Professional Journey
Work Experience:
- Senior Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon NAMS/Bir Hospital, National Trauma Center, Kathmandu, Nepal 2014 – Present
- Dental Surgeon Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Nepal 2010 – 2011
- Dental Officer Bharatpur Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal 2008 – 2010
Awards & Achievements:
- Merit-based government scholarship for Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Merit-based government scholarship for Master of Dentistry
Competition-based 1-year International Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery
AOCMF 8-weeks Fellowship in Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery
Gold Medalist in BDS
Founder President of the first peripheral branch of Nepal Dental Association
Modernized oral and maxillofacial surgery in Nepal by introducing:
- 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
Education:
- International Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan - 2020 - AOCMF Fellowship in Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery
Hamburg, Germany - 2018 - Master of Dentistry
Jiamusi University, PR China - 2014 - Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal - 2008
Training:
- Clinical observership training in TMJ Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA - 2023
- Clinical observership training in TMJ Arthroscopy NuFace Hospital, Surat, India - 2023
- Clinical observership training in intra-operative navigation technology Dusseldorf, Germany - 2022
- Clinical observership training in complex facial deformity correction All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi - 2018