Dr. Gopal Raman Sharma
HoD & Principal Consultant
Dr. Gopal Raman Sharma is a Neurosurgeon and Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosciences at Nepal Mediciti. Formerly he was a professor of the Department of Neurosurgery at the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital, and a visiting professor at Nepal Medical College, Atterkhel, Jorpati, Kathmandu. Dr. Sharma graduated in medicine and surgery from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), TUTH, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1990. In 1991, he joined the Nepal Government job and worked in remote districts for two years, then was transferred to Bir Hospital and started working at the Department of Neurosurgery. He went to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, Pakistan, and completed his neurosurgical residency. In 2000, he was awarded a Master's Degree (MS) in Neurosurgery by Karachi University, Pakistan.
After that, he returned to Nepal and started practicing neurosurgery at the Department of Neurosurgery, NAMS, Bir Hospital. He did a fellowship in neurovascular surgery from Kurume University, Japan in 2010. In 2013, he completed Neurovascular training at the Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University, Finland. He has been awarded Fellowship (FICS) in Neurosurgery by the International College of Surgeons, USA in 2014. In 2017 he has been recognized as an International Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (IFAANS) by AANS, USA.
Dr. Sharma has been actively involved in clinical as well as academic activities. His area of interest is neurovascular and skull base surgery. He has performed more than 18000 major neurosurgical procedures successfully to this date. He has already carried out more than 500 microsurgical clipping of cerebral aneurysms and more than 50 cerebral AVM excision with excellent results. Dr. Sharma has attended more than 100 national and international neurosurgical conferences and presented more than 135 scientific papers. He has delivered 44 guest lectures on cerebral aneurysms, AVMs, and skull base tumor surgeries and chaired many scientific sessions. He has actively organized & participated in many neurosurgical workshops.
Education
Area of Focus
- Neurosurgery
Language spoken
- ENGLISH
- NEPALI
- HINDI
MBBS & MS in Neuro Surgery
Dr. Sharma has already published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in national and international neurosurgical journals.
Dr. Sharma has been awarded “OV Jooma Gold Medal (1997)”, “The Birendra – Aishwarya Medal (2001)”, “B & B Best Paper Award (2002)” and “The Best Doctor of the Year Award (2007) and (2011)” by NAMS, Bir Hospital. This year, 2017, he was decorated by the medal " PRABAL JANASEWASHREE" by the Honorable President of Nepal.
NAMS, Bir Hospital as a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and president of the Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeons
Dr. Sharma is a life member of the Nepal Medical Association (NMA), the Society of Surgeons of Nepal (SSN), a Founder and life member of the Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeons (NESON), Member of the World Federation of Neurosurgeons (WFNS), Member of the European Neurosurgical Society (EANS), Member of Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) and Member of American Association of Neurosurgical Society (AANS). He has recently received membership in the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Chapter, Vascular Neurosurgery Section of EANS.
To promote Neurovascular surgery and to encourage young neurosurgeons in Nepal, Dr. Sharma has founded the “Gopal Raman Sharma Neurovascular Oration” and “Gopal Raman Sharma Young Neurosurgeon” Awards in 2020. The Young Neurosurgeon Award will be distributed for the best paper in the National Congress of NESON each year. Similarly, the Neurovascular Oration medal will be awarded to the national or international neurosurgeon who has significant contributions to the field of Neurovascular surgery.
Dr. Sharma is the Past President of the Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeons (NESON) and Past General Secretary of the South Asian Association of Neurosurgical Society (SAANS). He chaired the neurovascular chapter of NESON from 2017 to 2020. In the future, Dr. Sharma is planning to establish subspecialty services of neurosurgery in Nepal.
