Our Doctor

• Chief Consultant Orthopedic and Hand Surgeon Head, Department of Orthopedic and Trauma at National Trauma Center, National Academy of Health Sciences (NAMS) (3 July 2024 – Till date)
• Consultant Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgeon at Blue Cross Hospital, Tripureshwor (15 May 2018 – Till date)
• Consultant Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgeon at Grande International Hospital, Tokha (15 Jan 2025 – Till date)
• Founding General Secretary at Nepal Hand Surgery Society (NHSS) (18Aug 2023 – Till date)
  Consultant Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgeon at phect – NEPAL Kirtipur Hospital (1 Jun 2018 – 16 Aug 2020)
• At B&B (Baidya and Banskota) Hospital, Gwarko, HRDC (Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children) (Nov 2014 – 14 Apr 2018)
• General Member at Nepal Orthopedic Association (NOA) (Feb 2020 – 2023)

• Clinical Fellowship in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery from National University Hospital, Singapore. (1 Nov 2013 – 31 Oct 2014)
• MS Orthopaedics from Kathmandu University (2010 – 2013)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Kathmandu University, School of Medical Sciences, Nepal (2001- 2006)

Professional Trainings:

• Klinik fur Handchirurgie, Germany, Nov 2024
• Hand Center in Prague, Czech Republic, July 2019
• Nationwide Children Hospital, Ohio, USA, April 2018
• Scottish Rite Hospital (Dr Scot Oishi), Dallas, USA, Oct 2018
• Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, Sep 2016
• Shrinners Hospital for children, Sacramento, USA, Sep 2016
• University of California, Davis, California, USA, Oct 2016
• University of California, San Francisco, California, USA, Oct 2016
• Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Loiusville, Kentucky, Nov 2016
• Mount Elizabeth Hospital and CHARMS (Dr Lim Beng Hai), Singapore, Nov 2015

Courses and Training Organized:

• Inaugural Hand Symposium
  31 March 2024, Aloft Hotel Thamel, Nepal
• Hand Surgery workshop in collaboration with AUSNEP
  3- 9 Mar 2024, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla
• Cadaveric Hand Course in association with NOA- Chitwan Chapter
  20 Jan 2024, Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan
• Hand CME in association with NOA- Chitwan Chapter
  7 Oct 2023, Bharatpur Garden Resort, Chitwan
• International Surgical workshop in collaboration with AUSNEP
  Aug 13 – 18, 2023, National Trauma Center
• Flexor tendon workshop for residents using porcine tendons
  March 31 2023, National Trauma Center
• Flexor tendon workshop for residents using porcine tendons
  April 7 2023, National Trauma Center
• Brachial plexus injury CME with Dr PS Bhandari (India)
  April 7 2019, Kirtipur Hospital
• Live Hand Surgery Workshop on Paralytic hand with Dr Donald Sammut (UK)
  Jan 31 2019, Kirtipur Hospital
• Saw bone workshop of Hand for scaphoid Fx and metacarpal fx for orthopedic residents
  Jun 27 2019, Lekarska fakulta University, Prague, Czech Republic
• Live WALANT hand surgery workshop with Dr Donald Lalonde through touching hand projects
  Nov 18- 23 2018, Kirtipur Hospital
• Joy of Hand Surgery and prospects of hand surgery in Nepal by Dr James Chang from Stanford University
  Feb 7 2018, Annapurna Hotel
• Hand Surgery workshop with CME in collaboration with Singapore, NUH
  March 18-24 2017, Indreni Banquet
• Hand Therapy workshop
  August 15 2016, B&B Hospital
• Hand CME
  June 6 2016, B&B Hospital

Courses and Professional Training:

