Dr Sarath Samarage is a well-known Sri Lankan consultant/community physician and a national consultant to the World Health Organization.
Samarage also obtained a MSc and an MD from the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine at the University of Colombo, in addition to a Master in Public Health (MPH) from the Johns Hopkins University.
[4] Samarage was also the former Deputy Director General Planning, Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka.
[5] He is also the current President of Association of Medical Doctors of Asia -SRI LANKA Chapter.
In 2019 Samarage received a Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth in recognition of his service through St. John's Ambulance Association and Brigade Sri Lanka.