Bio
Kalpana Sugathadasa is a researcher in digital health, health informatics, and clinical medicine. At the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention (LBI-DHP), he investigates the suitability and necessary adaptations of aktivplan for Sri Lanka’s cardiac rehabilitation pathway, expanding the institute’s scope to an international setting.
With eight years of clinical experience spanning emergency care, paediatrics, neonatology, and obstetrics & gynaecology, Kalpana integrates medical expertise with informatics to drive healthcare innovation. He holds an MD in Health Informatics (2023) and an MSc in Biomedical Informatics (2018) from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo. His research includes cognitive science applications in medical training, evidenced by his MD work on cognitive load in health IT training and his MSc research on working memory and writing skills of the postgraduate trainees in Medicine.
Kalpana has led national-scale digital health projects in Sri Lanka, including the implementation of hospital information systems in major teaching hospitals. His expertise bridges clinical practice, health informatics, and digital health innovation, positioning him at the intersection of technology and patient-centred care.
Publications
Sugathadasa, P., Rodrigo, A., Hapudeniya, M., 2023. Driving Digital Transformation in Healthcare: A Case Study of Implementing a Hospital Health Information Management System using Kotter’s Change Model. Cey. J. Med. Sci. 60, 40. https://doi.org/10.4038/cjms.v60i4.5052
T Rathnayaka, R.M.M.K.N., Nishanthi Ranathunga, P.E.A., Kularatne, S. a. M., Sugathadasa, K., 2022. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Venom-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Following Hump-Nosed Pit Viper (Genus: Hypnale) Bites: A Prospective Observational Study. Wilderness Environ Med 33, 386–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2022.07.012
Sugathadasa, K., Marasinghe, R., Siribaddana, P., 2019. Can Writing skills among postgraduate doctors be improved by a web-based working memory program? Presented at the Sri Lanka Medical Association 132nd Anniversary International Medical Congress 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka