Ameet Kumar Jha

Dr. Ameet Kumar Jha, PhD (Med) is the Associate Professor of Anatomical Sciences. He joined the SMUSOM faculty in January 2023. His areas of expertise include medical education, gross anatomy, embryology, histology and cell biology, neuroanatomy, and research. Dr. Jha has more than a decade of training and experience in medical teaching in various medical universities across the globe.

He has received different awards and recognition by various professional societies and academic organization across the globe. In addition to his teaching, which spans almost two decades, he has extensive experience in research and publication in various fields of medicine.

His research activities span in various field such as dermatoglyphics, bone morphology, low back pain, diabetes, developmental anomalies, medical education, migraine, human structural variations, etc, and they have been published in various national and international indexed journals. He is a peer reviewer for various high impact indexed journal such as Biomed Research International (Hindawi publishers), Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome & Obesity: Targets and Therapy (Taylor and Francis publishers)

He has been actively involved as a member in various professional societies globally such IASP, ISN, NeuPSIG, etc. He has attended several international medical conferences including World Congress of Nephrology, World Congress of Pain, The Liver Week, Korean Society of Hematology International Conference, International Congress on Neuropathic Pain, etc and presented his research papers. Dr Jha’s research interests and presentations include dermatoglyphics, low back pain and piriformis syndrome, diabetes mellitus and peripheral diabetic neuropathies, limb disorders, human morphological variation and morphometry, and medical education.

Dr. Jha is an excellent team member, a prodigious researcher and academician with scholastic aptitude, focus of concentration and keenness of mind and believes in team effort, consistency and nurturing the future doctors.

• Gross and developmental anatomy
• Histology and cell biology
• Clinical and radiological anatomy 
• Teaching and assessment
• Curriculum design and execution
• Research and publication

• “2^nd Runner Up award” for Poster Presentation at 52^nd Annual conference of the Endocrine Society of India, 2^nd Annual Conference of Endocrine Society of Telangana and 6^th Biennial SAFES International Endocrine Summit held in Hyderabad, India.
• Financial Aid Award for 2022 IASP, World Congress on Pain in Toronto, Canada, from September 19-23, 2022.
• The Physiological Society’s Outreach and Support and Inclusion Award for 2021.
• Contribution Award for the 2021 KSH International Conference & 62nd Annual Meeting, hosted by the Korean Society of Hematology (KSH).
• Special Grant Award for THE LIVER WEEK 2020, held on August 13-14, 2020, Seoul, South Korea.
• Travel Award for 2019 ICKSH 2019 and ISN WCN 2019 at South Korea and Australia.
• Financial Aid Award for IASP 2018 at Boston, USA.

• Jha AK, Murlimanju BV. A Morphometric Analysis of Intercondylar Notch of Femur with Emphasis on Its Clinical Implications. Med & Health. 2014;9(2):103-108.
• Jha AK, Mamatha T, Rajalakshmi R, Saralaya VS. Compression of Brachial Vein between Two Lateral Roots of Median Nerve – A Case Report. Journal of Surgical Academia. 2015;5(2):44-46. 
• Elumalai G, Jha AK, Kanagarajan P, Sanyal S. Soccer Syndrome – 3: Common Sacral Malalignments and Its Manual Diagnostic Techniques. American Journal of Sports Science. 2016;4(2):25-37. 
• Baral P, Jha AK. Femoral Artery Variations in Nepalese Cadavers. Journal of Gandaki Medical College – Nepal. 2014;7(1):27-29.
• Jha AK. Study of the Structural Variations in Musculature of Submental Region of the Neck with Emphasis on Digastric Muscle and its Clinical Implications. Texila International Journal of Basic Medical Science. 2016;1(1):1-6. 
• Jha AK, & Dcosta S. A Comparative Study of Palmar and Digital Dermatoglyphic Patterns among Type-2 Diabetic & Non-Diabetic Adults: A Meta-Analysis. Kidney International Reports. 2019;4(7), S416.
• Sarkar S, Jha AK, Misra R. Effect of Yoga in Migraine and related stress disorder among working woman. Medical Science. 2018;6(2):11–16.
• Kumar, V., AK, Jha. (2019). Phrenic nerve palsy: A rare cause of respiratory distress in newborn: A literature review. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Volume 405, 47.
• Coates, J., AK, Jha. (2019). A comparison between phantom breast syndrome and phantom limb: A systematic review. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Volume 405, 107 – 108.
• Jha AK, Baral P. Composite Anatomical Variations between the Sciatic Nerve and the Piriformis Muscle: A Nepalese Cadaveric Study. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2020;2020:7165818.
• Sigdel B, Neupane B, Ranabhat S, Pokhrel A, Jha AK. Microscopic assisted excision of a rare posterior triangle branchial cyst. Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jul 11;10(7):e6034.
• Jha AK, Nauhria S, Maity S. Polymelia (thoracomelia), an extremely rare appearance of congenital anomalic limb in a Nepalese child and its embryological basis. Anat Cell Biol. 2023 Sep 27. doi: 10.5115/acb.23.179. PMID: 37752113.

Book Chapter

• Jha, A.K., Nauhria, S., Bansal, D., Chhetri, P., Baral, P. (2023). Composite Anatomical Variations Between the Sciatic Nerve and the Piriformis Muscle. In: Iyer, K.M. (eds) Piriformis Syndrome. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40736-9_14

Current Research

• Unveiling Gender-Specific Dermatoglyphic Signatures in the Landscape of Diabetes: Exploring Potential Links between Sexual Dimorphism and Metabolic Health
• Efficacy of Tropical Capsaicin in Alleviation of Painful Diabetic Peripheral neuropathy. A systematic review.

