391-2992,Volume 6 No.1
  5. 2020: Inthujah T¹, Veerendran P¹, Majitha SI¹, Hooper AJ², Burnett JR², Thirukumar V³ A Young Girl with Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolaemia in 5th Annual Academic Session of College of chemical Pathologist of SriLanka in 2020.
  6. 2011: Thadchanamoorthy V, De Silva S, Sarathchandra J, Kumarendran B2011, Ventilated patients in the paediatric medical intensive care unit of Lady Ridgeway Hospital: an audit, The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol. 56 sup. 1, p.65.

Presentations at International / National / Regional Conferences /Symposia

  1. Resource person on “Is it Epilepsy” on BMA breakfast session on 16-09-2022
  2. Resource person on Honour-based violence: awareness and recognition conducted by SLCP ON 28-01-2022
  3. Resource person on “investigating a child with limping on Annual Scientific session of BMA 4th December, 2021.
  4. Resource person for Pneumococcal infection in children and vaccination on monthly CME/CPD, BMA July 2021.
  5. Resource person on the management of dengue for doctors and nursing officers at Base Hospital Valaichenai on 2nd December, 2020.
  6. Resource person on the diagnosis of dengue fever for General practitioner at Oddamavady on 29th November, 2020
  7. Resource person on public awareness programme on dengue infection for government officers Oddamavady on 7-12-2020.
  8. Resource person on the acute management of dengue for emergency treatment unit staff (doctors and nursing officers) at Base Hospital Valaichenai on 4th November, 2020.
  9. Resource person on emergency paediatrics for paediatric ward staff (doctors and nursing officers) at Base Hospital Valaichenai on 11th September 2019.
  10. Resource person on the neonatal training programme for midwives who had been working in the labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  11. Resource person on the neonatal training programme for medical officers who had been working in the paediatrics wards, labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to date
  12. Resource person on the neonatal training programme for nursing officers who had been working in the labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  13. Resource person on the neonatal training programme for staffs including medical offices, midwives, and nursing officers who had been working in the paediatrics wards, labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at peripheral Hospital Batticaloa  and Ampara district from 2012 to 2019
  14. Resource person on the advanced life support training programme for medical officers who had been working in the paediatrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  15. Resource person on the emergency paediatrics  training programme for medical officers who had been working in the paediatrics wards at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  16. Resource person on the basic life support training programme for medical officers who had been working in the paediatrics wards, at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  17. Resource person on the breastfeeding training programme for medical officers who had been working in the paediatrics wards, labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  18. Resource person on the essential newborn care training programme for medical officers, midwives and nursing officers who had been working in the paediatrics wards, labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa and peripheral hospitals from 2012 to 2019
  19. Resource person on the neonatal training programme for pre-intern doctors who had been working in the labour room, postnatal wards, and obstetrics units at Teaching Hospital Batticaloa from 2012 to 2019
  20. Resource person on “Paediatrician prospective in Thalassemia symposium on Annual Scientific session of BMA September 2019
  21. Resource person for CPD  on essential newborn care for doctors nursing officers and midwives at B H Kattankudy on 2019-6-12
  22. Resource person for the workshop on Neonatal Resuscitation programme for doctors, nursing officers and midwives at Base hospital Valaichenai on 10th June 2019
  23. Resource person on Essential newborn programme for doctors, nursing officers and midwives at Base Hospital Valaichenai on 6th March 2019.
  24. Resource person for “ A presentation on consolable baby’’ at Annual Scientific session of BMA August 2018
  25. Seminar on Dengue and vaccination for public and religious leaders at MOH, Eravur on 28-09-2018
  26. Resource person CPD on the acute management of  dengue for doctors and nursing officers and unit at B.H. Kattankudy  on 2018-05-15
  27. Workshop on neonatal resuscitation programme for medical officers in paediatric and obstetric wards and nursing officers and midwives in the labour room at  B H Kattankudy on 20-3-2018
  28. Resource person for conducting nutritional rehabilitation programme at Sarvodya Training Centre organized by UNICEF at Batticaloa on 21th,  2017
  29. CPD on acute management of diarrhoea and dengue for emergency treatment unit staff at B.H.Kattankudy on 2017-12-06
  30. Resource person for “ ABC of adolescence” at Annual Scientific session of BMA, in September 2017
  31. Resource person for “ Experience in managing common paediatric infections’’ at Annual Scientific session of BMA September 2016
  32. Resource person for “ An introduction to Prof Aswini D Fernando’’ at Annual Scientific session of BMA in September 2015
  33. Resource person for “ pre-congress workshop on paediatric support ’ at Annual Scientific session of BMA November 2014
  34. Resource person for “Respiratory tract infection in children” at Galoya Nimna Clinical Society 6th   Annual Scientific Session at  G H Ampara on November 2013.
  35. Resource person for “ Evaluating learning difficulties” at Annual Scientific session of BMA, in August 2012
  36. Resource person for “ Nutritional Rehabilitation in children” at Galoya Nimna Clinical Society  3rd   Annual Scientific Session at  G H Ampara on October 2010
 