• 13th Asia Pacific Federation of Societies of Surgery of Hand
  As an international faculty, 31 May-3 June 2023, Singapore
• IFSSH (International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand) organized by BSSH( British Society for Surgery if the Hand)
  As an Invited speaker, 6-10 June 2022, London, UK
• Leadership training as a pioneering women in reconstructive surgery, Jan 2018, New York
• Pediatric Hand Study Group Meeting
  As an International Scholar
  13 Apr 2018, Nationwide Children Hospital,Ohio, USA
• Cadaveric hand course and grand round presentation
  Stanford University, Oct 2018, Palo Alto, California, USA,
• 87th Annual meeting of American Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, Oct 2018, Chicago, USA
• 14th IFSSH (International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand)
  As an international Scholar, 17-21 June 2019, Berlin
• American Society of Surgery of Hand annual meeting
  Sep 29-1 Oct, 2016, Austin convention center, Austin, USA
• Ganga Operative hand course
  Ganga Hospital, 8-10 July 2016, Coimbatore, India
• 24th Comprehensive Hand review Course and Annual Scientific Meeting, 23-24 Feb 2015, Singapore
• 10thCongress of Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
  Hilton Kwala Lumpur hotel, Malaysia, 2-4 Oct 2014
• 23rd Comprehensive Hand review Course and Annual Scientific Meeting
  Singapore, 23-24 Jan 2014
• Anatomy of the wrist Cadaveric Workshop & course
  Singapore, 18 July 2014
• Basic cardiac life support and automated external defibrillation
  1 April 2014, National University Hospital, Singapore
• Basic course in Microsurgery
  National University Hospital, Singapore, 9-13 Dec 2013.
• AO Trauma course- Principles in operative fracture management
  20-22 September 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Symposium on Hand Surgery
  Patan Hospital, Nepal, March 2011
• International Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Management Workshop
  Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Jan 2009 & Jan 2010, Nepal
• Primary Trauma Care Management
  Organized by PTC, B&B Hospital, Nepal, April 27-28, 2010
• Primary Trauma Care Management
  Patan Hospital, Nepal, 2009
• First Nepal-America Spine Conference (NASCoN)
  B&B Hospital and HRDC, March 20-21, 2010
• Workshop on Ponseti Method for Clubfoot Management
  Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Jan 6, 2010
• International Workshop on Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Management,
  Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Jan 11-13 2009
• International Symposium on Paediatric Orthopaedics
  Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Jan 11-13 2009
• Training on Drugs and Therapeutics Committee
  Organized by Nepal Pharmacy Council, 2007

Presentations:

International:

• 1st Joint Conference of Nepalese and German Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 13-14 Nov 2024
  Medizinische University of Lausitz, Germany
  Invited as a faculty and guest speaker
  Presentation on Hand Surgery in Nepal
• ISSHCON, 4-6 Oct 2024, Bengaluru, India
  Invited as a faculty
  Presentation on Gap non-union of upper limb
• 13th Asia Pacific Federation of Societies of Surgery of Hand
  31 May-3 June 2023, Singapore
  Invited as an international faculty
  Presentation on Congenital Hand Surgery In Nepal
  Presentation on Volkmann’s Ischemic Contracture
• IFSSH (International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand) organized by BSSH (British Society for Surgery if the Hand), 6-10 June 2022, London, UK
  Invited as an international faculty
  Presentation on Management crush injury of upper limb
• Hand and Reconstructive Surgery in Nepal
  26 June 2019, Prague
• Grand round presentation
  7 Oct 2018, Stanford University, California
• Pediatric Hand Study Group Meeting
  13 Apr 2018, Nationwide Children Hospital, Ohio, USA
  Invited as International Scholar
  Presentation on Pediatric Hand Surgery in Nepal
• Hand surgery in Nepal, Resurge International
  13 Sep 2016, California, USA
• Hand Surgery in Austere resources, Alumni meeting of Shrinner’s Hospital, 2 Oct 2016, Austin, USA
• An audit presentation on a case of lower ulnar nerve injury.
  April 2014, NUH, Singapore
• An audit presentation on a case of brachial plexus injury.
  May 2014, NUH, Singapore
• An audit presentation on a case of Polydactyly.
  June 2014, NUH, Singapore
• An audit presentation on a case of trapeziometacarpal joint arthritis.
  July 2014, NUH, Singapore
• Late presenting Lateral Condyle Fracture in Children- HRDC Experience. IOCON, June 2012, India

National:

• Management of crush hand injury
  Hand CME in association with AUSNEP and NHSS
  28 Aug 2024, National trauma center
• DRUJ Dislocation : Instructional Course Lecture
  22 Feb 2024, Orthocon 2024, Park Village Resort, Kathmandu
• Often a missed diagnosis : Perilunate Injuries
  22 Feb 2024, Orthocon 2024, Park Village Resort, Kathmandu
• Managing Gap Non -union of upper limb
  18 Feb 2023, Orthocon 2023, Rupandehi
• Post Traumatic Reconstruction of the Hand: Instructional Course Lecture, 16 Feb 2023, Orthocon 2023, Rupandehi
• Flexor Tendon reconstruction: Instructional Course Lecture
• Feb 2022, Orthocon 2022, Chitwan
• What are we doing for Brachial Plexus Injury?
  Feb 2020, Orthocon 2020
• Microsurgery and Free Tissue Transfer in Hand Surgery
  Feb 2020, Orthocon 2020
• The dark and bright side, Hand surgery in Nepal
  23 March 2017, Nepal
• Congenital hand anomalies, is it under rated, Orthocon
  15 Feb 2017, Nepal
• Introduction to hand surgery, Guest lecture for Mechi branch of NOA, 20 Aug 2016, Jhapa
• Hand therapy, an integral part of hand surgery, Hand therapy workshop, B&B Hospital, 13 Aug 2016
• Post traumatic reconstruction of hand, Hand CME 2016
  6 June 2016, Nepal
• An introduction to hand surgery with audit of the cases done in 1 year. Orthocon. Feb 2016, Nepal
• An introduction to hand surgery, our experience. Surgical society meeting, 16 Jan 2016, Nepal
• Late presenting Lateral Condyle Fracture in Children- HRDC Experience. Orthocon
  Jan 2012, Nepal.
• External Fixator use in Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. Orthocon, Jan 2011, Nepal
  Awarded best paper.

Publications:

• Pediatric Hand Fractures- A review (JHS, Asia-Pacific Volume, 2024)
• Volkmann’s ischemic contracture of the upper extremity- raising a red flag in the setting of developing countries (Rozhledy v chirugii, 2024)
• Fracture if an aberrant os styloideum: a unique case report (Skeletal Radiology, 2023)
• Posterior Interosseous Nerve Injury After a Fracture if Ulna and Radius: A Case Report (Turkish Neurosurgery, 2021)
• Outcomes for late presenting lateral condyle fractures of the humerus in children: A case series (Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2019)
• Outline of Hand and Wrist Injuries Presenting to an Emergency of a Tertiary Care Centre in Nepal (JNHRC, 2019)
• A rare tumor of hand: A case report (BBMed, 2018)
• Patterns of Orthopedic injuries among motorbike accident admissions presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu. (JNHRC 2016)
• A Snapshot of 1001 children presenting with cerebral palsy to a children’s disability hospital (JNHRC 2015)
  10) Serum Lactate –An indicator of morbidity and mortality in polytrauma and multi-trauma patients. (NOAJ 2013)
• Glomus Tumor as a cause of severe thigh pain(Orthopedics one, 2012)
• External Fixator use in Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture. (NOAJ 2011)

Book Chapter

• Shrestha Shilu and Chang James, Replantation, Global reconstructive surgery

Memberships and Affiliations:

• Nepal Hand Surgery Society (NHSS)
• Asia- Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH)
• Nepal Medical Association (NMA)
• Nepal Orthopedic Association (NOA)
• Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society
• German Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Society