Dr EV Peiris was born on 16th January 1926 and was educated at Royal College Colombo. He graduated from the University of Ceylon with First Class Honours in 1950. He and his wife Philine, travelled to Britain and obtained the MRCP (Edin) simultaneously in 1957. Returning to Ceylon, he obtained his MD in 1958. After another period in Britain during which he became a Member of the London College, Dr Peiris took up a post as Consultant Physician to Colombo North General Hospital, Ragama. In 1960 he was appointed Consultant Physician, general Hospital Colombo, where he remained until his retirement from state service in 1972. He was elected fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh in 1972 and of London in 1975. A founder member and an active council member of the Ceylon College of Physicians, he was elected a Fellow of CCP in 1979. He has numerous publications to his credit. Dr Peiris continued as a popular practitioner right until his death on 23rd December 1991 while on holiday in Australia.
| YEAR | TOPIC | ORATOR |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Inaugural Oration | Dr S H P Nanayakkara |
| 1994 | Clinical management of severe falciparum Malaria | Prof David Warrell |
| 1995 | Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes | Dr V Mohan |
| 1996 | Sleep disorders | D. K Puvanendran |
| 1997 | New technologies in stroke | Dr Martin M Brown |
| 1998 | Inherited disorders of haemoglobin as a global health pattern | Dr David Weatherall |
| 1999 | Iodine excretion, goiter & thyroid auto immunity in Sri Lanka – the current status & lessons for the future | Dr Kuvera Premawardhena |
| 2000 | An Asian experience in viral hepatitis | Dr Richard Guan |
| 2001 | Inhaled steroids in childhood wheezing; efficacious and cost effective, but is it forever? | Dr B J C Perera |
| 2002 | Comprehensive assessment & risk stratification of coronary artery disease: can it be achieved non- invasively? | Dr M U Sivananthan |
| 2003 | Alzheimer’s disease in Sri Lanka | Dr Asita de Silva |
| 2004 | Not awarded | N/A |
| 2005 | Intra-venous immunoglobulin as a therapeutic tool: from antibody replacement to immunomodulation | Dr Siraj Misbah |
| 2006 | Redefining the role of metabolic syndrome among Sri Lanka | Dr T P Weeraratne |
| 2007 | Cure for common forms of Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT): is it feasible in Sri Lanka? | Dr Asunga Dunuwille |
| 2008 | Innovations in interventional cardiology – 30 year odyssey | Prof Omar Farouque |
| 2009 | Evidence based guidelines for preparation before upper gastrointestinal endoscopy | Dr Arjuna De Silva |
| 2010 | Research, adventures and discoveries in Tropical Medicine | Prof David Warrell |
| 2011 | Pathogenicity of autoantibodies in neurological disorders | Dr Thashi Chang |
| 2012 | The story of the Sri Lankan twin register – Colombo Twin and Singleton Survey (COTASS)” | Prof Sisira Siribaddana |
| 2013 | Genetics of thromboembolic disease in Sri Lanka | Prof Vajira Dissanayake |
| 2014 | Leptospirosis: Challenges in diagnosis, and predictors of severity” | Prof Senaka Rajapakse |
| 2015 | Genetics of diabetes in Sri Lankans and South Asians | Dr Prasad Katulanda |
| 2016 | Not awarded | N/A |
| 2017 | Scrub typhus in Sri Lanka – Beyond the stethoscope | Prof Ranjan Premaratna |
| 2018 | Not awarded | N/A |
| 2019 | Back to basics with receptors and ligands: molecules, mechanisms and medicine | Prof Selvanayagam N Nirthanan |
| 2020 | Not awarded | N/A |
| 2021 | Not awarded | N/A |
| 2022 | The patterns and predictors of knee osteoarthritis pain flares | Dr Inoshi Atukorala |