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Dr. Nirmal S Sharma is the Medical Director at the Lung Transplantation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.He received his medical degree from Stanley Medical College in India and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva in New York. He then finished a clinical and post-doctoral research fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with additional training in Lung Transplantation and Mechanical-Circulatory Support at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.After his fellowship, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and lung transplantation faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Thereafter, he was recruited to The University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital Advanced Organ Institute and served as the Medical Director of the ECMO program prior to joining Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is board certified in critical care medicine, internal medicine and pulmonary disease.Dr. Sharma's clinical and research interests are in lung transplantation and extracorporeal life support technologies. His basic/translational research program is focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in transplantation rejection and development of novel therapeutics to treat and/or prevent rejection.
His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, and Lung Transplant.
Dr. Sharma is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine.
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Is Dr. Nirmal S. Sharma a top-rated expert for Cystic Fibrosis?
MediFind is an objective health platform that identifies experts based on real-world data. Dr. Nirmal S. Sharma is classified as an Experienced expert for Cystic Fibrosis, meaning they are among the top experts in the country for this condition. This ranking is based on their volume of patients, published research, and peer connections.
What conditions does Dr. Nirmal S. Sharma specialize in?
While Dr. Nirmal S. Sharma is a Intensive Care Medicine, they have specific expertise in Cystic Fibrosis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID). MediFind analyzes a doctor's articles and referral patterns to identify their specific areas of focus within Intensive Care Medicine.
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- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
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- BronchiectasisDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiectasis.
- Cystic FibrosisDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Cystic Fibrosis.
- Hypersensitivity PneumonitisDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.