Dujeepa Samarasekera graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka with MBBS Honours in 1995 and later continued to train in Health Professions Education at University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. Dujeepa is the Senior Director at the Centre for Medical Education (CenMED), School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He also holds the portfolios as Senior Advisor to the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning(CDTL), National University of Singapore and is a Senior Consultant with the Ministry of Health Singapore. He leads the School of Medicine Continuous Quality Improvement team for education and is a member of the Medical School Review Committee (MSRC) at the Ministry of Health Singapore. He has international experience in reviewing medical schools and standards globally.
Dr Samarasekera also provides leadership and expertise in the following areas – development of training courses and assessment frameworks for Medical, Nursing, Pharmacy and Allied Health programs. He is the inaugural President of the College of Clinician Educators in Singapore, and was the President of the Western Pacific Association of Medical Education in 2018-2022. Dujeepa Has won many accolades such as NUS School of Medicine Special Recognition Award as a Role Model in 2015, Residents Choice Award by NUHS Residency Program, Value in Action Award for excellence in innovation by National University Health System (NUHS) in 2014, MILES Award given for Mentoring Innovation and Leadership in Educational Scholarship, NUS Virtues Award for excellence and dedication by oneself contributing to service under difficult circumstances due to COVID in 2021, and NUHS Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Award for Excellence in Education in 2022.
Dr Samarasekera is the Editor-in-Chief of The Asia Pacific Scholar (TAPS) journal and serves on the editorial advisory boards of a number of other international education journals. He has published widely in peer-reviewed international journals as well as authored books in education and book chapters.
