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Nirmal S Sharma

Sharma

Nirmal S Sharma, M.D.

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases Program

Email

nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases Program
Center for Advanced Lung Diseases and Transplantation
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Faculty
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation
Medicine
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation
Medicine
Boston VA Medical Center
Medical Director, ECMO Program
Center of Advanced Lung Diseases
Tampa General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine
University of South Florida
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Instructor of Medicine
Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Addresses

Administrative Office (Hospital)
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center/Texas Heart Institute
P516J
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu
Administrative Office (Office)
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center/Texas Heart Institute
P516J
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu
Academic Office (Lab)
Neurosensory Center of Houston
6501 Fannin St, # NB340
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu

Education

Graduate Certificate at T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Certificate Course in Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers
Fellowship at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Pulmonary disease, Critical Care disease
Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx
Internal Medicine
Internship at Western Reserve Care System/NEOMED
Ohio
Internal Medicine
MBBS from Stanley Medical College
Chennai, India

Certifications

Board Certification in Internal Medicine
ABIM (Internal Medicine)
Board Certification in Pulmonary Disease
ABIM (Pulmonary Disease)
Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine
ABIM (Critical Care Medicine)
Full Unrestricted License
Texas Medical Board
Full Unrestricted License
Board of Registration in Medicine, Massachusetts

Honors & Awards

DOM Exemplary Service Award
Massachusetts General Brigham (12/2024)
Chairman's Research Award
Brigham and Womens Hospital (12/2022)
Brigham Visiting Scholar
Brigham and Womens Hospital (03/2022)
Provider of the Month
Tampa General Hospital (08/2018)
Abstract Scholarship
American Thoracic Society (05/2015)
Fellow Tract Symposium
American Thoracic Society (05/2014)
Best Outgoing Resident
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (06/2013)
Milford Fulop Research Award
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (03/2013)
Leo M. Davidoff Excellence in Teaching
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (06/2012)

Professional Statement

Dr. Nirmal S. Sharma is the Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and a senior faculty member at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine. Previously, he served as Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Boston VA Medical Center, and was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

His clinical and research interests center on lung transplantation and extracorporeal life support. His NIH-funded basic and translational research program investigates mechanisms of allograft rejection and develops novel therapeutics to prevent and treat rejection.

Memberships

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
American Thoracic Society

Funding

Microbial Dysbiosis in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
#R01HL161620
Grant funding from NIH

Skills

Transplant Immunology
Lung Transplantation
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Respiratory Failure

Languages

Hindi

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