S. A. B.J Senevirathne

Motivated Director of Physical Therapy with 13 years of experience coordinating all activities related to rehabilitation services. Positive and encouraging professional well-versed in allocating budgets, developing and implementing rehabilitation therapies and recruiting and training staff. Expertise in operations and staff management. Committed to achieving best possible outcomes for patients while cultivating strong relationships with health-related professionals.

Healthcare Administrator with proven to deliver exemplary level of healthcare service delivery to patients. Coordinate admission and discharge of patients. Plan and implement strategies for developing improved health care management. Proven problem solver and excellent communicator. Strong organizational skills, superb understanding of data collection and performance metrics. Recognized for staff development leading to high performing teams.

• Merit Award,
• outstanding superior performance award for educational development in physiotherapy awarded by the Government physiotherapists’ association in collaboration with the world confederation of Physical Therapy at the Annual General Meeting in 2017 held at BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Merit Award,
• Appreciation of Educational Excellence award for research development in physiotherapy awarded by the Government physiotherapy officers’ association at the Annual General Meeting in 2019 held at BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Received the best performer of the year (2010-2011) by the Department of Physiotherapy, Lady Ridgeway Hospital, in appreciation of loyal services rendered to the department.
• Best oral presentation award
• Senevirathne B, Wijesinghe P, Premathilaka W, Kossinna K, Mohamad F, Munasinghe J, Gamunu, Phillips J, Phillips, Back yard swing to improve trunk control and gait speed of children with cerebral palsy. Awarded at the 4th Biennial Scientific conference of the Sri Lanka Association for Child Development (SLACD) held in January 2019 at BMICH Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Scholarships
• received international travel scholarship to attend the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 76th annual conference which was held in Las Vegas, USA from 21st to 24th September 2022.
• received travel scholarship to participate for the 34th annual meeting of European Academy of Childhood Disability(EACD) -2022 which was held in Barcelona, Spain 18th to 21st May 2022.
• Received the international travel scholarship from the Australasian Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AusACPDM) to attend the 9th Biennial conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand, March 2018.
• Received the travel scholarship from the World Health Organization (WHO) to attend the International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (ICCPDM) and visit to the R.P Sha Memorial to observe practices of Physiotherapists, Lucknow, India, March 2013.
• Grants
• Received the National Institute of Health (NIH, USA) Grant, 1R21HD093563-01 this grant is in between University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and University of New Mexico, USA.I am a Beneficiary of the grant from 2019. Beneficiary ID (FP 5259).

• Sri Lanka Medical Council registered Physiotherapist (PT-304)
• Lifetime Member of Sri Lanka society of Physiotherapy
• Member of Government Physiotherapists' Association (GPA)
• International partner member of American Physical Therapy Association,2021 onwards
• Member of the BSc curriculum revision committee of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya
• Regional representative (Central province) at Sri Lanka Association for Child Development (SLACD),2019 onwards
• Member of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), 2014 onwards
• Member of Australasian Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AusACPDM), 2018 onwards
• Member of National Science Foundation, 2019 onwards
• Member of Kosala Dullewa foundation, 2012 onwards
• Treasurer Government Physiotherapists’ Association (GPA), 2012-2015
• Executive committee member Sri Lanka Society of Physiotherapy (SLSP), 2012-2015

Registered Physiotherapist at SLMC since 2010.

registration number - PT(304)

• Senevirathne B, Wijesinghe P, Premathilaka W, Kossinna K, Mohamad F, Munasinghe J, Gamunu, Phillips J, Phillips Back yard swing to improve trunk control and gait speed of children with cerebral palsy. A pilot study (abstract M, T-P-SP35) Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.2019;61(suppl.3) 77-232.DOI:10.1111/dmcn.14354
• Senevirathne B, Sumanaena S, (2018). Parents prefer to play as a home-based physiotherapy intervention for children with cerebral palsy, in the central province of Sri Lanka (Abstract.10). Developmental medicine and child neurology, volume 60(suppl. 1), 65.

• Participated the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists 16th annual congress which was held 4th of February 2023 at epilepsy auditorium, Colombo.Oral presentation titled: Increased muscle resistance in children with cerebral palsy, objectively measured by a clinically applicable portable assessment device.
• Participated the Sri Lanka Association of child development 6th Bi-annual conference which was held in January 2023 at Lady ridgeway hospital, Colombo.Oral presentation titled: clinical profile, predisposing factors, and associated co-morbidities of children with cerebral palsy in the central province of Sri Lanka.
• Participated the American Academy of Cerebral palsy and Developmental Medicine 76th Annual Conference which was held in Las Vegas, USA from 21st to 24th September 2022.
• participated the International conference for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and language Therapists 2022 which was held in Colombo July 2022.
• Participated as an international delegate at 34th annual meeting European academy of childhood disability (EACD) -2022 which was held in Barcelona, Spain, 18-21 May 2022.
• participated the International conference for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and language Therapists 2019 which was held in Colombo, September 2019.
• American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), 73rd international conference held in Anaheim, California, USA in September 2019. Poster presentation Titled: Back yard swing to improve trunk control and gait speed of children with cerebral palsy.
• Australasian Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AusACPDM) 9th Biennial conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand, March 2018.Poster presentation Titled: parents prefer play as home-based physiotherapy intervention for children with cerebral palsy, in the central province of Sri Lanka
• The 2nd International Developmental Pediatric Association (IDPA) Congress held in Mumbai, India in December 2018.Poster presentation Titled: Above knee vs below knee stretch casting for ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy, what matters?
• International research sessions (IPURSE), held in November 2017 at University of Peradeniya. Oral presentation Titled: Significance of play therapy as an intervention in Home Based Physiotherapy Programs for children with cerebral palsy: parents’ perspectives and factors affecting.
• International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (ICCPDM) held in Lucknow, India, March 2013. Instructional course Titled: Designing an early intervention program to meet the needs of children with disabilities and their families within a low resource setting

