Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief
Kapil Amgain, PhD Scholar; Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Anatomy & Cell Biology, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Managing Editor
Lok Raj Joshi, MD; Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Executive Editors
Sesananda Sanjel, MPH, PhD; Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Nishant Lama, MPH; Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Umesh Aryal, MSc (Biostatistics), PhD; Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Shreejana K.C., MSc Nursing (Psychiatry), Assistant Professor, Schoolo of Nursing and Midwifery, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Uttara Gautam, MD (Pediatrics), Lecturer, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Ravin Bhandari, M.Pharm., Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

Academic Editors (National)
Jay Prakash Jha, MD (Physiology); Lecturer, Department of Clinical Physiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Sunil Budhathoki, MD; Professor, Department of Pediatrics,  Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal 

Prem Prasad Panta, MSc (Statistics); Associate Professor of Biostatistics, KIST Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nabindra Raj Bista, MD; Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Ambika Thapa Pachya, MPH, Fellow, Public Policy Fellowship, Daayitwa Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal

Anup Devkota, MD; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal

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

Academic Editors (International)

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

Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, MBBS, MD, PSGFAIMER Fellow in HPE, FAcadMed; Faculty, IMU Centre for Education, International Medical University, Malaysia

Ranjan Dahal; Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Peters University, Hospital, New Jersey, USA  

T.C. Singel, MD; Professor, Department of Anatomy, Shri Govind Guru University (SGGU), Zydus medical college n hospital, Gujarat, India

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

Kamal Raj Aryal, MD; Professor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of East Anglia and James Paget University Hospital, UK

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

Sangita Bista MD; Assistant Professor; Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Technical University, Health Sciences Center EI Paso; USA

Editorial Assistant and IT Support 
Birjung Budha Magar,  Librarian, Library Department, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS)
Binod Adhikari, Department of IT, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Advisors
Dr. Mangal Rawal, Vice-Chancellor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal
Dr. Dabal Dhami, Rector, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal
Dr. Prenit Pokhrel; Dean, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal
Mr. Nirpendra Mahat, Registrar, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal
Dr. Muni Raj Chhetri, Dean-School of Public Health,  KAHS
Dr. Rajib Shah, Hospital Director, KAHS

Past Associates of JKAHS
Dr. Modnath Marahatta; Professor;  JKAHS - Editor-in-Cheif (2018)
Dr. Binod Aryal, Assistant Professor; JKAHS - Editor-in-Cheif (2018)
Dr. Kiran Regmi Ghimire, Professor; JKAHS - Editor-in-Cheif (2019)
Dr. Rajendra Raj Wagle, Ex-Vice-Chancellor of KAHS
Dr. Resham Bahadur Rana, Professor, Anesthesiology
Dr. Hari Prasad Dhakal; Senior Consultant Pathologist
Dr. Bishnu Hari Paudel; Professor of Physiology
Dr. Basista Rijal; Senior Consultant Microbiologist
Dr. Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Professor of Microbiology
Dr. Ramesh Kanta Adhikari; Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Bijay Aryal; Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; KAHS
Dr. Harihar Devkota, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery; KAHS
Dr. Sharmila Shrestha, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, KAHS