Ruchika Sharma, M.D.

Associate Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Biography

Ruchika Sharma, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in bleeding and clotting disorders in children, women’s hematology, and platelet disorders.

Dr. Sharma earned her medical degree at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India, and completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Toledo in Ohio. She gained advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology and pediatric hemostasis-thrombosis at The Ohio State University and its Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics in pediatrics and pediatric hematology and oncology, Dr. Sharma joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022. She previously served as a hematology faculty member at Versiti Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee, specializing in patients with a variety of blood disorders.

Dr. Sharma is a member of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis and is co-chair of its Scientific and Standardization Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology. She is also a member of the Foundation for Women & Girls with Blood Disorders, the American Society of Hematology, the Pediatric ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia) Consortium of North America, and the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society.

She has delivered numerous presentations, contributed to American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care and other books, and published peer-reviewed academic articles related to her areas of expertise.

Education

Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, India (2008)
Residency: University of Toledo/Toledo Children's Hospital (2012), Pediatrics
Fellowship: Ohio Sate University/Nationwide Children's Hospital (2015), Pediatric Hematology/oncology

Publications

Motivation and Experiences of Physicians Who Pursued Haemostasis and Thrombosis Fellowship: A Survey Study: Abdelghani E, Kaur D, Sharma R, Woods G, Agarwal S Haemophilia 2026 Jan 32 362-365
The Functional Characterization of Venous Thromboembolic Disease (FUVID) study: rationale, design, and methods of a prospective, observational, multicenter study to evaluate mechanisms of exercise intolerance and dyspnea following pediatric pulmonary embolism: Author Collaboration FI, Zia A, Nelson MD, Ren J, Zhang S, Mattrey RF, Han BL, Hussain T, Greer JS, Al-Qahtani M, Malone K, Stutzman SE, Sida DV, Primeaux S, Torres MD, Cohen CT, Crary S, Bernstein J, Whitworth HB, Kumar R, Beg KA, Khan O, Rajpurkar M, Hege K, Schaefer BA, Woods GM, Amos LE, Betensky M, Bhat RV, O’ Brien S, Jaffray J, Jesudas R, Pacheco MM, Tarango C, Weyand AC, Wilson HP, Garcia J, Dang MP, Sharma R, Goldenberg NA, Klok FA, Male C, Levine B, Balmain BN, Babb TG, Adix LM, Ambrusko S, Alaesa S, Bradley K, Levine B, Babb TG Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2025 Jan 9
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Management for a Pediatric Patient Presenting With Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Setting of Common Variable Immunodeficiency: Budhipramono A, Sharma R, Wysocki CA, Zia AN, Adkins BD Journal of Clinical Apheresis 2024 Dec 39
What is in a name: defining pediatric refractory ITP: Nakano TA, Grimes AB, Klaassen RJ, Lambert MP, Neunert C, Rothman JA, Shimano KA, Amend C, Askew M, Badawy SM, Baker JM, Breakey V, Crary S, Davini M, Lilla SF, Gilbert M, Hays T, Hege K, Hillier K, Jacobson-Kelly A, Kaicker S, Kim TO, Kochhar M, Leblanc T, Martinelli M, Nunez M, Remiker A, Schultz C, Sharma R, Grace RF Blood Advances 2024 Oct 8 5112-5117
High annualized bleeding rates in pediatric patients with inherited platelet function disorders: Saini S, Zhang S, Yates S, Garcia J, Sharma R, Formella J, Sarode R, Zia A Haematologica 2024 Jul 109 2351-2354
Assessment of rare bleeding disorders in adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding: Sharma R, Johnson V, Pan A, Sellers A, Betensky M, Goldenberg N, Flood VH Haemophilia 2024 Mar 30 490-496
Diagnostic value of antibody-induced procoagulant platelets in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology: Author Collaboration SP, Zlamal J, Aliotta A, Alberio L, Chen V, Bakchoul T, Nazy I, Al-Samkari H, McKenzie S, Pouplard C, Sharma R Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 Mar 22 860-868
Optimization of laboratory diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia using HemosIL-AcuStar-HIT-IgG assay: Tucker CM, Rhoades R, Sharma R, Gong JZ Lab Medicine 2024 Jan 55 34-39
Implementation of a Bleeding Risk Screening Tool and Hematology Referral Process Prior to Pediatric Endoscopy: McSorley B, Chugh A, Abazi T, Lerner D, Jobe S, Pan AY, Zhang L, Sharma R, Ashai-Khan F Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2023 Nov 77 661-665
Consensus report on flow cytometry for platelet function testing in thrombocytopenic patients: communication from the SSC of the ISTH: Author Collaboration TF, Jourdi G, Ramström S, Sharma R, Bakchoul T, Lordkipanidzé M Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2023 Oct 21 2941-2952