Vibhash Sharma, M.D. Medical Director Interventional (Neuromodulation) Movement Disorders Clinic | Clinical Lead Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2022 Vibhash D. Sharma, M.D., specializes in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders, and serves as the Medical Director for the Interventional (Neuromodulation) Movement Disorders clinic, as well as the Clinical Lead for the Movement Disorders section at UTSW. Clinical Interests: His include management of a wide range of movement disorders, botulinum toxin injections, and evaluation for interventional therapies such as Deep Brain Stimulation and MR-guided focused ultrasound (MFgFUS) ablation. Trainee Education: Dr. Sharma is the Movement Disorders Fellowship Program Director. Research: Dr. Sharma is involved in clinical research and clinical trials. His clinical research is focused on neuromodulation for various movement disorders and studying the phenomenology of movement disorders. Dr. Sharma has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the field of movement disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation, as well as presented several abstracts at both national and international meetings. He has served as Principal investigator and Co-investigator for multiple clinical trials. Background: Dr. Sharma earned his medical degree at Seth G.S Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital in Mumbai, India. After completing medical school, he moved to the United States and pursued an internship in medicine followed by a neurology residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. After residency, he completed a two-year fellowship in Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation at Emory University, Atlanta. His second year of fellowship was focused on Deep Brain Stimulation and intraoperative microelectrode recording for DBS placement under the mentorship of Mahlon DeLong, M.D., who is renowned internationally for basal ganglia and Parkinson’s disease research that led to the development of Deep Brain Stimulation therapy. Dr. Sharma is certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is an elected member of the Parkinson’s Study Group. Education Medical School Seth G.S. Medical College, India (2009) Internship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011), Neurology Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Movement Disorders Fellowship Emory University School of Medicine gme@emory.edu (2015), Movement Disorders Fellowship Emory University Medical Center Deep Brain Stimulation (2016), Movement Disorders Research Interest Deep Brain Stimulation Dystonia Gait disorders Neuromodulation Parkinson's disease Phenomenology Tremor disorders Publications Prevalence of and Annual Conversion Rates to Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Prospective, Longitudinal Study of an Essential Tremor Cohort Ghanem A, Berry DS, Burkes A, Grill N, Hall TM, Hart KA, Hernandez NC, Chapman S, Sharma VD, Huey ED, Cosentino SA, Louis ED Annals of Neurology 2024 Jun 95 1193-1204 Pimavanserin for psychosis in Parkinson's disease dementia: Subgroup analysis of the HARMONY Trial Weintraub D, Espay AJ, Sharma VD, Tariot PN, Abler V, Pathak S, Stankovic S Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2024 Feb 119 Longitudinal prognosis of Parkinson's outcomes using causal connectivity Mellema CJ, Nguyen KP, Treacher A, Andrade AX, Pouratian N, Sharma VD, O'Suileabhain P, Montillo AA NeuroImage: Clinical 2024 Jan 42 WHIGET and TETRAS Ratings of Action Tremor in Patients with Essential Tremor: Substantial Association and Agreement Hernandez AB, Berr DS, Grill N, Hall TM, Burkes A, Ghanem A, Sharma VD, Louis ED Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2024 14 Neuroimaging in Parkinsonism: Insights and Challenges Sharma VD Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2023 26 354-355 Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Hemichorea: Case Series and Literature Review Masood Z, Domino JS, Gragg A, Burchiel K, Kinsman M, Sharma VD Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2023 13 Cognitive task-related oscillations in human internal globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus Navid MS, Kammermeier S, Niazi IK, Sharma VD, Vuong SM, Bötzel K, Greenlee JD, Singh A Behavioural Brain Research 2022 Apr 424 Telemedicine and Deep brain stimulation - Current practices and recommendations Sharma VD, Safarpour D, Mehta SH, Vanegas-Arroyave N, Weiss D, Cooney JW, Mari Z, Fasano A Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2021 Aug 89 199-205 Comment on: Successful Treatment of Levodopa/Carbidopa Intestinal Gel Associated “Biphasic-Like” Dyskinesia with Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation Gupta HV, Sharma VD Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 2021 Jul 8 812-813 Clinical outcomes of globus pallidus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: A comparison of intraoperative MRI- And MER-guided lead placement Bezchlibnyk YB, Sharma VD, Naik KB, Isbaine F, Gale JT, Cheng J, Triche SD, Miocinovic S, Buetefisch CM, Willie JT, Boulis NM, Factor SA, Wichmann T, DeLong MR, Gross RE Journal of neurosurgery 2021 Apr 134 1072-1082 Results 1-10 of 25 1 2 3 Next Last Books Featured Books Management of stimulation induced dyskinesia in Parkinson disease with Interleaving. In Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case-Based Approach Sharma, Vibhash. D, Lyons, Kelly. E, Pahwa, Rajesh (2020). Oxford University Press Symptomatic Cystic Lesion Following Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery. In Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case-Based Approach Sharma, Vibhash D, Chitnis, Shilpa (2020). Oxford University Press Managing Essential Tremor Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation. In Deep Brain Stimulation Management Sharma, Vibhash D, Lyons, Kelly E, Pahwa, Rajesh (2022). Cambridge University Press Honors & Awards Faculty Travel AwardUniversity of Kansas Medical Center (2019) Fellow ScholarshipTo attend comprehensive course for movement disorders at Aspen, Co. (2015) Travel AwardInternational Parkinson disease and Movement Disorders Conference (2015) Teva Neuroscience AwardFor demonstration of superior neurological knowledge as a resident (2012) AAN Fellow ScholarshipAmerican Academy of Neurology (2016) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2011) International Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders Socity (2014) Parkinson's Study Group (2017)
