Charu N. Sharma, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Noninvasive Cardiology Attending

Board certifications                                                                                   

• Internal Medicine Board Certified: 1979
• Cardiovascular Diseases Board Certified:1981

Education

• Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India, Graduated 1975

Residency

•  Brooklyn Hospital- Brooklyn, NY, July 1976 – June 1979

Fellowship

• Cardiology Fellowship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, July 1979 – June 1981

Select Abstracts/Publications

• “Cold pressor test during Cardiac Catheterization in patients with chest pain” presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, 1981
• “Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension and Right -sided heart failure associated with
• Hyperthyroidism” Lozano H, Sharma C presented at the New York Upstate Scientific Meeting of American College of Physicians, 2001
• “Cocaine induced idiopathic Brugada ECG pattern” Fluture A, Sharma C Abstract presented at the American College of Physicians Downstate Associates Competition, 2004 
• “Validation of Peak Diastolic Filling Rate Obtained by Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Compared to Tissue Doppler Imaging in Normal Patients” J. Gluck, D. Desai, O. Akinboboye, C.N. Sharma. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology in September 2008
• “Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension and Right- sided Heart Failure associated with Hyperthyroidism: case report and review of the literature” by Hector Lozano, Charu N. Sharma. Published in the Cardiology in Review, Nov/Dec 2004 issue

Areas of Interest

• Early detection, accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of Heart disease in Women 
• Heart disease during pregnancy
• Echocardiography with particular interest in Stress echo

Select Professional Associations/Awards

on graduation:

• The President of India's Medal
• The Mrs. Desa Memorial Gold Medal
•  The Cama Gold Medal
•  The Shirwalkar Silver Medal

on teaching:

• Award for the Best Teaching Lecture Series for the medical residents 2002-2003
• Best Teacher of the Year award 2003- 2004   

other:

• Established the “Women’s Heart Clinic” on Oct 1, 2003 at Metropolitan Hospital Center, the first clinic of its kind in the Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC) System of New York City                                                               
• Extensive evaluation and implementation of the Web based computerized ECG and Digital Echo interpretation systems for the Northern Manhattan Network of HHC