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Lecture Two | September 15, 2022 | Dr. Sarath Gunatilake (MD, Dr. P.H.)
Date: Thursday / Friday
Time:
6:00 PM PST (Thursday)
9:00 PM EST (Thursday)
6:30 AM IST for India & Sri Lanka (Friday)
9:00 AM Malaysia/Singapore (Friday)
8:00 AM Indonesia (Friday)
Dr. Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. P.H is an American Board Certified Occupational Medicine Physician, Who is an Emeritus Professor and the former Chair of the Health Science Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). He served as the Medical Director of Metropolitan State Hospital (1054 beds) in Norwalk, CA, for nine years. Professor Gunatilake has been a consultant to many International Health Organizations, such as the World Bank, USAID, UNICEF, World Health Organization, the South Pacific Commission, CARE International and the Asian Development Bank, in thirteen countries. His areas of expertise include Health Planning, Management, Sustainable Development Family Health and Nutrition, Program planning and Evaluation and Quality Assurance in Health Care He is the co-principal investigator for the CSULB, CDC-HRSA grant on Curriculum Development for Bioterrorism. He was a member of a panel of consultants who assessed the damage to the health care sector during the South Asian Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Professor Gunatilake has Published widely and contributed many guest lectures, publications, and consultation services in Disaster Management and International, Occupational and Mental Health to a number of local and international organizations.
32 Years of Experience
Education and Training:
MD- University of Colombo, Sri Lanka-1974
Commonwealth Universities Fellowship in
Sustainable Development, India and Bangladesh-
1978
M.P.H –(Health Promotion) University of Hawaii,
Manoa-1981
Dr.P.H – University of Hawaii, Manoa
–Organizational Development in Health Care -1984.
Research Fellowship-Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
-1985
Residency Training –Family Medicine –Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX 1990-1991
Residency Training and Board Certification-
Preventive Medicine in Occupational Medicine.
University of California, Irvine-1994
Subject Matter Expertise:
Emergency Management
Sustainable Development
Family Health and Nutrition
Occupational and Environmental Health
Mental Health
Health Manpower Development and Training
Health Promotion and Risk reduction
Program Planning Evaluation
Electronic Patient Records
Leadership Training, Small group Facilitation
Skills
Survey Design and Social Research
Other Employment / Membership Information and Awards:
Secretary – Sri Lanka America Medical Association
(SLAMANA), West Coast (2004 – Present)
Vice President and President – Academic Senate,
American University of the Caribbean (2001-2004)
Community Service Award, California State University
College of Health and Human Services – June 1999.
Meritorious Performance Awards, California State Long
Beach (1989), 1998, 1999
Post-Doctoral Fellowship – The Institute of Culture and
Communication, the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
(1984)
Awarded a grant by the World Assembly of Youth to study
volunteer youth programs in Indonesia, Malaysia and
Singapore (1973)
Program Date:
September 15, 2022 (Thursday)
Time:
6:00 PM PST (Thursday)
9:00 PM EST (Thursday)
6:30 AM IST for India & Sri Lanka (Friday)
9:00 AM Malaysia/Singapore (Friday)
8:00 AM Indonesia (Friday)
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