Articles in Magazine and Newsletter

  1. Kizhakkoli magazines, A publication of Eastern University Employees’ Union, Sri Lanka. ISN 2021-7332. April 2021, Volume 19(1)
    1. ஆட்டிசம் (AUTISM)- 5
    2. இலங்கையில் உள்ள பாம்புகளும் அதற்கான முதலுதவிகளும - 9
    3. தலசீமியா (Thalassemia) -13
    4. காய்ச்சலும் பரசிட்டமோலும் -17
    5. டெங்கு சம்பந்தமான கேள்வி பதில் (FAQ) - 20

Books / Book Chapters

  1. MCQs in Paediatric emergency for Medical Students
  2. MCQs in neonatology for Medical Students

Monograph

  1. Asthma
  2. Constipation
  3. Epilepsy
  4. Febrile convulsion
  5. Nephrotic syndrome

Research Interest

  1. Dengue
  2. Hematology
  3. Cutaneous larva migrans
  4. Infections
  5. Epilepsy
  6. Febrile convulsion

Teaching

Undergraduate – MBBS

  • Phase III, Paediatrics for final years, clinical clerkship, and lectures

B. Sc (Nursing)

  • Paediatric Nursing I 

Postgraduate

  • Supervisor for postgraduate trainees in Paediatrics, MD& DCH Examiner

Visiting Lecturer / Resource person for workshops

Other national/International Positions held

  1. Provincial representative of Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians (SLCP) in 2021/2022 & 2022/2023
  2. Undergraduate and postgraduate Examiners  to National Examinations
  3. 2018- to date- Faculty member of Board of Study Paediatric, PGIM, Colombo  

Resource Person in community and National programme  

  1. 2023 – Resource person to CERI organisation, combined with UNICEF and Ministry of Health
  2. December 2021-Chief editor Annual research conference, FHCS, EUSL.
  3. 2021 to date- Conduct monthly outreach clinic, MOH, OFFICE, Karadiyanaru, Batticaloa.    
  4. 2019 to date-   Resource person Community awareness programme of Thalassemia and screening, Caritas, EHED 
  5. Nov2018 – Dec 2020- subject coordinator for ERPM, T H . Batticaloa
  6. 2020-to date- Member of lady lions club, Batticaloa.
  7. 2016 &2017- Resource person for medical camp conducted by  Sai Devotee
  8. 2012 to date- Visiting lecturer at Nursing school, Batticaloa
  9. 2012 – To date- Regular Examiner for Final MBBS for University of Rajarata and Jaffna & FHCS, EUSL.
  10. 2016- 2017 – Branch union President, GMOA, Batticaloa  
  11. 2016- 2017 - Member and Resource person, UNICEF, Batticaloa branch.
  12. 2015-2017- Resource person to screening programme to save the children
  13. 2014 –To date – Member of advicery committee &Resouce person of Theeranium school for Autism, Batticaloa.
  14. 2012-2015- Conduct monthly outreach clinic, MOH, OFFICE, Kokadicholi, Batticaloa.
  15. 2012- To date- Neonatal life support programme, Basic Life support, and Advance Life Support, Eastern Province. 
  16. 2009- To date- Essential Newborn Care programme, Eastern province.

Awards

  1. I was awarded by FHCS as I taught the highest number of hours for undergraduate medical students in 2020.
  2. Vice Chancellor Award for Outcome-based Research in 2022 
  3. We were awarded for Best Research paper in the 24th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022 “Kavinda Dayasiri1 , V Thadchanamoorthy2 Imalke Kankananarachchi, Nirubaa Umasankar, Senuri Dassanayake, Sonali Gunasekara,Sachith Mettananda FP 06: Impact of COVID 19 on the education and health of schooling children in Sri Lanka; a multi-provincial study.24th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022. ISSN:1391-2992, Volume 6 No.1. 

Positions Held

  1. June 2022 to date - Member of the GEE cell
  2. January 2022      - Member of EHAI, Welfare, FHCS
  3. January 2021 to date - A faculty member of the research Council, Eastern University Sri Lanka
  4. Jan 2020 –to date- Centre coordinator for ERPM, T H .Batticaloa 
  5. Feb 2021 –to date- Faculty Member of the Senate, EUSL
  6. 2019/2020 &2020/2021- Senior Treasurer of the Student union, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, EUSL
  7. January 2022 to date- A lead student councellor to internal Quality Assurance Cell, FHCS
  8. Jan 2020 –to date- Member of UBL, FHCS, EUSL
  9. Jan2019 – to date- Student counsellor, FHCS, EUSL.
  10. 2018- to date- Member of canteen vigilance committee, FHCS, EUSL.
  11. 2017- to date -Faculty Board member of FHCS, EUSL

Professional Membership

  1. Fellow member of American College of Paediatrics in USA since 2023
  2. Fellow Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in UK since 2023 
  3. Member of American Academy of Paediatrics in USA since 2023
  4. Life member of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, Sri Lanka since 2009
  5. Life member of the Sri Lanka Medical Council SLMC No 15722 (Full Registration)
  6. Life Member of Batticaloa Medical Association since 2011.
  7. Life Member of a Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) from 2021
  8. Life Member of a Theeranium School for Autism, Batticaloa since 2017 
Last Updated
12-Feb-2024