| Sarita Shrestha | |
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| Born | July 27, 1956 Lalitpur, Nepal |
| Occupation | Ayurvedic physician, OBGYN, Professor, Founder and Medical Director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Sipadol, Nepal. |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Genres | Ayurveda, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Yoga, |
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Sarita Shrestha MD(Ayur), OBGYN, BAMS, is an Ayurvedic physician, professor, writer, founder and medical director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Shrestha is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of Ayurveda in the United States and the authority in Ayurvedic women's healthcare.[1] She is Nepal's first female Ayurvedic physician and its first Ayurvedic OB/GYN.[2] She is widely regarded as the “Mother of Ayurveda” in the West.[3][4][5]
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Shrestha received a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.) from the Jiwaji University, (Gwalior, India), a Certificate of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (CAMS) from the Tribhuvan University, (Kathmandu, Nepal) and in 1993 received a Medical Doctor in Ayurveda from the Benares Hindu University (Varanasi, India). She has also received a Diploma Yoga Therapy from the Vivekananda Kendra, (Bangalore, India), and a Diploma Acupuncture (DAc.) from the Alternative Medicine Center, (Colombo, Sri Lanka).[6]
Shrestha has been practicing medicine in Nepal for more than 20 years and is the recipient of numerous awards for her work in that country. She teaches internationally and in 2000 started teaching Ayurveda throughout the United States. She is currently the only Ayurvedic OB/GYN and only female Ayurvedic physician teaching in the United States.[7] She is also a regular contributing lecturer at the National Ayurvedic Medical Association annual conferences. Shrestha sits on the faculty of the Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda in Watsonville, California,[8] as well as the Rocky Mountain Institute for Ayurveda and Yoga in Boulder, Colorado , where she teaches annually.[9] She is also a visiting Associate Professor for the Ayurveda Campus, (Naradevi, Kathmandu) and a visiting Consultant for the Sri Ram Orphanage, (Haridwar, India).
In 2002 she founded the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal, outside of Kathmandu, Nepal where she volunteers her time providing free to low-cost healthcare for primarily rural Nepalese women.[10]
Shrestha is featured in the book "In Search of Medicine Buddha" by David Crow.[11]