Medical Officer Government
Resume:
Dr Deepaka Sanath Thubellage
Kesbewa, Piliyandala 10300, Sri Lanka.
Telephone: Official: +941********-**, Ext: 125
Mobile: +947********, +947********
E-Mail (Official): *******.******@***.***.**
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Curriculum Vitae Personal Details
1. Name in Full HEWA THUBELLAGE DEEPAKA SANATH
2. Other Name/Names D.Sanath Thubellage
3. Name with Initials H.T. Deepaka Sanath
4. Current Title / Occupation Medical officer working under the ministry of health, Sri Lanka 5. Passport Details Sri Lankan, PP Number: N6936182 6. Family and marital status Married & having two children, Wife is a Government Dental Surgeon (Sri Lanka) 7. Nationality & Date of Birth Sri Lankan, 01.12.1968 8. Languages Sinhala, English, Tamil
9. Summary of
qualifications, skills and
values
MBBS (Colombo), Dip (NRCPD-Obihiro Japan), MSc(BMI-Colombo),Currently a PhD candidate Upgraded in Dec. 2018 at the FGS-University of Colombo. I have more than twenty years of government service without any incidence of mistake of medical negligence and very good clinical exposure treating patients with verity of medical illnesses especially Tuberculosis etc. Conducting Medical Research mainly on Public Health and Clinical, Evaluating medical research proposals submitted to Research Committee at MRI, Overall Supervision,Administration and Maintenance of eHealth activities at MRI, Development of draft eHealth Policy, Strategic Plan and standard & Guidelines of Sri Lanka being a member of eHealth steering committee at the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, Implementing automated Laboratory Information and Management System and already implemented Library Information and Management System at MRI
10. Self-introduction I,Dr. Deepaka Sanath Thubellage is a Medical officer working at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo under the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. I have obtained my basic MBBS degree in 1997 from University of Colombo and Postgraduate Diploma from National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases -Obihiro Japan in 2007. I also have obtained my postgraduate Master of Science degree in Biomedical Informatics from Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo in 2011. Currently I am reading for PhD at the Faculty of Graduate Studies- University of Colombo. I have more than twenty years of clinical experience in the government service without any incidence of mistake or medical negligence and very good clinical exposure treating patients with verity of medical illnesses. My service started in District General Hospital Matara as Intern Medical Officer in 1997 and then I have got my first appointment at District Hospital Valaichchenai where I had to work through on-call, Out Patient Department and word rounds. I could become the acting District Medical Officer in a short period and could face to all sort of war casualties and could serve the under-privileged community affected by Terrorist activities. My service as District Tuberculosis Control Officer at Polonnaruwa was the period I have achieved many landmarks in the Chest Clinic, Polonnaruwa. I could design and put up the first TB cut-out in Sri Lanka at the Chest Clinic premises sponsored by a private donor organization and could increase the annual detection rate of active pulmonary TB patients to the double as before. I contributed my service actively in the TB control programme till I joined the Medical Research Institute, Colombo in 2006. Thereafter my interests were towards Medical Research and first I was a laboratory researcher attempting to develop novel diagnostic methods to detect Influenza infections through the production of monoclonal antibodies. I was offered JICA scholarship to do a research in that line in 2006 when I exposed to ten months research experience under world class supervisors, Prof. Kunitoshi Imai and Prof. Haruko Ogawa. After few years as I was interested in technology, I obtained my master’s degree in biomedical informatics. Then I was more engaged in Medical Research mainly on Public Health, organizational management and Sociology. Been an employee and a researcher at MRI I used to engaged in many research activities such as evaluating medical research proposals submitted to Research Committee at MRI, overall Supervision, administration and Maintenance of eHealth activities at MRI, development of draft eHealth Policy, develop strategic plan and eHealth Guidelines & Standard of Sri Lanka, being a member of eHealth steering committee at the Ministry of Health, Implementing automated Library Information and Management System and automated Laboratory Information and Management System at MRI etc.. 11. Summary of expertise
and experience
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Experience History
15.12.1997-15.12.1998-Intern Medical officer- G.H.Matara, Sri Lanka. 15.12.1997-14.06.1998- Gyne & Obstetrics appointment under Dr J.M.Kumarasiri-Consultant Gynaecologist & Obstetrician 15.06.1998-14.12.1998- Paediatric appointment under Dr Wimal Gunarathne-Consultant Paediatrician 16.12.1998-29.03.1999- Resident House Officer –GH Matara. Surgical appointment –under Dr K.B. Galkatiya, Consultant Surgeon 01.04.1999-04.09.2000-Post Intern appointment as-Medical Officer and acting District Medical Officer at District. Hospital. Valaichchenai
16.12.2000- Confirmed in the government Service of Sri Lanka There I have served as District Medical Officer doing daily duty as the administrator of the hospital and 24 hours on call duty during the terrible war period and obtained a good experience with handling war casualties, 05.9.2000-02.03.2001- Medical Officer Base. Hospital. Dehiattakandiya where I have worked as Medical Officer OPD. I have attended about 100 patients per day with various medical problems 03.03.2001-30.05.2003-District TB Control Officer-District Chest Clinic Polonnaruwa where I have initiated and maintained the regular mobile clinic visits all over the district to detect Tuberculosis patients and engaged in preventive activities by conducting awareness programmes as well and I had a very good clinical exposure in managing Tuberculosis patients 30.05.2003-14.02.2006-Medical Officer Central Chest Clinic Colombo. I had a very good clinical exposure in managing Tuberculosis patients and engaged in preventive activities as well 14.02.2006-30.10.2006 MO, MRI Worked in the Virology Unit and actively involved in research and surveillance of Human Influenza, actively involved in conducting medical research, 31.10.2006-01.09.2007, Researcher at the Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine and obtained a Diploma certificate in Research. During the period I have conducted a research on “Development of new diagnostic methods to detect navel Influenza viral infections
02.09.2007-30.05.2009- Medical Officer Medical Research Institute Worked in the Virology Unit and actively involved in research and surveillance of Human Influenza, actively involved in conducting medical research,
01.06.2009-01.06.2011- Post graduate trainee MSc in Biomedical Informatics two years MSc in Biomedical Informatics at Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka where I have learnt Public Health Informatics, Bioinformatics and Medical Education Informatics with a research component relating to eHealth policy 01.06.2011-24.06.2011- Medical Officer Health Informatics, Health information Unit, Ministry of Health- Sri Lanka 24.06.2011-18.03.2020 – Medical Officer Health Informatics, Health Information and Management Unit, Medical research institute- Sri Lanka
19.03.2020-up-to-date- Medical Officer Central Leprosy Clinic, National Hospital of Sri Lanka Educational Qualifications
Degree/Diploma University/Board Class/Marks Year from To 1. MBBS University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Pass 1991 1996/Feb 2. Diploma (Influenza-
Research)
National Research Centre for Protozoan Diseases
/Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary
Medicine. Obihiro Japan
Pass 2006/ Sept 2007/Aug
3. MSc (BMI) Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pass 2009 2011/Apri
l
4. PhD candidate( Upgraded) Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo
(Supervisors: Prof. Ajantha Dhramasiri(PhD), Prof.Upul Senaerath
( MD))
Awaiting 2019/ Sept. Up to
date
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Research Publicatons
1. “Laboratory investigation of an epidemic of viral pneumonia at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya in 2006’ published in the Bulletin of Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, Vol 4 Issue1 2. A review of eHealth policies that underpin global health care digitization(2012) Published in Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics, 2(4).
