Editorial Team

NJNS Editorial Team (2026-2029)

Editor–in-Chief

Prof.Dr. Prakash Kafle (MBBS, MS, MCh Neurosurgery)
Juha Hernesniemi  Skull Base & Cerebrovascular Microsurgery Fellowship 
Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery (FMISS-South Korea)
HOD, Department of Neurosurgery
Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
Morang, Nepal
Email: prakashkaflee@gmail.com, njns2004@yahoo.com

Executive Editors

Dr. Sagar Koirala MS, MCh
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Upendra Devkota Memorial National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences
Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: sagarkoirala85@gmail.com

Dr Manish Kolakashyapati, MD, PhD
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Neurointerventionist
Nepalgunj, Nepal
Email: manish.kola@gmail.com

Dr Kumar Paudel, MS, MCh
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Bharatpur hospital
Chitwan, Nepal
Email: kumarpaudel01@gmail.com

Statistics, Study Design and Clinical Trials

Dr Naresh Manandhar, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Community Medicine
Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: nareshsayami@yahoo.com

Editorial Assistants

Dr Ashik Rajak, MBBS
Dr Aney Rijal, MPH

Section Editors

Dr Prabhat Jha, MBBS, MS,MCh
Email: prabhatkaushaljha@gmail.com

Dr Namrata Khadka, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: dr.namratakhadka@gmail.com

Dr Prakash Poudel, MBBS, FCPS
Email: iom_prakash@yahoo.com

Dr Suresh Sapkota, MBBS, MS
Email: sapkota.suressh@gmail.com

Dr Rajiv Pandit, MBBS, FCPS
Email: Przeev@gmail.com

Dr Rizu Dahal, MBBS, MD, Phd
Email: dahalrizu@gmail.com

Dr Puspa Raj Koirala, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: pussparajkoirala@gmail.com

Dr Ashim Gurung MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: ashimgrgnp@gmail.com

Dr Rupesh Jung Raut, MD, MS
Email: rupexion@yahoo.com  

Dr Robin Bhattarai MBBS, MS, Phd
Email: robinbhattarai@hotmail.com

Dr Pratyush Shrestha, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: pratyush@neuro.org.np

Dr Sandesh Dahal, MBBS, MS, MCh
Email: drsandeshdahal@gmail.com

Dr Pankaj Raj Nepal, FCPS
Email: pankajrajnepal@gmail.com

Dr.Suresh Bishwokarma
Email: drsureshbk@gmail.com

Student editor

Dr. Gaurav Kshetri MS, (MCh Neurosurgery resident)
Department of Neurosurgery
Nobel medical College Teaching Hospital
Kanchanbari-4,Biratnagar
Email: gaurav.kshetri1@gmail.com

Founder Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Mohan Raj Sharma, MS (2004-2015)

Past Chief Editors

Dr. Resha Shrestha MBBS, MS, PhD (2021-2025)
Prof Amit Thapa, MBBS, MS, MCh, IFAANS (2019-2021)
Prof. Dr Yam Bahadur Roka, MBBS, MS. MCh, IFAANS (2017-2019)
Dr. Prabin Shrestha, MD, PhD (2015-2017)

National Advisors

Prof.Dr. Pawan K Sultania, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof.Dr. Basant Pant, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Annapurna Neurological Institute
Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof.Dr. Gopal R Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof.Dr. Krishna Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Nepal Medical College
Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof.Dr. Mohan R Sharma, MS
Department of Neurosurgery
Institute of Medicine, TUTH
Kathmandu, Nepal

Dr.Prabin Shrestha, MD, PhD
Chief Neurosurgeon
B & B Hospital, Gwarko
Lalitpur, Nepal

International Advisors

Dr. Aliasgar Moiyadi
Prof & Consultant Neurosurgeon, Chief of Neurosurgery
Officer-In-Charge, Surgical Oncology,
Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC)
Tata Memorial Centre
Mumbai, India

Dr Asifur Rahman
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof Azmi Alias
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Prof. Dr.Deepak Gupta, MS MCH, MAMS, PhD (AIIMS)
Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty in charge Neurotrauma unit 2
JPN Apex trauma Centre, AIIMS
Adjunct Faculty, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Delhi.
Faculty in charge Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Programme, AIIMS
Neurosciences Centre  & JPN Apex Trauma Centre,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India

Prof.Dr Edward C Benzel, MD
Emeritus Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM)
Editor in Chief, World Neurosurgery
Ohio, USA

Prof Garnette Sutherland
University of Calgary
Alberta, Canada

Prof Lukas Rasulic
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Clinic for Neurosurgery, Clinical Center of Serbia
Head of Department of Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Functional Neurosurgery and Pain Management Surgery
Beograd, SERBIA

Prof Marcus Stoodley, BMedSc; MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACS
Head of Neurosurgery, Macquarie University Hospital
and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sydney, Australia

Prof Mehmet Zileli
Professor of Neurosurgery
Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Izmir, Turkey

Prof Mohammed Afzal Hossain
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof Muhammad Anwar Chaudary
Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS),
Lahore and Farooq Hospital
Chief Editor, Pakistan Journal of Neurological Surgery
Lahore, Pakistan

Dr Nikolay Peev, MD PhD (NS), FRCS(Eng)
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Belfast health and Social Care Trust
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Prof Takaoimi Taira, MD, PhD
Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery,
Department of Neurosurgery
Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU)
Tokyo, Japan

Prof Vedantam Rajshekhar
Dept. of Neurosciences, C.M.C. Hospital
Vellore, India

Prof MU Dr. Vladimír Beneš, DrSc., 
Professor & Chairman, Neurosurgical Department of 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic

Prof Zhao Bing
Chief of Department of Neurosurgery
The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, Anhui Province, China

Prof. Dr. Edmond Jonathan G
Department of Neurosurgery
Professor & Head Unit -III
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004
Tamil Nadu, India