Sanjay Sharma

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, (born 1967) is a Canadian

ophthalmologist Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and risk factor, determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decision ...

, and

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of ophthalmology and epidemiology at

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. He currently serves as head of the retina service at Hotel Dieu Hospital. Sharma is known for developing MEDSKL, a free open access medical education (FOAMed) initiative, for medical students that is promoted through the Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and used by medical students in more than 50 universities. As a result, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) granted him the John Reudy award for innovation in medical education in 2017. He also received the

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achievement award 2012 - Innovation in the field of Ophthalmology, an American academy of ophthalmology achievement award (2004) and the Ron Michaels Foundation award (1998).

Career

Sharma is an eye physician, a surgeon and a medical retina specialist whose main areas of research are macular degeneration. Sharma is also an ophthalmologist and retina specialist at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in

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and serves as Research director in ophthalmology at Queen’s University. During his career, he served as a founding editor of the Evidence Based Ophthalmology, a journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; and InsiderMedicine.com, a physician powered news organization in 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Sanjay Living people 1967 births Canadian ophthalmologists Canadian epidemiologists Dalhousie University alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston