Jayantha Herath

Research Synopsis

1. CBD based post-graduate forensic pathology education and training.
2. QA/QC in Forensic Pathology
3. Forensic bone pathology

Selected Publications

1. Fabio Tironi, Wijesinghe Lakmali, Jayantha Herath. Hemoperitoneum Due to Dissection and Rupture of the Superior Mesenteric Artery in a Patient With COL3A1 Mutation. Journal of Academic Forensic Pathology. First Published Online October 01, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/19253621241283723
2. Jayantha C Herath, Udith R Herath. Are invasive postmortem examinations still the ‘gold standard’ in diagnosing the cause of death? Accepted for publication in June 2024 in the Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law – 25 June 2024; 15(1):34-42 and available online at https://sljfmsl.sljol.info/articles/10.4038/sljfmsl.v15i1.7970 . 
3. MS Siddique, Udith R Herath, Jayantha C Herath. Maternal and Fetal Death due to Fentanyl, Methamphetamine and Cocaine Use – A Case Report. ARC Journal of Forensic Science. Volume 8, Issue 1, 2024, PP 8-11. ISSN No. (Online) 2456-0049. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20431/2456-0049.0801002  www.arcjournals.org 
4. Karissa French, Reuven Jhirad, Jayantha Herath. The shift to toxicological-related deaths over natural during the COVID-19 pandemic– an Ontario, Canada experience. Academic Forensic Pathology Journal. Accepted 04 December 2023. First published online on March 04, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/19253621241227503
5. Teaghan Koster, Elizabeth Boyer, David J. Clutterbuck, Hadas Benhabib, Jayantha Herath. Death due to sickle cell crisis: a case report. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology. Accepted: 27 December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-023-00774-4
6. Cathy Cao, Jayantha Herath. Infective Endocarditis in an Intravenous Drug User Leading to Myocardial Rupture and Hemopericardium. Volume 13, Issue 3-4. Academic Forensic Pathology Journal. First published online on December 19, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/19253621231214442
7. MS Siddique, Jayantha Herath. Endocardial Fibroelastosis Mimicking Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Neonate: A Case Report. Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka 11(1):39-41. June 2023. DOI: 10.4038/mljsl.v11i1.7480
8. Jayantha Herath. Firsthand experience in graduating three cohorts of Forensic Pathologists trained with Competency by Design (CBD) curriculum. Academic Forensic Pathology Journal. Accepted 02 November 2021. First published online November 3, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/19253621211063104
9. Youheng Xie, Jayantha C Herath. A case of persistent severe sequelae of COVID‑19 infection: potential role in sudden death? Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00435-4. Accepted: 20 September 2021 and Published online on 19 October 2021.
10. Robyn Ndikumana, Anita Lal and Jayantha Herath. Aortoesophageal Fistula Secondary to Esophageal Diverticulum Resulting in Sudden Unexpected Death. Academic Forensic Pathology Journal. Volume 11, Issue 3. (ISSN: 1925-3621) _ https://doi.org/10.1177/19253621211038122. Submitted for consideration on 12 Apr 2021. Accepted for publication on 15 Jul 2021. Pages 141-146.
11. Natasha Richards, Jayantha Herath. Death Due to Obstruction of Airways by a Hyperplastic Polyp: An Unusual Complication of Treated Desmoid Fibromatosis. Academic Forensic Pathology. First Published November 25, 2020. https://doi-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/10.1177/1925362120964084
12. Filbert Yung, Jayantha Herath. An Investigation of Demographic and Drug-Use Patterns in Fentanyl and Carfentanil Deaths in Ontario. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology. Accepted 24 September 2020. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12024-020-00321-5
13. Jake A. Yorke, Louise McNaughton-Filion, and Jayantha C. Herath. Fatal Fluorosilicic Acid Exposure After a Motor Vehicle Crash A Case Report. Am J Forensic Med Pathol • Volume 00, Number 00, Month 2020. https://doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000602. Accepted: 24 June 2020.   
14. Jatin Bodwal, Jayantha Herath. Fatal Bleeding from a laceration of superficial temporal artery: A rare case. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 75 (2020) 102054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102054  Received 27 April 2020; Received in revised form 20 August 2020; Accepted 27 August 2020.
15. Jayantha Herath, Sahan Herath. Is it time for targeted and minimally invasive post-mortem examination using total body computed tomography in a medicolegal autopsy? Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology. Accepted: 16 June 2020. Published online on July 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00279-4
16. Jatin Bodwal, Marc Napoleone & Jayantha Herath. Post-mortem CT with macroscopic and microscopic correlation in a case of sudden death due to systemic sarcoidosis. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology. Published online 2020-06-01. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00259-8
