Join us to learn how a medical university in the most remote village of Nepal sets an example for the world and how resource-limited institutes like KAHS collaborate with Harvard Medical School for advancing evidence and innovation in Global Health.
Introduction: Joia S. Mukherjee, MD, MPH
Speaker: Mangal Rawal, MD, MPA was born in a remote village of the Karnali Provice in Nepal. He defied the odds to pursue his education, completing traditional schooling in his village before advancing for further studies. Despite limited resources, he obtained his MBBS/MD from BPKIHS and Residency in Orthopedics from NAMS,Kathmandu, both on government scholarships. Following this, Dr. Rawal pursued an AOA Fellowship in Trauma in Dhaka, Bangladesh and earned a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from Tribhuwan University. Recognized for his dedication to rural health, Dr. Rawal was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) by the then Prime Minister of Nepal, becoming the youngest ViceChancellor in Nepalese history. His tenure witnessed groundbreaking initiatives, including establishing undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs in a remote medical school. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his leadership as the hospital director of KAHS earned him the prestigious President’s Medal for extraordinary contributions. Driven by a vision to transform KAHS into a center of excellence for rural health, medicinal herbs research, and mountain medicine, Dr. Rawal remains committed to serving the communities of Karnali with clinical expertise and social advocacy.
This event is organized by the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.
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