
Rohit Sharma, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department Surgery
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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
Honors & Awards
- 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)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Association of Academic Surgeons
- Society for Melanoma Research
- Society of Surgical Oncology