Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies

Dr. Ramu Kharel is a Global Emergency Medicine Fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown University.  He completed his emergency medicine from Emory University. He went to medical school at UT Southwestern and received his MPH from Harvard University. Dr. Kharel has a focus in health system strengthening and emergency system strengthening in rural settings. His public health focus has been on advancing public education for hand washing. Dr. Kharel also has an interest in disaster response, and has helped rebuild healthcenters after the Nepal earthquake through a NGO he founded. He currently practices emergency medicine in Providence, Rhode Island.