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Jyotirmay Sharma MD, FACS, FACE

  • Department of Surgery
    Professor
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Overview

Dr. Sharma specializes in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, adrenal gland surgery, and pancreatic endocrine tumors. He routinely performs outpatient parathyroidectomies, outpatient thyroidectomies, and adrenalectomies using minimally invasive methods.

Since joining the Department of Surgery in 2006, Dr. Sharma has been a significant driver of standardizing and advancing care, quality, and safety in its programs and services. In 2009, he became the primary steward for Emory University Hospital's (EUH) participation in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). In 2010, he began serving as Chief Quality Officer for the Division of General and GI Surgery, moved to Chief Quality Officer for the entire department in 2016, and was promoted to the department's Vice Chair of Quality, Patient Safety and Care Innovation in 2019.

His quality and safety-based achievements include the installment and oversight of the sustained internal auditing and localized-to-systemic renovation that continue to lower EUH's readmissions, incidence of surgical site infections, and overall mortality.

In addition to his Emory work, Dr. Sharma chairs the Georgia Surgical Quality Collaborative, a partnership of 14 hospitals from across the state. In this position, he directs and evaluates the member facilities' information-sharing systems and their subsequent examination and comparison of clinical outcomes data for the benefit of their patients and to reduce overall health care costs. His work with the CDC since 2012 has advanced the definitions of surgical site infections as well as tracking and refinement of risk-adjustment for SSIs nationally.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor, 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
  • William C. McGarity Chair of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of Alabama School of Medicine
  • BS from Auburn University
  • BS from Auburn University

Research

Focus

  • Quality, patient safety, and endocrine surgery.

    In addition to his quality and patient safety research, Dr. Sharma engages in basis science studies evaluating the biologic function of the folate receptor on parathyroid tumors and the use of folate-bound nuclear ligands for localization. He also engages in clinical investigations of the role and influence of parathyroidectomy in the management of cardiovascular disease.

Publications

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