Group Medical Officer of SriLankan Airlines, Dr. (Mrs.) Anoma Jayasinghe has become one of the first Sri Lankan professionals in Aviation Medicine to be selected as a Member of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM), in recognition of her contribution to this field in Sri Lanka for over a decade.
A past pupil of Vishaka Vidyalaya, she earned her first qualifications at the North Colombo Medical College, Ragama and the University of West Indies in Barbados.
She was originally trained in anesthesiology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine of the University of Colombo but eventuallyopted for a career in Aviation Medicine.
She pursued post-graduate training in Aviation Medicine and obtained the Australian Certificate of Civil Aviation Medicine from Monash University.She joined SriLankan Airlines in 2002. Dr. Jayasinghe is now Academician of IAASM. Academicians are leaders in aerospace medicine and related sciences who work as a select group and provide a platform for academics and medical professionals to present original scientific papers related to aviation and space medicine.
Aviation and Space Medicine are the fields in medicine which are concerned with the maintenance of health, safety and performance of those involved in aviation or space activity.