Champica Bodinayake
Professor in Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka
Honorary consultant Physician Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka
Adjunct Professor of Global Health

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champica.bodinayake@duke.edu(+94) 91 2232321
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine P.O. Box 70, Galle, Sri Lanka, 80000
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Champica Bodinayake
Professor in Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka
Honorary consultant Physician Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka
Adjunct Professor of Global Health
Prof. Champica Kasmari Bodinayake (MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK) is a Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Board certified Physician in Internal Medicine, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka.
She is a fellow of FAIMER institute (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education) USA.
Prof. Bodinayake is actively involved in teaching, supervising and assessing Medical undergraduates, Postgraduates and Graduates from allied Health Sciences and elective students from all over the world. She also works as a Physician attached to professorial Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle which is the only tertiary care centre of the Southern province of Sri Lanka.
Prof. Bodinayake is the lead Physician in charge of Ruhuna-Duke collaborative research and education program. Her research interests are on tropical and emerging infectious diseases as Dengue, Influenza, Respiratory and urinary pathogens, Leptospirosis, Rickettsial disease and antibiotic overuse. The Ruhuna-Duke collaborative research program is a strong research partnership over a decade between the two universities which gives many training and research opportunities for students in the field of Medicine.
Prof. Bodinayake has over 80 publications and has received several local and international grants and awards. She is a Scientific reviewer of PLOS NTD and BMC Infectious disease.