Assistant Professor Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology
DM (Gastroenterology), 2007
G B Pant Hospital, University of Delhi
MD (Internal Medicine)
Safdarjung Hospital, University of Delhi
MBBS
Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi
Overseas Training
Liver Transplant Fellowship, May-Oct, 2008
Hospital Paul Brusse, Villejuif
France
Experience
Fellow hepatologist at Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Paul Brusse, Villejuif, France
Senior Research Associate at G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Joined ILBS
November, 2008
Area of expertise and research interest
Liver transplant hepatology
Hepatic encephalopathy
Portal hypertension
Acute-on-chronic liver failure
Publications 26
Representative publications
Sharma BC, Sharma P, Agrawal A, Sarin SK. Secondary prophylaxis of hepatic encephalopathy: an open-label randomized controlled trial of lactulose versus placebo. Gastroenterology 2009;137:885-91.
Sharma P, Sharma BC, Puri V, Sarin SK. Natural history of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Am J Gastroenterol 2009;104:885-90.
Sharma P, Kumar A, Sharma BC, Sarin SK. Infliximab monotherapy for severe alcoholic hepatitis and predictors of survival: an open label trial. J Hepatol 2009;50:584-91.
Sharma P, Kumar A, Shrama BC, Sarin SK. An open label, pilot, randomized controlled trial of noradrenaline versus terlipressin in the treatment of type 1 hepatorenal syndrome and predictors of response. Am J Gastroenterol 2008;103:1689-97.
Awards
Plenary presentation at APASL Manila 2006 for “Probiotics in the treatment of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy”
Plenary presentation (Auxiliary Award) at American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas, USA, 2006 for “Randomized control trial of lactulose versus probiotics versus lactulose plus probiotics in the treatment of minimal hepatic encephalopathy of cirrhosis”
Young Investigator Award at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology annual meeting in 2006 for “Nor adrenaline versus terlipressin in the treatment of Type 1 hepatorenal syndrome: A randomized controlled trial”
Plenary award at INASL 2007 for “Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Extra Hepatic Portal Vein Obstruction”.
Awarded Liver care foundation scholarship to present paper “Hemodynamic Response to Propranolol in Cirrhotic Patients with Arterial Hypertension (oral presentation) in APASL 2008”.
Awarded YCP-fellowship to attend World congress of gastroenterology London 2009 from 17-25 November, 2009.
Awarded ISG travel grant to attend APDW -2009 to present two oral papers accepted in the conference
