Dr Rohan Ruwanpura

1. Ruwanpura R. Death certification. Galle Medical Journal, September 2002, Vol.3: No.1:30-2  [ISSN 1391-7072]]
2. Ruwanpura PR, Perera UC, Wijayaweera HT, Chandrasiri N. Adaptation of archaeological techniques in forensic mass grave exhumation: the experience of 'Chemmani' excavation in northern Sri Lanka. Ceylon Med J. 2006 Sep;51(3):98-102. [ PubMed PMID: 17315586]
3. Ruwanpura R, Kumara KS, Jayawardane H, de Alwis LB. Suicidal bomb explosions in Sri Lanka. Am J Disaster Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;3(1):47-51. [PubMed PMID: 18450279]
4. Ruwanpura R. Brain death: concepts and confusions among medical practitioners and general public. Galle Medical Journal: vol. 13: No 1, September 2008; 48-3. [http://www.sljol.info/index.php/GMJ/]
5. Ruwanpura PR, Abeygunasekera AM, Tikiri GK. Sudden unexpected death probably due to Eagle's syndrome: a case report. Med Sci Law. 2008 Oct;48(4):350-3. [PubMed PMID: 19051675]
6. Ruwanpura PR, Warushahennadi J. A tanned cadaver. Ceylon Med J. 2009 Mar;54(1):25-6. [PubMed PMID: 19391455]
7. Ruwanpura PR, Hettiarachchi M, Vidanapathirana M, Perera S. Management of dead and missing: aftermath tsunami in Galle. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2009 Apr;11 Suppl 1:S86-8. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.052. Epub 2009 Mar 6. [PubMed PMID: 19269223]
8. Ruwanpura R. Litigation against medical practitioners: facts and myths. The Galle Medical Journal; 2009 September(14)1:56-3 [http://www.sljol.info/index.php/GMJ/]
9. Ruwanpura R. Atypical shotgun injury: wide dispersion of pellets inappropriate to intermediate range of fire. The Galle Medical Journal;2009 September(14)1:92-2 [http://www.sljol.info/index.php/GMJ/]
10. Ruwanpura R. A complex suicide. Ceylon Med J. 2009 Dec;54(4):132-4. [PubMed PMID: 20052858]
11. Ruwanpura R, Ariyaratne C. A homicide by suspension. Med Sci & Law. 2010 Oct;50(4):224-7. [PubMed PMID: 21539292]
12. Nandasiri C, Ruwanpura R, Senarath P. Fatal haemorrhage due to fish bone in the oesophagus: a case report. Galle Medical Journal 2011;16(1):42-2  [http://www.sljol.info/index.php/GMJ/]
13. Ruwanpura R, Vidanapathirana M, Warushahennadi J, et al.  Identification of Severely Burnt Bodies Due to Post Collision Fire: Bus –Truck Collision at Induruwa, Southern Sri Lanka. J Forensic Res 2012, 3:2 [http___omicsonline.org_ArchiveJFR_jfr-archive]
14. Ruwanpura R. Medico-legal practice and its interaction with multitude of socio-religious rites in sri lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law-December 2011-Vol.2 No.2 [http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJFMSL/article/view/4348/3513]
15. Ruwanpura R, Rathnaweera A, Hettiarachchi M, Amararatne S. Severe pulmonary leptospirosis with high fatality rate; An autopsy series in Galle, Southern Sri Lanka. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 67[6]Dec 2012: 595-6 [www.e-mjm.org/2012/v67n6/pulmonary-leptospirois.pdf PMID:23770952 ]
16. Ruwanpura R. Amararatne S, Dhahanayake K. An unusual case of infanticide by internal compression of airways- a case report. Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, science and Law 49(2): 36-3 [http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJFMSL/issue/current]
17. Ruwanpura R, Ambepitiya S. Mass fatality due to methyl alcohol intoxication.  Journal of Scientific Research and Reports. 2014;3[20] 2709 - 8 http://www.sciencedomain.org/issue.php?iid=629&id=22
18. Nandasiri C, Ruwanpura R, Senarath P. Wife battery: Preliminary survey of fifty one cases and literature review. Galle Medical Journal. 2014 19(2): 18-22
19. http://www.sljol.info/index.php/GMJ/article/view/7910
20. Vidanapathirana M, Ruwanpura R, Ariyaratne D, Karunanayake DSK. A triple murder. Med Leg J [OnlineFirst], published on January 22, 2015 as doi:10.1177/0025817214563905. http://mlj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/0025817214563905v1.pdf?ijkey=YqbX1caqfwVUajz&keytype=finite
21. Ruwanpura R. The Mechanics of Injury Production and Wounding Forces in Judicial Context. International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine. 2015; 5(2): 78-80. http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijmtfm/article/view/IJMTFM-6731
22. Vidanaparthirana M, Ruwanpura PR, Amararathne SG, Rathnaweera A. Comparison of injuries due to lethal weapons during and after civil strife in Sri Lanka: A medico‑legal study. International Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research, 2016;6(2) 123-128 http://www.ijabmr.org   [Pubmed ID 27127743]
23. Warushahennadi, J., Ruwanpura PR. Post mortem artefacts that mimic deliberate physical violence and ante mortem lesions- Re visited. Sri Lanka Anatomy Journal (SLAJ), 1(2): 11-17, 2017.
24. Ruwanpura PR, Vidanapathirana M. Historical landmarks of the evolution of Forensic Medicine and comparative development of Medico-legal services in Sri Lanka. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2018; 6(1): 1-16  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/mljsl.v6i1.
25. Danadeniyaarachchi S, Ruwanpura R. A Fatal Case of Accidental High-Voltage Electrocution. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2018;6(2):78-6
26. Amarasinghe D, Rao V, Dierksen J, Collins K, Ruwanpura RP. An unusual presentation of sudden death of a non-lactating female with mastitis. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2018;6(2):93-3
27. Vidanapathirana M, Ruwanpura RP. Correction methods available for the convicts in Sri Lanka compared with American methods of correction. An Editorial. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2018;6(2):47-8
28. Vidanapathirana M, Ruwanpura PR, Illeperuma RJ, Attygalle U, Dassanayaka PB, Wijewardana H, Gunathilaka TKMB, Wijetunga KWMB, Rathnaya I. Medico-legal investigation of a series of female murders in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2018;6(2):55-8
29. Dandeniya Arachchi S, Ruwanpura PR. Complicated Maternal Death: Puerperal Sepsis in a Patient with Subclinical Chronic Disease. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2019;7(1):22-5. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/mljsl.v7i1.7390
30. Dandeniya Arachchi S. Ruwanpura R. Evidence of multiple methods of torture. Journal of forensic and Legal Medicine, 2019;67:15-4   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2019.07.007 PMID: 31352159
31. Samadhi Dandeniyaarachci, Rohan Ruwanpura, A Rare Case of Post-Infarction Right Ventricular Rupture, Cardiovascular Pathology, 2020[46] E print https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2020.107203.
32. Ruwanpura R, Nanadasiri C. Homicidal paraquat poisoning following ligature strangulation. Academic forensic pathology. 2019;9{3-4]: 212-4
33. Samadhi, D.A.H. and Ruwanpura, P.R., 2019. Analysis of Injury Patterns of Motorcycle Riders Admitted to Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Sri Lanka.  Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 7(2), pp.42–50. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/mljsl.v7i2.7398
34. Samadhi DAH, Ruwanpura PR, Amararatne RRGS. From Colonial Coroner to American Medical Examiner: A Way Forward in Sri Lankan Death Investigation System. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka, 2020;8(2):40-44.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/mljsl.v8i2.7425
35. Samadhi , D. A. H., & Ruwanpura, P. R. (2021). Death Due to Late Onset Diaphragmatic Hernia: Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 7(2), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.22037/irjps.v7i2.27473
36. Dandeniya-Arachchi H. S.,  Ruwanpura R., Hulathduwa S. Pathophysiology of Dengue haemorrhagic fever: an autopsy case series during an outbreak in 2019, Galle, Sri Lanka. Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine 2021; 7: e771  DOI: 10.32113/idtm_202110_771
37. Peiris, J.S.D., Ruwanpura, P.R., Samadhi, D.A. and De Silva, D.T. (2025) To Assess the Reliability of Electronic Breathalyzer and QED (Quantitative Ethanol Detector) Test Kit as a Supportive Testing Method for Examination of Drunkenness. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-1. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1113101.
38. PRC Wijenayaka, PR Ruwanpura . Fatal postoperative bowel ischaemia following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Medico-legal implications of a rare complication Medico-Legal Journal, 2026
39. PRC Wijenayaka, UCP Perera, PR Ruwanpura - Forensic physician’s dilemma: Attempted suicide or homicide? A case report of an atypical cut-throat injury Medico-Legal Journal, 2026
40. H Perera, PR Ruwanpura.  Menstrual taboos and child rights: Death of a girl during menarche Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law, 2025
41. PRC Wijenayaka, PR Ruwanpura.  A fatal case of saddle pulmonary embolism: Is it due to hump-nosed viper envenomation?. Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law 2026:16 (5)
42. PRC Wijenayaka, CJ Wijesinghe, PR Ruwanpura. Characteristics of Victims of Interpersonal Violence Presented to Emergency Department, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka 2026:11 (1)
43. PRC Wijenayaka, UCP Perera, PR Ruwanpura. Acute subdural haematoma in sudden infant death: diagnostic challenges in a low-resource setting; non-accidental injury, post-mortem or resuscitation artefact? Medico-Legal Journal 2026:94 (2), 124-127

• Medical Ethics
• Mass disaster investigations
• Sudden cardiac death
• Toxicology

Engaged in teaching and examining medical undergraduates, forensic medicine postgraduates, paramedical staff etc. at Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, Medical Faculty Karapitiya, Kothalawela defence university, Eastern university of Sri Lanka, RAK medical science university UAE, etc. since 1999

Received several awards for best concept papers, research papers and case presentations at number of scientific sessions of learned societies.

1. Consultant Judicial Medical officer, Karapitiya Teaching hospital, Galle, Sri Lanka 199 to 2026
2. Visiting Senior Lecturer In Forensic Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawela Defence University, Rathmalana, Sri Lanka [2014 to Date]
3. Chairperson, Board of Study In Forensic Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo [2015 – 2024]
4. State Forensic Pathologist, Ministry of National Security, Jamaica, West Indies [2011 – 2013]
5. Adjunct Faculty, Ras Al Khaimah Medical Science University, United Arab Emirates [2008 – 2010]
6. President, Indo-Pacific Association of Law medicine and Science [ 2022 – 2025]
7. President, College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka [2022/2023]