Athula Devapriya Kosgallana

Accomplished and dedicated registered medical professional eager to contribute to a service-oriented and collaborative environment. Exemplifying robust communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, along with effective time management and conflict resolution abilities, ensures a high standard of patient care. A steadfast commitment to quality care drives efforts to alleviate patient stress and support their journey toward independence. Special interests in acute stroke and dementia, coupled with aspirations to pursue a PhD, reflect a deep commitment to advancing clinical expertise and enhancing patient outcomes.

• Registration: Medical Board of Australia – MED0001201884
• Residency Status: Australian Citizen

• Journal Club Presentations and Aged-Care Presentations, hervey Bay Hospital,Bankstown Hospital
• Journal Club Presentations, Wollongong Hospital
• Morbidity & Mortality Meetings, Liverpool Hospital
• Journal Club Presentations, Liverpool Hospital
• Respiratory Meeting, “Aspiration Pneumonia”, Sutherland Hospital
• Medical Grand Rounds, Albury Base Hospital and Shoalhaven Hospital, Young Man with Encephalopathy due to Urea Cycle Deficiency
• “Advance Trial” results presented in Journal Club, Albury Hospital
• Grand Rounds, Multiple Myeloma Shoalhaven Hospital

• 2017 CLINICAL CONJOINT LECTURER University of New South Wales - NSW, Australia
• Involved in clinical teaching and evaluations to medical students.
• 2010-2016 Wollongong, Bankstown and Liverpool Hospital - NSW, Australia
• Performed regular teaching sessions to medical students and word base teaching to RMOs, Interns and teaching methods such as problem-based learning, lecture presentation, group discussions, role play scenario and generic skills demonstration.

• Use of Cognitive Screening Tools to Detect Cognitive Impairment After an Ischaemic Stroke: a Systematic Review. Kosgallana, et al. Springer Nature clinical Medicine. January 2019.
• An Unusual Case of Progressive multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in an immunocompetent patient masquerading as a stroke. Kosgallana et al. American journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. January 2021.
• Heat Stroke induced cerebellar dysfunction: A "Forgotten Syndrome".Kosgallana, et al. World Journal of Clinical Case Reports. 2013
• Respiratory Muscle Weakness in a Patient with Quiescent Crohn's Disease and Pneumonia.Kosgallana, et al. Quaternary Journal Medicine. 10.1093/qjmed/hcn005, Oxford Journals. 2008 February