Dr Thilini Basnayake graduated from Monash University and has worked in major hospitals throughout Melbourne and in the Healthy Sleep Clinic at Monash University which specialises in insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders.
She has also worked for several years at Royal Darwin Hospital, focusing on respiratory chronic disease, respiratory infections, general sleep disorders and Indigenous health.
Dr Basnayake currently holds public hospital appointments at two metropolitan hospital networks as a Respiratory and Sleep physician.
Her main interests with Respiratory and Sleep Medicine include:
– COPD
– Pleural Disease
– Bronchiectasis
– Pneumonia
– Lung Cancer
– Sleep apnoea
– Insomnia
– Smoking cessation
Dr Basnayake is an active member of her local community and her main hobbies include travelling, reading and cake decorating