Dr. Kishor Khanal
Sr. Consultant and ICU Coordinator
Dr. Kishor Khanal is a Sr. Consultant and ICU Coordinator specializing in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology at Nepal Mediciti. With comprehensive expertise in intensive care, anesthesia, and critical care quality improvement, Dr. Khanal is recognized as a leading critical care specialist in Nepal.
He completed his MBBS from Rajshahi Medical College, Bangladesh in 2010, awarded through a prestigious scholarship from the Ministry of Education. Driven by his passion for critical care, he earned his MD in Anesthesiology from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2015. To further expand his expertise in complex critical care, Dr. Khanal undertook an externship in onco-critical care at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, in 2016 and completed a fellowship in Adult Intensive Care Medicine at Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon, India, in 2019.
Beginning his medical career as a Medical Officer in General Surgery at Mechi Zonal Hospital, Jhapa, Dr. Khanal later held consultant roles at several prestigious institutions, including Grande International Hospital (Kathmandu), Om Sai Pathibhara Hospital (Jhapa), and Shankarapur Hospital (Kathmandu).
Dr. Khanal’s clinical interests encompass neurocritical care, complicated sepsis management, infection control, and antibiotic stewardship programs. He is highly skilled in advanced airway management, ventilator strategies, and life-saving interventions such as Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
Beyond clinical excellence, Dr. Khanal is deeply committed to improving patient-family communication in the ICU and raising public awareness about intensive care medicine. He actively works to promote transparency, build trust, and dispel myths surrounding critical care services.
As a respected academic, Dr. Khanal has published extensively in national and international indexed medical journals, contributing significantly to research and education in critical care medicine.
Education
Area of Focus
- Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
- Adult Intensive Care Medicine
- Onco-Critical Care
Language spoken
- ENGLISH
- NEPALI
- HINDI
- BENGALI
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy as a Complication/ Sequelae of Prolonged Refractory Seizure: A Case Report from Nepal; Archives of Anesthesia and Critical Care https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/377/546
Pulmonary Mucormycosis secondary to Severe Acute Respiratory Illness due to Covid 19 Infection: A Case Report; Nepalese Respiratory Journal https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/nrj/article/view/45235
Post COVID-19 vaccine Guillain-Barré syndrome; Journal of Nepal Health Research Council https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35615850/?utm_source=gquery
Medication Dosing Error Leading to Potentially Lethal Methotrexate Toxicity; Austin Journal of Critical Care https://austinpublishinggroup.com/criticalcare/fulltext/criticalcare-v9-id1040.pdf
Demystifying opportunistic infections in an AIDS patient of 21st century in Nepal; Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JAIM/article/view/42195/32096
Retrospective analysis of the role of Ulinastatin in reducing mortality in severe pancreatitis in critical care unit in Nepal; Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JAIM/article/view/42154/32073
Anesthesia For Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy In A Patient With Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report; Nepal Mediciti Medical Journal https://doi.org/10.3126/nmmj.v2i1.37221
Ischemic Stroke as a Manifestation of Cholesterol Embolization Syndrome Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Kathmandu Univ Med J. http://www.kumj.com.np/issue/73/143-145.pdf
A Comparative Study of Intrathecal Fentanyl and Intravenous Ondansetron for Prevention of Intraoperative Nausea and Vomiting During Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia; J Anesth Clin Res. https://www.longdom.org/open-access/a-comparative-study-of-intrathecal-fentanyl-and-intravenous-ondansetron-for-prevention-of-intraoperative-nausea-and-vomi.pdf
Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for cryptococcal meningitis in immunocompetent; IDCases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00988
Comparison of outcome predictions by the Glasgow coma scale and the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score in the neurological and neurosurgical patients in the Intensive Care Unit; Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://www.ijccm.org/text.asp?2016/20/8/473/188199
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis; Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387838/
Do not Resuscitate(DNR) Issues; The ICU Post, November 2013
Medication Errors in ICU; The ICU post, November 2014
Member of the Society of Anesthesiologists- Nepal (SAN)
Member of the Nepalese Society of Critical Care Medicine (NSCCM)
Member of the Nepal Medical Council (NMC)
Member of the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
