{{Infobox person | name = H. H. R Samarasinghe | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_place = Sri Lanka | education = University of Colombo<br>Royal College Colombo | employer = | occupation = President Sri Lanka Medical Council | title = Vidya Jyothi | boards = Chairman Board of Management Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital
}} '''H. H. R. Samarasinghe''' is a Sri Lankan physician, medical administrator and president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
Samarasinghe was educated at Royal College Colombo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reference.findtarget.com/search/List%20of%20Royal%20College%20Colombo%20alumni/|title=List of Royal College Colombo alumni|publisher=findtarget.com|date=|accessdate=2011-08-26}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infolanka.com/org/diary/157.html|title=FACE 2 FACE With Dr. Buddhadasa Bodhinayake |publisher= www.infolanka.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-26}}</ref>). He had a special interest in Neurology and collaborated in research with Nimal Senanayake, then a junior doctor.<ref>{{cite journal|pmc=458645|title= British Heart Journal, I973, 35, 503-506. Permanent neurological deficits complicating sino-atrial block |date= May 1973|pmid=4716009|volume=35|issue=5|journal=Br Heart J|pages=503–6|doi=10.1136/hrt.35.5.503 | last1 = Samarasinghe | first1 = HH | last2 = Senanyake | first2 = N}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infolanka.com/org/SJGH/units.html#GenMed|title=Medical Units|publisher= www.infolanka.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-26}}</ref> where he collaborated with Devaka Fernando in research .<ref>{{cite journal|author= D.J.S. Fernando, C.E. de Silvaa, S.F.R. Nanayakkaraa and H.H.R. Samarasinghe | title = Diabetes in the elderly in a developing country |doi= 10.1016/0168-8227(92)90031-L|volume=15|issue= 3 |journal=Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice|pages=245–246|year= 1992 | pmid = 1576924 }}</ref> and setting up a specialist diabetes service and with Dr Chula Herath in establishing a nephrology service.
He was appointed chairman of the Hospital Board by the Government of Sri Lanka,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov.lk/FPPFM/ped/pdfdoc/srijayewardenepurageneralhospital/sjghar2002.pdf|title=SRI JAYEWARDENAPURA GENERAL HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT 2002|publisher=www.treasury.gov.lk|accessdate=2011-08-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002154510/http://www.treasury.gov.lk/FPPFM/ped/pdfdoc/srijayewardenepurageneralhospital/sjghar2002.pdf|archivedate=2011-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/06/18/new25.html|title=New hope for Lankans affected by age-related loss of central vision|publisher=www.dailynews.lk|accessdate=2011-08-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062324/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/06/18/new25.html|archivedate=2012-10-21}}</ref> succeeding fellow neurologist J.B. Peiris and obstetrician Nalin Rodrigo at Sri Lanka's only government owned independent Trust at the time. He served as Registrar (CEO equivalent) and later chairman of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Reports_B2402-First_meeting_of_network_of_medical_councils.pdf|title=First Meeting of regional Network of Medical Councils in SEARO region|publisher=www.searo.who.int|accessdate=2011-08-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708012336/http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Reports_B2402-First_meeting_of_network_of_medical_councils.pdf|archivedate=2011-07-08}}</ref>
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Ceylon College of Physicians. He was awarded the National Honour Vidya Jyothi.
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