Anjani Kumar Sharma

Anjani Kumar Sharma (Nepali: अञ्जनी कुमार शर्मा) was Nepal's first surgeon.

Growing up in rural Nepal, there was poor access to healthcare, and because of this, he lost his mother at age 8.

[2] He was awarded an MS in Surgery from Darbhanga Medical College in India.

He established the "Anjani Kumar Sharma Gold Medal" in 2009, which is awarded to the student securing the highest marks in Surgery in the final MBBS exams.

[5] He died on October 7, 2014, in Kathmandu, suffering from transitional cell carcinoma.