Formal learning
Coursework and certification across Google AI Essentials, UPenn AI in Education, UC Davis AI for Knowledge Workers, Vanderbilt courses with Jules White, DeepLearning.AI, and Google Cloud certification.
AI Academic Journey
A documented pathway from exploration to public work, scholarship, and institutional contribution.
This page is a deliberately public record of the journey: formal learning, experiments, presentations, writing, policy work, and the gradual shaping of a serious voice in AI for medicine and education.
Recent delivered sessions are drawn from the speaker’s academic portfolio. Public source links are provided where available; a delivery record is not independent verification of audience outcomes.
Public teaching and speaking
Talks and workshops across universities, medical colleges, professional societies, and international meetings — always aiming to translate AI into clinically and educationally meaningful practice.
Writing and thought leadership
Substack essays, Medium writing, SSRN work, white papers, and conference-linked scholarship focused on learning, AI, governance, and professional judgement.
Building and experimentation
RAG chatbots, NotebookLM workflows, Vertex AI exploration, agentic systems, LangChain/LangGraph studies, and practical workflow design for real-world use.
2026
Recent momentum
Becoming an Infinite Learner Powered by AI - A Surgeon's Cut
Sri Lanka Surgical Congress 2026 · College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
Delivered an invited symposium lecture as a resource person, connecting AI use with learning and professional judgement.
Learning as an ENT Surgeon in the AI Era
SAARC ENT Congress · AI Symposium
Delivered an invited lecture on learning and professional development in ENT in the AI era.
Evidence-based applications of AI and deployment in secondary and tertiary health care settings
WHO-SEARO / WCO-DPRK · DPRK Webinar Series on AI in Health
Delivered an invited webinar session on secondary and diagnostics integration. The public reflection below was published on 9 August. A speaking invitation does not imply WHO endorsement of ILAI.
Open reference →Medicolegal aspects of the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare: challenges, current regulations, and future directions
Co-authored article · AI and Ethics · DOI 10.1007/s43681-026-01248-3
Published online 22 July 2026. Read the publisher record; this site does not reproduce the manuscript.
Open reference →The AI-Enabled Chest Clinician
Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists · Non-Respiratory Lecture Series, Session 1
Delivered an invited interactive live virtual session on bridging medicine and artificial intelligence. This event record does not claim measured learning gains.
Learning with AI
Grand Rounds · Nawaloka Hospitals Research and Education Foundation (NHREF)
Delivered a Grand Rounds lecture on learning with AI. This is a historical teaching record, not a statement of current NHREF headship.
Sri Lanka College of Radiologists
Learning Radiology in the AI Era: Cognitive Science Meets Machine Learning
A presentation connecting AI literacy, medical education, and the evolving cognitive demands of radiology learning.
WHO Sri Lanka conversation on Medical Humanities and AI
Discussion with Dr Rakesh Pandav and the WHO Sri Lanka team
Focused on how AI can support teaching and learning in medical humanities without losing the human core of medicine.
APMEC 2027 Kyoto — The Mindful AI Learner proposal
Workshop proposal in development · future conference
Proposal development for The Mindful AI Learner: Integrating Evidence-Based Learning Science with AI Tools Without Compromising Cognitive Depth. Programme status is not stated here pending reconciliation of organiser records; this is not a delivered workshop.
AI Policy work for Nawaloka Hospitals PLC
Institutional AI policy development
Contributed to a formal policy effort translating AI principles into healthcare governance and implementation practice.
NotebookLM for Medical Education
Lecture to Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Presented a pedagogically-grounded workflow for using NotebookLM in medical education.
ACTSSL Annual Academic Sessions
Association of Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Surgeons of Sri Lanka
Engagement on AI in academic and professional practice within a specialist surgical audience.
2025
Acceleration and public emergence
Keynote at Research Symposium
Faculty of Medicine, University of Moratuwa
Delivered the keynote “Becoming an Infinite Learner in the AI Era.”
APLA & LAFINA Conference, Bali
Artificial Intelligence and How That Could Relate to Practice of ENT
Explored how AI intersects with clinical ENT practice at an international laryngology meeting.
AudiCon 2025
1st International Audiology Conference, University of Kelaniya
Presented “From Sound to Science: Elevating Audiology in Sri Lanka's AI Age.”
CoMSAA presentation
Practical AI use cases for medical professionals
Focused on immediate, real-world uses of AI in professional medical work.
PSSL workshop
Physiological Society of Sri Lanka
Introduced AI in medical education and demonstrated three levels of use: basic prompting, custom GPTs, and NotebookLM.
ilai.academy acquired
Domain and platform direction established
Created a dedicated public home for thought leadership, collaboration, and AI education work.
Infinite Learner Substack launched
Writing on education, AI, and thinking
Started a public writing stream for deeper reflections on learning, professional practice, and AI.
Open reference →SSRN article published
Branching Learning Hypothesis
Published academic writing exploring the branching learning hypothesis.
Open reference →Medium article published
Obsidian as a thinking space
Wrote about the distinction between a thinking space and a second brain.
Open reference →Ceylon College of Physicians AI white paper
Consensus document co-authorship
Co-authored a national-level paper on opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations in medical AI.
Google Cloud Certified Generative AI Leader
Google Cloud Platform
Formal certification focused on enterprise generative AI, deployment strategy, and governance.
First RAG chatbot built
n8n-based retrieval workflow
A practical turning point from theory into systems-building using retrieval-augmented generation.
University of Colombo Pharmacology Department
Journal club presentation
Early formal teaching engagement around AI in academic medicine.
2024
Foundational public work
A year of foundational public speaking on AI
University, professional society, and public media engagements
Included sessions for Sabaragamuwa teacher training, the Cough Interest Group, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka TV and Mass Media, Sri Jayewardenepura University, the Nutrition Society, and the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians.
Google AI Essentials completed
Formal foundational AI coursework
A structured early milestone in prompt engineering, responsible use, and AI fundamentals.
2023
Early exploration
First serious explorations with ChatGPT
Beginning of the documented AI journey
The initial phase of experimentation that later evolved into formal study, public teaching, and institutional work.
Why publish this?
Because credibility in this space should come from documented work: learning, teaching, building, writing, and institutional contribution over time. The aim is not to signal novelty, but seriousness.