Sarad Paudel, BVSc&A.H, MVSc, PhD

Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anatomy

Dr. Paudel completed his Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc.&A.H.) and Masters of Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc. Pharmacology) from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University of Nepal. He worked as an Assistant Lecturer at Himalayan College of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (HICAST) in Kathmandu Nepal for a year teaching veterinary anatomy, veterinary pharmacology and wildlife health for the undergraduate veterinary students. He then joined National Trust for Nature Conservation in Nepal as a veterinary officer. His primary responsibilities were to diagnose, treat and monitor tuberculosis (TB) in captive Asian elephants of Nepal. After completing M.V.Sc., he worked as a Lecturer at Tribhuvan University in Nepal where he was involved in teaching veterinary anatomy and veterinary pharmacology to B.V.Sc.&A.H. students. He was also involved in research on wildlife health in protected areas of Nepal in addition to teaching for veterinary science students. He then went to Hokkaido University Japan for PhD studies under Japanese Government Scholarships. He completed his PhD in 2015 majoring in wildlife medicine with research on elephant TB in Asian elephants. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Medicine in same university for 3 years involving in academic as well as research activities in the field of cell physiology. Dr. Paudel moved to Michigan State University, USA to work as a Research Associate in 2019. At Michigan State, his research was focused on developing early diagnostic tools for TB in different domestic as well as wildlife species.

Dr. Paudel joined LIU College of Veterinary Medicine in the summer of 2023 where he teaches veterinary anatomy course to the first year DVM students as well as continues his research on tuberculosis in domestic and wildlife species.

Selected Publications:

Pandit A, Thapa J, Sadaula A, Suzuki Y, Nakajima C, Mikota SK, Subedi N, Shrestha BK, Shimozuru M, Shrestha B, Raya B, Chaudhary S, Paudel S, Tsubota T. Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis including a drug-resistant strain associated with mortality of Asian elephants in Nepal 2019-2022. Tuberculosis (Edinb),148:102550, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2024.102550
Shah Y, Paudel S, Pandey K, Gupta GP, Solo ES, Joshi J, Pant DK, Pandey BD. Insights into transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Nepal. Tropical Medicine and Health, 50(1):8, 2022, doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00400-z
Paudel S, Brenner EP, Hadi SA, Suzuki Y, Nakajima C, Tsubota T, Gairhe KP, Maharjan B, Sreevatsan S. Genome Sequences of Two Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Asian Elephants in Nepal. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(36):e0061421, 2021, doi: 10.1128/MRA.00614-21
Shah Y, Paudel S. Protect elephants from tuberculosis. Science, 2021 Nov 12;374(6569):832-833, 2021, doi: 10.1126/science.abm5609.
Paudel S, Sreevatsan S. Tuberculosis in elephants: Origins and evidence of interspecies transmission. Tuberculosis, 123:101962, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2020.101962
Paudel S, Tsubota T, Mikota SK. Human TB threat to wild elephants. Nature, 571(7764):174, 2019. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-02114-5
Paudel S, Nakajima C, Mikota SK, Gairhe KP, Maharjan B, Subedi S, Poudel A, Sashika M, Shimozuru M, Suzuki Y, Tsubota T. Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage infection in two elephants, Nepal. Emerging Infectious Diseases 25(5):1031-1032, 2019, doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181898
Paudel S, Mikota SK, Tsubota T. Tuberculosis threat in Asian elephants. Science, 363(6425):356, 2019, doi: 10.1126/science.aaw2342
Paudel S, Mikota SK, Thapa J, Lyashchenko K, Gairhe KP, Dhakal IP, Subedi N, Maharjan B, Subedi S, Kaufman GE, Tsubota T. Serodiagnosis of elephant tuberculosis: A useful tool for early identification of infected elephants at the captive-wild interface. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 64:70, 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10344-018-1229-3
Fujioka Y, Nishide S, Ose T, Suzuki T, Kato I, Fukuhara H, Fujioka M, Horiuchi K, Satoh AO, Nepal P, Kashiwagi S, Wang J, Horiguchi M, Sato Y, Paudel S, Nanbo A, Miyazaki T, Hasegawa H, Maenaka K, Ohba Y. A Sialylated Voltage-Dependent Ca2+ Channel Binds Hemagglutinin and Mediates Influenza A Virus Entry into Mammalian Cells. Cell Host & Microbe 23(6):809-818.e5, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.04.015
Paudel S, Brown JL, Thapaliya S, Dhakal IP, Mikota SK, Gairhe KP, Michito Shimozuru M, Toshio Tsubota. Comparison of cortisol and thyroid hormones between tuberculosis-suspect and healthy elephants of Nepal. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 78(11):1713-1716, 2016, doi: 10.1292/jvms.16-0212
Paudel S, Tsubota T. Tuberculosis in elephants: A zoonotic disease at the human-elephant interface. Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 21(3) 65-69, 2016, doi: 10.5686/jjzwm.21.65
Paudel S, Villanueva MA, Mikota SK, Nakajima C, Gairhe KP, Subedi S, Rayamajhi N, Sashika M, Shimozuru M, Matsuba T, Suzuki Y, Tsubota T. Development and evaluation of an interferon-γ release assay in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 78(7):1117-1121, 2016, doi: 10.1292/jvms.15-0701.
Thapa J#, Paudel S#, Sadaula A, Shah Y, Maharjyan B, Kaufman GE, McCauley D, Gairhe KP, Tsubota T, Suzuki Y, Nakajima C. Mycobacterium orygis-Associated Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Rhinoceros, Nepal, 2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases 22, 570-572, 2016 (#Equally contributing first authors), doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151929
Paudel S, Mikota SK, Nakajima C, Gairhe KP, Maharjan B, Thapa J, Poudel A, Shimozuru M, Suzuki Y, Tsubota T. Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from elephants of Nepal. Tuberculosis 94, 287-292, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.12.008.