SIMCON2020
The 4th Annual Academic Sessions
at the Hotel Grand Kandyan, Kandy.
PROFESSOR T VARAGUNAM MEMORIAL ORATION 2020

SPEAKERS - SIMCON Kandy 2020

Prof. Stuart D Russell

Prof. Roopen Arya

Prof. Raman Puri

Prof. Suranjith Seneviratne

Prof. Udaya Seneviratne

Prof. Govindan Unni

Prof. Serge A Jabbour

Prof. E M Irusen

Dr. Houman Homayoun

Dr. Sanjay Sharma

Dr. Madhava Dissanayake

Dr. Mevan Wijetunga

Dr. John Hunninghake

Prof. Nick Buckley

Dr. A Muruganathan

Dr. Carmel Stober

Dr. Joe Martins

Dr. Anita Nambiar

Prof. Nisha Bhavani

Dr. Anuj Maheshwari

Prof. Anuradha Dassanayake

Prof. Arjuna Medagama

Prof. SAM Kularatne

Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe

Prof. Indika Gawarammana

Prof. HMM Herath

Prof. Arjuna de Silva

Prof. Sarath Lekamwasam

Prof. Chandrika Jayasinghe

Prof. Anuja Premawardhena

Dr. Shamali Abeyagunawardena

Dr. Krishantha Jayasekera

Dr. Madhuwanthi Hettiarachchi

Dr. Panduka Karunanayake

Dr. Dilhar Samaraweera

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara

Dr. Wasantha Dissanayake

Dr. Lallindra Gooneratne

Dr. WKS Kularatne

Dr. Nalayini Rajaratnam

Dr. Kumudini Jayasinghe

Dr. Arosha Dissanayake

Dr. Harsha Sathishchandra

Dr. Upul Dissanayake

Dr. Shamila T De Silva

Dr. Henry Rajaratnam

Dr. S Sivakumaran
MESSAGE FROM THE CONGRESS CHAIR SIMCON Kandy 2020

Dr. Suranga Ravinda Manilgama
MBBS, MD, FCCP, MRCP(UK), FRCP(London), FRCP(Edin), FACP(USA),
MRCP Endocrinology & Diabetes(UK)
Specialist Physician in Internal Medicine
North Colombo Teaching Hospital Ragama, Sri Lanka
It gives me great pleasure to compile these words as the congress chair of the SIMCON 2020 Annual congress of Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine. The annual congress is the pinnacle of academic activities in the college calendar. SIMCON 2020 will be held from 24th to 26th February 2021 at Hotel Grand Kandyan, Kandy. As frontline clinicians, we have entered the hornet’s nest in managing Covid 19 pandemic throughout the year 2020. Sri Lanka facing its second wave, was at a crucial juncture last November. In this context, we were compelled to postpone the SIMCON. This year we pledge to give you the most wonderful academic accolade in this hybrid programme which is launched amidst strict COVID health rules and regulations. SIMCON 2020 would be a novel experience for members of Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine featuring a hybrid conference linking virtual and physical presence through latest technology.
To pay the tribute to the yeoman service done by our members delivering excellent care in a limited resource setting, during this crisis, we have selected the theme for this year as “Devotion and diligence through courage, incomparable” To mark this historic event, the congress will be graced by senior Professor Saroj Jayasinghe as the Chief Guest, both senior Consultant Dr Henry Rajarathnam and ACP President Dr Jacqueline Winfield Fincher as the virtual guests of honor. The close association of the American College of Physicians with the Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine from its inception is special and memorable. SIMCON 2020 will be a landmark of this special bond and enable us to work together on common goals. Read more
SYMPOSIA
- Biologics in current clinical practice
- Staying steady on your feet, independent age
- Neurology Update
- Heart failure – what is new?
- Investigations for hospitalist
- Blood thinning agents – what is new?
PLENARIES
- Rhythm disorders for the internist
- Pearls on dyslipidaemia
- Sepsis, a 2020 review for the internist
- Pearls on toxicology
GUEST LECTURES
- Management of a stable cirrhotic patient
- Dilemmas in Hypertension
- SGLT2i, changing the landscape for diabetes treatment
- Optimal asthma control
- Role of AI in management of Hypertension
SPECIIAL ADDITIONS
- Grand ward round
- Veterans file