Dr. Olita Shilpakar, MD, DM EM, FRCP Edin, is an Assistant Professor and a Consultant Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. She is one of the first female emergency physicians in the history of Nepal to be trained in Emergency Medicine with a Doctorate degree. She serves in the executive board of the Nepalese Society of Emergency Physicians (NSEP) which is a voting member of IFEM (International Federation for Emergency Medicine). She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She is associated with the World Health Organization Nepal, the Department of Health Services and the Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal in numerous projects which includes a leading role as an expert in the development of the first ever National document on Standard Treatment Protocol (STP) of Emergency Health Services, National Patient Safety Strategic Action plan of Nepal and the National Guidelines on the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). She is an American Heart Association (AHA) certified BLS, ACLS and PALS instructor and is an IFEM accredited BEC (Basic Emergency Care) Trainer. She has been leading numerous trainings related to emergency medicine and prehospital care being conducted by the Ministry of Health and Population, National Health Training Center, Health Emergency Operation Center and WHO.