Dr Monika de Silva is a consultant rheumatologist in National Hospital of Sri Lanka.Dr de Silva is a past president of College of Specialists in Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Sri Lanka.She is an honorary senior lecturer in the faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.She is also a member of the Specialty Board in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and the Specialty Board in Sports and Exercise Medicine of Post Graduate Institute of Medicine of University of Colombo.
Following graduated from University of Peradeniya she had MD from University of Colombo. She underwent advanced training in rheumatology in University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Her special interests include gout,rheumatoid arthritis ,lupus and vasculitis.
It is her pleasure that she could join the APLAR special interest group to publish 2021 Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology clinical practice guideline for treatment of gout.
She has several other publications in the field of rheumatology.