Rate My Professor Induwara Gunarathne Mudiyanselage

Induwara Gunarathne Mudiyanselage is Anatomy Lead and Associate Professor of Clinical Anatomy and Rural Medicine in the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England, Australia. He earned a PhD from the University of New England, MSc in Forensic Medicine and MPhil in Forensic Medicine from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Diploma in Forensic Medicine from the University of Colombo, BDS in Dental Surgery, LLM in Medical Ethics and Health Law from American University, Washington DC, Certificate in Medical Statistics, Diploma in Toxicology, Diploma in Human Rights, and is admitted as Attorney at Law. His advanced training includes forensic programs at the Armed Institute of Pathology in the USA, Centre for Forensic & Legal Medicine at the University of Dundee, UK, Hiroshima University, Japan under JICA sponsorship, Adelaide University, Australia, and institutions in India and Sri Lanka. Prior to UNE, he served over fifteen years as senior lecturer in Forensic Medicine at the University of Peradeniya Faculty of Medicine, as Head of Department, Chief Examiner, Acting Dean, University Senate member, Chairman of Student Councillors Board, Secretary of Ethical Review Committee, Course Director, Coordinator of Diploma in Forensic Medicine Program, Acting Chairman of Medical Curriculum Coordinating Committee, Chief Editor of Journal of Forensic Medicine Science and Law, and lecturer in charge of forensic laboratories. He has worked as a clinician, dental surgeon, expert medical witness, and lawyer specializing in medical ethics and health law, with internships at the National Institutes of Health and Bioethics and Health Law Initiative at Washington DC College of Law.

Dr. Gunarathne's research specializations include forensic medicine and sciences, gross and clinical anatomy, human identification, medical ethics, medical education, criminal law, and criminology. He has authored books including Safe Autopsy (2017, ISBN 978-955-41812-1-2), Pashchaath Marana Pareekshanaya hi Awadanam Paalanaya (2017, ISBN 978-955-41812-0-5), and Plant Poisons in Sri Lanka (2017, ISBN 978-955-41812-3-6), a monograph Skeletal Survey – A Practical Guide for Forensic Students, and chapters on forensic dentistry in Oral Medicine and Pathology and on Sri Lanka in Enforced Disappearances in Asia. With over 75 publications, key papers include Chain of Custody in Forensic Practice (Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine Science and Law, 2016), The Human Tissue Act and Its relevance to Forensic Practice in Sri Lanka (2016), Spheno-Occipital Synchondrosis for age estimation (Sri Lanka Dental Journal, 2017), and studies on Lucilia cuprina and Chrysomya bezziana development (Journal of Medical Entomology, 2017-2018). A recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship and Australian Leadership Award, he teaches Forensic Anthropology at UNE.