Dr. Gowri Selvaratnam

Dr. Gowri Selvaratnam

MBBS (Jaffna) MD (Colombo)

Consultant chest physician and Senior lecturer (Grade I),
Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Jaffna

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Chronology of the carrier

      1. Medical Officer of Ministry of Health from March 1993 to December 1995
      2. Postgraduate trainee in General Medicine from January 1996 to December 1998 at Colombo NHSL
      3. Postgraduate trainee in Respiratory Medicine at Central Chest Clinic Colombo, Sri Lanka from January 1998 to December 1999
      4. Resident Physician at Teaching Hospital, Jaffna from January 2000 December 2000
      5. Honarary Respiratory Physician at Royal Melbourn Hospital Australia from March 2001 to March 2002
      6. Respiratory Physician at Teaching Hospital Jaffna from 2002 to 2013
      7. Senior Lecturer Lecturer in Medicine , Department of Medicine University of Jaffna from 2013 till to date

Current Appointment

University of Jaffna

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, UOJ
    • Consultant Chest Physician Teaching Hospital, Jaffna
    • Examiner for the final MBBS examination
    • Examiner for viva-voce in Pharmacology, Microbiology, Physiciology and Biochemistry
    • Examiner for competency examination for foreign medical graduates conducted by Sri Lanka Medical Council (ERPM)

Publications

      1. Neuropathic ulcer: rare manifestation of Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis P. Thineskaran, S. Pirasath , G. Selvaratnam,V. Perera. Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
      2. CaseReport Cardiogenic Shock: An Unusual Initial Presentation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome
      3. Apirami ,1 J. A. Pratheepan,2 T. Kumanan ,2 M. Guruparan,1 and G. Selvaratnam2 1Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka 2Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      4. Acute Pancreatitis: An Extremely Rare Complication of Etoricoxib Solangaarachchige Anushika Luckmy1*, Kumanan Thirunavukarasu2, Joseph Pratheepan3, Gowry Selvaratnam4 1Registrar in General Medicine, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka 2Consultant Physician & Senior Lecturer, University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka 3Consultant Physician, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka 4Consultant Chest Physician & Senior Lecturer, University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      5. Melioidosis in northern Sri Lanka: filling thegap in the map FNMubarak1, SThavapalan1, EMCorea2, AD De Silva3, BJRCooray4, SGhetheeswaran5, KIndranath4, TKumanan6, TPeranantharajah5, JAPradeepan6, GJPratheepan7, GSelvaratnam6, SSivansuthan5, NSuganthan6, SUthayakumaran5
      6. Multidisciplinary Approach: An Essential Step in Diagnosing Granulomatous Disease
      1. Sujanitha1, T. Kumanan1, G Selvaratnam1, S. Giridaran2 Departments of 1Medicine, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka; 2Consultant Surgeon, Base Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      2. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Secondary to Severe Pneumonia
      3. Solangaarachchige Anushika Luckmy1*, Kumanan Thirunavukarasu1, Gowry Selvaratnam1 and Muthusamy Malaravan21University Medical Unit, Jaffna Teaching Hospital, Hospital Road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka2Department of Ophthalmology, Jaffna Teaching Hospital, Hospital Road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      4. Coma vigil” – case report of a rare neuropsychiatric complication in pan sensitive Salmonella infection U Ratnayake1, T Kumanan1, G Selvaratnam1
      5. Herpes Simplex Encephalitis Mimicking as Cerebral Infarction S Pirasath, G Selvaratnam, J Pradeepan Professorial Medical Unit Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      6. Sarcoidosis with Splenic Involvement: Two Case Reports from a Single Centre from Northern Sri Lanka Dinushi Dilanka Dikowita1*, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan2, Gowry Selvaratnam2, J.A. Pradeepan2 1Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Jaffna, Srilanka
      7. A post menopausal female with empty sella syndrome Vithiya R1, Suganthan N 2, Selvaratnam G3, Kumanan T2
      8. Melioidosis: Emerging infection in Northern Sri Lanka Pirasath1,*, G. Selvaratnam2, T, Kumanan3, J. Pradeepan4, F. N. Mubarak5 1Registrar, 2Consultant Chest Physician & Senior Lecturer, 3,4Consultant Physician & Senior Lecturer, Professorial Medical Unit, onsultant Microbiologist, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      9. Mycoplasma Pneumonia associated with severe cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia S. Pirasath1,*, G. Selvaratnam2 1Registrar, 2Consultant Chest Physician & Senior Lecturer in Clinical Medicine, Professorial Medical Unit Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      10. Acute myocardial injury after scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) stingR M U K B Ratnayake1, T Kumanan1, G Selvaratnam11University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
      11. Sternoclavicular Joint Tuberculosis: A rare extra pulmonary manifestation LM Dharmika Anoj1, T Kumanan1, G Selvaratnam1 Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2016 Vol.6 (1):64-66 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v6i1.80
      12. Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Homicidal Strangulation: Uncommon Cause of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary OedemaPirasath S*, Selvaratnam G, Kumanan T and Suganthan NProfessorial Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      13. A post menopausal female with empty sella syndrome Vithiya R1, Suganthan N 2, Selvaratnam G3, Kumanan T2
      14. Etoricoxib- induced pleural effusion: A case for rational use of analgesics Nisahan Balasingam, Kumanan Thirunavukarasu, Gowry SelvaratnamDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
      15. Salmonella paratyphi A: A rare cause of infective spondylitis and psoas abscess KA. Kumaran,G Selvaratnam

Abstracts and communications at scientific conferences

    1. Murugananthan,T.Kumanan, G.Selvaratnam, S.Sivansuthan, G.sathiadas, N.KetheesaN, R.surenthirakumaran, F.Noordeen. Role of NS1 Antigen detection in the diagnosis of dengue haemorrhagic fever. Presented at 2ndAnnual Conference and Scientific Sessions of Sri lanka Society for Microbilogy (SSM)-2013.
    2. Murugananthan, T. Kumanan, G. Selvaratnam, S. Sivansuthan, G. Sathiadas, N. Ketheesan, R. Surenthirakumaran, F. Noordeen (2013) Virological and immunological profiles in dengue fever suspected patients from the Northern Province of Sri lanka.Third International Dengue Conference in Thailand, 2013
    3. Murugananthan K, Kumanan T, Selvaratnam G, Sivansuthan S, Sathiadas, Ketheesan N, Surenthirakumaran R and  Noordeen  F (2013).  An insight into the 2009/2010 dengue fever/dengue haemorrhagic fever outbreak in the Jaffna peninsula, the northern Sri Lanka. Asia-Pacific Congress of Virology. 17th – 20th December 2013 (New Delhi NCR) India pp186.
    4. Gowry Selvaratnam, Consultant Respiratory  Physician  Teaching Hospital, Jaffna  .Managing haemoptysis; a practical approach . Annual Academic Sessions- Respire of Sri lanka College of Pulmonologists.