Editor–in-Chief
Dr Resha Shrestha, MBBS, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Annapurna Neuro Hospital, Maitighar
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: reshkums@hotmail.com, njns2004@yahoo.com
Executive Editors
Dr Manoj Bohara, MD, PhD, FNIS
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Neurointerventionalist
Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery (HAMS)
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: boharamanoj111@gmail.com
Dr Nikunja Yogi MS, MCh
Department of Neurosurgery
Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Pokhara, Nepal
email: nikunja.yogi@manipal.edu.np
Dr Rupendra B Adhikari, MD, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Grande International Hospital, Tokha
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: atom.com@gmail.com
Statistics, Study Design and Clinical Trials
Dr Naresh Manandhar, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
email: nareshsayami@yahoo.com
Editorial Assistants
Dr Ashik Rajak, MBBS
Ms Aney Rijal, MPH
Section Editors
Dr Abhisekh Chaturbedi, MBBS, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: abchaturbedi@gmail.com
Dr Bipin Chaurasia, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery Clinic
Birgunj, Nepal
email: trozexa@gmail.com
Dr Binod Rajbhandari, MBBS, MS, MCh
Department of Neurosurgery
Maharajgunj Medical Campus
Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: binodrajbh@gmail.com
Dr Manish Kolakashyapati, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center
Harisidhhi, Lalitpur, Nepal
email: manish.kola@gmail.com
Dr Pritam Gurung, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Annapurna Neuro Insitute and Allied Sciences
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: preetamgurung@hotmail.com
Dr Bibhusan Shrestha, MS, MCh.
Department of Neurosurgery
Dhulikhel Hospital
Kavrepalanchowk, Nepal
email: sbibhusan@hotmail.com
Dr Sandeep Bohara, MS, MCh.
Department of Neurosurgery
Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital
Kathmandu, Nepal
email: sandeepbohara@gmail.com
Dr Pankaj Raj Nepal, FCPS
Department of Neurosurgery
Aarya Hospital of Neurosurgical and Allied Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
Kanchanbari, Biratnagar, Nepal
email: pankajrajnepal@gmail.com
Dr Karuna Tamrakar, MS, MCh
Department of Neurosurgery
B & C Medical College Teaching Hospital & Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Birtamode, Jhapa, Nepal
email: tamrakarkaruna@gmail.com
Dr Pratyush Shrestha, MS, MCh
Department of Neurosurgery
Upendra Devkota Memorial National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences
Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
email: pratyush@neuro.org.np
Dr Rajendra Shrestha, MS, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
National Academy of Medical Sciences
Kathmandu, Nepal
email:rajendra39@yahoo.com
Student editor
Dr Prakash Shrestha
FCPS resident
Department of Neurosurgery
Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Science
Maitighar, Kathmandu
email:prashstha@gmail.com
Past Chief Editors
Prof Amit Thapa, MBBS, MS, MCh, IFAANS (2019-2021)
Dr Yam Bahadur Roka, MBBS, MS. MCh, IFAANS (2017-2019)
Dr Prabin Shrestha, MD, PhD (2015-2017)
Prof Mohan R. Sharma, MS (2004-2015) (Founder)
National Advisors
Prof Pawan K Sultania, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Basant Pant, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Annapurna Neurological Institute
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Gopal R Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Krishna Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Mohan R Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Institute of Medicine, TUTH
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Prabin Shrestha, MD, PhD
Chief Neurosurgeon
B & B Hospital, Gwarko
Lalitpur, Nepal
International Advisors
Dr Aliasgar Moiyadi
Prof & Consultant Neurosurgeon, Chief of Neurosurgery
Officer-In-Charge, Surgical Oncology,
Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC)
Tata Memorial Centre
Mumbai, India
Dr Asifur Rahman
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Azmi Alias
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Prof Deepak Gupta, MS MCH, MAMS, PhD (AIIMS)
Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty in charge Neurotrauma unit 2
JPN Apex trauma Centre, AIIMS
Adjunct Faculty, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Delhi.
Faculty in charge Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Programme, AIIMS
Neurosciences Centre & JPN Apex Trauma Centre,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India
Dr Edward C Benzel, MD
Emeritus Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM)
Editor in Chief, World Neurosurgery
Ohio, USA
Prof Garnette Sutherland
University of Calgary
Alberta, Canada
Prof Lukas Rasulic
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Clinic for Neurosurgery, Clinical Center of Serbia
Head of Department of Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Functional Neurosurgery and Pain Management Surgery
Beograd, SERBIA
Prof Marcus Stoodley, BMedSc; MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACS
Head of Neurosurgery, Macquarie University Hospital
and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sydney, Australia
Prof Mehmet Zileli
Professor of Neurosurgery
Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Izmir, Turkey
Prof Mohammed Afzal Hossain
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Muhammad Anwar Chaudary
Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS),
Lahore and Farooq Hospital
Chief Editor, Pakistan Journal of Neurological Surgery
Lahore, Pakistan
Dr Nikolay Peev, MD PhD (NS), FRCS(Eng)
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Belfast health and Social Care Trust
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Prof Takaoimi Taira, MD, PhD
Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery,
Department of Neurosurgery
Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU)
Tokyo, Japan
Prof Vedantam Rajshekhar
Dept. of Neurosciences, C.M.C. Hospital
Vellore, India
Prof MU Dr. Vladimír Beneš, DrSc.,
Professor & Chairman, Neurosurgical Department of 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
Prof Zhao Bing
Chief of Department of Neurosurgery
The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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