Name :
Dr. Tshering Wangdi Sherpa
Birth Place :
Namche Bazaar, Soluk
Lorta :
OX
Country :
Nepal, USA
Language :
Nepali, Tibetan , Sherpa, Hindi, Spanish , English
Occupation :
Medical Doctor
About Dr. Tshering Wangdi Sherpa
My name is Dr. Tshering Wangdi Sherpa. I was born and raised in Namche Bazar, a Sherpa village in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. I was fortunate to attend Khumjung School (Estd. in 1961 by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Himalayan Trust).
While I was a student at Khumjung, we were occasionally taken on trips to Kunde Hospital (Estd. in 1966 also by Sir Ed and HT) which was primarily staffed by New Zealand and Canadian volunteer doctors to teach us about health, hygiene, and communicable diseases. I was particularly fascinated by the medical miracles performed by these doctors and their abilities to help overcome diseases, as my own mother had contracted tuberculosis and was taken to Kathmandu for medical treatment where I was left behind.
I was too young to know it then, but I believe this experience along with my observations of the doctors’ abilities to help people, would be a major force in my decision to become the perhaps first Khumbu Sherpa medical doctor.
However, like many Sherpas, I knew my family could not afford to send me to a high school let alone College and medical School but I was able to secure one of the scholarships awarded by Himalayan Trust to continue high school education at the Jana Jagarity High School in Solu Salleri, a three day walk from Namche Bazar where I spent the next three years. .
Today, I work as a doctor in Pennsylvania, USA at Myerstown Family Practice where I have been for 23 years!