• Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health
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Biography 

Working as Professor of Internal Medicine / Cardiology in Dhulikhel Hospital, KUSMS. Practising clinical Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology. Involved in Postgraduate training of Internal Medicine/Cardiology and PhD in Global Health. Research interest in Noncommunicable Disease focused on Cardiovascular Disease epidemiology and prevention. Currently serving as Dean of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences.

Involved in establishment & expansion of Dhulikhel Hospital since 1996, initiation of medical education in KUSMS & member of different policy committee of Education Ministry.

Education 
  • MD (Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujib Medical University)
  • MBBCh (Tribhuvan University)
Country Affiliations 
Languages 
  • Nepali
Health Topics 
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease
DGH Centers, Programs and Initiatives and Affiliated Organizations 
Publications 

Koju R,Manandhar K,Risal A,Steiner TJ,Holen A,Linde M. Undertreated Hypertension and its Implications for Public
Health in Nepal: Nationwide Population-Based Survey

R Koju, S Humagain. Angiographic Studies of Coronary Artery Disease in Dhulikhel Hospital Nepalese Heart Journal Vol.9(1) 2012 pp.43-46

Shanthi Mendis, Lars H. Lindholm, Simon G Anderson, Ala Alwan, Rajendra Koju, Basden J.C. Onwubere, Azhar Mahmood Kayani, Nihal Abeysinghe, Alfredo Duneas, Sergo Tabagari, Wu Fan, Nizal Sarraf-Zadegan, Porfirio Nordet, Judith Whitworth, Anthony Heagerty Total Cardiovascular Risk Approach to improve efficiency of cardiovascular prevention in resource constrain settings. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2011

Risal P, Maharjan BR, Koju R, Makaju RK, Gautam M Variation of total serum cholesterol among the patient with thyroid dysfunction. Kathmandu University Medical Journal 2010 Apr-Jun;8(30):265-8

Koju R, Islam N, Rahman A, Mohsin K, Ali A, Islam M, Yadav C Electrocardiographic Prediction of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Occlusion Site in Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction Nepal Medical College Journal Vol 5, No 2 December 2003