Kartavya Sharma, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology | Neurological Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. 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 Featured Publications The localization of coma. Sharma K, Deco G, Solodkin A, Cogn Neuropsychol 2024 Oct 1-20 Caring for Coma after Severe Brain Injury: Clinical Practices and Challenges to Improve Outcomes: An Initiative by the Curing Coma Campaign. Murtaugh B, Olson DM, Badjatia N, Lewis A, Aiyagari V, Sharma K, Creutzfeldt CJ, Falcone GJ, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A, Zink EK, Suarez JI, Silva GS, Neurocrit Care 2024 Oct Antipyretic Efficacy of Bromocriptine in Central Fever: an Exploratory Analysis. Perez V, McCreary M, Sheperd L, Nelson T, Sharma K, Neurocrit Care 2023 Oct 39 2 499-504 Serum Neuron-Specific-Enolase Thresholds for Predicting Postcardiac Arrest Outcome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sharma K, John M, Zhang S, Gronseth G, Neurology 2021 Oct Scar-mediated inhibition and CSPG receptors in the CNS. Sharma K, Selzer ME, Li S Exp. Neurol. 2012 Oct 237 2 370-8 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 Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis During Convalescence From Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Dharani Rohit Thota, Bappaditya Ray, Mirza Hasan, Kartavya Sharma The Neurohospitalist 2021 May 3 Hematologic Predictors of Endovascular Retreatment for Recurrent Vasospasm in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Weston Gordon, Brenton Massey, Adam Ranellone, Sanjeev Keshary, Kartavya Sharma and Michael Abraham J Neurol Neurosci 2020 11 4 326 Post-operative HSV-2 Encephalitis Following Temporal Lobe Resection for Glioblastoma Multiforme (P4. 9-039) Prompan Mingbunjerdsuk, Kartavya Sharma, Kathrin Husmann, Sherri A. Braksick Neurology 2019 92 (15 Supplement) Results 1-10 of 21 1 2 3 Next Last Books Featured Books 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 prizeFor demonstration of superior neurological knowledge as a resident (2012) D.C.Bhutani MedalBest medial student in Ophthalmology (2008) KVPY research fellowshipScholarship 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)
