She received her medical degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in India. She then completed a residency in Ophthalmology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in India. Her internal medicine residency training she completed at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA. Dr. Bhusal received fellowship training in Nephrology at New York University and Transplant Nephrology from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.