Daminda Attanayake

Dynamic Sports Medicine professional with extensive experience at Sri Lanka Cricket, specializing in injury management and rehabilitation protocols. Proven ability to lead teams and implement effective emergency treatment procedures. Fluent in Sinhala, English, and Russian, I excel in building relationships and delivering impactful sports medicine education.

• E.A.L.C.K, Edirisinghe, Dr, lakshman.edi@gmail.com, +94112369931-4, +94773017340, National Blood Transfusion Service, Director, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Director National Blood Transfusion Service, Former Director General Institute of Sport Medicine, National Blood Center, Narahenpita, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka.
• Richard, Twycross-Lewis, Dr, rtwycrosslewis@gmail.com, +44 (0)20 7882 8732, Queen Mary University of London, BSc, MRes, PhD, MInstP, Mile End Road, London, United Kingdom, E1 4NS, School of Engineering and Materials Science

• World Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Expert Consultant, Global action plan development on physical activity
• International Cricket Council, Medical and anti-doping representative, 2018, Present
• Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Chief Compliance Officer, 2020, Present, Developing COVID 19 prevention/mitigation health guidelines for Bio-secure Environments (BSE) and Managed event Environments (MEE)
• Lanka Premier League (LPL) Cricket Tournament, Deputy Medical director and Main Compliances officer for COVID at 2020/2021, 2020, 2021
• SLC Medical Committee, Member, 2017, Present
• SLC, Chief Medical Officer High Performance Center, 2017, 2019
• National Talent Identification Technical committee, Chairman, 2017, 2019
• Inaugural Sri Lankan Sport and Exercise Medicine Conference, Head of the Organizing Committee, 2018-09-06, 2018-09-09
• LSR Marathon Colombo, Co-Chairperson of the Medical Committee, 2012, 2014
• Sri Lanka’s Physical therapy Assistant/Sport Masseur course, Founder and the Course Director, 2004, 2009
• Apex Center for Sport Medicine and Physiotherapy, Founder and the Head, Present

• Attanayake D, Gamage JP. “Acute injuries among national Taekwondo athletes”. 6th Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) conference. Adelaide, Australia. March 2014
• Attanayake D, Gamage JP. “Physical and fitness profile of combat sports athletes: Karate and Taekwondo” 6th Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) conference. Adelaide, Australia. March 2014
• Attanayake D, Gamage JP, Sanjeewa KAS, Nalliah AK. “The relationship of finger-hand-wrist dimensions and anthropometry on wrist joint active range of motion among spin and fast bowlers”. World congress of Sports and Exercise Medicine in Cricket, Sydney Australia. March 2015
• Attanayake D, Gamage JP. “Physique limitation in rugby: anthropometric and physiological evaluation of Sri Lankan national rugby players compared to international counterparts”. ASICS Sports Medicine Australia Conference, Queensland Australia. October 2015. (The abstract was published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sports December Supplement. P-43)
• Attanayake D, Hall J, Twycross louis R. “Kinetic and Kinematics and muscle activation patterns of Barefoot shoes vs Shod” at QMUL annual Sessions 2012.

• Team Doctor for Sri Lanka National Men’s Cricket Team during their Tour to England in January 2021
• Team Doctor for Sri Lanka National Men’s Cricket Team during their Tour to South Africa in December 2020
• Team Physician for Sri Lanka National Netball Team to world cup Liverpool UK in 2019
• Team Physician for Sri Lanka National Sports Squad that took part in the Commonwealth Games in Gold coast, Australia 2018
• Team Physician for Sri Lanka Men’s National Hockey team at the Asian Championship in Singapore 2016
• Team Manager for Sri Lanka Women’s National Hockey team at the Asian Championship in Singapore 2016
• Team Physician for Sri Lanka Junior National Netball team at the Asian Championship in Singapore 2015
• Team Physician for Sri Lanka Junior Karate team at the Karate Championship Games in Malaysia 2008