H. H. R. Samarasinghe

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H. H. R Samarasinghe
Born
Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Education University of Colombo
Royal College Colombo
OccupationPresident Sri Lanka Medical Council
Title Vidya Jyothi
Board member ofChairman Board of Management Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital

H. H. R. Samarasinghe, FRCP, FRACP is a Sri Lankan physician, medical administrator and president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, abbreviated as the post-nominal initials FRACP, is a recognition of the completion of the prescribed postgraduate specialist training programme in internal adult or internal paediatric medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Samarasinghe was educated at Royal College Colombo [1] and Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo qualifying Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and later Doctor of Medicine. He worked as senior lecturer in Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo (and is described as an inspiring teacher [2] ). He had a special interest in Neurology and collaborated in research with Nimal Senanayake, then a junior doctor. [3] He returned to Sri Lanka after working in UK and New Zealand and joined the new flagship Hospital Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital as consultant physician, [4] where he collaborated with Devaka Fernando in research . [5] and setting up a specialist diabetes service and with Dr Chula Herath in establishing a nephrology service.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia.

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin: Medicinae Baccalaureus Baccalaureus Chirurgiae, are the two first professional degrees in medicine and surgery awarded upon graduation from medical school by universities in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kingdom (UK). The historical degree nomenclature suggests that they are two separate undergraduate degrees; however, in practice, they are usually treated as one and conferred together, and may also be awarded at graduate-level medical schools. In countries that follow the system in the United States, the equivalent medical degree is awarded as Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).

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Royal College of Physicians professional body of doctors of general medicine and its subspecialties in the UK

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  2. ↑ "FACE 2 FACE With Dr. Buddhadasa Bodhinayake". www.infolanka.com. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  3. ↑ Samarasinghe, HH; Senanyake, N (May 1973). "British Heart Journal, I973, 35, 503-506. Permanent neurological deficits complicating sino-atrial block". Br Heart J. 35 (5): 503–6. doi:10.1136/hrt.35.5.503. PMC   458645 . PMID   4716009.
  4. ↑ "Medical Units". www.infolanka.com. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. ↑ D.J.S. Fernando, C.E. de Silvaa, S.F.R. Nanayakkaraa and H.H.R. Samarasinghe (1992). "Diabetes in the elderly in a developing country". Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 15 (3): 245–246. doi:10.1016/0168-8227(92)90031-L.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "SRI JAYEWARDENAPURA GENERAL HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT 2002" (PDF). www.treasury.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  7. ↑ "New hope for Lankans affected by age-related loss of central vision". www.dailynews.lk. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  8. ↑ "First Meeting of regional Network of Medical Councils in SEARO region" (PDF). www.searo.who.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
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