About Dhana Yoga Foundation

Dhana Yoga Foundation (DYF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing healthcare education, research, and community-based initiatives. The foundation aims to bridge gaps in medical education and healthcare delivery, particularly in underserved regions like Nepal. Through strategic partnerships with global institutions, DYF fosters professional exchanges, innovative training programs, and quality improvement projects to enhance healthcare standards.

DYF is establishing Diabetes Centers in South Asia and West Africa, both by building tertiary hospitals and supporting the establishment of Diabetes Divisions in Government Institutions. Additionally, DYF supports community projects focused on Diabetes Prevention, Promotion, and Treatment, ensuring comprehensive care and awareness at the grassroots level.

Program Overview

The DYF Physicians Exchange and Clerkship on Diabetes is a specialized certification program designed to equip physicians with advanced knowledge and skills in the management and treatment of diabetes. This program blends in-person and virtual training modules, offering participants an immersive learning experience in diverse healthcare settings across the USA and Nepal.

Challenges in Medical Education for Diabetic Super-Specialization

• Limited Specialized Training: Nepal lacks sufficient structured programs focusing on comprehensive diabetes management, leading to inadequate expertise among physicians.
• Lack of Access to Advanced Protocols: Physicians often lack exposure to cutting-edge research, precision medicine, and evidence-based treatment approaches.
• Gaps in Bio-Social Understanding: Diabetes is influenced by genetic, social, and lifestyle factors, requiring a holistic treatment approach that is often missing in traditional medical curricula.
• Insufficient Research and Innovation: Limited research opportunities in Nepal restrict physicians from contributing to global advancements in diabetes care.
• Patient-Centered Approach: The focus in Nepal remains on symptom management rather than preventive, functional, and precision medicine techniques that improve long-term outcomes.
• Integration of Functional and Precision Medicine: The role of nutrition, genetics, and lifestyle in diabetes care is often overlooked in standard medical training.

How This Program Addresses These Challenges

• Providing Hands-On Training: Rotations at prestigious institutions in the USA and Nepal offer practical experience in advanced diabetes care.
• Bringing Evidence-Based Practices: Exposure to global best practices and modern treatment protocols to enhance care in Nepal.
• Encouraging Research & Innovation: Fostering a research-oriented approach that enables physicians to contribute to advancements in diabetes care.
• Integrating Bio-Social and Precision Medicine: Emphasizing social determinants, lifestyle medicine, and precision treatments.
• Focusing on Functional Medicine & Patient-Centered Care: Training on nutrition, wellness, and individualized treatment plans for improved patient outcomes.

Training Institutions

• UMass-Baystate Hospital
• Harvard Medical School / Joslin Diabetes Center
• BPKIHS, Dharan
• Boston Medical Center
• NAMS (Bir Hospital)

Program Leads

Academic

• Faculty Co-Lead: Raju Panta, Program Director Endocrinology, UMass-Baystate Hospital
• Faculty Co-Lead: Prof. Dr. Robin Maskey, HOD Internal Medicine, BPKIHS

Administrative

• Executive Director: Dr. Pradish Poudel, Global Health Scholar, Harvard Medical School

Program Objectives

• Train in Quality Care
• Emphasize Evidence-Based Practice
• Foster Bio-Social Research
• Integrate Precision Medicine
• Focus on Functional Medicine
• Promote Patient-Centered Care

Application Process

Interested candidates must complete the application form (or email) and submit it along with the application fee via the DYF Nepal Bank Account. Selected applicants will undergo a background check and an interview process before final acceptance into the program.

Email: info@dhanayogafoundation.org (Subject: DYF Clerkship 2025_FirstName_LastName)

Required Documents:

• Letter of Interest/Personal Statement
• 2 Page CV
• Bank Details:
  • Account Number: 03801040256704
  • Account Name: DHANA YOGA FOUNDATION NEPAL
  • Bank Name: NIMB
  • Branch: Chakrapath, Kathmandu

Eligibility Criteria

Open to physicians with at least 2 years of work experience or MD/DM graduates who have completed their residency.