Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo,
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Sri Lanka
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Prof. Rohan W Jayasekara
MBBS (Ceyl.) PhD (N'cle), C.Biol., M.I.Biol.(UK)
PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY & HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
 


The Professorial
Cake!!

Special Interests
Cytogenetics
Genetic Counselling
Ethics of New Genetic & Reproductive Technologies

Faculty Appointments
Member - Ceylon Medical College Council.
Member - Research and Higher Degrees Committee.
Convenor - Site Development and Buildings Committee.
Member - Endocrine and Metabolism Module.

Other Appointments
Vice President - Sri Lanka Sports Medicine Association.
Member - Research Committee, Sri Lanka Medical Association.
Member - Health Sciences Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka.
Member, Board of Study in Radiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo.

Recent Publications

Jayasekara R, Mastana SS, Papiha SS. (1994) Distribution of Group specific component (GC) and Transferrin (TF) subtypes in populations of Sri Lanka. Gene Geography. 8 : 151 - 156.

Papiha SS, Mastana SS Jayasekara R. (1996) Genetic Variation in Sri Lanka. Human Biology. 68 (5) : 707 - 737.

Papiha SS, Mastana SS, Purandare CA, Jayasekara R, Chakraborty R. (1996) Population Genetic Study of Three VNTR Loci (D2S44, D7S22, and D12S11) in Five Ethnically Defined Populations of the Indian Subcontinent. Human Biology. 68 (5) : 819 - 835.

Disssanayake VHW, Jayasekara R. (1999) Pattern of use of medical information made available via an Internet web site. Ceylon Medical Journal. 44: 14-17.

De Silva AP, Seneviratne SL, Gunatilake SB, Fonseka M, Jayasekara R, De Silva HJ. A family with alkaptonuria showing quasidominant inheritance. Ceylon Medical Journal  1999;44(3):130-132.

email:   rohanjay@sri.lanka.net