DI SKIN Hospital & Referral Center (DISHARC)

Prof. Dr. Anil Kumar Jha is the first professor of Dermatology in Nepal with 30 years of experience in this field. He is serving as Founding Executive Chairman and Senior consultant dermatologist at DI Skin Hospital and Referral Center.

Present Positions

• Founding Executive Chairman, DI Skin Hospital and Referral Center (DISHARC).
• Founding Chairman, Community Health Education Services by TeleHealth (C.H.E.S.T Nepal).
• Founding Chairman, International Committee of e-Health and Tele-Health (ICEHAT).

Publications and Paper Presentation

• More than 98 articles published in national and international journals.
• More than 75 paper presentations in several national and international conferences.

Awards

• Jaycess (Hetauda) presidential award for community medical services 1989.
• T.U. Teaching Hospital Institute of Medicine admirable performance award 1994 July.
• Suprawal Gorkha Dakchhin Bahu Award 2000 felicitation by King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
• Birendra Aishwarya Seva Padak 2002.
• Lifetime achievement felicitation by the Right Honorable President of Nepal through the Society of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists of Nepal during the 6th SARCD and 7th SODVELON CON on 13th November 2010.

• Fellow of Royal College of Physisian F.R.C.P(Edin) 2013.

Former Positions

• President and Founding Secretary General, South Asian Regional Association of Dermatologists (SARAD).
• President, Society of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologist of Nepal (SODVELON).
• Chairman, Department of Dermatology, T.U. Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine Maharjgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal (1993-2006).
• Guest Professor, Department of Dermatology,  Zurich Medical University, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Member, Ethical Review Board, Nepal Health Research Council, Sukrapath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Professor, Head of Department, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal (2006-2019).

Membership of the bodies

• Life Member, Society of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists of Nepal.
• Life Member, Indian Association of  Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists.
• Life Member, Academy of Cutaneous Surgeons, India.
• Life Member and central council member, Nepal medical association.
• Life Member, Nepal Health Education Academy.
• Founding Member, Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
• Life Member and founding secretary general, South Asian Regional Association of  Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists.
• Member, Technical Advisor Committee, FHI Nepal.
• Founding Secretary, Telemedicine Society of Nepal.
• Member, International Society of Dermatology.
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.