Arya Mitra Sharma was Professor of Medicine and Alberta Health Services Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the
University of Alberta and medical director of the
Alberta Health Services Obesity Program (2007-2021). In 2006 he founded and was scientific director (2006-2021) of the
Canadian Obesity Network
Obesity Canada - Obésité Canada (OC), formerly known as the Canadian Obesity Network - Réseau canadien en obésité (CON-RCO), is a Canadian charitable organization. It connects members of the public affected by obesity, researchers, health pr ...
(now Obesity Canada) and past president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He also served on numerous committees of professional organizations including
The Obesity Society
The Obesity Society is a scientific society dedicated to the study of obesity and its treatment. It was founded in 1982 and has approximately 2,500 members.
The official scientific journal of the society is ''Obesity'', which is available in print ...
(TOS) and the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO). Since 2021, he is retired (professor emeritus) and freelances occasionally as a speaker and research, educational, and strategic consultant for commercial and non-commercial organisations.
Life and career
Born in
Berlin (West) Germany in 1959, he moved to
India in 1965 where he lived till 1977 after graduating from the
Frank Anthony Public School
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New Delhi. On his return to
Germany in 1977, he received his Abitur from the Weidig Gymnasium, Butzbach, Hesse before taking up his medical training at the
Free University of Berlin from which he graduated in 1986. In 2002 he was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management and was appointed Professor of Medicine at
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. In 2007 he was awarded the Alberta Health Services endowed chair in Obesity Research and Management and appointed Professor of Medicine at the
University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada, where he is also currently the medical director of the Edmonton Region
Bariatric Program.
In 2005 he founded the
Canadian Obesity Network
Obesity Canada - Obésité Canada (OC), formerly known as the Canadian Obesity Network - Réseau canadien en obésité (CON-RCO), is a Canadian charitable organization. It connects members of the public affected by obesity, researchers, health pr ...
(now Obesity Canada). He is also a founding member and current president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He writes a daily obesity blog (Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes) and has given media interviews on global, national and local TV, radio and print media.
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Living people
1959 births
Canada Research Chairs