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Amol Sharma

Medical University of South Carolina, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Penn State Hershey Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Temple University Hospital

ORCID iD 0000-0002-5843-1220
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Dr. Sharma is the Donald O. Castell Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He has a clinical and translational focus in Neurogastroenterology & Motility (NGM), particularly diabetic gastroparesis and Parkinson’s disease. He obtained his medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University, completed internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospitals, and GI fellowship at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. After completing training, he spent 10 years on faculty at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Sharma’s research focus is understanding the pathophysiology of gut-brain axis in various conditions and developing innovative, non-invasive, and promising neuromodulation therapies through his insights, mentorship and collaborations, and his engineering background. He currently serves as principal investigator of a NIH-funded multi-center, randomized, sham-controlled study investigating thoracic neuromodulation for diabetic gastroparesis (RO1-DK133520) and a MPI of a Gastroenterology-Neurology Research Centers of the Consortium of Gut-Brain Communication in Parkinson disease (U01-DK140923).

Employment

  • Medical University of South Carolina Donald O. Castell Endowed Professor
    2025 - Present
  • Augusta University Medical College of Georgia Associate Professor
    2015 - 2025

Education

  • Penn State Hershey Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Post-doctoral Fellowship
    2012 - 2015
  • Temple University Hospital Internship/Residency
    2008 - 2011
  • Virginia Commonwealth University MD
    2004 - 2008
  • Case Western Reserve University Case School of Engineering BS/MS
    2000 - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (46)