“My Batch with our PeMSAA” webinar series is the brainchild of Prof. Vasanthi Pinto, President, PeMSAA 19/20. It was the perfect solution for the dissemination and sharing of scientific knowledge and expertise during the COVID-19 pandemic that prevented hosting of any kind of physical forum.

“My Batch with our PeMSAA” webinars provided a common interactive platform to alumni spread across the world. It also created a wonderful opportunity for the batch mates to socialize and for PeMSAA to create new bonds as well as strengthen existing bonds with alumni. Five batch webinars were held during the year 2020 and more batches are lined up to have their own in time to come.

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COVID-19: The less talked about aspects
Batch 1987/88
2021-09-19

Speakers

Dr. Ruad Perera (MBBS, MD, FRACP)
Associate Professor & Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australian TB Control Program & University of Western Australia

Dr. Bandula Bandaranayake (MBBS, MD)
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Sirimavo Bandaranayake Specialized Children’s Hospital, Peradeniya

Dr. Ashoka Wijayananda (MBBS, MD)
Consultant Anaesthesiologist & Intensivist, Sirimavo Bandaranayake Specialized Children’s Hospital, Peradeniya

Moderator

Dr. Indu nanayakkara (MBBS, MPhil, PhD)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

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Kicked to Fifties and Beyond Sixties: A healer’s journey
Batch 1991/92
2021-07-24

Speakers

Dr. Sajeewana Amarasingha (MBBS, MD)
Consultant Psychiatrist, National Institute of Mental Health, Mulleriyawa New Town

Dr. Ruwan Bandara (MBBS)
Medical Officer, Base Hospital, Mawanella

Prof. Sanjaya Adikari (MBBS, PhD)
Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Moderator

Dr. Kanchana Edirisinghe (MBBS, MS, MRCS)
Consultant Urologist, National Hospital, Kandy

PeMSAA Evening Talks 2025-2026

 Latest Lecture

Organizing complementary lectures for medical undergraduates has been an activity that the PeMSAA has been enthusiastically involved in for more than a decade now. For the extended staff whose teaching is otherwise limited to ward classes before the final year, this exercise established a platform to deliver talks to whole batches of students especially close to the Final MBBS examination. For students this has been an opportunity to clarify doubts, revise, and orient themselves towards the examination. Above all, it fostered the bond between the students and teachers.

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, which severely disrupted undergraduate education across the country, significantly affected the on-site learning of medical students. In response, to help bridge the gap, PeMSAA initiated this program as an online programme in 2021, which was converted to an onsite program since 2025.

The revitalized programme, now known as “PeMSAA Evening Talks” with the caption “Alumni Giving a Helping Hand”, became an instant success. Consultants from all corners of the country, professors and retired professors, and also the most recent graduates, all united under the banner of PeMSAA to lend a hand to the budding doctors..

The recordings of the lecture series are shared in the public domain for the benefit of the young doctors of the whole country.

To watch our PeMSAA Evening Talks 2021-2022, please click here

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2025 Lectures

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Preparation for MCQs in Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Final MBBS Examination
Dr Neranja Fonseka, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2025-06-03

A programme of conducting regional clinical meetings in association with clinical societies in the peripheries was proposed by Prof. Vasanthi Pinto during her tenure as the President. It was an initiative to reach out to the alumni rendering services at various peripheral institutes, and disseminate contextually relevant knowledge. Along with that, there was the opportunity to strengthen the bond between them and the PeMSAA. However, this endeavour did not materialize as the COVID-19 pandemic became a hindrance to organizing any such event.

While physical gatherings were no longer possible, the new Council was resolute on implementing this programme nonetheless. Adapting to the new normal, “Regional Clinical Meetings” are now being conducted virtually. The first session was organized in association with ‘Ratnapura Clinical Society. The second session was organized in association with ‘Matale Clinical Society’.

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Management of Common NCDs at Primary Care
Speakers: Prof. Udaya Ralapanawa, Professor in Medicine & Consultant Physician, Dr. Gowri Ratnayake, Consultant Endocrinologist

Moderator: Dr. Chathurika Dandeniya, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Rheumatologist
2022-02-02
Organized in Collaboration with Matale Clinical Society

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COVID-19: Addressing the Conundrums of the General Practitioner
Speaker: Dr. Neranjan Dissanayake, President of Ratnapura Clinical Society & Consultant Pulmonologist

Moderator: Dr. Duminda Yasaratne, Senior Lecturer & Consultant Pulmonologist
2021-09-12
Organized in Collaboration with the Ratnapura Clinical Society