CURRICULUM VITAE
Jivesh Sharma, M.D.
Work Address: NexGen Oncology
6119 Greenville #430
Dallas, TX 75206
Telephone: 214-739-1706
Fax : 214-368-1611
E-mail : jsharma@MyCancerCenter.com
http://www.MyCancerCenter.com
Clinical Faculty, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
HealthIT
6119 Greenville Avenue # 425
Dallas, TX 75206
WWW.HealthIT.com
Date & Place of Birth: September 2, 1960; Amritsar, India
Education:
1983 B.S. Biology
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
1987 M.D. University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Positions Held:
1987-1990 Medical Intern and Resident
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
1991 Clinical Instructor
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
Positions Held Continued:
1991-1993 Medical Oncology Fellow
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
1995-1996 Medical Director
Hematology / Oncology
Baylor Richardson Cancer Center
Richardson, Texas
1993 - Present
Private Practice – Texas Cancer Associates/ NexGen Oncology
Clinical Faculty
Hematology / Oncology
Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, Texas
1997- Present
CEO
Health IT
Dallas, Texas
Board Certification:
September 1991 Diplomate, Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
October 1993 Diplomate, Medical Oncology
Recertified 2003 American Board of Internal Medicine
Masters Graduate coursework focusing on Management Information Systems with certification in IT Architecture Design for
Healthcare Organizations
License:
Texas License H5488
Awards & Honors
1980 Alpha Chi Honor Society
1983-1984 Dean Honor Roll in Medical School
1985 Honors in OB/GYN
1990 Outstanding House Staff Officer Award
1991 Service Appreciation Award From the Division of General Medicine
1994 Jacob S. Krakusin Teaching Award From Internal Medicine House staff
1996 Keynote speaker House staff graduation
1999-2001 Member at large – Medical Board Presbyterian Hosp
2001 Best Doctors in Dallas – D Magazine
2002 Best Doctors in Dallas – D Magazine
2004 Best Doctors in Dallas – D Magazine
2005 Best Doctors in Dallas – D Magazine
2006 Best Doctors in Dallas – D Magazine
2011 TEDx Presentation – The Power of Convergence
2011 Keynote Speaker College of Science Graduation, U T Arlington
Research Activities:
Undergraduate Parasitology --Infectivity of Trichinella spiralis
Embryology --Single cell membrane surface tension and its effects on differentiation
Medical School Neuroanatomy --Mapping of the numbers of myelinated and unmyelinated axons in the cat spinal cord
Summer NIH student research program with poster presentation
Fellowship:
Laboratory research--Role of growth factors and hormonal therapy in breast cancer
Clinical – Phase-I drug development of new anti-cancer agents
Clinical --Principal investigator phase II clinical trial of Flutamide for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Current
Medical Informatics clinical projects/ industry reports and articles focusing on healthcare and technology. Developing Artificial
Intelligence tools and systems to support next generation cancer care.
Principal Investigator for pilot testing of risk assessment system; study entitled “The Usability of Proventys’ Chemotherapy
Solutions Risk Assessment System in a Community Oncology Practice”, 2008
Teleoncology research projects
Extra Curricular Activities:
College Co-Founder Medical Dental Preparatory Association
Medical School Volunteer Pediatrics Department with under-stimulated infants
President Asian American Medical Students Association
Fellowship Organized and implemented fellows boards review course
Post graduation Guest speaker and regular columnist for American Cancer Society
Cansurmount program
Others: Reviewer for HIMSS Clinical Committee 1999
Member Medical Board Presbyterian Hospital Dallas 1999-2001
Chair MIS Council Texas Health Resources – 2001, 2002
Cancer Care Needs of Asian Americans – research project for
The American Cancer Society Speaker for Volunteer Training Program
Editorial Board Member and Columnist for Oncology Net Guide with monthly column discussing next generation cancer care
NOW working panel: Member of a national panel of experts helping define quality cancer care and new reimbursement models
with payors
Organization Membership:
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
Hobbies & Interests:
Languages Fluent in English, Spanish, Hindi and Punjabi
Studied German, French, Latin and Sanskrit
Exercise Weight lifting, jogging, racquetball and tennis
Publications
1. Chung K, Sharma J, Coggeshall RE: Numbers of myelinated and unmyelinated axons in the dorsal, lateral, and ventral funiculi
of the white matter of the S2 segment of the cat spinal cord. Journal of Comparative Neurology 234(1):117-21, 1985.
2. Figuerua JA, Sharma J, Jackson JG, McDermott MJ, Hilsenbeck SG, Yee D. Recombinant insulin-like growth factor binding
protein-1 inhibits IGF-1, serum and estrogen-dependent growth of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. J Cell Physiology. 157(2):
229-236, 1993 Nov.
3. Sharma J, Von Hoff DD, Weiss GR. Salmonella arizonae peritonitis secondary to ingestion of rattlesnake capsules for gastric
cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 11:2288-2289. 1993 Nov.
