Rohit Sharma, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography 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. Education 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) Research Interest Cancer Metastasis Melanoma Sarcoma Tumor Immunology Publications 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 Results 1-6 of 6 1 Honors & Awards Golden Apple AwardBest Resident Teacher, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Alber Einstein College of Medicine (2006) Outstanding Resident Teacher AwardOutstanding Resident Teacher, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Alber Einstein College of Medicine (2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Surgeons American Society of Clinical Oncology Association of Academic Surgeons Society for Melanoma Research Society of Surgical Oncology
