Rajesh N Gongal, Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Surgery, was the Founding Dean of School of Medicine of PAHS and later became the Rector of  PAHS. He is the founding President of Hospice Nepal, the first Palliative Care Centre in Nepal, established twenty-four years ago. He is also the ounding President of Nepal Ambulance Service, the first ambulance service to run in Nepal with EMTs mobilized through a three-digit number. He also started the Primary Trauma Care (PTC) training in Nepal.