Senaka Rajapakse graduated (MBBS 1993, MD 1999) from the
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in 1993.[2] He became a member of the
Royal College of Physicians in 2003.[2] He completed postgraduate training in General (Internal) Medicine and Intensive care at National University Hospital, Singapore.
Since the early days of his medical career he has been involved in research, initially on
yellow oleander poisoning, and then tropical infections such as
dengue fever,
malaria, and
leptospirosis. He has collaborated with Oxford University research teams. In addition to the research papers, books and multimedia publications, he has contributed to a widely used medical book, Kumar and Clark's 9th edition.[8] He has an H-index of 38, with over 4500 citations.
Rajapakse has won numerous research awards, including many Presidential Awards for research, the National Science Foundation Research Award for Scientific Excellence in 2017, the University of Colombo award for Excellence in Research 2002, 2011, & 2015, and the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in research 2017. He was awarded the CVCD (Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors, Sri Lanka) Most Outstanding Senior Researcher in Health Sciences Award in 2016,[9] which is a lifetime award for excellence in research.
Publications
Samarakoon L, Fernando T, Rodrigo C, Rajapakse S. Learning styles and approaches to learning among medical undergraduates and postgraduates. BMC medical education. 2013 Dec;13(1):1-6. (Cited 308 times, according to
Google Scholar[10])
Rajapakse S, Rodrigo C, Rajapakse A. Atypical manifestations of chikungunya infection. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2010 Feb 1;104(2):89-96. (Cited 218 times, according to Google Scholar.[10])
Fernando D, Rodrigo C, Rajapakse S. Primaquine in vivax malaria: an update and review on management issues. Malaria journal. 2011 Dec;10(1):1-2.(Cited 174 times, according to Google Scholar.[10])