Qualification, Post

MD, MS (Ortho), Fellowship Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Consultant Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon

Assistant Director Spine Services, Grande International Hospital

One and only

Fellowship trained Endoscopic Spine surgeon in Nepal

Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal (ASSN)

General Secretary 2020-2022

Treasurer 2018-2020

Joint Secretary 2012-2018

Founder

Orthopaedic Associations

Executive Committee member Asia Pacific Trauma Society (APTS) 2018-2020

National delegate (Nepal) representing NOA to Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) 2016-2018

General Secretary Nepal Orthopedic Association (NOA) 2014-2016

Reviewer

World Neurosurgery

Biomed Research International

Acta Orthopaedica et TraumatologicaTurcica (AOTT)

Journal of International Medical Research (JIMR)

Neurospine (NS)-official journal of ASIA SPINE

Journal of Neurological Surgery- Part A (JNLS-A), Central European Neurosurgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (JOCN)

Journal of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Journal of Medicine

Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique (JMISST)

And Many More...

Dr. Byapak Paudel, MD, MS (Ortho), Fellowship in Spine Surgery (India, Japan) with advanced fellowship in Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery (Korea, 1 year ), and a full time Consultant Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon, Assistant Director of Spine Services of Grande International Hospital, is registered in Nepal Medical Council (NMC) - governmental body-Nepal Orthopaedic Association (NOA)- professional body-Nepal Medical Association (NMA) -professional body-and is a founder member of Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal (ASSN) as Joint Secretary. He has completed his undergraduate medical education in the scholarship scheme with good grades and degree of MD from the School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey in 1999.On returning to Nepal, he joined the Critical Care Unit (CCU) as a Medical Officer at B&B Hospital in Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal in September 1999. He was selected as a Resident Doctor at the Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC) at Banepa, Kavre , Nepal in September 2000 in which he worked from September 2000 to September 2001. At this center he became familiar with many of the common ailments, which lead to musculoskeletal disability in Nepal. He was selected into the Kathmandu University Orthopaedic Residency Training Program in September 2001. He has successfully completed the training graduating with the degree of Master in Orthopaedic Surgery {MS (Ortho)}, Kathmandu University in 2004 with thesis entitled "The value of a week-long daily stretching and casting protocol prior to Turco’s posteromedial clubfoot release in reducing wound complication: a comparative study ". Following this he worked as a Registrar at B&B Hospital, HRDC and Dhulikhel Hospital, all hospitals comprising the Kathmandu University Teaching Hospitals group. During this year he assumed more and more responsibility of independent work and he has been able to successfully assume larger roles in the management of both traumatic as well as old orthopaedic case load. He is well knowledgeable in paediatric orthopaedic problems because of his extensive work at HRDC. Working at B&B Hospital, a busy trauma center helped him to acquire skill to handle severe and polytrauma patients with full confidence. After a registrarship for a year he took a responsibility as Resource Faculty (Lecturer) and Coordinator of Problem Based Learning (PBL) Program in Kathmandu University Medical School while also working as Orthopaedic Surgeon at B&B Hospital and HRDC till January 2007 when he has been appointed as a full time Orthopaedic Surgeon at Medicare National Hospital and Research Center.Presently he is working as Consultant Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon , Assistant Director of Spine services in Grande International Hospital since 1st January 2013.

During his tenure at Kathmandu University Medical School, he was nominated as Member for Selection of Teaching Assistant to conduct interview and was also appointed as Moderator for University Exam Questions, 2007. He has made a comprehensive Students' Handbook for medical students. He has shown leadership in bringing many faculty members together into an orchestrated effort for activities that required integrated activities such as PBL case writing, Problem Based Questions (PBQ) making and tutoring of PBL groups.

He has successfully completed Fellowship in Spine surgery from Indian Spinal Injury Centre (ISIC), New Delhi, under Dr. H. S. Chhabra in 2008. He has then participated in various AO Spine activities as participant as well as organizer/ guest lecturer/speaker and actively involved in various national and international spine activities. He is presently member of AO Spine, Faculty (provisional) AO Spine, life member of Spinal Cord Society, founder member (Joint Secretary) of Association of Spine Surgeons of Nepal (ASSN). He is currently General secretary of ASSN. He has also participated in World Congress of WFMISS Istanbul held in 8-13 April 2014. He has also completed Cadaver Course on “Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Disectomy“, “Epiduroscopy and Pain, Interventional Procedures” and “Percutaneous Lumbar Fusion (OLIF)” during WFMISS congress. As further training in Spine Surgery he has visited Sapporo Orthopaedic Hospital and Affiliated hospitals (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) to Prof. Kuniyoshi Abumi as Visiting Scholar from 12 June to 25 July 2015. From June 2016 to May 2017 he had fellowship training with Prof. Hyeun Sung Kim at Nanoori Hospital, Suwon, South Korea in Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery.

He has served Nepal Orthopaedic Association (NOA) for the term 2006-2008 as executive committee member, as joint treasurer for term 2008-2010, as member of scientific committee for term 2010-2012, as Joint Secretary for term 2012-2014 and as a General Secretary of NOA (2014-2016).

He has been actively involved in organizing Orthocon (NOA conference) and ASSN conference. He has contributed to successful completion 3rd Nepal/ Japan Combined symposium, Orthocon 2016 as Organizing Secretary in Feb 2016.

He has membership of many national and international professional organizations.

He has represented in Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) as council member (national delegate) from Nepal and was an Executive member of Asia Pacific Trauma Society (APTS).

He also worked as Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon for Lumbini Medical College in 2007 where he played a vital role in establishing orthopedic department in Lumbini Medical College in its initial years.

He is also a SIGN Surgeon.

He has participated and presented numerous scientific papers in connection with both national and international scientific medical meetings. He also has some publications to his credit in international, national indexed journal, national daily newspaper, online portals and national TV.

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8umnnBx4hI (BD Clinic Endoscopy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIUahpWArY4 (Kantipur radio)

https://www.facebook.com/ap1tv/videos/1829239687165725 (AP1) SAMRIDI KA LAGI BIKASH PART6 - SWASTA SAROKAR

https://youtu.be/fU4D-UtIHLM (News24)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkvBpegL_DQ (Thaha radio)

http://setopati.com/blog/29171/

http://www.onlinekhabar.com/2015/10/344392/

http://www.onlinekhabar.com/2020/05/868013/

https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/blog/240821-1592036948.html?click_from=category

He is a Reviewer of many journals. 1. World Neurosurgery 2. Biomed Research International 3. Acta Orthopaedica et TraumatologicaTurcica (AOTT) 4. Journal of International Medical Research (JIMR) 5. Neurospine (NS)-official journal of ASIA SPINE 6. Journal of Neurological Surgery- Part A (JNLS-A), Central European Neurosurgery 7. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (JOCN) 8. Journal of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 9. Journal of Medicine 10. Journal of Clinical Case Reports 11. Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique (JMISST)

He is an International Board Member of International Journal of Recent Surgical & Medical Sciences and editorial board of Grande Int. Hospital Medical Journal.

He is a member of IRC (Institutional Review Committee) Grande Int. Hospital- Approved by NHRC

He is also a Mentor of Fellowship in Spinal Reconstructive Surgery (FSRS)- Grande Int. Hospital, program.