Sarita Shrestha
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| Born | July 7, 1957 Lalitpur, Nepal |
| Occupation | Ayurvedic physician, OBGYN, Professor, Founder and Medical Director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Sipadol, Nepal. |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Genre | Ayurveda, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Yoga |
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Sarita Shrestha is a Nepalese obstetrician gynecologist, Ayurvedic physician, professor, writer, founder and medical director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal, specializing in Ayurvedic women's healthcare.[1][2] She has been called the “Mother of Ayurveda” in the West.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Shrestha received a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) from the Jiwaji University, (Gwalior, India), a Certificate of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (CAMS) from the Tribhuvan University, (Kathmandu, Nepal) and in 1993 received a Medical Doctor in Ayurveda from the Benares Hindu University (Varanasi, India). She received a Diploma Yoga Therapy from the Vivekananda Kendra, (Bangalore, India), and a Diploma Acupuncture (DAc.) from the Alternative Medicine Center, (Colombo, Sri Lanka).[4]
Career[edit]
Shrestha has practiced medicine in Nepal for over 20 years.[5] In 2003, she founded the Devi Ma Ayurvedic Hospital in Sipadole, Nepal, a village near Kathmandu, and since 2000 has given seminars in Europe and the United States. In 2000, she started teaching Ayurveda in the United States and is the only Ayurvedic OB/GYN, and only female Ayurvedic physician, teaching in the United States.[5]
In 2002, she founded the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal, where she provides low-cost healthcare for primarily rural Nepalese women.[6]
Shrestha is on the faculty of the Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda in Watsonville, California,[7] as well as the Rocky Mountain Institute for Ayurveda and Yoga in Boulder, Colorado.[8] She also teaches at The Sacred Window School for Maternal and Newborn Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico,[9] and Vedika Global School in Emeryville, California.[10] She is a visiting Associate Professor for the Ayurveda Campus in Naradevi (Kathmandu,[11] and a visiting consultant for the Sri Ram Orphanage, in Haridwar (India).
Shrestha has worked as a program and planning coordinator for the World Health Organization,[11] and is mentioned in the 1987 book In Search of Medicine Buddha by David Crow.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Interview with Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Yoga Chicago.
- ↑ "Dr. Sarita Shrestha". BKS Iyengar Yoga North County.
- ↑ Wallace, Hannah (25 October 2007). "Healers divulge their favorite natural cures". Prevention (magazine). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ↑ "Interview with Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Ayurnepal.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Laura Mattingly (August 16, 2006). "A Special Stork From Nepal - Nepal's only female ayurvedic physician to give fertility seminar at Mt. Madonna Center". Metro Silicon Valley.
- ↑ "Homepage Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital". Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital.
- ↑ "Mount Madonna Institute Faculty". Mount Madonna Institute.
- ↑ "Rocky Mountain Institute for Ayurveda and Yoga Faculty Bios". Rocky Mountain Institute.
- ↑ "Our Team". Sacred Window School.
- ↑ "Vedika Global Faculty". Vedika Global.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Dr Sarita Shrestha MD (AY)". Ayurveda Health.
- ↑ Crow, David (2001). In search of the medicine Buddha. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. Search this book on
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