Our Doctor

• Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon/Asst. Professor at National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal (2014 till date)
• General Dentist at Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan, Nepal (September 2010 – April 2011)
• General Dentist at Bharatpur Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal (October 2008 – October 2010)

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery – Universal College of Medical Sciences, College of Dental Surgery, Nepal (November 2002 – August 2008)
• Master of Dentistry (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) – Jiamusi University, PR China (September 2011 – June 2014)
• Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery – Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taiwan (October 2019 – July 2020)

Professional Trainings:

• Clinical observership training in TMJ Surgery (1 week), University of Maryland Medical Center (Under Prof. Dr. Gary Warburton) (May 15-19, 2023)
• Clinical observership training in TMJ arthroscopy (1 week), NuFace Hospital, Surat, India (Under Dr. Nehal Patel) (January 16-20, 2023)
• Clinical observership training in intra-operative navigation technology, Dusseldorf, Germany (Under Prof. Majeed Rana) (October 31-November 4)
• Short-term fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (8 weeks), Hamburg, Germany (March 5-April 27, 2018)
• Clinical observership training in complex facial deformity correction, (4 weeks), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India (January 2-29, 2018)

National and International Presentations:

• Invited keynote lecture, 16th Asian Congress of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ‘Concomitant Patient-Specific Total Temporomandibular Joint Replacement and Orthognathic Surgery: the benefits and limitations’’, Chennai, India, 2024.
• Invited speaker, National Implantology Congress, “Zygomatic Implants: a graftless solution to edentulous maxilla”, Kathmandu, 2024.
• Guest Faculty, AOCMF advanced seminar on TMJ Surgery, New Delhi, India, 2023.
• Oral paper presentation as AO Local Chairperson, AOCMF Advanced Seminar in Orthognathic Surgery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2023.
• Invited keynote lecture, 15th Asian Congress of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ‘’Introducing Virtual Surgical Planning in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery in Nepal: striving for excellence’’, South Korea, 2022.
• Oral paper presentation as AO local faculty, AOCMF Advanced Seminar in Pediatric Deformities, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2022.
• Oral paper presentation, Annual Congress of Nepalese Society of Neurosurgery, ‘’Application of Virtual Surgical Planning and 3D Printing in Surgical Management of Craniosynostosis’’, Nepal, 2020.
• Oral paper presentation, 60th congress of Japanese Society of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, “The role of oral and maxillofacial surgeons in management of post-disaster injuries”, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.

Key Research Publications:

• Bhandari K, Ho CT, Liao HT. Application of Orthognathic Surgery Principles and Techniques in the Management of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 Apr;90(1):S10.
• Bhandari K, Lin CH, Liao HT. Secondary Mandible Reconstruction with Computer-Assisted-Surgical Simulation and Patient-Specific Pre-Bent Plates: The Algorithm of Virtual Planning and Limitations Revisited. Appl Sci. 2022;12(9):4672.
• Lu TC, Bhandari K, Yao CF, Chen PT. The effect of botulinum toxin A in unilateral cleft lip scar: comparison of results with different sites of injection. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2022;51(7):900–5.
• Tangco IV, Bhandari K, Yao CF, Lu TC, Chen PKT. Symmetry of the Vermillion Height after Modified Rotation-Advancement Cheiloplasty. J Clin Med. 2022 Jan;11(22):6744.
• Qing M, Qiu L, Gao Z, Bhandari K. The chronological age estimation of third molar mineralization of Han population in southwestern China. J Forensic Leg Med. 2014 May 1; 24:24–7.
• Bhandari K, Haque IB, Khanal B, Joshi S, Khatri KS. Maxillofacial Injuries in Bear, Tiger, and Jackal Attacks. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Reconstr Open. 2019 Jan 1;3(1):s-0039-1678671.

Awards and Achievements:

• Merit-based government scholarship to study Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
• Merit-based government scholarship to study Master of Dentistry.
• Competition based 1-year International Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery AOCMF 8-weeks fellowship in Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery.
• Gold medallist (BDS).
• Founder president of first peripheral branch of Nepal Dental Association.
• Modernization of field of oral and maxillofacial surgery in the country via introduction of virtual surgical planning (VSP) and 3D printing in facial deformity correction and maxillofacial. Reconstruction, Zygomatic implants for full mouth rehabilitation, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Arthroscopy, Patient-specific total TMJ replacement, intraoperative navigation-guided surgery.