Nima Sharifi, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, Texas

Dr. Sharifi obtained his MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, did his residency in internal medicine at Yale and medical oncology and postdoctoral fellowships at the National Cancer Institute. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas. He is a member of both the Simmons Cancer Center and the Genes and Development Graduate Group.

Dr. Sharifi enjoys his current position as a physician-scientist focused on prostate cancer for a number of reasons. “First, I look forward to interacting with patients and their families in the clinic. Second, I enjoy the challenge of looking at old problems in new ways and in working toward better solutions. Third, working in this area and adding to the field allows me to have the opportunity to make a contribution that could help change the standard of clinical care,” explains Dr. Sharifi. “I find that being part of a multidisciplinary team with a common goal is a tremendously rewarding experience.”

In addition to his PCF Young Investigator Award, Dr. Sharifi has received many other awards and fellowships in the field of medicine. He was given the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Student Fellowship Award, the National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Intramural Research Training Award, and the ASCO Foundation Merit Award for his abstract in the American Society of Clinical Oncology Prostate Cancer Symposium.  He was also recently recommended for funding by a Physician Research Training Award from the Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.

His work has been published in over 20 manuscripts and book chapters.  These include peer reviewed publications in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Clinical Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, Prostate, British Journal of Urology and American Journal of Medicine. When Dr. Sharifi is not busy seeing patients, attending seminars and working in the lab, he enjoys spending time with his wife, traveling, and reading the works of Sinclair Lewis.