Name of Head of Department: Dr GehaRaj Dahal
Department introduction/description :
The Department of Surgery was established in 1978. Prof. Anjani Kumar Sharma was the founder Head of the Department. In 1992, Postgraduate Medical Education Coordination Committee (PGMECC) was formed in coordination with Bir Hospital. MS General Surgery was started as a postgraduate course with four students enrolled in the first batch. From 2004 IOM and NAMS (academic wing of Bir Hospital) are running their own PG program separately. Both programs accept foreign nationals also who are mainly from India, Maldives and Bangladesh. Currently the department is primary department for conducting program for MS general surgery and general surgery subject of MBBS, BDS and BAMS program of IOM.
Department offers a variety of clinical services to patients. The department has 4 units, among which 2 units mainly focus on the surgery of abdominal organs such as intestines including the oesophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, rectum, anal canal, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts apart from routine general surgical patients. One unit focuses on breast, thyroid gland and general surgery. One unit offers all surgical cases of pediatric population. The department has primary responsibility of emergency surgical patients care.
Department vision,mission and goals :
- To teach, train and inspire excellence in undergraduate students (MBBS), General surgery residents (MS), healthcare providers, and patients, with care and respect
- To providehigh-quality patient care with optimum utilization of resources
- To perform research in the surgical field, and train the next generation of surgeons
- To be a leading academic surgical department in the country by research, innovation and training.
- Department faculty members:
| S.N. | Full Name | Designation | Full Academic Qualifications |
| 1 | Dr. Geharaj Dahal | Associate Professor | MBBS, MS, PhD (Pediatric Surgery) |
| 2 | Dr. Prasan Bir Sing Kansakar | Associate Professor | MBBS, MS, MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology),FMAS |
| 3 | Dr. Bikal Ghimire | Associate Professor | MBBS, MS, MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology),FMAS |
| 4 | Dr. Jayant Kumar Sah | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology),FMAS Fellowship in Liver Transplant |
| 5 | Dr Dinesh Koirala | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS (Pediatric Surgery) |
| 6 | Dr. SuzitaHirachan | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS (General Surgery) |
| 7 | Dr. Abhisek Bhattarai | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS, MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology) FMAS |
| 8 | Dr. Laligen Awale | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS, MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology) FMAS |
- Academic programs and students educated/trained each year / total
| Level | S.N. | Program name | Tick / Yes / No |
| Bachelor | 1 | MBBS | 100 |
| 2 | BDS | 24 | |
| 3 | BAMS | 39 | |
| Masters | 4 | MSGeneral Surgery | 10 |
| 5 | MChPediatric Surgery | 1 |
- List of hospital clinical services provided and Number of patients served/treated
| Unit | I | II | III | IV | TOTAL |
| New cases | 1924 | 6876 | 1620 | 1133 | 11553 |
| Old cases | 1433 | 4185 | 1708 | 1027 | 8353 |
| Emergency admissions | 104 | 136 | 112 | 196 | 548 |
| OPD admissions | 225 | 183 | 195 | 199 | 802 |
| Emergency surgery | 119 | 109 | 84 | 60 | 372 |
| Elective surgery | 315 | 89 | 298 | 186 | 888 |
| Minor surgery | 184 | 204 | 202 | 650 | |
| Cancer surgery | 19 | 34 | 75 | 2 | 130 |
| Non-cancer surgery | 296 | 166 | 369 | 244 | 1075 |
| Mortality | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
- Training/Workshops/Conferences conducted by department
COPE (Clinically oriented practice examination) for all MS final residents of MMC and TU affiliated colleges on March 2024
Basic Surgical skills for first year MS residents on July 2024
Departmental workshop on academics of BDS, MBBS and MS program on October 2024
Society of Surgeons of Nepal (SSN) monthly meeting on September 2024
- Achievements/Grants/Awards received by faculties/department
- Grants: Dr Abhisek Bhattarai received research grant from MMC