4. Douglas Yee, Jivesh Sharma, Susan G. Hilsenbeck. Prognostic significance of insulin-like growth factor- binding protein
expression in axillary lymph node-negative breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 86(23):1785-1789. 1994 Dec.
5. Sharma JJ, Razvillas B, Stephens CD, Hilsenbeck SG, Sharma A, Rothenberg ML. Phase II study of flutamide as second line
chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Investigational New Drugs 15(4):361-4. 1997
6. Sharma J. Transformation of the Healthcare System Through Internet Technologies. Dallas County Medical Society Journal :
105-7 March 1998
7. The Internet in Oncology – Oncology Issues Sept/Oct 1999
8. Launching your practice website – Oncology Issues Nov/Dec 2001
9. Next Generation Cancer Care – Oncology Net Guide, June 2008
10. Patient driven Cancer Care – Oncology Net Guide, July 2008
11. Oncology Outlook: Putting the Patient at the Center of Care- Oncology Net Guide, August 2008
12. Building a Smarter Community: Cancer Clinics of Excellence is redefining the business of modern oncology practice –
Oncology Net Guide, August 2008
13. Oncology Outlook: Breast Cancer Care: A Focused Factory with an Evolving Architecture – Oncology Net Guide, October
2008
14. Oncology EMR Selection and Implementation – Oncologistics November 2008
Publications – Reports/ books
Cancer patients believe e-mail lowers access barriers to doctors 1998
Y2K Bug - Protecting Your Patients And Your Practice (a Y2K handbook for medical practices) 1999
Harnessing The Power Of The Internet And E-Commerce: A Guide For The Pharmaceutical Industry 2000
(A management report for the Financial Times of London)
Monthly column for Oncology Net Guide on “Oncology Outlook: Next Generation Cancer Care”
Abstracts
1. Figueroa JA, Sharma J, Jackson JH, McDermott MJ, Yee D. Recombinant insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 inhibits
breast cancer cell growth in vitro. AACR Proceedings 34:1466, 1993.
2. Yee D, Sharma J, Jackson JG, Figueroa JA. Transfection of breast cancer cells with IGFBP-1 inhibits growth response to IGF-1.
Proceedings Endocrine Society, #309, 1993.
3. G.E. Maale, J. Sharma, M.F. Richie. Dallas/Fortworth Sarcoma Group, Dallas, TX.
Results of treatment of stage III-B osteogenic sarcoma utilizing preoperative ifosfamide followed by a wide resection of the tumor
and wedge resection of the pulmonary metastases
Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Abstract # 1662 pp477 1994
4. G. Maale, J. Strauss, M. Richie, D. Schawrz, K. McIntyre, S. Helms, M. Sunderland, J. Sharma, P. Jensen, M. Pollock, B.
Dickson, and H. Pascoe. Presbyterian Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, TX
Multimodality treatment for stage IIB soft tissue sarcoma
Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Abstract # 1670 pp479 1994
5. J. Sharma, Gary Gross, Poonam Sharma
Extending Oncology Clinical Services To Rural Areas of Texas Via Teleoncology
Journal of Oncology Practice 8: Issue 2: 68 2012
Presentations
1. Sharma J, Figueroa JA, Jackson JH, McDermot MJ, Yee D. Growth inhibition of MCF-7 breast cancer cells by insulin-like
growth factor binding protein-1 (BP-1). Presented at AACR conference, Oncogenes and anti-oncogenes in differentiation,
development, and human cancer, Big Sky Montana, Feb. 1-6, 1993.
2. Figueroa JA, Sharma J, Jackson JG, Yee D. Expression of IGFBP-1 in human. breast cancer cells inhibits growth response to
IGF-1 and estradiol. Presented at the 3rd Annual Symposium on Cancer Research in San Antonio, July 23, 1993.
3. Yee D, McGuire SE, Sharma J, Jackson JG, Cordner LM, Kozelsky TW, Figueroa JA, Hilsenbeck SG. Insulin-like growth factor
binding growth factor expression in breast cancer tissues. Presented at the 16th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium,
November 1993.
