Dr Kricha Pande is consultant Pathologist at Pratham Pathology Laboratory Private Limited. Dr. Pande has completed her schooling from Himalaya Vidhya Mandir and higher secondary education from Modern Indian school, Nepal. She has done her MBBS degree from Kathmandu University, school of medical Sciences, Dhulikhel and MD in Pathology from BPKIHS, Dharan. She has worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology in Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital prior to Joining Pratham Pathology lab. She has also attended various national courses and conferences in pathology.

Dr. Pande is also serving as an executive Committee (treasurer) of Association of Clinical Pathologist of Nepal. She has published more than 15 scientific paper in both peer-reviewed journals. Her areas of interest are oncopathology and cytopathology.

Publications and researches

• Poster presentation titled “Pleomorphic adenoma of nasal septum: A case report” presented on                scientific programme XVIII at BPKIHS, 2013.

• Oral presentation of thesis entitled “Role of bone marrow trephine biopsy in the diagnosis of hematological and non hematological disorders” presented on scientific programme XIX at BPKIHS, 2013.

• Poster presentation titled “Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: Is it worth diagnosing? A case series of seven diseases”presented on scientific programme XIX at BPKIHS.

•Oral presentation titled “Placental  mass: Diagnostic dilemma between acardiac twin and placental teratoma” presented at the conference of ACPN,  march 2014.

•Poster presentation titled “Pancreatic perineuroma: A rare mesenchymal tumor of pancreas presenting as cystic pancreatic neoplasm” on ACPN, March 2017.

•Original article titled “Role of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase activity with lymphocytosis in etiological diagnosis” published on journal of pathology 2016; volume 6, issue 12. 

•Original article titled “Assessment of lymphovascular invasion in gastric carcinoma: Do they always indicate lymph node metastasis?” published on journal of pathology 2018; volume 8, issue 1. 

•Original article titled “Prevalence of Adenomyosis in Hysterectomy Specimens Performed at a Tertiary Hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal” published on NMCJ 2020; volume 22, issue 3. 

•Original article titled “Identification of types and frequency of pre-anaytical errors in hematology laboratory at a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal” published on JPN 2021; volume 11, issue 1. 

Conferences 

• CME on Surgical pathology organized by School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel Hospital in collaboration with the Association of Clinical Pathologists of Nepal (ACPN) (5th December, 2014). 

• Pre-conference CME on breast pathology in 4th SACH conference organized by SAARC academy of cytopathology and histopathology in association with Department of Pathology at BPKIHS on 16 September 2016. 
• Delegate in pre-conference CME on Renal Pathology on 23rd March 2017. 
• Delegate in Vth SACH and Ixth ACPN conference in association with ACPN and SACH on 23-25th March 2017. 
• CME organized by IAP (International Academy of Pathology) and  Association of Clinical Pathologists of Nepal (ACPN) on 28th October 2017. 
• CME on  Gastro-intestinal Pathology organized by International Academy of Pathology (IAP), Nepal branch and ACPN at KIST Medical college, 10th March 2018. 

Workshop 

• Workshop on “Research methodology workshop-hands on skill development” in scinetific writing supported by University Grants Commission held on 21-26 June 2015. 
• “Teacher’s training workshop” organized by Nepal medical college-medical education department on 2-10 August 2015. 
• “Gynecological Pathology Course”: 2 days lectures/slide workshop held at National Public health laboratory, Teku organized by the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) on 18-19 April 2016. 

Membership 

·                     Lifetime member of ACPN (Assosiation of clinical pathologist) 

·                     Lifetime member of NMA (Nepal Medical Association)