Background
Sumathipala, Athula was born on March 6, 1956 in Galle, Sourthen, Sri Lanka. Son of Dileep and Yvonne Sumathipala.
Sumathipala, Athula was born on March 6, 1956 in Galle, Sourthen, Sri Lanka. Son of Dileep and Yvonne Sumathipala.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Faculty Medicine, Colombo, 1980. DFM, Post Graduate Institute Medicine, Colombo, 1985. Doctor of Medicine, Post Graduate Institute Medicine, Colombo, 1990.
Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 2004.
Senior house officer Maudsley Hospital, London, 1993—1994, registrar, 1994—1995, senior registrar, 1995—1997. Researcher Institute Psychiatry, Kings College, University London, 1997—2006.
Master: Royal College Psychiatrists.
Married Vijitha Sumathipala, March 6, 1983. Children: Kethakie, Saveera, Mahie.