Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief
Seshananda Sanjel, MPH, PhD; Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal.

Email:  seshanandasanjel24@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0163-6946

 

Managing Editor
Dr. Robin Khapung, MBBS, MD, Anesthesiology, Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email: robinkhapung@hotmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0877-7052

 Executive Editors

Prof. Dr. Bijay Aryal, PhD, Assistant Dean, School of Pharmacy, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Email:

ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-5837

  Dr. Subi Basnyat, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email:Basnyat_subi@hotmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7189-1263

 

  Ms. Ramu Maharjan, School of Nursing and Midwifery. Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email:Ramumaharjan@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-5764

 Dr. Uttara Gautam, MD Pediatrics, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email: uttara8118@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1561-9300

 Dr. Jeetendra Bhandari, MD General Practice and Emergency Medicine (GPEM), Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email:  z2jeetendra@gmail.com  

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7350-2840

 

Dr. Deependra Hamal, BDS, MD Microbiology, Associate Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email: hmldipendra@yahoo.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8228-485X

 Nishant Lama, MPH, Associate Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.

Email: nishant.tmg@gmail.com

ORCID:

 

 Academic Editors (National)

Dr. Gehanath Baral, MBBS, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor, Nobel Medical College, Kathmandu University (KU)
gehanath@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-5516

Dr. Jyoti Manandhar Shrestha, MD, Pharmacology, Professor, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Jyoti777@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-3874

Dr. Dinesh Lamsal, MDGP, Professor & Head, Department of Family Medicine (General Practice) & Emergency Medicine, Chairperson, Institutional Research Committee, Civil Service Hospital

Dr. Kunjang Sherpa, MD Internal Medicine, DM Cardiology, Associate Professor, National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kathmandu, Nepal
sherpakunjang7@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1136-6983

Dr. Anip Joshi, MBBS, MS FACS, FIAGES (Hon.) Associate Professor, Chief Consultant Surgeon, Head of Department, Department of Surgery, Bir Hospital, National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kathmandu, Nepal
dranipjoshi@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-8928

Dr. Nabindra Raj Bista, MD, Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
navindrarajbista@hotmail.com

Mr. Prem Prasad Panta, MSc Statistics, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, KIST Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal
premprasadpanta@gmail.com

Dr. Basu Dev Parajuli, MD, Anesthesiology, Critical and Pain Medicine, Assistant Professor, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
bashuparajuli2012@gmail.com

Ms. Sajani Manandhar, BSc Nursing, MPH, Research Officer, New ERA, Kathmandu, Nepal. PhD Scholar (Applied Demography and Social Research), Mahidol University, Thailand
manandharsajani@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6860-8464

Dr. Nirmal Thapa, MD Surgery, Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal
Nirmalthapa072@gmail.com

Dr. Ram Chandra Panthi, MD, Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal
Email:ramcp1993@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4830-3177

Dr. Kamal Prasad Thani, MD, Paediatrics, Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences(KAHS), Jumla, Nepal. 

Email:kamalthani@gmail.com 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7113-4414

Dr. Shirish Silwal, MBBS, MD, Anesthesiology, Consultant Anesthesiologist, Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal
shirish1992backup@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0004-4003

Pratima Neupane, MPH, Assistant Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Email: pratimaneupane07@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2652-0876


Academic Editors (International)

Dr. Kamal Raj Aryal, MD; Associate Professor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of East Anglia and James Paget University Hospital, UK
rlkamal2000@hotmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-5211

Dr. Zeba un Naher, MBBS, MD in Clinical Biochemistry, Associate Professor, Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, Bangladesh Medical University
zeba.naher@bsmmu.edu.bd

Dr. Niraj Yadav, MD, Critical Care Medicine, ICU Medical Director, St Francis Hospital, Grand Island, Nebraska. Critical Care Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine. Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology – American Board of Internal Medicine, Neurocritical care – American Board of Internal Medicine, USA
Niraj.yadav@commonspirit.org

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1857-6787 

Dr. Posan Samsher Limbu, MBBS, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine. Division of Nephrology and Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, SSM St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
posansamser.limbu@health.slu.edu

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1809-5391

Dr. Abinav Dhakal, MBBS, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Inpatient Medicine, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Abhinav.dhakal@bannerhealth.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5823-7464

Dr. Sonia Gupta, MBBS, MD, Rheumatologist, Intermountain Medicine Center, Murray, Utah. Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology – American Board of Internal Medicine, USA
soniagupta@imail.org

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-3488

Dr. Santosh Sapkota, MBBS, MD, PHD, Internal Medicine, McLaren Health Care Corporation, Flint, Michigan, USA
scyla.santosh@gmail.com

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4426-2670

Dr. Kiran Kumar KC, MBBS, MD Anesthesiology, FRCA ST5 Anesthetics North West School of Anesthesia, England, UK
Kirankumar.kc@nhs.net

ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-1385

Dr. Sajan Acharya, Assistant Professor, MBBS, MD, Hospitalist and Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine program at NYCHHC/Woodhull, New York University

Email: mailto:acharyas@nychhc.org

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9508-9439

 

Bibha Gautam, PhD, RN, CNE; Associate Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Bibha.Gautam@ttuhsc.edu

Dr. Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, MBBS, MD, PSGFAIMER Fellow in HPE, FAcadMed; Faculty, IMU Centre for Education, International Medical University, Malaysia
ravi.dr.shankar@gmail.com

Dr. Ranjan Dahal, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Jersey, USA
drtcsingel@gmail.com

T.C. Singel, MD; Professor, Department of Anatomy, Shri Govind Guru University (SGGU), Zydus Medical College and Hospital, Gujarat, India
drtcsingel@gmail.com

Karma Tenzin; Deputy Dean, Head of Center for Research in Respiratory & Neuroscience, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences, Bhutan
karmatenzin9@gmail.com

Florian Thermann, MD; Professor, Department of Vascular Surgery, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum Merseburg, Germany

Jeffrey A. Kottler, MD; Professor Emeritus, Department of Counselling, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA

Pertti Kekki, MD; Professor emeritus of General Practice and Primary Healthcare, University of Helsinki, Finland
pertti.kekki@helsinki.fi

Sangita Bista, MD; Assistant Professor; Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Technical University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, USA
bistasangu@gmail.com

 

Editorial Assistant and IT Support

Binod Adhikari, Department of IT, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.
binod@kahs.edu.np

 

Advisors

Dr. Poojan Kumar Rokaya, Vice-chancellor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Dr. Dabal Bahadur Dhami, Rector, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Dr. Prenit Pokhrel, Dean, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

 

Immediate Past Editor-in-chief

Dr. Kapil Amgain; Associate Professor(2019-2025)

 

Past Associates of JKAHS

Modnath Marahatta; Professor; JKAHS – Editor-in-Chief (2018)

Binod Aryal, Assistant Professor; JKAHS – Editor-in-Chief (2018)

Kiran Regmi Ghimire, Professor; JKAHS – Editor-in-Chief (2019)

Rajendra Raj Wagle, Ex-Vice-Chancellor of KAHS (2018 – 2021)

Mangal Rawal, Ex-Vice-Chancellor of KAHS (2021 – 2025)

Modnath Marahatta, Ex-Dean, School of Medicine, KAHS

Resham Bahadur Rana, Ex-Dean, School of Medicine, KAHS

Saraswoti Gautam Bhattarai, Ex-Dean, School of Nursing and Midwifery, KAHS

Muni Raj Chhetri, Ex-Dean, School of Public Health, KAHS

Ramesh Bhattarai, Ex-Dean, School of Medicine, KAHS

Hari Prasad Dhakal, Senior Consultant Pathologist

Bishnu Hari Paudel, Professor of Physiology

Basista Rijal, Senior Consultant Microbiologist

Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Professor of Microbiology

Ramesh Kanta Adhikari, Professor of Pediatrics

Bijay Aryal, Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Dr. Harihar Devkota, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery

Sharmila Shrestha, Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Nishant Lama, Associate Professor, School of Public Health

Ravin Bhandari, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy

Dr. Rajib Sah, Associate Professor, Department of Gyne/Obs.