Cardiologist pediatrician researcher
Basnet, Narayan Bahadur was born on August 25, 1960 in Sotang Village, Solukhumbu, Nepal. Son of Khadga Bahadur Basnet and Nanda Basnet. Birth weight: 1250 gram.
Basic medical education in Nepal; postgraduate medical education and research in Japan (1995-2004).
Working in Children's Medical Diagnosis Center (CMDC) since 2005 to date. Visited USA escorting international patients and refugees for more than sixty times.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Tokyo, 2000. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1990. Master of Public Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1985. Diploma in public administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1981. Certificate in general medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1979. School in Solukhumbu.
1. Sep 2005 to date: Director/Consultant, Children's Medical Diagnosis Center (CMDC), Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2. May 2006 to date: Consultant Pediatrician, Pediatric Cardiologist, General Physician, Durga Bhawani Polyclinic (DBPC), Kathmandu, Nepal.
3. May 2008 to date: Working as an on-call Medical Escort for international patients.
4. 2007~: BP Smriti Hospital, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal, visiting Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Cardiologist.
5. June 9, 2004 to Oct 18, 2005: Volunteer Medical Officer, Cardiac Unit, Kanti Children's Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
6. May 2003 to June 2004. Independent and Collaborative Researcher. Nepal/Waseda University, Japan.
7. May 2001 to April 2003: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo, Japan.
8. April 2000 to April 2001: Visiting Researcher (Kyakuin Kenkyuin), Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
9. April 1994 to March 1995: Medical Co-coordinator, Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia.
10. Jan 1994 to Mar 1994: Assistant Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal.
11. June 1993 to Dec 1993: Worked as a Medical Officer in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
12. June 1993 to July 1993: Worked as a medical doctor and acting Chief of Referral Health Center for Bhutanese Refugees. AMDA Nepal-Japan Project, Damak, Jhapa, Nepal.
13. Nov 1991 to May 1993: Worked as a Medical Officer in the Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) study project and Enteric Fever study. IDRC Canada in Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
14. Nov 1991 to May 1993: Worked as a House Officer in the Department of Pediatrics, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
15. 1990 to 1991: One year rotatory Clinical Internship in general medicine, general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, eye, ear/nose/throat, casualty and anesthesiology in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Kathmandu, Nepal.
16. 1981 to 1984: Worked as a Medical Instructor in Auxiliary Health Worker Training Program sponsored by Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University/Overseas Development Administration (TU/ODA), United Kingdom in Dharan, Nepal.
17. 1979 to 1981: Assistant Instructor, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Achievements include: Research in normal value of pulmonary arterial compliance in children and its variation in septal defects. Research in common heart problems in children, Research in on child raising issues, Analysis of situation of pediatric manpower in Nepal. Development of basic INFANT health care package (I=immunization, N=nutrition, F=feeding, A=adult support, N=neonatal care, T=treatment of common conditions) recommended to improve infant health care in Nepal.
(Research Articles 1. Basnet NB. Other Side of Moon - Reb...)
Independent and interdependent lifestyle.
MEMBERSHIP: Life Member: Nepal Medical Association (NMA), Nepal; Nepal Pediatric Society (NEPAS), Nepal; The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA), Nepal; Nepal Family Planning Association (NFPA), Nepal; NJAA (Nepal JSPS Alumni Assn.); Japanese Universities Alumni Association, Nepal (JUAAN), Nepal; Cardiological Society of India (CSI), India; Pediatric Cardiac Society of India (PCSI), India.
Clear and compassionate.
Reading, Serving Patients, Writing, Teaching, Counseling, Observing Nature.
Married Sangeeta Baral Basnet, November 19, 1992. Children: Abhilasha, Abhishek.