4. Tumor Angiogenesis. Presbyterian Grand Rounds Presentation. December 1993
5. Overview of Lymphomas --- Internal Medicine Housestaff Conference - January 1994
6. Unconventional Cancer Treatments --- Internal Medicine Grand Rounds April 1994
7. Overview of Oncology --- Internal Medicine Housestaff Conference - July 1994
8. Immortality and Death -- Internal Medicine Grand Rounds December 1994
9. B- cell CLL - Internal Medicine Grand Rounds June 1995
10. Medical Informatics - Internal Medicine Grand Rounds December 1995
11. Medical Informatics part 2 - Internal Medicine Grand Rounds June 1996
12. Oncogenes - Internal Medicine Grand Rounds December 1996
13. Oncology On The Internet - June 1997
14. Faculty speaker for Presbyterian's course on Introduction to the Internet for physicians - Nov 1997
15. Healthcare Access Barriers and Technology - American College of Physicians residents meeting - May 1998
16. New Therapeutic Approaches in Oncology - an Update - Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and Affiliates – 1998
17. Computers in Medicine - guest speaker - Vietnamese Medical Association National Meeting - July 1998
18. Lung Cancer – What’s New? – May 1999
19. Expert panelist for the Financial Times of London Nov 1999: E-business for Pharma conference in London England
20. Expert panelist Health Care Roundtable: How will e-business affect the health care industry? – Dallas Business Journal / Price
Waterhouse Coopers
21. Expert panelist guest of the Wall Street Journal – Healthcare in the New Millenium - E-Health: The Internet and the business of
medicine - Washington DC – May 2000
22. Your Genome On A Chip – July 2000
23. Internet Strategies for ASC Managers – National meeting American Assoc of Ambulatory Surgery Centers – San Francisco,
March 2001
24. Antiphospholipid syndromes –Grand Rounds -November 2002
25. Oncology and Information Technology Strategies – Jan 2004
26. Lung Cancer Update – IM Core Curriculum lecture- Feb 2004
27. DNA Microarrays – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Regional Breast Cancer Conference – 2005
28. Pilocytic Astorcytomas – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas – 2007
29. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas – Feb 2007
30. GU Malignancies – IM Core Curriculum lecture – June 2007
31. Improving Office Efficiency with Electronic Health Records– ASCO HER Symposium - Sept 2007
32. Artificial Intelligence in Oncology - Next Generation Cancer Care Symposium – October 2007
33. Algorithms in Clinical Care – IM grand rounds – June 2008
34. Oncology Outlook – Next Generation Care – Varian National Users Meeting - October 2008
35. TEDx Presentation – The Power of Convergence - 2011
36. Keynote speaker College of Science Graduation, U T Arlington 2011
Other Presentations
Regular presenter of topics for tumor board conferences
American Cancer Society “I can cope” volunteers training program
Cable TV appearance on “The Rochelle Radwin Show” discussing lung cancer in 1995
Channel 8 ABC news segment - computers and healthcare 1995
Channel 4 CBS news segment - the Internet and healthcare 1996
KVIL 103.7 Health Show segment - the Internet and healthcare 1996
KERA 90.1 National Public Radio – Medical Marijuana 2001
NBC news segment - Genetic Screening Controversies in Breast Cancer - 2008
KTEK East Texas Live – Morning Show discussion of next generation cancer care – 2010
KETK East Texas Live Evening News – HPV Vaccination for Cervical Cancer - 2011
Continuing Education
ASCO meetings 1994, 1995
SWOG 1995
Clinical Computing in Patient Care, Stanford University, San Francisco, CA1996
The Computer as a Patient’s Assistant, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. 1996
Healthcare Information Management Systems Society annual meeting, San Diego CA, 1997
Healthcare IT Architectures certification course by CHIME, Anne Arbor, Michigan 1997
Healthcare Information Management Systems Society annual meeting, Atlanta GA, 1999
Oncology Medical Boards Review, Harvard, Boston Mass Nov 2001
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium – Dec 2002
Mayo Clinic Oncology Board Review – August 2003
Medical Oncology Boards Recertification Exam – Nov 2003
Mayo Clinic Oncology Board Review – August 2005
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium – Dec 2006
NCCN Cancer Care Guidelines 2007 – March 2007
ASCO 43rd Annual Meeting – June 2007
BioIT conference Annual Meeting – April 2009
MD Anderson Hematology/ Oncology Board Certification Review – October 2009
Oncology Industry Expertise
A highly motivated, results-oriented Medical Oncologist and Executive with leadership experience in Clinical Operations and
Healthcare Informatics. Experience leading large private practice group as chief executive and large, complex hospital organization
as chair of the information services council. Active in writing, speaking and serving on industry panels nationally on Next
Generation Cancer Care.
Leadership Experiences
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Strategic planning – served as the chief executive for a large Dallas based private practice of up to 11 oncology providers
for 12 years to drive strategy and operations transformation. Have served on hospital and industry strategic advisory
panels.
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Team Building – Recruited and provided leadership for successful management teams in outpatient clinic and hospital
environments.
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Operations – Deployed a comprehensive transformation of outpatient oncology clinic to a paperless environment and
oversaw the successful addition of new imaging and radiation service lines
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Teaching – trained and given core lectures to Internal Medicine Residents and received multiple teaching awards.
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Clinical Practice – maintained a full time private practice . Voted as one of the Best Docs in Dallas in D Magazine by
physician peers
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Informatics – worked as part of alpha site for the first Electronic Health Record in oncology. Have written and spoken
nationally on Next Generation Cancer Care. Have served as the chief executive for a company called HealthIT which
provided web and network services to over 100 clinical practices. Worked on the first expert decision support artificial
intelligence system in oncology