17. Jayantha C Herath, Olivia Liu. Sudden Natural Deaths in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Autopsy Analysis (2012-2016). Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine. Volume 6, issue 1, March 2020. http://www.jfsmonline.com/text.asp?2020/6/1/18/280899.
18. Lucy M Bradly, Jamil K Addas and Jayantha C Herath. Maternal and fetal death at 22 weeks following uterine rupture at the site of the placenta percreta in a C-section scar. Published online 21 June 2019. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-019-00130-5
19. Sohyung Park and Jayantha C Herath. Healing Myocarditis from a Hypertrophied Heart with Multifocal Fibrosis Mimicking Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Edelweiss Publications, Open Access. https://doi.org/10.33805/2639.6807.119  Volume 3 Issue 1 | PDF 119 | Pages 3.
20. Khara, Maliha, Herath, Jayantha. Suicide Decapitation by a Detonating Cord A Case Report. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. November 16, 2018. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000446. (Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2019;40: 140–143)
21. Christopher G. Ball, Jayantha C. Herath. Earth, Air, Water and Fire: Histopathology of Environmental Death. Academic Forensic Pathology. August 31, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/1925362118797739
22. Daniel S. Smyk & Jayantha C. Herath. Delayed rupture of a vertebral artery laceration: a case report and challenges for the forensic pathologist. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-9999-1. Published online 20^th June 2018.
23. Syeda S Rizvi, Jayantha C Herath. Non-natural Deaths of Children under the Age of 5 Years in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Autopsy Analysis of 10 Years (2006-2015). Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, Vol 3 issue 4 October-December 2017 pp 197-202.
24. Ellen Yang, Rebekah D Jacques, Jayantha Herath, 5-Year Retrospective Review of Diltiazem Associated Deaths. Research Article. Journal of Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy (RRJHCP), Vol 3 Issue 3 December 2017.
25. Ingo von Both, Silvio G Bruni, Jayantha C Herath, Differentiation of antemortem pulmonary thromboembolism and postmortem clot with unenhanced MRI: a case report, Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology accepted 28 November 2017 and published online 04 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9940-z.
26. Jayantha C. Herath, Muhammad Ahmer Wali. Sudden death of an infant due to complex congenital cardiac abnormality including an interrupted aortic arch, abnormal pulmonary artery and a peri-membranous ventricular septal defect. J Clin Path Lab Med 2017 Volume 1 Issue 2.
27. Jayantha C. Herath, Michael S. Pollanen. Clinical Examination and Reporting of a Victim of Torture. . ACADEMIC FORENSIC PATHOLOGY: THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (ISSN: 1925-3621) ©2017 Academic Forensic Pathology International: pp 330-339. https://doi.org/10.23907/2017.030. Submitted for consideration on 15 Jun 2017. Accepted for publication on 16 Jul 2017.
28. Raheem Peerani, Meredith Berggren, Jayantha C. Herath. Sudden Death of a Young Man by Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis; Case of the month. ACADEMIC FORENSIC PATHOLOGY: THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (ISSN: 1925-3621) ©2017 Academic Forensic Pathology International: pp 488-493.https://doi.org/10.23907/2017.041. Submitted for consideration on 16 Jun 2017. Accepted for publication on 12 Jul 2017.
29. Bellis, Magdaleni; Herath, Jayantha; Pollanen, Michael. Sudden Death Due to Acute Epiglottitis in Adults: A Retrospective Review of 11 Post-mortem Cases. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology: December 2016 - Volume 37 - Issue 4 - p 275–278
30. Williams AS, Little DL, Herath JC. Sudden unexpected death as a result of primary aortoduodenal fistula identified with postmortem computed tomography. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2015 Oct 13.
31. Adriana Krizova, Jayantha C. Herath. Death of a neonate with a negative autopsy and ketoacidosis. A case report of propionic academia. American Journal of Forensic medicine and Pathology, 2015 May 22.
32. Jayantha C. Herath, Saman Kalikias, Susan M. Phillips, Marc R. Del Bigio. Traumatic and other non-natural childhood deaths in Manitoba, Canada: A retrospective autopsy analysis (1989-2010). Can J Public Health 2014;105(2):e103-e108.
33. Payam Pahlavan, Jayantha Herath, Two rare cases of fatal intoxication from Metformin and literature review, Am J Clin Pathol 2012;138:A126.
34. Jennifer C. Hunt, J.C., Schneider C, Menticoglou S, Herath J, Del Bigio M.R. Antenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis of Coxsackie B4 Infection: Case Series. Am J Perinatol Rep. ISSN (Print) 2157-6998 - ISSN (Online) 2157-7005. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.