Jyotirmay (Joe) Sharma, MD, FACS

Titles and Roles

Professor and William C. McGarity Chair of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Vice Chair of Quality, Patient Safety and Care Innovation, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Thyroid & Endocrine Surgery
Emory University Hospital
Surgeon
Thyroid Cancer
Adrenal Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer

Biography

Jyotirmay (Joe) Sharma, MD, FACS, is Professor and William C. McGarity Chair of Surgery in the Division of General and GI Surgery of the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Sharma also serves as Director of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery at Emory University Hospital.

Dr. Sharma is heavily involved in the Department of Surgery's quality and safety efforts, particularly as chair of the Wound Infection Group (WIG), which formed with a mandate to reduce surgical site infection (SSIs) at Emory hospitals. SSIs are one of the more common healthcare-associated infections. The multidisciplinary group's agenda involves all aspects of patient care, from preoperative visits and perioperative counseling to intraoperative issues and post-op care.

Dr. Sharma is also a frequent faculty participant in Emory Medishare's summer surgical trips to L'Hôpital Sainte-Thérèse de Hinche in Haiti's Central Plateau, the poorest and most medically underserved region in all of Haiti. He routinely performs outpatient parathyroidectomies, outpatient thyroidectomies, and adrenalectomies using minimally invasive techniques and has published various journal articles on these techniques.

Education

Dr. Sharma received his MD from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at Emory University School of Medicine.

Awards

Dr. Sharma's recent awards include:

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2014
  • Best Doctors of America, 2009, 2011
  • Best Clinical Paper, Emory Research Day, 2006

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