Dr Yohan Samarasinghe

Internal medicine specialist and diabetologist in Surrey

BSc(Hons) MBBS MD FRCP

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Dr Yohan Samarasinghe is a highly esteemed consultant in general internal medicine and clinical pharmacology, based in Frimley. He specialises in diabetes and hypertension from his private clinics at both the Frimley Park Hospital and Spire Clare Park Hospital, Surrey.

He grew up in South East London, and was educated at Dulwich College. After training at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School for his MBBS, he spent his junior years in London and the South East practising a variety of medical specialities. His registrar years in clinical pharmacology and general internal medicine were spent mostly at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. There he received valuable training in drug trials in the Kobler HIV Centre. He then went on to complete two and a half years of research for his MD at King’s College Hospital in the field of diabetes and was mentored by some of the best specialists in the field, like Michael Feher and Stephanie Amiel.

Having completed training, Dr Samarasinghe worked as a locum diabetes consultant at King’s and worked as a locum consultant in acute medicine at West Middlesex Hospital, in west London, before being appointed a permanent position as a consultant in acute medicine and diabetes at Frimley Park Hospital in 2009. Dr Samarasinghe is now the medical directorate lead for clinical governance at Frimley Park Hospital and chair of the drugs and therapeutics committee there.

Dr Samarasinghe has published numerous peer-reviewed publications in his areas of research, which include diabetes, insulin resistance and clinical pharmacology (drugs and their side effects). He is a member of a number of organisations, including the British Medical Association and Diabetes UK. Research interests include; diabetes, hypertension, problems with high lipids, including cholesterol and dyslipidaemias.

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22/11/2023

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Appreciated the follow up call with blood results etc

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22/11/2023

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I cannot thank Dr Samarasinghe enough for the help and treatment I received and am still receiving and would not hesitate to recommend him.

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25/06/2023

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Dr Samarasinghe really helped me with me understanding my diabetes and any questions I had. He also managed to see me at such short notice. Definitely one of the best doctors I have seen.

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02/02/2022

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Dr Samarasinghe had read my notes, listened carefully taking further notes and answered all questions clearly and concisely giving reassurance that I was on the right treatment. Extremely happy with my consultation, and would most definitely recommend.


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