Local 

• The 4th Biennial Scientific conference of the Sri Lanka Association for Child Development (SLACD) was held in January 2019 at BMICH Colombo, Sri Lanka. Oral presentation Titled “Backyard swing to improve trunk control and gait speed in children with cerebral palsy”
• National Health Research Symposium held in December 2017 at BMICH Colombo, Sri Lanka.

o Poster presentation Titled:   parents prefer “play” as home-based physiotherapy intervention for children   with cerebral palsy, in the central province of Sri Lanka

• Full training in spasticity and muscle stiffness evaluation including the use of the portable spasticity assessment device (PSAD; Movotec, DK), Obtained from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in January 2020.
• Training on Hammersmith Infantile Neurologic Examination (HINE) attached to Neurology department, University of New Mexico (UNM), in September 2019, Albuquerque USA.
• Clinical training at Carry Tingle Hospital, New Mexico attached to UNM in September 2019, Albuquerque, USA.
• Introductory and clinical course on the Specialized Treatment of Cerebral Palsy based on the Bobath concept. Held in November 2011, at Hermina Bekasi, Jakarta, Indonesia.

• Resource person at the training session, which was held at teaching hospital Peradeniya on August 2022 Titled “early identification and early intervention of children with cerebral palsy” organized by the family health department of the Ministry of Health, for the professional involved in the care of children with cerebral palsy in the central province, Sri Lanka.
• Resource person at the Webinar organized by the Department of Physiotherapy, Kothalawala Defense University (KDU), September 2021.
• Resource person at the Training on Neuromuscular Disorders in children, Physiotherapy management. Collaboratively conducted by physiotherapists from Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, and physiotherapists from Sirimawo Children’s hospital, Sri Lanka in 2017 at Kandy, Sri Lanka.
• Resource person at the symposium on cerebral palsy at the 34th annual academic sessions of the Kandy Society of Medicine (KSM) held on February 2012.

• Early identification and early intervention of children with cerebral palsy, organized by the family health department of the Ministry of Health, for the physiotherapists who involve in the care of children with cerebral palsy in the central province, of Sri Lanka in 2022.
• Early detection and early intervention through General Movement assessment basic course were conducted by professor Andrea, General movement foundation trust from Italy, Organized by Ayati Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Workshop for the higher degree candidates titled “postgraduate research development” by the faculty of Medicine, the University of Peradeniya in 2021.
• Workshop on The practical approach to Cerebral Palsy organized by Sri Lanka Association for Child Development in 2018.
• Training on the Development Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII) was conducted as a part of Building research capacity in child neurology in 2018.
• Training program on research methodology - conducted by Education Training and Research Unit, Ministry of Health in 2018.
• Workshop on play therapy organized by Sri Lanka Association for Child Development in 2017.
• Workshop on early intervention for children with cerebral palsy organized by Sri Lanka Association for Child Development in 2017.
• Training on Holistic care for the critically ill, fundamental application in critical care therapy (FACCT) for physiotherapists conducted by the college of Anesthesiologists and Intensivists of Sri Lanka in 2017.
• Training on physiotherapy management for children with Hemophilia organized by Sri Lanka collage of Hematologists in 2017.
• Training on physiotherapist’s role in Neuromuscular Disorders of children - conducted by physiotherapists from Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore in 2017.
• Training on International Guide for Monitoring and supporting child development held in Mumbai, India in 2017.
• The team approach to disability care – was conducted by the Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians in 2015.
• “Basic level Wheelchair training for Physiotherapists” conducted by The Spastic society Tamilnadu, India in 2014.
• The multidisciplinary approach to children with disabilities by Sri Lanka Association for Child Development in 2014.
• Physiotherapy Management for children with cerebral palsy was organized by Sri Lanka Association for Child Development in 2014.
• “Physiotherapy in critical care” was organized by the School of Physiotherapy in 2013.
• Leadership training for professional associations through the project “Towards disability-inclusive development through a strengthened rehabilitation sector in south Asia” In 2013.
• Training on counseling skills for health professionals was organized by the foundation institute in 2011.
• Training on the management of complex disorders by physiotherapy is organized by the ministry of health in 2012.
• Training on Introduction to Sports Medicine - conducted by the Asian federation of sports medicine in 2012.
• Training on Basic Motor Skills of Children with Down syndrome organized by Kosala Dullewa foundation in 2012.
• Training on the role of Manager in Modern Administrative context by south Asia gateway terminals in 2012.

Ø Training on Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation conducted by Global Hospitals Group – India in 2011.

Ø Training on Presentation Skills for professionals organized by the Ministry of Health in 2011.

• Reliability and validity of a clinically applicable portable spasticity assessment device to quantify spasticity in children with cerebral palsy.
• Above knee vs. below knee stretch casting for ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy, what matters?
• Validation of Developmental Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII) with normally developed children in Sri Lanka.
• Body mass index in children with cerebral palsy: Gross motor function level, eating and Drinking ability, SES, and use of medication as predictors.

01) Professor John Philips, 

Faculty of Medical Sciences 

University of New Mexico 

New Mexico 

USA

T.P: 0015054404606

Email: jphillips@mrn.org

02) Professor Jithangi Wanigasinghe 

Consultant Pediatric Neurologist 

Faculty of Medicine 

University of Colombo 

Sri Lanka.

T.P: +94777313914

Email: jithangi@gmail.com 

 I hereby certify that the information provided here is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. 

S.A.B.J Senevirathne 

Updated on 22/02/2023.