Our Doctors

Dr. Jivesh Sharma, M.D.

EDUCATION

1983 University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington, TX
Degree: BS Biology
1987 University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Degree: MD

FELLOWSHIP

1981-1983 Medical Oncology
Department of Medicine/Oncology
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
1982-1983 Research Fellowship
American Cancer Society
1981-1982 Clinical Fellowship
American Cancer Society

AWARDS & HONORS

Alpha Chi Honor Society
Dean Honor Roll in Medical School
1985 Honors in OB/GYN
1990 Outstanding House Staff Officer Award
1991 Service Appreciation Award from the division of General Medicine
1994 Jacob S. Kraskusin Teaching Award from the Internal Medicine House Staff
1996 Keynote speaker House staff graduation
1999-2001 Member at large – Medical Board Presbyterian Hospital
2001 Best Doctor in Dallas – D Magazine
2002 Best Doctor in Dallas – D Magazine
2004 Best Doctor in Dallas – D Magazine
2005 Best Doctor in Dallas – D Magazine
2006 Best Doctor in Dallas – D Magazine

BOARD CERTIFICATION

September 1991 Diplomate, Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
October 1993 Diplomate, Medical Oncology
Recertification 2003 American Board of Internal Medicine
Graduate coursework focusing on Management Information Systems with certification in IT Architecture
Design for Healthcare Organizations.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Medical Director for Hematology/Oncology at Baylor Richardson Cancer Center
Richardson, Texas
Clinical Faculty for Hematology/Oncolgoy at Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, Texas
CEO of Health IT
Dallas, Texas
CEO of NexGen Oncology
Dallas, Texas
2010-Present Blood and Cancer Center of East Texas
Tyler, Texas

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate
- Parasitology – Infectivity of Trichinella spiralis
  Embryology –Single cell membrane surface tension and its effects on differentiation.
Medical School
- Neuroanatomy – Mapping of the numbers of myelinated and unmyelinated axons in the cat spinal cord.
  Summer NIH student research program with poster presentation.
Fellowship
- Laboratory research – Role of growth factors in breast cancer.
  Clinical – Principal investigator phase II clinical trial of Flutamide for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Current
- Medical Informatics clinical projects/ industry reports and Articles focusing on healthcare and technology.
  Developing Artificial Intelligence tools and systems to support next generation cancer care.
  Principal Investigator for pilot testing of risk assessment system;
  study entitled “The Usability of Proventy’s Chemotherapy Solutions Risk Assessment System in a
  Community Oncology Practice,” 2008

MEMBERSHIPS

American Medical Association (AMA)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)

PUBLICATIONS

The Internet in Onclogy – Oncology Issues Sept/Oct 1999
Launching Your Practice Website – Oncology Issues Nov/Dec 2001
Next Generation Cancer Care – Oncology Net Guide, June 2008
Patient Driven Cancer Care – Oncology Net Guide, July 2008
Oncology Outlook: Putting the Patient at the Center of Care – Oncology Net Guide, August 2008
Building a Smarter Community: Cancer Clinics of Excellence is redefining the business of modern oncology
practice – Oncology Net Guide, August 2008
Oncology Outlook: Breast Cancer Care : A Focused Factory with an Evolving Architecture – Oncology Net
Guide, October 2008

PUBLICATIONS - REPORTS/BOOKS:

Y2K Bug – Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice. (a Y2K book for medical practices) 1999
- Harnessing The Power of the Internet and E-Commerce: A Guide for the Pharmaceutical Industry 2000
  (A management report for the Financial Times of London)
Monthly column for Oncology Net Guide on “Oncology Outlook: Next Generation Cancer Care”

PRESENTATIONS:

Healthcare Access Barriers and Technology _ American College of Physicians residents meeting –May 1998
New Therapeutic Approaches in Oncology – an Update – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and Affiliates – 1998
Computers in Medicine – guest speaker – Vietnamese Medical Association National Meeting – July 1998
Lung Cancer – What’s New? – May 1998
Expert panelist for the Financial Times of London Nov 1999: E-business for Pharma conference in London
England
Expert panelist Health Care Roundtable: How will e-business affect the health care industry? – Dallas Business Journal/Price Waterhouse Coopers
Expert panelist guest of the Wall Street Journal – Healthcare in the New Millenium – E-Health: The Internet and
the business of medicine –Washington DC- May 2000
Your Genome on a Chip – July 2000
Internet Strategies for ASC Managers – National meeting American Assoc. of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
San Francisco, March 2001
Antiphospholipid syndromes – Grand Rounds – November 2002
Oncology and Information Technology Strategies – Jan 2004
Lung Cancer Update – IM Core Curriculum lecture – Feb 2004
DNA Microarrays – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Regional Breast Cancer Conference – 2005
Pilocytic Astorcytomas – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas – 2007
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine – Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas – Feb 2007
GU Malignancies – IM Core Curriculum lecture – June 2007
Improving Office Efficiency with Electronic Health Records – ASCO HER Symposium – Sept 2007
Artificial Intelligence in Oncology – Next Generation Cancer Care Symposium – October 2007
Algorithms in Clinical Care – IM grand rounds – June 2008
Oncology Outlook – Next Generation Care - Varian National users Meeting – October 2008

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:

Regular presenter of topics for tumor board conferences
American Cancer Society “I can cope” volunteers training program
KERA 90.1 National Public Radio – Medical Marijuana 2001
NBC news segment – Genetic Screening Controversies in Breast Cancer - 2008