Dr. Deependra Shrestha
Principle Consultant
Dr. Deependra Shrestha is a renowned ENT specialist and Principal Consultant in ENT and Head & Neck Surgery at Nepal Mediciti. He holds a Master of Surgery (MS) degree in ENT from the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, and completed his MBBS from Chittagong Medical College. Dr. Shrestha’s advanced training includes prestigious fellowships in Head and Neck Onco-surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and other global centers of excellence.
Widely regarded as one of the best ENT surgeons in Kathmandu, Dr. Shrestha leads key medical organizations, including serving as President of the Society of Otorhinolaryngologists of Nepal and Editor of the Journal of Nepal Medical Association. He is also the General Secretary of the American Nepal Medical Foundation and Vice President of the Nepalese Association of Thyroid, Laryngology, and Allied Sciences. His academic influence extends internationally as a Visiting Professor at Prince Songkla Medical Institute, Thailand.
Dr. Shrestha is instrumental in ENT education and public health, coordinating the Master of Surgery (ENT) program and serving as Member Secretary of the National Deafness Prevention Program under Nepal’s Ministry of Health. He played a central role in developing Nepal’s first National Strategy for Deafness Prevention.
Previously, Dr. Shrestha was Head of the Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery at the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital, and held academic positions at Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital and College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur. His clinical expertise includes complex ENT surgeries, head and neck cancer management, and innovative treatments for voice and hearing disorders.
Dr. Deependra Shrestha’s dedication to advancing ENT care, head and neck oncology, and deafness prevention has positioned him as a top ENT specialist in Nepal and a trusted expert for patients seeking world-class surgical care in Kathmandu.
Education
Area of Focus
- Head and Neck Oncosurgery
Language spoken
- ENGLISH
- NEPALI
- HINDI
- BENGALI
- Urdu
i) Advanced training in Head and Neck Oncosurgery in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA under Mentorship of Prof.Dr Jatin Saha.
ii)Facial plastic surgery training at MS Ramaiah Advanced learning Center ,Banglore,India,organised by Facial Reconstructive & cosmetic Surgery India.
iii)Fellowship in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery from MCV Trust ENT Hospital, Comboiter, TamilNadu, India
iv) 3rd Nepal Temporal Bone Dissection and Ear Surgery Course. From 13th May to 16th May 2003 Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu.
v) 1st National Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course from 24-27th June 2007, organized by Institute of Medicine and Department of ENT-Head and Neck Surgery, TUTH.
vi) Attained instruction courses, Barcelona Spain, July 2-6, 2011 with 18 CME credits by European Accreditation Council for continuing Medical Education.
vii) CO2 Laser Training course ,held at Bombay Hospital,PrinceAly Khan Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, India from 20-22, 2012.
viii)Attained instruction course on 15th Asian research symposium in Rhinology 24-26 May 2012, Singapore.
ix) Participated on 7th workshop on phonosurgery held from 16th to 18th August 2013 at Bombay Hospital and K.E.M. Hospital,Mumbai,India
viii) Attained facial Plastics and Rhinoplasty workshop held on 8th to 10th December 2014, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,India.
x) Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skill Training from 15th to 19th March, 1999 in Bir Hospital, Kathmandu,Organised by Taurarga Hospital, New Zealand.
xi) Multi-Agency Training for Crimes against Women and Children From 17th July 2000 to 23rd July 2000,Organised by UNICEF, British embassy, Kathmandu and Nepal Police.
xii) Workshop on Improving the Doctor - Patient Relationship and Stress Management on-the-Job from 26th November 2003 to 28th November 2003.Organised by Medical education Department,IOM, Tribhuvan University,kathmandu,Nepal.
xiii) District health officers Training from 5 February to 13 March 2000,at Department of Health services,Kathmandu,conducted by MoH/DHS/HIMDD& WHO.
