Background
Samarasinghe was born on December 11, 1946 in Colombo, Sri Lanka; the son of Don Berty Samarasinghe and Gladys Eleanor (Wijesingha) Samarasinghe.
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Samarasinghe received a diploma from St. Thomas College in 1962.
Samarasinghe was born on December 11, 1946 in Colombo, Sri Lanka; the son of Don Berty Samarasinghe and Gladys Eleanor (Wijesingha) Samarasinghe.
Samarasinghe received a diploma from St. Thomas College in 1962. Eight years later he was given the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Medical College (nowadays University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine).
Samarasinghe began his career as an intern and senior house officer at Colombo General Hospital in 1971. Six years later he took a position of a registrar neurosurgery at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Then in 1979, Colvin became a consultant of neurological surgeon at National Hospital of Sri Lanka, where he worked until 2006. Also he served as a senior consultant of neurosurgeon at the same hospital from 1991 to 2006. Since 2006 he has been doing a private neurosurgery practice at Nawaloka Hospitals PLC.
Samarasinghe was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, American College of Surgeons, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, American Association of Neurosurgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
On May 7, 1978 Colvin Samarasinghe married Elizabeth Charlotte Siyambalapitiya. They have a child.