Pankaj Sharma is a British

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of Clinical

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, and consultant neurologist at

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. He is director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Research at Royal Holloway (ICR2UL), and formerly head of the Imperial College Cerebrovascular Research Unit (ICCRU) at Imperial College London. His main interest is in identifying genes for stroke, particularly in those of South Asian heritage. He was president of the British

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Scholars Association and is currently Medical Advisor of the UK national young stroke victim charity ''Different Strokes'', co-founder and treasurer of the South Asian Health Foundation (1998). He is a Fellow of the

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, editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Cardiovascular Disease'', president of the ''London Cardiovascular Society'' (2009), and an expert external advisor to the

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Education

Sharma studied medicine at

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from 1983 to 1988 and holds two doctorates, a PhD from

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in 1998 and a Doctorate in Medicine from

in 2003. In 1998 he was the recipient of a

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and

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. He holds a diploma in the history of medicine from the

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 2007 and is a Royal College examiner.

Research

He is a researcher in the field of stroke and is particularly interested in its genetical basis. He has established a large international biobank of stroke from the UK, India and the Middle East with the aim of trying to better understand the causes of stroke in ethnic minorities, especially those of South Asian descent. He is the author of some 100 original papers and is the co-editor of two books: ''Stroke Genetics'' (Springer 2017; 2nd edition) and ''Clinical Pharmacology'' (Elsevier 2018) which is now in its twelfth edition. Sharma has been a commentator for news media including the

BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...

and

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on medical issues especially relating to stroke. He has been interviewed on the subject of brain disease in prominent individuals including

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and

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Awards

Sharma received a

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Clinician Scientist award in 1997, and in 2010 he was one of the recipients of the Hind Rattan award. In 2015, he was named the UK's top Asian doctor at the annual British Indian Awards.

Personal life

He was born in Delhi, the son of Kewal Krishan Sharma (Indian Foreign diplomatic service who served under three prime ministers,

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, Shastri and Indira Gandhi) and Janak Sharma ( Bank of England). Under his grandfather, Bihari Lal Sharma, the family was noted for holding the licence for

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prior to India's partition. He is chairman of the UK charity founded by his family
Lotus Partners Foundation
He lists his hobbies as debating, fencing and playing polo and describes himself as 'generous, disciplined and maverick'. Sharma lives in London with his doctor wife and two children, Aarti and Shyam.

Private practice

Sharma has a neurology private practice in

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References

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