Hemant Sharma

About

Hemant Sharma, MD MHS is Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s National Hospital. He is Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine, and the Director of the Food Allergy Program at Children’s National. He has served as the site director of the allergy immunology fellowship program with the National Institutes of Health. He is Director of the FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) Clinical Network site at Children’s National.

Dr. Sharma completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, residency and chief residency at Duke University, and pediatric allergy and immunology fellowship at Johns Hopkins. During fellowship, he completed a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as a Fellowship in Health Media at Nemours.

He joined the faculty at Children’s National in 2008. His areas of clinical, advocacy and research interest include health disparities in pediatric food allergy. Due to his efforts on behalf of the food allergy community, he received the 2016 FARE Vision Award. Dr. Sharma is also passionate about advancing integrative approaches to well-being for both patients and clinicians. He co-led the Clinician Well-being Program at Children’s National. Dr. Sharma is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, having served as chair of the Integrative Medicine Committee and co-chair of the Clinician Wellness Workgroup.

Employment

• Children's National Hospital Division Chief, Professor of Pediatrics
  2008 - Present

Education

• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons M.D.
• Duke University Hospital Pediatric Residency
• Johns Hopkins Hospital Fellowship
• Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health M.H.S.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (3)

• Racial differences in timing of food allergen introduction.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.10.024
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• Racial disparity in treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children with food allergy.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.10.014
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• Access to Allergen-Free Food Among Black and White Children with Food Allergy in the FORWARD Study.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.08.005
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