Editorial Team
Editor-in–Chief
Prof. Dr. Paleswan Joshi Lakhey
MBBS, MS, MCh, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology
Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Managing Editor
Dr. Lava Shrestha
MBBS, MD Clinical Physiology
Department of Clinical Physiology
Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Editors
Prof. Dr. Saroj Prasad Ojha, MBBS, MD Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Dr. Gentle Sunder Shrestha, MBBS, MD, FACC, FCCP, FRCP (Edin), FSNCC (Hon), FNCS
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Dr. Narayan Bahadur Mahotra, MBBS, MD Clinical Physiology
Department of Clinical Physiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Dr. Muna Sharma, BN, MN, PhD
Department of Nursing, Maharajgunj Nursing Campus,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Dr. Ranju Kharel Sitaula, MBBS, MD, FAICO
Department of Ophthalmology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, BP Koirala Lions Center for Ophthalmic Studies,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Dr. Bishnu Prasad Choulagai, BPH, MPH, PhD
Central Department of Public Health,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Dr. Sanjeev Thapa, MBBS, MD, DM Cardiology
Department of Cardiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center,
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
International Editors
Prof. D. Rohan Jeyarajah, USA
Prof. Marcus Stoodley, Neurosurgery Department, Macquarie Medical School, Sydney, Australia
Prof. Richard Wohns, NeoSpine, Washington, USA
Prof. Narayan Prasad, Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Statistical Editor
Dr. Akihiko Ozaki, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Deepak Joshi, Department of Community Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus
English Editor
Dr. Christine Cain Groves, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, USA
Mr. Manish Gautam, ................
Advisors
Prof. Dr. Dibya Singh Shah, Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Prem Raj Gyawali, Assistant Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Pradeep Vaidya, Assistant Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Abhimanyu Jha, Assistant Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Takma KC, Assistant Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Arjun Prasad Lamichhane, Campus Chief, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine