Biography

Dr. Bishwakarma is a board-certified family physician at Prime Medical Care. He earned his M.B., B.S. (Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery) degree from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He completed his residency in 2008 in Family Medicine at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, New York (affiliated with Cornell University). He served as a chief resident in the last year of his residency. He has been practicing in Northern Virginia after the completion of his residency. Residency training in the metropolitan environment of New York City and the experience of more than 15 years working as a primary care and urgent care provider have given him the knowledge and skillset required to manage a wide variety of illnesses in a diverse patient population. Currently, he has been practicing in Alexandria, VA providing primary and immediate care to the patients of Alexandria and surrounding D.C. Metro areas.

At Prime Medical Care, Dr. Bishwakarma places a strong emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion. To prevent illnesses, he encourages his patients to participate in annual comprehensive physical exams and periodic health checkups. He promotes health screening based on patient’s personal history, family history, and risk factors. To promote health, he provides education on healthy habits such as exercise, good nutrition, smoking cessation and stress management.

He treats a variety of chronic medical conditions including but not limited to:

• Diabetes,
• High blood pressure,
• High cholesterol,
• Thyroid diseases
• Asthma,
• Chronic bronchitis,
• Acid reflux,
• Mild depression and anxiety,
• Arthritis.

In addition, he also treats patients who need immediate care like Allergies, Flu, Ear infections, Acute sinusitis, Acute pharyngitis/Tonsillitis, Acute bronchitis, Pneumonia, Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted infections.

He is very experienced as to when to refer patients to emergency care facilities and/or specialists where they can receive the level of care they need. Through social media and reviews in different platforms, his patients say Dr. Bishwakarma is a very efficient and knowledgeable doctor with excellent bedside manner.