i) Retrospective study of 100 cases of Modified Radical Mastoidectomy performed in Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital. Journal of college of Medical Sciences- Nepal. Vol-5, No-!, October 2008. ii) Correlation of fine needle aspiration cytology with histopathology findings in cases of thyroid lesions in Bir hospital. Journal of medical Sciences-Nepal.2013,vol-9,No.1,23-29. iii)Evaluation of fine needle aspiration cytology of cervical lymphadenopathy in Bir hospital, Journal of college of Medical sciences-Nepal.2015,vol-11,No 1,22-25. iv) The incidence of Thyroid carcinoma in MultinodularGoiter; A Retrospective study. Journal of college of Medical Sciences-Nepal,Vol-10,No4,Oct-Dec 014. v) Frequency of malignancy in Solitary thyroid nodule in Bir Hospital.Accepted for publication by , Postgraduate Medical Journal of NAMS . vi)Types of Pathology and ossicular status in Atticoantral disease undergoing mastoidectomy at Bir Hospital,Journal of college of Medical Sciences(JCMS- Nepal) , Bharatpur, Chitwan,vol6,no4,Dec2010,p26-30. vii) Laryngeal Leishmaniasis, Postgraduate Medical Journal of NAMS vol 10,No.1,Jan-June 2010. viii) Chronic maxillary sinusitis :clinical and microbiological evaluation Journal of college of Medical Sciences- Nepal.2011, Vol-7, No-2, 17-22. ix) A Study of Hearing improvement after myringoplasties in Bir Hospital, |
Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, vol6, no4, Dec 2010.p31-35.BharatpurChitwan. x) Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Cervical Lymphadenitis: A Clinical Review. Nepalese Journal of ENT Head & Neck Surgery. Vol. 1 No. 2 issue 2 (July -Dec 2010). xi) The incidence of Thtroid carcinoma in Multinodular study Goiter: 5 year study in a tertiary academic center in Nepal.ISSN:2161-119X,Otolaryngology : Open Acess. xii) Vestibular Schwanoma : An experience in a Developing World. World J. Oncol.2019:10(2):118-122. xiii) Buccal oncocytoma : Report of a case and literature review.Annals of Medicine and Surgery 43 (2019) 82-84. xiii)Maxillary Ameoblastoma presenting as Sinonasal Mass : A case Report ISSN 2694-4014:volume 3,Issue 2. xiv) Premaxillary and maxillary Sinus Mucormycosis post COVID : A rare case report.International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.2021 Dec;7(12):1922-1926. xv) Foreign body esophagus : Six years of silence.SAGE Open Medical Case Reports,Volume 8: 1-3 xvi) Traumatic Lower Lip Myiasis -A Rare Presentation.Jan 2019.JAMA Otolaryngology –Head and Neck Surgery.DOI : 10.1001/amaoto.2018.3958. xvii) Primary Squamous cell carcinoma of Thyroid : A case report.March 2018.Nepalese Journal of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 6(1):22. xviii) Evaluation of fine needle aspiration cytology of cervical lymphadenopathy in Bir Hospital. Sept 2015.Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal 11 (1):22. Reviews and Monographs i) Singultus" Drug Bulletin 2004, College of Medical Science, Bharatpur, Nepal. i)Attended many National and International workshop as faculties,Chairperson. Took part in various National and International conferences and workshop as speaker and faculties in Panel discussions. ii)Course Director and Organizing Secretary ,National Workshop in Thyroid Surgery organized by Department of ENT ,National Academy of Medical Sciences,Bir Hospital ,Kathmandu,on 28-19 Sept 2018. iii)Organizing Secretary, First Thyroid Surgery workshop organized by Nepalese Association of Thyroid Laryngology and Allied.
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i. Reciepient of 2015 International Observership Fellowship Programme of International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Socitey.
ii. Recipients of travel Grant Award in First European CE-ORL_HNS congress,Barcelona,Spain.2011.
iii. Awarded Postgraduate Research Grant from Nepal Health Search Council ,2004.
i) Head of the Department, Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
ii)Master of Surgery (ENT) Program coordinator, Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery,National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
iii)Vice- President, American Nepal Medical Foundation.
iv) Member Secretary, National Deafness Prevention Program, Health Ministry,
v) Coordinator, First National Strategy on Prevention of Deafness in Nepal Gov of Nepal/World Health Organization Nepal.
vi) General Secretary,Faculty Doctors Association of NAMS.
vii)Associate Professor/Assistant Professor Department, National Academy of Medical Sciences,Bir Hospital,Kathmandu
(From 15 June ,2008 )
viii) Lecturer, Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu , Nepal (From 02 May 2006 to 14 June 2008)
ix) Lecturer (From 29 September 2004 to 03 April 2006)
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery,College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal. (From 29 September 2004 to 03 April 2006)
x) Medical Officer, Emergency Department and Medicine Department, Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal.
xi) Medical Officer, Department of Surgery, Bir Hospital, National Academy of Medical Science, Kathmandu,
i) Professor, Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery , National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal .
ii) President, Society of Otorhinolaryngologist of Nepal.
iii) Editor, Journal of Nepal Medical Association.
iv) Member,Research and Grant committee ,National Academy of Medical Sciences,Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
v) Visiting Professor,Prince Soangkla Medical Institute,Hatayi,Thailand.
vi) General Secretary,American Nepal Medical Foundation.
vii) Vice President,Nepalese Association of Thyroid Laryngology and Allied.
viii) Life member : Society of Otorhinolaryngologist of Nepal (SOL)
ix) Life member :Nepal Medical Association(NMA)
x) Life member : Faculty Doctors Association of NAMS .
xi) Life Member :Indian Society of Laryngology.
xii) Associate member :Facial Reconstructive & Cosmetic Surgery India Trust.
