Rohit Sharma, M.D.

Dr. Sharma joins the Division of Surgical Oncology from the University of Chicago Medical Center where he served as a fellow in surgical oncology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed a general surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. His research interests include cancer metastasis and tumor immunology. Dr. Sharma specializes in the treatment of melanoma and soft tissue sarcomas.

Medical School

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (1999)

Residency

Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2006), General Surgery

Fellowship

University of Chicago Medical Center (2009), Surgical Oncology

Other Post Graduate Training

UT Southwestern Medical School (2013)

Graduate School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2013)

• Cancer Metastasis
• Melanoma
• Sarcoma
• Tumor Immunology

Featured Publications

Induction of p21WAF1 expression protects colon cancer cells from apoptosis induced by cryoinjury

Sharma, RR, Ravikumar, TS, Raimo, D, and Yang, W-L Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2005 12(9) 743-752

HSP70 is induced in mouse human colon tumor xenografts after sublethal radiofrequency ablation

Yang, W-L, Nair, DG, Makizumi, R, Gallos, G, Ye, X, Sharma, RR, and Ravikumar, TS Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2004 11 399-406

Comparison of prevalence and resection rates in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma

Heitmiller, RF and Sharma, RR J. Thoracic and Cardiovasc. Surg. 1996 112 130-136

Therapeutic effects of ablative radiation on local tumor require CD8+ T cells: Changing strategies for cancer treatment

Lee, Y, Auh, SL, Wang, Y, Burnette, B, Wang, Y, Meng, Y, Beckett, M, Sharma, R, Chin, R, Tu, T, Weichselbaum, RR, and Fu, Y-X Blood 2009 114(3) 589-595

Preemptive surgery for premalignant foregut lesions

Sharma, RR, London, MJ, Magenta, LL, Posner, MC, and Roggin, KK J. Gastrointest. Surg. 2009 13 1874-1887

Angiogenesis inhibition: the next frontier in multimodal therapy for glioblastoma multiforme

Sharma, RR and Weichselbaum, RR Nat. Clin. Pract. Oncol. 2007 4(8) 454-455

• Golden Apple Award
  Best Resident Teacher, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Alber Einstein College of Medicine (2006)
• Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
  Outstanding Resident Teacher, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Alber Einstein College of Medicine (2005)

• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Association of Academic Surgeons
• Society for Melanoma Research
• Society of Surgical Oncology