Dr Shefali Khanna Sharma - Professional Experience

Personal Details

Name: Shefali Khanna Sharma
Current Job: Professor at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (July 1, 2020 – Present)
Work Address: Room No 14, 4th Floor, F Block, Nehru Hospital, PGIMER, Chandigarh. Home Address: House No 458, Sector 37 A, Chandigarh. PIN CODE 160036. Chandigarh, India -160036
Work Phone: 0172-2745078
Work Email: sharmashefali@hotmail.com
Work FAX:91-172-2745078
Mobile phone:09417372439
Date/ Place of Birth:14th May,1971
Nationality: Indian

Education/ Training

Examination Time Period University/ Institution
Matric 1987 Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh
10+2 1989 MCM DAV College, Chandigarh
MBBS 1990-1994 GMCH Patiala, Punjabi University
General Internship 1995 General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh
MD MEDICINE 2000 DMC & H, Ludhiana. BF University
Senior Residency 2001-2004 Dept of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
Senior Research Associate 2004-2005 Dept of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh

Membership of important academic/ professional/ other organizations

International
Fellow of American College of Rheumatology December 2019 (FACR)
Member of the Global Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium 2019
Member of AIWR (Association of Women in Rheumatology),2019
National
Fellow of Indian College of Physicians (FICP), February 2018
Life member, National Academy of Medical Sciences, (N. A. M. S.), Oct 2013.
Life member, Association of Physicians of India, 2006. (L-12971)
Life member, Indian Rheumatology Association, 2005. (LM -703)

EXPERIENCE

  • I have over two & a half decades of professional experience of practicing clinical Rheumatology in a tertiary
    care referral hospital. Although we see all sorts of rheumatology patients, but my area of research interest
    is Scleroderma, CTD ILD and Women Health in Rheumatological Diseases.
  • I have huge experience in teaching and guiding residents both Junior Residents (MD Medicine) and Senior
    Residents (DM Rheumatology) and many PhD students.
  • I conduct weekly Journal club for last 7 years. I am also the faculty in charge of student welfare in our
    department. I am in charge for academic activities like the CPC rooster and Staff Clinic rooster as well.