
Rupesh Khanal MD
Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist, Nephrology
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PO BoxWinston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-9252
Fax+1 336-716-0030
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Summary
- Dr. Rupesh Khanal is an internal medicine specialist based in Winston-Salem, NC, with subspecialties in hospital medicine and nephrology. He completed his residency in internal medicine at One Brooklyn Health System/Interfaith Medical Center in 2017 and a nephrology fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center in 2019. He holds an MD from Kathmandu Medical College, graduating in 2008. Dr. Khanal currently works as a physician at Veterans Affairs Salem Health Care since 2023 and serves as an assistant professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine since 2019. His clinical expertise includes hypertension, heart failure, asthma, pneumonia, and bronchitis. He has published research on cardiovascular mortality trends in metastatic renal cell cancer and on sarcoidosis mimicking long-standing cholestasis. He received a merit-based scholarship from the Government of Nepal to pursue his MBBS degree.
Education & Training
Maimonides Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 2017 - 2019
One Brooklyn Health System/Interfaith Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2017
Kathmandu Medical CollegeClass of 2008, MD
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 2021 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2022 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2017 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2021 - 2024
MI State Medical License 2019 - 2023
NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2023
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Merit Based Scholarship to study MBBS Government of Nepal
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsTrend of cardiovascular mortality among metastatic renal cell cancer patients in the US from 2005 to 2020.Nischit Baral, Elena Deych, Deepak Chandramohan, Arvind Kunadi, Tarec K Elajami
Cancer Epidemiology. 2025-04-01 - 2 citationsSarcoidosis Masquerading as Long-Standing Cholestasis.Smit Deliwala, Murtaza Hussain, Anoosha Ponnapalli, Rupesh Khanal, Hemant Goyal
Gastroenterology Research. 2021-04-01
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Other Languages
- Nepali, Hindi
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