Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Global Health Fellowship, Duke University School of Medicine 2012 - 2015
  • M.Sc., Duke University 2014
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2010 - 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2007 - 2010
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2007
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2015 - 2017
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • DEC 10, 2018

    Duke Global Health Initiative

    A Century Later: Are We Better Prepared For the Next Influenza Pandemic?

  • APR 20, 2016

    Technology Enables DGHI Professors To Teach Across the World
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Sri Lanka (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Novel Diagnostics to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Resource-Limited Settings awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
  • Acute Lower Respirator Tract with Lung Ultrasound awarded by Thrasher Research Fund 2018 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, CK, Simmons, R, Nagahawatte, A, Devasiri, V, Kodikara Arachchi, W, Nicholson, BP, Park, LP, Vanderburg, S, Kurukulasooriya, R, De Silva, AD, Østybe, T, Reller, ME, and Woods, CW. "Respiratory Viral Infection: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Febrile Illness Admissions in Southern Sri Lanka." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 100, no. 3 (March 2019): 672-680.  Full Text
    • Sheng, T, Wijayaratne, GB, Dabrera, TM, Drew, RJ, Nagahawatte, A, Bodinayake, CK, Kurukulasooriya, R, Østbye, T, Nagaro, KJ, De Silva, C, Ranawakaarachchi, H, Sudarshana, AT, Anderson, DJ, Woods, CW, and Tillekeratne, LG. "Point-prevalence study of antimicrobial use in public hospitals in southern Sri Lanka identifies opportunities for improving prescribing practices." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 40, no. 2 (February 2019): 224-227.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, C, Nagahawatte, A, Kurukulasooriya, R, Orlando, LA, Simmons, RA, Park, LP, Woods, CW, and Reed, SD. "Use of clinical algorithms and rapid influenza testing to manage influenza-like illness: a cost-effectiveness analysis in Sri Lanka." Bmj Global Health 4, no. 2 (January 2019): e001291-null.  Full Text
    • Bodinayake, CK, Tillekeratne, LG, Nagahawatte, A, Devasiri, V, Kodikara Arachchi, W, Strouse, JJ, Sessions, OM, Kurukulasooriya, R, Uehara, A, Howe, S, Ong, XM, Tan, S, Chow, A, Tummalapalli, P, De Silva, AD, Østbye, T, Woods, CW, Gubler, DJ, and Reller, ME. "Evaluation of the WHO 2009 classification for diagnosis of acute dengue in a large cohort of adults and children in Sri Lanka during a dengue-1 epidemic." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 12, no. 2 (February 9, 2018): e0006258-null.  Full Text
    • Shapiro, D, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Devasiri, V, Kurukulasooriya, R, Hsiang, J, Nicholson, B, De Silva, AD, Østbye, T, Reller, ME, Woods, CW, and Tillekeratne, LG. "Burden and Seasonality of Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Outpatients in Southern Sri Lanka." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97, no. 1 (July 2017): 88-96.  Full Text
    • Uehara, A, Tissera, HA, Bodinayake, CK, Amarasinghe, A, Nagahawatte, A, Tillekeratne, LG, Cui, J, Reller, ME, Palihawadana, P, Gunasena, S, Desilva, AD, Wilder-Smith, A, Gubler, DJ, Woods, CW, and Sessions, OM. "Analysis of Dengue Serotype 4 in Sri Lanka during the 2012-2013 Dengue Epidemic." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 97, no. 1 (July 2017): 130-136.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, CK, Dabrera, T, Nagahawatte, A, Arachchi, WK, Sooriyaarachchi, A, Stewart, K, Watt, M, Østbye, T, and Woods, CW. "Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians." Bmc Family Practice 18, no. 1 (March 16, 2017): 37-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Bodinayake, CK, Tillekeratne, LG, Nagahawatte, A, Devasiri, V, Kodikara Arachichi, W, Strouse, JJ, Sessions, OM, Kurukulasooriya, R, Uehara, A, Howe, S, Ong, XM, Tan, S, Chow, A, Tummalapalli, P, De Silva, AD, Østbye, T, Woods, CW, Gubler, DJ, and Reller, ME. "Emergence of Epidemic Dengue-1 Virus in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 10, no. 10 (October 6, 2016): e0004995-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Dabrera, TME, Tillekeratne, LG, Fernando, MSN, Kasturiaratchi, STK, and Østbye, T. "Prevalence and Correlates of Leprosy in a High-Risk Community Setting in Sri Lanka." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 28, no. 7 (October 2016): 586-591.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Vidanagama, D, Tippalagama, R, Lewkebandara, R, Joyce, M, Nicholson, BP, Nagahawatte, A, Bodinayake, CK, De Silva, AD, and Woods, CW. "Extended-spectrum ß-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections in Sri Lanka." Infection & Chemotherapy 48, no. 3 (September 2016): 160-165.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Vidanagama, D, Devasiri, V, Arachchi, WK, Kurukulasooriya, R, De Silva, AD, Østbye, T, Reller, ME, and Woods, CW. "Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 93, no. 5 (November 2015): 1031-1037.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Vidanagama, D, Devasiri, V, Arachchi, WK, Kurukulasooriya, R, De Silva, AD, Østybe, T, Reller, ME, and Woods, CW. "An under-recognized influenza epidemic identified by rapid influenza testing, southern Sri Lanka, 2013." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 92, no. 5 (May 2015): 1023-1029.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Linkin, DR, Obino, M, Omar, A, Wanjiku, M, Holtzman, D, and Cohn, J. "A multifaceted intervention to reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a resource-limited setting." American journal of infection control 42, no. 1 (January 2014): 12-16.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Feng, S, Schimana, W, Johnson, OO, Kinabo, GD, Mmbaga, BT, Msuya, LJ, Shao, JF, Swai, ME, Crump, JA, and Cunningham, CK. "Identifying HIV-infected children who may benefit from early initiation of antiretrovirals." Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 4, no. 4 (November 11, 2009): 387-392.  Full Text
    • Johnson, OO, Benjamin, DK, Schimana, W, Tillekeratne, LG, Crump, JA, Landman, KZ, Kinabo, GD, Mmbaga, B, Msuya, LJ, Shao, JF, Swai, ME, and Cunningham, CK. "Total lymphocyte count and World Health Organization pediatric clinical stage as markers to assess need to initiate antiretroviral therapy among human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Moshi, Northern Tanzania." The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 28, no. 6 (June 2009): 493-497.  Full Text
    • Tillekeratne, LG, Thielman, NM, Kiwera, RA, Chu, HY, Kaale, L, Morpeth, SC, Ostermann, J, Mtweve, SP, Shao, JF, Bartlett, JA, and Crump, JA. "Morbidity and mortality among a cohort of HIV-infected adults in a programme for community home-based care, in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania (2003-2005)." Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 103, no. 3 (April 2009): 263-273.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Vanderburg, S, Sheng, T, Wijayaratne, G, Dabrera, T, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Kurukulasooriya, R, Drew, R, Woods, CW, and Tillekeratne, LG. "FREQUENT EMPIRIC BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIAL USE AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN SOUTHERN SRI LANKA." : WILEY, November 1, 2018.  Link to Item
    • Bodinayake, CK, Tillekeratne, LG, Nagahawatte, A, Mutucumarana, C, Devasiri, V, Kurukulasooriya, R, Ostbye, T, Reller, ME, and Woods, CW. "THE 2009 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DENGUE CLASSIFICATION OVER-ESTIMATES DENGUE DISEASE SEVERITY IN SRI LANKA." 2017.  Link to Item
    • Kurukulasooriya, R, Tillekeratne, LG, Wijayaratne, WMDGB, Bodinayake, CK, Rajapakshe, MD, Umesha, BG, Abewickrama, TD, Anuradha, KVT, De Silva, AD, Nicholson, BP, Ostbye, T, Woods, CW, and Nagahawatte, A. "HIGH PREVALENCE OF SUSPECTED NOSOCOMIAL COLONIZATION WITH METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN SRI LANKA." 2017.  Link to Item
    • Mutucumarana, CP, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Devasiri, V, Kurukulasooriya, R, Anuradha, T, De Silva, AD, Ostbye, T, Woods, CW, Reller, ME, Tillekeratne, LG, and Lantos, PM. "GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF DENGUE EMERGENCE IN RURAL AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE OF SRI LANKA: 2012-2013." 2017.  Link to Item
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • GLHLTH 777: Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings — Surveillance, Prevention and Control 2019
  • GLHLTH 777K: Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings — Surveillance, Prevention and Control 2017

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