Education

  • National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal- MBBS
  • Medstar Health, Baltimore, MD- Internal Medicine Residency
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD- Nephrology fellowship
  • GlomCon Fellowship

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine, 2022
  • American Board of Internal Medicine subspecialty Nephrology-Candidate 2024
  • ASN Home Dialysis Scholarship Program 2024

Awards and Honors

  • Full scholarship to study MBBS (2007 to 2014)-Merit Based- Ministry of Education Government of Nepal
  • Third Place winner-Poster Presentation Clinical Vignette, ACP Muhlolland-Mohler Virtual Residents Meeting 2021
  • Second Place winner-Chief Residents CV Poster Competition, ACP Mulholland-Mohler Residents Meeting 2022
  • The Wyel Hakim Humanism Award “For Demonstrating kindness and compassion towards everyone she encounters”, MedStar Health Residency

Professional Societies

  • National Kidney Foundation
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • Pennsylvania Medical Society

Dr. Shrestha grew up in Nepal where her family still lives.  She enjoys singing, dancing and spending time with family and friends.  She is interested in glomerular diseases of the kidney and enjoys all aspects of kidney care.