Renu Sharma, M.B.B.S. (M.D.)

Renu Sharma M.B.B.S. (M.D.)

Professor

Department: Department of Pediatrics
Business Phone: (904) 244-3508
Business Email: renu.sharma@jax.ufl.edu

Board Certifications

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Interests
  • Clinical Special Interests: Clinical outcomes, outcomes of infectious diseases and neonatal gut-injury, nutrition
  • Research Special Interests: Intestinal micro ecology, gut-barrier function, necrotizing Enterocolitis, intestinal perforation, patent ducts arteriosus, hematology

Publications

2021
Effects of standardized feeding protocol on growth velocity and necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely low birth weight infants.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association.41(1):134-139[DOI] 10.1038/s41372-020-00892-9.[PMID] 33281186.
2015
Efficacy of recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor in very-low-birth-weight infants with early neutropenia.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi.114(2):174-9[DOI] 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.10.009.[PMID] 25678180.
2014
Meconium microbiome analysis identifies bacteria correlated with premature birth.
PloS one.9(3):e90784-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0090784.[PMID] 24614698.
2013
A clinical perspective of necrotizing enterocolitis: past, present, and future.
Clinics in perinatology.40(1):27-51[DOI] 10.1016/j.clp.2012.12.012.[PMID] 23415262.
2013
Distortions in development of intestinal microbiota associated with late onset sepsis in preterm infants.
PloS one.8(1):e52876-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0052876.[PMID] 23341915.
2013
Intestinal microbial ecology and environmental factors affecting necrotizing enterocolitis.
PloS one.8(12):e83304-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0083304.[PMID] 24386174.
2013
Pilot study using proteomics to identify predictive biomarkers of necrotizing enterocolitis from buccal swabs in very low birth weight infants.
Neonatology.104(3):234-42[DOI] 10.1159/000353721.[PMID] 24030199.
2011
Fecal microbiota in premature infants prior to necrotizing enterocolitis.
PloS one.6(6):e20647-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0020647.[PMID] 21674011.
2010
Microecology, intestinal epithelial barrier and necrotizing enterocolitis.
Pediatric surgery international.26(1):11-21[DOI] 10.1007/s00383-009-2536-2.[PMID] 19967379.
2010
Molecular modulation of intestinal epithelial barrier: contribution of microbiota.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology.2010():305879-[DOI] 10.1155/2010/305879.[PMID] 20150966.
2010
Timing of surgical intervention in necrotizing enterocolitis can be determined by trajectory of metabolic derangement.
Journal of pediatric surgery.45(2):310-3; discussion 313[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.10.069.[PMID] 20152342.
2010
Trajectory of metabolic derangement in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis should drive timing and technique of surgical intervention.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons.210(5):847-52, 852[DOI] 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.01.008.[PMID] 20421063.
2009
Biomarkers for infants at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis: clues to prevention?
Pediatric research.65(5 Pt 2):91R-97R[DOI] 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31819dba7d.[PMID] 19190533.
2009
Early neutropenia is not associated with an increased rate of nosocomial infection in very low-birth-weight infants.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association.29(3):219-24[DOI] 10.1038/jp.2008.202.[PMID] 19078971.
2007
Neonatal gut barrier and multiple organ failure: role of endotoxin and proinflammatory cytokines in sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis.
Journal of pediatric surgery.42(3):454-61[DOI] .[PMID] 17336180.
2006
Coming full circle: an evidence-based definition of the timing and type of surgical management of very low-birth-weight (<1000 g) infants with signs of acute intestinal perforation.
Journal of pediatric surgery.41(2):418-22[DOI] .[PMID] 16481262.
2006
Impact of gestational age on the clinical presentation and surgical outcome of necrotizing enterocolitis.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association.26(6):342-7[DOI] .[PMID] 16724075.
2005
Neonatal gut injury and infection rate: impact of surgical debridement on outcome.
Pediatric surgery international.21(12):977-82[DOI] .[PMID] 16211416.
2005
Portal venous gas and surgical outcome of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.
Journal of pediatric surgery.40(2):371-6[DOI] .[PMID] 15750931.
2004
Comparison of beractant and calfactant in a neonatal intensive care unit.
American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.61(3):257-60[DOI] .[PMID] 14986555.
2004
Rotavirus-associated necrotizing enterocolitis: an insight into a potentially preventable disease?
Journal of pediatric surgery.39(3):453-7[DOI] .[PMID] 15017569.
2004
Surgical management of bowel perforations and outcome in very low-birth-weight infants (< or =1,200 g).
Journal of pediatric surgery.39(2):190-4[DOI] .[PMID] 14966738.
2003
Lethal neonatal carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency: an unusual presentation of a rare disorder.
American journal of perinatology.20(1):25-32[DOI] .[PMID] 12638078.
2002
Clinical manifestations of rotavirus infection in the neonatal intensive care unit.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal.21(12):1099-105[DOI] .[PMID] 12488657.

Office Information

Academic Office
6th Floor, Clinical Center
655 West 8th Street, C3
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 244-4242
renu.sharma@jax.ufl.edu
Division Manager
Vanessa Martin
(904) 244-3508
vanessa.martin@jax.ufl.edu

Education

Medical Degree
1975 · Himachal Pradesh University, Simla, India
Pediatrics Residency
1986 · Jacksonville Health Education Programs (JHEP), Jacksonville, FL, USA
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
1989 · University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA