NJNS Editorial Team (2026-2029)
Editor–in-Chief
Prof.Dr. Prakash Kafle (MBBS, MS, MCh Neurosurgery)
Juha Hernesniemi Skull Base & Cerebrovascular Microsurgery Fellowship
Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery (FMISS-South Korea)
HOD, Department of Neurosurgery
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
Morang, Nepal
Email: prakashkaflee@gmail.com , njns2004@yahoo.com
Executive Editors
Dr. Sagar Koirala MS, MCh
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Upendra Devkota Memorial National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences
Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: sagarkoirala85@gmail.com
Dr Manish Kolakashyapati, MD, PhD
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Neurointerventionist
Nepalgunj, Nepal
Email: manish.kola@gmail.com
Dr Kumar Paudel, MS, MCh
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Bharatpur hospital
Chitwan, Nepal
Email: kumarpaudel01@gmail.com
Statistics, Study Design and Clinical Trials
Dr Naresh Manandhar, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: nareshsayami@yahoo.com
Editorial Assistants
Dr Ashik Rajak, MBBS
Dr Aney Rijal, MPH
Section Editors:
Dr Prabhat Jha, MBBS, MS,MCh
Email: prabhatkaushaljha@gmail.com
Dr Namrata Khadka, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: dr.namratakhadka@gmail.com
Dr Prakash Poudel, MBBS, FCPS
Email: iom_prakash@yahoo.com
Dr Suresh Sapkota, MBBS, MS
Email: sapkota.suressh@gmail.com
Dr Rajiv Pandit, MBBS, FCPS
Email: Przeev@gmail.com
Dr Rizu Dahal, MBBS, MD, Phd
Email: dahalrizu@gmail.com
Dr Puspa Raj Koirala, MBBS, MS, MCh
pussparajkoirala@gmail.com
Dr Ashim Gurung MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: ashimgrgnp@gmail.com
Dr Rupesh Jung Raut, MD, MS
Email: rupexion@yahoo.com
Dr Robin Bhattarai MBBS, MS, Phd
Email: robinbhattarai@hotmail.com
Dr Pratyush Shrestha, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: pratyush@neuro.org.np
Dr Sandesh Dahal, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: drsandeshdahal@gmail.com
Dr Pankaj Raj Nepal, FCPS
Email: pankajrajnepal@gmail.com
Dr.Suresh Bishwokarma
Email: drsureshbk@gmail.com
Student editor
Dr. Gaurav Kshetri MS, (MCh Neurosurgery resident)
Department of Neurosurgery
Nobel medical College Teaching Hospital
Kanchanbari-4,Biratnagar
Email: gaurav.kshetri1@gmail.com
Founder Editor in -Chief
Prof. Dr. Mohan Raj Sharma, MS (2004-2015)
Past Chief Editors
Dr. Resha Shrestha MBBS, MS, PhD (2021-2025)
Prof Amit Thapa, MBBS, MS, MCh, IFAANS (2019-2021)
Prof. Dr Yam Bahadur Roka, MBBS, MS. MCh, IFAANS (2017-2019)
Dr. Prabin Shrestha, MD, PhD (2015-2017)
National Advisors
Prof.Dr. Pawan K Sultania, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof.Dr. Basant Pant, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Annapurna Neurological Institute
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof.Dr. Gopal R Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof.Dr. Krishna Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof.Dr. Mohan R Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Institute of Medicine, TUTH
Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr.Prabin Shrestha, MD, PhD
Chief Neurosurgeon
B & B Hospital, Gwarko
Lalitpur, Nepal
International Advisors
Dr Aliasgar Moiyadi
Prof & Consultant Neurosurgeon, Chief of Neurosurgery
Officer-In-Charge, Surgical Oncology,
Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC)
Tata Memorial Centre
Mumbai, India
Dr Asifur Rahman
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Azmi Alias
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Prof. Dr.Deepak Gupta, MS MCH, MAMS, PhD (AIIMS)
Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty in charge Neurotrauma unit 2
JPN Apex trauma Centre, AIIMS
Adjunct Faculty, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Delhi.
Faculty in charge Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Programme, AIIMS
Neurosciences Centre & JPN Apex Trauma Centre,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India
Prof.Dr Edward C Benzel, MD
Emeritus Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM)
Editor in Chief, World Neurosurgery
Ohio, USA
Prof Garnette Sutherland
University of Calgary
Alberta, Canada
Prof Lukas Rasulic
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Clinic for Neurosurgery, Clinical Center of Serbia
Head of Department of Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Functional Neurosurgery and Pain Management Surgery
Beograd, SERBIA
Prof Marcus Stoodley, BMedSc; MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACS
Head of Neurosurgery, Macquarie University Hospital
and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sydney, Australia
Prof Mehmet Zileli
Professor of Neurosurgery
Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Izmir, Turkey
Prof Mohammed Afzal Hossain
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Muhammad Anwar Chaudary
Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS),
Lahore and Farooq Hospital
Chief Editor, Pakistan Journal of Neurological Surgery
Lahore, Pakistan
Dr Nikolay Peev, MD PhD (NS), FRCS(Eng)
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Belfast health and Social Care Trust
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Prof Takaoimi Taira, MD, PhD
Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery,
Department of Neurosurgery
Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU)
Tokyo, Japan
Prof Vedantam Rajshekhar
Dept. of Neurosciences, C.M.C. Hospital
Vellore, India
Prof MU Dr. Vladimír Beneš, DrSc.,
Professor & Chairman, Neurosurgical Department of 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
Prof Zhao Bing
Chief of Department of Neurosurgery
The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Prof. Dr. Edmond Jonathan G
Department of Neurosurgery
Professor ,& Head Unit -III,
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004
Tamil Nadu, India
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