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Suranjith Seneviratne

Suranjith Seneviratne is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Suranjith Seneviratne rather than just read about it. In short: Suranjith Seneviratne is a doctor from Sri Lanka who practices in allergology and immunology. Education Seneviratne completed his basic Medical Degree with First Class Honours, eight distinctions and ten gold medals and was his year's valedictorian.

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Reference excerpt

Suranjith Seneviratne is a doctor from Sri Lanka who practices in allergology and immunology.

Education Seneviratne completed his basic Medical Degree with First Class Honours, eight distinctions and ten gold medals and was his year's valedictorian. He earned his Medical Degree in Internal Medicine and attended John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for training in Clinical Immunology and Allergy. He completed a DPhil in Molecular Immunology and Allergy at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford as a Commonwealth Scholar.

Professional activity Currently a Consultant in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London, the largest Primary Immunodeficiency Centre in Europe, Seneviratne was a Consultant and Lead Clinician in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at St Mary's Hospital and Imperial College London before, a world renowned Allergy and Immunology Centre, and the birthplace of the widely practiced procedure of Allergen Immunotherapy over 100 years ago. Seneviratne has also been appointed as the Director of Centre for Mast Cell Disorders and as the President of the UK-Sri Lanka Immunology Foundation, an organisation that contributes towards the Immunology and Allergy education in Sri Lanka. He is one of the leading authorities in the world on the diagnosis and management of Histamine and Mast Cell related disorders and has managed Mast Cell/ Histamine/ Immunology/ Allergy aspects of over 1100 patients with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in both the UK and Asia during the past 7 years.

Publications Seneviratne is the author of over 134 journal publications and was one of the principal investigators in the Pan-European study of adult Food Allergy (EUROPREVALL) in the UK. Furthermore, he has been an author of research articles published in high impact journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Blood, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the Journal of Clinical Investigation and Allergy. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the STILLPAD-UK study, a prospective study of lung disease in Immunodeficiency. He directs the Gastrointestinal Immunology and Cancer Research Group at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and is a member of the NIHR Bio-resource Genetic study on Primary Immunodeficiency patients Seneviratne is also involved in several molecular genetic studies on patients with Hyper IgM syndrome, LRBA deficiency, CTLA4 Haploinsufficiency, Hyper IgE syndrome, CVID, Complement deficiencies, Food Allergy and Mast Cell Activation Disorder. In addition Seneviratne has also contributed/involved in the following publications:

Respiratory Infections and Antibiotic Usage in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis in South Asia Crohn's disease in South Asia Mast cell disorders in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Mini-review: Can non-human leucocyte antigen genes determine susceptibility to severe dengue syndromes?

Affiliations Professor Seneviratne is a member of a following organisations:

Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Pathologists Ceylon College of Physicians British Society of Immunology British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Clinical Immunology Society European Society of Immunodeficiency

Known for Source:

Food Allergy Urticia Mast cell or Histamine disorders Low lymphocyte counts or low immunoglobulin G, A or M level Inflammatory conditions – involving several systems Vasculitis SLE Other Autoimmune disorders Drug Allergy Angioedema Allergic Rhinitis and de-sensitisation Suspected Immunodeficiency disorders Allergic Asthma Evaluation of a patient's immune factors Recurrent chest or sinus infections

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Suranjith Seneviratne

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Suranjith Seneviratne ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Suranjith Seneviratne

In research: Suranjith Seneviratne appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Suranjith Seneviratne in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Suranjith Seneviratne is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Allergologists, Immunologists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Suranjith Seneviratne outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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What is Suranjith Seneviratne in simple terms?

Suranjith Seneviratne is a doctor from Sri Lanka who practices in allergology and immunology. Education Seneviratne completed his basic Medical Degree with First Class Honours, eight distinctions and ten gold medals and was his year's valedictorian.

Why does Suranjith Seneviratne matter?

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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