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Kartavya Sharma, M.D.

Kartavya Sharma, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Neurology | Neurological Surgery

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  • Biography

    Kartavya Sharma, M.D., has a primary appointment in the Department of Neurology and a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. 

    Research: Dr. Sharma has published several clinical and basic science papers along with two book chapters on mechanisms and predictors of recovery after severe neurological injury. Additionally, he has served as a site-investigator for multiple industry-sponsored clinical trials in stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intracerebral hemorrhage. His research interest is in prognostication of outcomes after severe brain injury. He is currently conducting research into imaging, electrophysiological, and biomarker predictors of outcomes after anoxic brain injury and traumatic brain injury.

    Sharma (Kartavya) Lab Site

    Background: After attending medical school at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, he completed his residency in neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in neurocritical care at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Sharma is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in neurocritical care by the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties. He served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center before joining UT Southwestern. 

    Affiliations: He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neuroimaging 

  • Education
    Medical School
    All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India (2008)
    Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Neurology
    Fellowship
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2016), Neurocritical Care
  • Research Interest
    • Anoxic brain injury
    • Intracerebral hemorrhage
    • Ischemic stroke
    • Spinal cord injury
    • Status epilepticus
    • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
    • Traumatic brain injury
  • Publications

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    Intravenous glibenclamide for cerebral oedema after large hemispheric stroke (CHARM): a phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial.
    Sheth KN, Albers GW, Saver JL, Campbell BCV, Molyneaux BJ, Hinson HE, Cordonnier C, Steiner T, Toyoda K, Wintermark M, Littauer R, Collins J, Lucas N, Nogueira RG, Simard JM, Wald M, Dawson K, Kimberly WT, Lancet Neurol 2024 Dec 23 12 1205-1213
    Multiple coinfections and Guillain Barré syndrome following outdoor travel to the American Northeast.
    Farrington W, Farahani F, Tayon KG, Rudzinski J, Feldman M, Sharma K, Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2023 36 3 386-388
    CE: Hypertensive Emergencies: A Review.
    Sharma K, Mathews EP, Newton F, Am J Nurs 2021 Oct 121 10 24-35
  • Books

    Featured 

    Astrogliosis and Axonal Regeneration. In Neural Regneration, 1st ed.

    Kartavya Sharma, Shuxin Li (2015). Academic Press

    Determinants of Prognosis in Neurocatastrophes. In Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol 140

    Kartavya Sharma, Robert Stevens (2017). Elsevier

  • Honors & Awards
    • Teva Neuroscience Award, 1st prize
      For demonstration of superior neurological knowledge as a resident (2012)
    • D.C.Bhutani Medal
      Best medial student in Ophthalmology (2008)
    • KVPY research fellowship
      Scholarship award for promising research by a medical student (2004-2006)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Neurology (2010)
    • American Society of Neuroimaging (2017)
    • Neurocritical Care Society (2014)