Dr Prajwal Ghimire

Profile

EDUCATION:
Mr. Ghimire is currently Senior Clinical Fellow and Registrar in Neurosurgery at King's College Hospital and a graduate of the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (IOPPN), King's College London, UK with Distinction in Clinical Neuroscience MSc. He completed MRCS from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. He studied Medicine(MBBS) at Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal affiliated to Kathmandu University. He obtained his higher secondary education from Gandaki Higher Secondary Boarding School, Pokhara, Nepal.

PROFESSION AND EXPERIENCE:
He is the senior clinical fellow and specialist registrar in Neurosurgery at King's College Hospital, London. He is a reviewer for Cureus, Journal of Neuro-oncology(JNO), Surgical Neurology International(SNI), BMJ case reports and British Journal of Neurosurgery. He is the Editor for Journal of Brain and Spine Foundation Nepal.

HONORS AND AWARDS
He has been awarded a distinction in MSc Clinical Neuroscience from King's College London in 2016. He also has received Vice-Chancellor Gold Medal (MBBS) from Kathmandu University, Nepal in 2011 and TM Pai Gold Medal from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal. He received The NHS Leadership Academy Award in Healthcare Leadership Foundations on completion of the Edward Jenner Programme in 2021. He has recently received "The Elsevier Best Research Paper Award 2021" by World Congress of Neurology.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
He is a member of The Q Community of the Health Foundation, UK. He has worked as Lead Registrar in the Neurosurgery Department of King's College Hospital, London supervising 13 Registrars/Clinical Fellows in the department. He has also worked as Education/Teaching Lead Registrar running the day to day teaching and education for the neurosurgical trainees and clinical fellows in the department. He is a faculty of the International Neurosurgery Student Conference at King's College London. He has recently completed the Edward Jenner Programme (NHS X) and the Talent Management Programme from NHS Leadership Academy.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
He is an author of the published book "Neurosurgery: Case-Based Approach (Springer)" with Springer Publication in 2018 with further publications of more than 30 research articles and case reports in National and International Peer-Reviewed Journals. He is the co-author of the Book "General Surgery A Quick Review" (Asmita Publication, Nepal) published in 2015. He has more than 25 different presentations in Regional and International CMEs and Conferences. H-index: 5; i-10 index: 1