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Dr Shanka Karunarathne

Dr Shanka Karunarathne
MBBS, FCCP, MMed (Sleep Medicine), FRACP
Respiratory, Sleep Physician and Interventional Pulmonologist

 
Dr Shanka Karunarathne completed advanced training in Respiratory and Sleep medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and obtained his fellowship from Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2012.
Then, he undertook a fellowship in Lung Cancer and Pleural Disease at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital – Perth in 2013. Following that, Shanka undertook training in several international centres which allowed him to specialise in both Lung Cancer and Pleural disease, with a particular focus on advanced Bronchoscopic and complex Pleural procedures. This includes training within the St. Mariana Hospital (Japan), the National Cancer Centre (Japan), Aix – Marseille University Hospital (France). He trained in Rigid Bronchoscopy and other complex Bronchoscopic procedures at Thoraxklinik in Heidelberg (Germany).

Shanka completed a Master of Medicine (MMed) in Sleep Medicine from the University of Sydney.

Shanka is the Head of the Respiratory Department at NALHN and Director of Thoracic Procedure Unit and Lung cancer service. He is a senior Clinical Lecturer in The University of Adelaide.
 
He has ongoing involvement in Education, Research and Teaching in the fields of Respiratory, Sleep medicine and Interventional Pulmonology. He has presented his research projects at national and international conferences.

He provides care for patients with:

• Lung Cancer and Pleural disease
• Respiratory conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Shortness of Breath and Chronic Cough.
• Sleep disorders such as Sleep apnoea, Snoring, Restless Leg Syndrome, Parasomnias and Insomnia.

Shanka provides Bronchoscopy, EBUS (Endobronchial Ultrasound), Pleural procedure and other complex Interventional Pulmonology services in both the public and private sector. He also organizes Home Based/ In lab Sleep Studies and NIV titration in the public and private sector. 

Dr Rohit Joshi

Dr Anuk Kruavit (MBBS, BMedSci, FRACP)
Respiratory & Sleep Medicine and General Medicine Physician


He moved to Australia from Thailand in 1996 and completed his medical training at the University of Melbourne (MBBS, BMedSci) in 2007. He spent his early years of physician training in Melbourne, Victoria, before gaining further experience in the Northern Territory and eventually moving to Flinders Medical Centre, where he was awarded dual FRACP in both General Medicine and Respiratory Medicine in 2017. He later completed his Sleep Medicine fellowship at Flinders Medical Centre the following year.
Dr. Kruavit is an active member of several national and international respiratory/sleep and internal medicine societies. He has several scientific publications and continues to be actively involved in research activity. His many interests include airways disease, pleural disease, lung cancer, interventional pulmonology, obstructive sleep apnoea and complex respiratory sleep disorders, obesity and metabolic syndrome and Indigenous health.
Dr. Kruavit has combined his training and is currently practicing as a Consultant Physician in both fields of General Medicine and Respiratory & Sleep Medicine. He is also involved in the Bariatric Management and Intervention program within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, and currently offers respiratory management service to Indigenous patients at Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Health Service. Apart from consulting at the Elizabeth Specialists Suite, he also manages inpatients at the Calvary Wakefield, Flinders Private and Stirling Hospitals. 

Dr Michael Worthington

Dr. Madhu Chandratilleke (MBBS, BD, FRACS)
Respiratory & Sleep Medicine and General Medicine Physician


Dr Madhu Chandratilleke graduated in Medicine from the University of Colombo in 2001. She then completed her MD in Medicine and was board certified as a Respiratory Physician in Sri Lanka in 2007.

After migrating to Australia in 2007, she worked in the Royal Brisbane Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital (world recognised centres for clinical care and research in Respiratory Medicine). She passed the FRACP exams in 2009 and completed her advanced training in The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in December 2011.

She also trained in The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health at the Repatriation General Hospital which is a highly regarded sleep service.

Her main research interests include non-medical management options for chronic airway disease. She provides consultation services for all respiratory and sleep related issues and performs bronchoscopy and pleural procedures.

Some of her interests include evaluation and management of;

Chronic airways disease
Lung cancer
Parenchymal lung disease
Obstructive sleep apnoea

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