Curriculum Vitae
| Referee: | Buddha Basnyat |
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| Congress: | Rescue from the world's highest mountains Friday, 2010/11/05 9am |
| Capacity: | Certified in Internal Medicine, President of Union International Des Association D’Alpinisme UIAA, Lead Investigator of the Oxford Clinical Reasearch Unit- Nepal, medical director and consultant for the Himalaya Rescue Association, referre, author and alpine guide |
Buddha Basnyat, M.D., M.Sc., F. A. C. P., FRCPC ( E). 1978 MBBS Punjabi University , Patiala , Punjab , India. 1983 Masters in Respiratory Physiology University of Calgary , Canada. 1988Certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. 1989 Fellow of the American College of Physicians. 2009 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ( Edinburgh).
Medical Director of the Nepal International Clinic- specialised in altitude related illnesses. Current President of Union International Des Association D’Alpinisme UIAA (The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation). Lead Investigator of Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Nepal. Editorial Board member: High Altitude Medicine and Biology (Editor John West), Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (Editor Robert Norris), Journal of Travel Medicine (Edi for Robert Steffen). Current medical director and consultant for the Himalaya Rescue Association; author and co-author of over 70 publications, 26 letters, 8 books/chapters, invited speaker on international level. Trip leader in Mongolia, Tibet, Rajashtan, Manang.