• Dermatoglyphics
• Low back pain and Piriformis syndrome
• Diabetes mellitus and Peripheral diabetic neuropathies
• Limb disorders
• Human morphological variation and morphometry
• Medical education

• National and state Conferences of Anatomical Society of India in India.                               
• Various Pre-conference CME’s, CME’s, Symposia and Workshops in USA, Australia, South Korea, Japan, London, Cayman Islands, Guyana, India, Nepal.
• 16th World Congress on Pain, organized by IASP (International Association for Study of Pain) held on September 26-30, 2016, in Yokohama, Japan.
• Texila International Conference for Medical Students held at Texila American University, Guyana on 24th and 25th May 2018.
• 17th World Congress on Pain, organized by IASP held on 12th-16th September 2018 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• 2019 Korean Society of Haematology International Conference & 60th Annual Meeting” organized by Korean Society of Haematology held at Seoul, South Korea on March 14th -16th 2019.
• World Congress of Nephrology organized by International Society of Nephrology in collaboration with Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology and Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology held at Melbourne, Australia from 12-15 April 2019.
• 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain organized by Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group (NeuPSIG) held on May 9 – May 11, 2019, at London, United Kingdom.
• International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders on September 22 – 26, 2019 in Nice, France.
• Liver Week 2020 held on August 13-14, 2020, at Seoul, South Korea.
• ICKSH 2021 and 2022 by the Korean Society of Hematology (KSH).    
• 3rd Texila International Conference on Non-communicable Diseases in Caribbean Region: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives held on 22nd and 23rd April 2021.
• 19th World Congress on Pain, organized by IASP (International Association for Study of Pain) held on 19th-23rd September 2022 at Toronto, Canada.
• Cayman Cardiovascular Healthcare Conference 2023 titled “Cardiovascular Healthcare for Everyone” held on 9th and 10th June, 2023 at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
• 52nd Annual Endocrine Society of India Conference (ESICON) in conjunction with the second annual Endocrine Society of Telangana Conference and the 6th Biennial South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies (SAFES) Conference held in Hyderabad, India from 14th to 17th Dec 2023.

• ‘An Anatomical Study of Intercondylar Notch of Femur and Its Clinical Implications’ at 59th National Conference of ASI, Indore, December 2011.
• ‘Anatomical Variations in Branching Pattern of Lateral Cord of Brachial Plexus and Formation of Median Nerve – A Case Report’ at 60th National Conference of ASI, Odisha, December 2012.
•  ‘An Anatomical Study of The Anterior Belly of The Digastric Muscle with Emphasis on Its Embryogenesis and Surgical Implications.’ at state conference of anatomy organized by, Shri B.M. Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Bijapur, INDIA, September 2012.
• ‘Composite Piriformis-Sciatic Nerve Anomalies in the Etiopathogenesis of Piriformis Syndrome and Sciatica of Non-Discogenic Origin: A Case Report and Literature Review’ at 16th World Congress on Pain organized by IASP held on Sept 2016 at Yokohama, Japan.
• ‘Composite piriformis-sciatic nerve anomalies resulting in Piriformis syndrome – A cause for non-discogenic origin of Sciatica.’ at 17th World Congress on Pain organized by IASP held on Sept 2018 at Boston, Massachusetts.
• ‘A Comparative Study of Palmar and Digital Dermatoglyphic Patterns Among Leukemic Patient & Non-Leukemic Individuals: A Meta-Analysis’ at ICKSH 2019 at Seoul, South Korea on March 14th-16th 2019.
• ‘A Comparative Study of Palmar and Digital Dermatoglyphic Patterns Among Type-2 Diabetic & Non-Diabetic Adults: A Meta-Analysis’ at WCN, 2019 held at Melbourne, Australia on 11th-15th April 2019.
• ‘Composite Piriformis-Sciatic Nerve Anomalies Resulting in Piriformis Syndrome – A Probable Cause for Non-Discogenic Origin of Sciatica in Nepalese Population’ and ‘Topical Capsaicin: An Approach to The Alleviation of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. A Systematic Review’ at 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain held on May 9 – May 11, 2019, at London, United Kingdom.
• ‘A Fluctuating Dermatoglyphic Trait Asymmetry as A Risk Marker in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients of Caribbean Region. A Case-Control Study.’ at KSN 2020 on July 20, 2020 – September 27, 2020.
• ‘A Case Controlled Study on Digital Dermatoglyphic Patterns Among Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Guyana’ at ICKSH 2021.           
• ‘Efficacy of Topical Capsaicin in Alleviation of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. A Systematic Review.’ at 19th World Congress on Pain organized by IASP held on 19^th – 23rd September 2022 at Toronto, Canada.
• ‘A Systematic Review” “Unveiling Gender-Specific Dermatoglyphic Signatures in the Landscape of Diabetes: Exploring Potential Links between Sexual Dimorphism and Metabolic Health of Guyanese Population.’ at ESICON 2023 in Hyderabad, India from 14th to 17th Dec 2023.

Professional memberships

• Nepal Health Professional Council. (NHPC) 
• Anatomical Society of India. (ASI) 
• International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). 
• NeuPSIG, EASD, ISN
• The Physiological Society 

Additional Trainings

• Research Writing by ‘Author-Aid’, and ‘Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education’ by University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.
• Clinical Neuroscience by Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• International Society of Nephropathology-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology One Year Certificate Program.
• Medical Imaging Anatomy Course by Radiopaedia.Org.