Advisor
Internal Medicine
30 years of experience
Education:
1981-1983, Tribhuvan University, Amrit Science Campus, Undergraduate Kathmandu, Nepal (Biology major)
1984-1991, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine, M.B.B.S. Kathmandu, Nepal (Medical School)
1997-1999, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Public Health School of Public Health, (Epidemiology), Chicago, IL
1991-1992, Internship (included rotations in various specialties), Internship Bir Hospital, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Maternity Hospital, and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
1993-1996 the University of Illinois and Westside V.A. Med Center Residency Internal Medicine Residency Program, (Internal Medicine), Chicago, IL
1996-1999 the University of Chicago and Univ of Illinois, Fellowship Joint Infectious Disease Fellowship Program (Infectious Disease), Chicago, IL
Work and Experience:
1992 Medical Officer, Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal
1999-2006 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
2005 Assistant Professor (Adjunct Faculty)
The University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS), School of Public Health
2006-2012 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL2012-2020 Professor of Clinical Medicine
Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
2010- 2013 Chair, Institutional Review Board (IRB): Springfield Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (SCRIHS), Springfield, IL
2011- 2018 Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
2011-2020 Division Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
2020 March Professor Emeritus
Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Awards and Articles:
1996 Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine (Recertified 2007, 2019)
1999 Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Infectious Diseases (Recertified 2009, 2019)
2004 Fellow, American College of Physicians
2009 Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America