Bikash Gauchan was a site fellow at Possible in Nepal (2017-2019). He was born in Kalopani Village of Mustang, a famous mountain district in Nepal. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, Nepal, where served as a house officer in the department of general practice, emergency medicine, anesthesiology and critical care for a year thereafter. In August 2010, he joined Bayalpata Hospital as the acting medical director and was promoted to medical director within a month of his joining. Bikash completed a three years residency Doctor of Medicine (MD) in general practice and emergency medicine, to become a family doctor. He joined Possible at the Bayalpata Hospital, where he was given the role of Director of Medical Education. During his tenure as medical director, he served as HEAL on-site advisor for the 2015-2017 fellows. He has a deep passion for improving the health care system in rural regions. He enjoys trekking, playing football, volleyball, basketball, cricket and being involved in public debate. He is an executive member of the World Organization of Family Doctors Working Party on Rural Practice for 2016-2018 to advocate for better rural health care. He is also a member of the WONCA Organizational Equity Committee to guide and direct WONCA on equity issues for 2016-2018. He was awarded the South Asian Young General Practitioner Jyoti and Ramnikh Parekh Award in February 2015 and Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award in November 2016.

Field of work: Administration, Anesthesia, Counseling, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Research, Surgery, Program Implementation, Public Health

Areas of interest: Learning Social Science