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Nirmal Sharma, MD, Pulmonology, Boston, MA, Brigham and Women's Hospital

NirmalShyamSharmaMD

Pulmonology Boston, MA

Lung Transplantation Medicine

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Summary

  • Dr. Nirmal S Sharma is the Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

    He received his medical degree from Stanley Medical College in India and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva in New York. He then finished a clinical and post-doctoral research fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with additional training in Lung Transplantation and Mechanical-Circulatory Support at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

    After his fellowship, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and lung transplantation faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Thereafter, he was recruited to The University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital Advanced Organ Institute and served as the Medical Director of the ECMO program prior to joining Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is board certified in critical care medicine, internal medicine and pulmonary disease.

    Dr. Sharma's clinical and research interests are in lung transplantation and extracorporeal life support technologies. His basic/translational research program is focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in transplantation rejection and development of novel therapeutics to treat and/or prevent rejection.

Education & Training

  • University of Alabama Medical Center
    University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2013 - 2016
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2013
  • Stanley Medical College SMC
    Stanley Medical College SMCClass of 2008

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2017 - 2021
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2013 - 2017
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2010 - 2011

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • A Machine Kept Our Patient Alive, but She Couldn’t Stay on Forever, Right?
    A Machine Kept Our Patient Alive, but She Couldn’t Stay on Forever, Right?November 22nd, 2022
  • By Altering the Blood Type of Lungs, Researchers Raise the Possibility of Universal Organs for Transplants
    By Altering the Blood Type of Lungs, Researchers Raise the Possibility of Universal Organs for TransplantsFebruary 16th, 2022
  • They Survived Covid. Now They Need New Lungs
    They Survived Covid. Now They Need New LungsApril 29th, 2021
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