Pratima Sharma, MD, MS
Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Director, Hepatology Transplant
Internal Medicine
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Pratima Sharma, MD, MS
Professor
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    • About

    Dr. Sharma is board certified in transplant hepatology and gastroenterology. Her clinical interests include liver transplantation, diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases including alcohol associated liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, cirrhosis, and complications of portal hypertension. Her research interests include access and disparities related to liver disease and liver transplant, liver allocation, renal dysfunction before and after liver transplantation.

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    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Liver transplantation, diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, cirrhosis, and complications of portal hypertension.

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    • Journal Article
      Impact of acute kidney injury response on survival and liver transplant rates in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: Results from the HRS-HARMONY consortium.
      Li X, Ouyang T, Belcher JM, Patidar KR, Cullaro G, Asrani SK, Wadei HM, Simonetto DA, Regner KR, Dageforde LA, Przybyszewski EM, Wilechansky RM, Sharma P, Ufere NN, Duarte-Rojo A, Wahid NA, Orman ES, St Hillien SA, Robinson JE, Chung RT, Allegretti AS, I on behalf of the HRS-HARMONY research collaborative . Liver Transpl, 2024 Nov 1; 30 (11): 1106 - 1115. DOI:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000445
      PMID: 39073567
    • Journal Article
      Association of HRS-AKI with Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy: Results from the HRS-HARMONY Consortium.
      Cama-Olivares A, Ouyang T, Takeuchi T, St Hillien SA, Robinson JE, Chung RT, Cullaro G, Karvellas CJ, Levitsky J, Orman ES, Patidar KR, Regner KR, Saly DL, Sawinski D, Sharma P, Teixeira JP, Ufere NN, Velez JCQ, Wadei HM, Wahid N, Allegretti AS, Neyra JA, Belcher JM, HRS-HARMONY Consortium . Kidney360, 2024 Sep 30; DOI:10.34067/KID.0000000589
      PMID: 39348201
    • Journal Article
      Outcomes of patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis and acute kidney injury - Results from the HRS Harmony Consortium.
      Ma AT, Allegretti AS, Cullaro G, Ouyang T, Asrani SK, Chung RT, Przybyszewski EM, Wilechansky RM, Robinson JE, Sharma P, Simonetto DA, Jalal P, Orman ES, Wadei HM, St Hillien SA, Saly D, Ufere NN, Dageforde LA, Regner KR, Belcher JM, Patidar KR, from the HRS Harmony Consortium . Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 2024 Sep; 60 (6): 778 - 786. DOI:10.1111/apt.18159
      PMID: 39010302
    • Preprint
      3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity.
      Trang KB, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Littleton SH, Sharma P, Kulkarni NN, Ghanem LR, Terry NA, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins JW, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown KM, Anderson SA, Yang W, Titchenell PM, Seale P, Cook L, Levings MK, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Wells AD, Grant SFA. 2024 Aug 13; DOI:10.1101/2023.08.30.23294092
      PMID: 37693606
    • Journal Article
      Management of alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol use disorder in liver transplant candidates and recipients: Challenges and opportunities.
      Sharma P, Shenoy A, Shroff H, Kwong A, Lim N, Pillai A, Devuni D, Haque LY, Balliet W, Serper M. Liver Transpl, 2024 Aug 1; 30 (8): 848 - 861. DOI:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000362
      PMID: 38471008
    • Journal Article
      Decreased need for RRT in liver transplant recipients after pretransplant treatment of hepatorenal syndrome-type 1 with terlipressin.
      Weinberg EM, Wong F, Vargas HE, Curry MP, Jamil K, Pappas SC, Sharma P, Reddy KR. Liver Transpl, 2024 Apr 1; 30 (4): 347 - 355. DOI:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000277
      PMID: 37801553
    • Journal Article
      The rise of multidisciplinary clinics in hepatology: A practical, how-to-guide, and review of the literature.
      Lim N, Devuni D, German M, Guy J, Rabiee A, Sharma P, Shingina A, Shroff H, Pillai A. Hepatology, 2024 Jul 30; DOI:10.1097/HEP.0000000000001036
      PMID: 39212328
    • Journal Article
      The rising cost of liver transplantation in the United States.
      Kaplan A, Winters A, Klarman S, Kriss M, Hughes D, Sharma P, Asrani S, Hutchison A, Myoung P, Zaman A, Butler L, Pomposelli J, Gordon F, Duarte-Rojo A, Devuni D, Fortune B. Liver Transpl, 2024 Sep 25; DOI:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000493
      PMID: 39315930