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Email

nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases Program

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Massachusetts United States

Co-Director

Baylor Lung Institute
Houston, Texas United States

Senior Faculty

º£½ÇÉçÇø
Houston, Texas United States

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts United States

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts United States

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation

Medicine
Pulmonary
Boston VA Medical Center

Medical Director, ECMO Program

Center of Advanced Lung Diseases
Tampa General Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of South Florida

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Instructor of Medicine

Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Addresses

Administrative Office (Hospital)

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center/Texas Heart Institute
P516J
Houston, TX 77030
United States
nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu

Administrative Office (Office)

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center/Texas Heart Institute
P516J
Houston, TX 77030
United States
nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu

Academic Office (Lab)

Neurosensory Center of Houston
6501 Fannin St, # NB340
Houston, TX 77030
United States
nirmal.sharma@bcm.edu

Education

Graduate Certificate at T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health

Boston, Massachusetts United States

Certificate Course in Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers

Fellowship at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Pulmonary disease, Critical Care disease

Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx

Internal Medicine

Internship at Western Reserve Care System/NEOMED

Ohio

Internal Medicine

MBBS from Stanley Medical College

Chennai, India

Certifications

Board Certification in Internal Medicine

ABIM (Internal Medicine)

Board Certification in Pulmonary Disease

ABIM (Pulmonary Disease)

Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine

ABIM (Critical Care Medicine)

Full Unrestricted License

Texas Medical Board

Full Unrestricted License

Board of Registration in Medicine, Massachusetts

Honors & Awards

DOM Exemplary Service Award

Massachusetts General Brigham (12/2024)

Chairman's Research Award

Brigham and Womens Hospital (12/2022)

Brigham Visiting Scholar

Brigham and Womens Hospital (03/2022)

Provider of the Month

Tampa General Hospital (08/2018)

Abstract Scholarship

American Thoracic Society (05/2015)

Fellow Tract Symposium

American Thoracic Society (05/2014)

Best Outgoing Resident

Albert Einstein College of Medicine (06/2013)

Milford Fulop Research Award

Albert Einstein College of Medicine (03/2013)

Leo M. Davidoff Excellence in Teaching

Albert Einstein College of Medicine (06/2012)

Professional Statement

Dr. Nirmal S. Sharma is the Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and a senior faculty member at º£½ÇÉçÇø. Previously, he served as Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Boston VA Medical Center, and was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

His clinical and research interests center on lung transplantation and extracorporeal life support. His NIH-funded basic and translational research program investigates mechanisms of allograft rejection and develops novel therapeutics to prevent and treat rejection.

Memberships

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

American Thoracic Society

Funding

Microbial Dysbiosis in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction - #R01HL161620

Grant funding from NIH

Skills

Transplant Immunology

Lung Transplantation

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Respiratory Failure

Languages

Hindi