Renu Sharma, M.D., an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, has been named the Pediatric Academician of the Year by the Northeast Florida Pediatric Society. Sharma was presented with the award April 18 during the annual dinner symposium held at Queen’s Harbour Yacht & Country Club in Jacksonville.
The award is presented to pediatricians who have been productive with respect to academic excellence, including the field of research, teaching and clinical excellence in northeast Florida.
She is recognized for her research in the field of neonatal gut injury, including necrotizing enterocolitis and neonatal bowel perforation.
Sharma is the founder of the Neonatal Gut-Injury Research Collaboration Group in northeast Florida, which is a multidisciplinary research group that fosters research in collaboration with pediatric surgeons, neonatologists, pediatric radiologists and pediatric gastroenterologists