Dr Shani A. D. Mathara Diddhenipothage, MBBS, MD(Colombo), MRCP(UK), MRCP (Diabetes and Endocrinology) is a Consultant Endocrinologist attached to District General Hospital Avissawella, Colombo, Sri Lanka

She was trained in Endocrinology and Diabetes at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka and Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford university hospitals, NHS trust hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom

Dr Shani has many publications in peer-reviewed journals and is actively involved with formulating national guidelines in the field of Diabetes and Endocrinology. She is an active member of the type 1 diabetes working group of the Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists.