JIOM Nepal is published by Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JIOM Nepal follows/associated with/endorses the followings:
Prof. Dr. Paleswan Joshi Lakhey
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
FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
• Permanent faculty of Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching
Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Working as Consultant surgeon in surgical gastroenterology unit managing all complex
GI and HPB cases and doing all complex GI and HPB surgeries including therapeutic
ERCP.
• Appointed as the Director of Research Department of Institute of Medicine since April 2025.
• Appointed as Editor-in-chief of Journal of Institute of Medicine (JIOM) Nepal since March
2024.
• Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) Edinburgh since 2024
• International fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS) since Oct 2021.
• Head of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology from 30th June 2021 to 26th October
2024.
• Head of the Department of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery on 23rd February 2019 to
30th June 2021.
• Clinical observership in Hepatopancreatobiliary Services of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, US from 14th – 31st May 2018.
• Promoted as the Professor of Surgery in Department of Surgery on 29th June 2015.
• Completed MCh Surgical Gastroenterology, which is three years structured academic program in gastrointestinal surgery, from Institute of Medicine in 2011.
• Promoted as Reader (Associate Professor) in General Surgery from 1st April 2009.
• Received three months training in gastrointestinal and pancreaticobiliary oncosurgery in Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea as a part of elective posting of MCh in Surgical Gastroenterology from May – August 2009.
• Received four weeks training in advanced laparoscopic surgery in Apollo Hospital New Delhi in February 2007.
• Was working as a Lecturer of General Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Institute of Medicine Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
➢ Involved in teaching both theory and practical classes for both undergraduate and
postgraduate students and guiding the postgraduate students for the thesis work
➢ Carrying out routine clinical work, including running regular GI surgery
outpatient clinic, and looking after in-patients, performing diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, lower GI endoscopy and ERCP, and performing major gastrointestinal surgery as well as various laparoscopic surgery.
• Worked as a Teaching Assistant in Department of General Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.
• Completed Master’s in General Surgery from Institute of Medicine with an excellent academic record and received Dr CP Maskey FRCS gold medal in 2001.
• Worked as a medical officer in General Surgery of Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (1996-1997)
• Completed MBBS from Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan in 1995.
• Completed Intermediate in Science from Amrit Science Campus, Tribhuvan University in first division, was first among girls in science faculty and received Aishwarya Bidya Padak in 1988.
• Completed School Leaving Certificate from St Mary’s School,