3. An implementation of an open source libims software: "koha" at medical library mri(2014) Conference paper Oct 2014 “eHealth Sri Lanka”
4. Evaluation of Health Policy: How Well Have the Policies on Prevention and Control of Ischemic Heart Disease Been Evaluated in Sri Lanka? Published in NCAS-2018 Conference, Sri Lanka
(URL:http://www.ncas.ac.lk/images/stories/Symposium/2017/ARSSSH_2017/bookpdf/Demography% 20and%20health%20education/Evaluation%20of%20Health%20Policy.pdf International Exposure
14.12.2002-25.12.2002 SAARC TB Trainer’s Training Programme conducted by SAAC TB Centre Kathmandu at Hotel Berjaya Colombo
05.10.2006-28-07.2007- 10 months Research on Development of New diagnostic methods for diagnosis of Influenza at National Protozoan Centre of Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan December 2008- Three days training on Lab Information System at WHO SEARO New Delhi, India Aug 2009- Attended three days International Health Informatics Conference of Australia at Melbourne Dec 2010- Attended “eIndia” three days International Health Informatics Conference at Hyderabad India 2011 -Workshop on Cyber Security by “Singapore Informatics”, Colombo July 2012 Future Gov SAARC Summit 2012 held in Colombo By Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka 27-29 October 2011-Training Workshop on Foresight Analysis at NSF sponsored by World Health Organization Three days WHO sponsored Workshop at OUSL on KOHA Library Information & Management System sponsored by WHO Five days’ Workshop on KOHA Library Information & Management System and Green Stone Data Repository at Open University of Sri Lanka 04.04.2014-08.04.2014
One-week research program “Follow –up training for JICA knowledge co-creation program” from 06th to 10th March 2017 at NRCPD Japan
One week training course at Kuala Lumpur –Malaysia from 09.04.2018-13.04.2018 by ALC in Information Systems and Cyber security( Instructor Mr Peter)
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Local exposure
1. A training course on International Classification of Diseases (10th Revision) Morbidity & Mortality Coding(WHO-FIC-IFHIMA Accredited) from 28th Sept to 06th October 2015 and certificate was awarded as successfully completed 2. Working exposure in the premier medical research institute in the country 3. Workshop on ‘Basic Research Ethics’ on 04,01.2019 at Auditorium of National Institute of Mental Health, Mulleriyawa, organized by Institute of Research and Development, Sri Lanka 4. Workshop on ‘Ethics, Governance and Responsibility in Global Health Research Collaborations’ on 05,01.2019 at MRI Auditorium. organized by Institute of Research and Development, Sri Lanka 5. Workshop on Management of Leprosy in 2020
Research Interests
Sociology in Medicine, Public Health research on NCD, Human resource improvement in Medical research, Polisy analysis and evaluations
Research experience
Completed Research
1. A desk review of related health policies on prevention and control of ischemic heart disease in Sri Lanka 2. Evaluation of health policy: How well have the policies on prevention and control of ischemic heart disease been evaluated in Sri Lanka?
3. An implementation of an open source software “KOHA” at the medical library MRI On-going Research
1. Dilemmas of Ischemic Heart Disease Research in Sri Lanka; An exploration of the determinants, research outputs, policies, and prospectus
2. Determinants of publishing scholarly outcome among Sri Lankan medical researchers Industry Exposure
Three days’ Workshop on Microsoft Project Management at NIBM, Colombo 07 Experience on eHealth activities at Medical Research Institute, Maintenance of Servers with configuration to install operating systems and applications, running virtual servers, network maintenance, Maintenance of Library Information Management System(KOHA), coordination and management of collaborative programs with other academic Institutes Eg Workshops on library & information, information technology, clinical coding at different institutions with eIMMR( an automated online system) Type of experiences
1. Clinical experience from year 1997 as Medical officer in general medical wards, Clinics, Tuberculosis hospital and clinics, Leprosy clinic
2. Administrative experience as the District Medical Officer of DH Valaichchenai 3. Research experience during the period at MRI and PGIM 4. Development of new diagnostic methods to detect Human Influenza virus- Japan 5. Inoculation of Human Influenza viruses in Chic eggs for the propagation of Viral intensity which can be used for research purposes
6. Development of different Virological protocols
7. Contribution of National eHealth Policy, Standard and guidelines, Strategic plan on IT Human resource development strategy etc.
8. Development of Institutional IT resource acquisition, Procurement and utilization policy 9.
Experience on Human Resource Management
1. MSc dissertation was on, Policy and Guidelines on Human Resource Development Strategy for Digitizing State Health Sector of Sri Lanka
2. Attended a 5-day workshop conducted by the MOH on the HR management in the Health sector at the PGIM (2011) 3. MPhil/ PhD candidate at the faculty of graduate studies at the University of Colombo from 2014 4. Co-ordinating collaborative research activity between NRCPD Japan and Sri Lanka Page 5 of 6
IT Knowledge
Health Informatics- Application of Information Technology in health to perform almost all the related functions in most efficient way, Bio Informatics, Medical education Informatics and Public Health Informatics, Development of eHealth Policy, Overall knowledge on Programming, Databases, Network Management, Server etc, Implementation and maintenance of Library Information Management System ( Eg KOHA),
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
1. Member of Government Medical Officer’s Association since 1996 2. Life Member of Allergy and Immunology society of Sri Lanka since 2006 3. Life Member of Heath Informatics Society of Sri Lanka since 2009 4. Member of the Research Committee of MRI since July 2011 5. Member of the Ethics committee MRI (Pending)
6. Visiting lecturer at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine for Microbiology MD trainees from 2013 up to date 7. Member of JICA ALUMINA Sri Lanka
Other Qualifications and Certifications
IELTS General Training LK001, on 01.Aug.2015, Candidate Number 003397,Test Report Form No 15LK003397HEWD001G
Overall Band Score 6.5
CEFR Level: B2
A training course on International Classification of Diseases ( 10th Revision) Morbidity & Mortality Coding( WHO-FIC-IFHIMA Accredited) from 28th Sept to 06th October 2015 Successfully completed
Personal Strengths & Profile
Personal Skills & Atitudes
Effective communication, Showing Leadership for teamwork, listening patiently, communicating clearly, Efficient Problem-solving, Goal-setting and achieving, Self-motivating, showing confidence, Organizing, Conceptualizing, Negotiating, Analytical, Good IT literacy and use of statistical applications including SPSS, Ability to articulate the strategic direction for health informatics within the organization and rational use of proper informatics management tools,matching the currently governing standards to their proper use,ability to identify information and data needs of projects or program users and stakeholders, ability to describe the information system development, procurement and implementation needs that meet the public health program needs within the organization and evaluate information systems and applications which are planned to be implemented, Ability to implement solutions that assure recommended common eHealth architecture of the Health Information Management System to ensure interoperability, efficiency, security, responsiveness and availability.
Use of proper ICT Management to increase the IT literacy of their staff and also to identify and build a skilled workforce in order to carryout eHealth activities. Handling dedicated network, allowing staff to work collaboratively and to exchange information in an effective manner using this network where applicable. Ability to improve communication through Health web portal which will provide links to authenticated websites and State Healthcare Sector institutes which is optimized for accessibility and participation of users. Maintain Ethics, Privacy, Confidentiality and Security of Information by providing physical, logical and procedural security measures. Knowledge on the recommended common electronic data standards to ensure interoperability, Having good communication and literacy skills, Organized, thorough, and resourceful Ability to juggle multiple tasks and autonomously manage own workload Have experience conducting literature reviews, and of finding, evaluating, summarizing and delivering information, Since I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Colombo, I have exposed to these tasks very well. Strong leadership qualities
Holding the Batch representative post of 29 postgraduate medical doctors of MSc Biomedical Informatics, 2009-2011 at PGIM Colombo and led the team to obtain the positions at the MOH
Holding the Branch secretary post of Government Medical Officers association for three consecutive years at the Medical research Institute successfully to strengthen the unity and achieving the expected outcomes Personal values
Work towards the productive and efficient inputs to the society/ community with new innovations and experience, Help the society to use modern information technology cost effectively and efficiently. I am very active and methodical person I believe. I am a non-smoker as well as very occasionally a social drinker. Additional Information available on request
Official Affiliation link: https://www.mri.gov.lk/staff-research-profile/d-sanath-thubellage/ Interests and hobbies
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In my spare time I enjoy playing chess, cricket & reading books/ research articles, newspapers etc. whenever appropriate. Interest in health research and policy
Referees
1. Prof. Rangith Pathegama Gamage, Director, Deep Earth Energy Research Lab, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Phone: +61 3 990 54982
Homepage:http://www.3gdeep.com
Office:Room 140, Building 60, Clayton Campus
Qualification:B.Sc-Eng,Ph.D
Email: *******.*********.******@******.***, *******.**@******.*** Web: http://eng.monash.edu.au/civil/about/people/profile/ranjithp 2. Mr .Y.A.De Silva Former Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Phone: +941********
Mobile: +947********
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