Endocrinology unit at CMC provides specialized endocrine services to a wide range of endocrine issues dealt by every household. Established in 2020, this unit has rapidly grown to establish itself as a go-to facility for endocrine disorders faced by people in this region from common problems like Diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, PCOD, obesity to rarer endocrine issues like hypogonadism, short stature and so on. A lot of neglected, yet ridiculously common endocrine problems like osteoporosis, secondary hypertension, type 1 DM, etc have been very sincerely dealt with in our unit since its inception.

Services:

1) Daily Endocrine (Adult and pediatric endocrine) OPD 

2) Dietician and diabetic nurse educator services 

3) Dynamic tests for various endocrine disorders

4) Day care facility for procedures and injectable treatment 

5) Inpatient services through emergency, ICU and wards 

6) Autonomic function testing lab

7) DEXA Scan facility

Dr. Madhur Dev Bhattarai

Professor

Dr. Hari Krishna Dhakal

Associate Professor

Dr. Saurav Khatiwada

Associate Professor

Publications

  1. Khatiwada S et al. Diabetes mellitus in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: Prevalence, dynamics of insulin secretion / sensitivity and predictors of remission. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. Available online 5 November 2020. Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.10.030
  2. Saurav Khatiwada, Hiya Boro, Faraz Ahmed Farooqui, Sarah Alam, Endocrine causes of heart failure: A clinical primer for cardiologists, Indian Heart Journal, Volume 73, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 14-21, ISSN 0019-4832, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2020.11.003.
  3. Boro H, Khatiwada S, Alam S, et al. Renal Tubular Acidosis Manifesting as Severe Metabolic Bone Disease Touchreviews in Endocrinology. 2021 Apr;17(1):59-67. PMCID: PMC8320014.
  4. Hiya Boro, Sk Hammadur Rahman, Saurav Khatiwada, Sarah Alam, Rajesh Khadgawat, Laron syndrome: An experience of treatment of two cases, Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports, Volume 19, 2021, 100076, ISSN 2214-6245, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecr.2020.100076.
  5. Boro, Hiya & Naik, Shailendra Singh & Singh, Charandeep & Khatiwada, Saurav & Khadgawat, Rajesh. (2020). X-Linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets Manifesting as Sclerotic Bone Disease and Enthesopathy. Cureus. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10874

Ongoing Research

  1. On DM and Genital Mycotic infection in Central Nepal
  2. On thyroiditis and hypothyroidism
  3. Graves’ disease and thyroiditis