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