Academic Staff-Department of Psychiatry
Head of the Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Gayani D. Punchihewa


MBBS, MD Psych


Senior Lecturer & Psychiatrist and Head of the Department of Psychiatry


Special Interests: General Adult Psychiatry, Maternal Mental Health.


Email: punchihewagd@gmail.com, gpunchihewa@medi.ruh.ac.lk

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Prof. Chandanie G. Hewage


MBBS, MD (Psych)


Professor in Psychiatry


Special Interests: Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Learning Disability, Trauma related mental health issues and Research Ethics.


Email: chandaniehewage@yahoo.com

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Prof. Harshini Rajapakse


MBBS, MD Psych. PhD (Durham), FRCP (London), FSLCPsych


Professor in Psychiatry


Special Interests: Liaison Psychiatry, Qualitative research, psychotherapy and Medical Humanities.


Email : harshini@med.ruh.ac.uk

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Research Gate Profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harshini-Rajapakse-2


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Dr. Ajith Jayasekara


MBBS, MD(Psych)


Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry


Special Interests: Old age psychiatry.


Email: jayasekara.ajith@yahoo.com

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Dr. S.A.C.Senadheera


BSc (Psychology), MSc (Clinical Psychology, St.Petersburg, Russia), PhD (Ruhuna)


Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychologist


Special Interests: Neurodevelopmental assessments, Deliberate self-harm of youth.


Email: chandaniesenadheera@yahoo.co.uk

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Non Academic Staff-Department of Psychiatry
Mr.M.M.N.V. Ruvan Pushpakumara


Work Aid


Email: pushpaknm@admin.ruh.ac.lk

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Mobile: 077-2948228.071-0173229