Sarita Shrestha Doctor of Medicine, Obstetrics and gynaecology, BAMS, is an Ayurvedic physician, professor, writer, founder and medical director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Education
Shrestha received a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) from the, (Gwalior, India), a Certificate of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (CAMS) from the Tribhuvan University, (Kathmandu, Nepal) and in 1993 received a Medical Doctor in Ayurveda from the Benares Hindu University (Varanasi, India). She has also received a Diploma Yoga Therapy from the Vivekananda Kendra, (Bangalore, India), and a Diploma Acupuncture (Design Automation Conference) from the Alternative Medicine Center, (Colombo, Sri Lanka).
Career
Shrestha is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of Ayurveda in the United States and the authority in Ayurvedic women"s healthcare. She is Nepal"s first female Ayurvedic physician. and its first Ayurvedic OB/GYN. She is widely regarded as the “Mother of Ayurveda” in the West. Education Professional Experience Shrestha has been practicing medicine in Nepal for more than 20 years.
She teaches internationally and in 2000 started teaching Ayurveda throughout the United States.
She is currently the only Ayurvedic OB/GYN and only female Ayurvedic physician teaching in the United States. She is also a regular contributing lecturer at the National Ayurvedic Medical Association annual conferences.
She also teaches at The Sacred Window School for Maternal and Newborn Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico. and Vedika Global School in Emeryville, California. Previously Shrestha has worked as a Program and Planning Company-ordinator for the World Health Organisation.
In 2002 she founded the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal, outside of Kathmandu, Nepal where she volunteers her time providing free to low-cost healthcare for primarily rural Nepalese women.
Literature.