Pankaj Sharma is a British Professor of Clinical Neurology at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and consultant neurologist at Imperial College London.
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Pankaj Sharma is director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Research at Royal Holloway, and formerly head of the Imperial College Cerebrovascular Research Unit at Imperial College London.
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Pankaj Sharma was president of the British Fulbright 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.
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Pankaj Sharma is a Fellow of the Medical Society of London, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Cardiovascular Disease and president of the London Cardiovascular Society.
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Pankaj Sharma holds a diploma in the history of medicine from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
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Pankaj Sharma was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2007 and is a Royal College examiner.
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Pankaj Sharma is a researcher in the field of stroke and is particularly interested in its genetical basis.
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Pankaj Sharma 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.
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Pankaj Sharma is the author of some 100 original papers and is the co-editor of two books: Stroke Genetics and Clinical Pharmacology which is in its eleventh edition.
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Pankaj Sharma has been a commentator for news media including the BBC and CNN International on medical issues especially relating to stroke.
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Pankaj Sharma has been interviewed on the subject of brain disease in prominent individuals including Ariel Sharon, Michael Schumacher and Jules Bianchi.
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Pankaj Sharma received a British Heart Foundation Clinician Scientist award in 1997, and in 2010 he was one of the recipients of the Hind Rattan award.
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Pankaj Sharma was born in Delhi, the son of Kewal Krishan Sharma and Janak Sharma.
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Pankaj Sharma is chairman of the UK charity founded by his family, Lotus Partners Foundation.
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