- Yale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Richa Sharma, MD, MPH
Stroke, Neurology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From physicians only
Biography
Richa Sharma, MD, MPH, is a vascular neurologist who specializes in prevention and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. She trained in neurology as a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in vascular neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital as a fellow. Dr. Sharma was also selected as the StrokeNet Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research interests include applying novel computational techniques to identify the underlying causes of stroke in individual patients. She is also interested in cardioembolic sources of stroke.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Education & Training
- StrokeNet Research FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital (2019)
- Vascular Neurology FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital (2018)
- Neurology ResidencyJohns Hopkins Hospital (2017)
- InternshipJohns Hopkins Hospital (2014)
- MDDuke University School of Medicine (2013)
- MPHYale School of Public Health (2009)
- BACornell University, Neurobiology and Behavior; Economics (2007)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Selected NIH StrokeNet Educational Core Trainee Representative: (2020)
- Record Annual Telestroke Volume, Massachusetts General Hospital: (2020)
- Record Annual IV-tPA Volume, Massachusetts General Hospital: (2018)
- Vice Dean’s Clinical Science Research Award: (2012)
- Eugene A. Stead Research Scholarship: (2011)
Professional Service
- Stroke (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- Neurology (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- Circulation (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- Neurobiology and Disease course for Harvard undergraduate students (2018): Presenter/Speaker
- Haley House Food Pantry (2018): Volunteer
- Johns Hopkins Adopt-A-Class program for Baltimore City students (2017): Presenter/Speaker
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (2017 - Present): Member
- American Academy of Neurology (2017 - Present): Member
- Project HOPE (2016): Facilitating Johns Hopkins neurology service adoption prescribing naloxone to at-risk patients taking opioids
- MedMentors at the Durham Youth Home (2012): Teacher
Publications
- de Havenon A, Littig L, Falcone G, Sharma R, Fesharaki A, Yaghi S, Calvario E, Rosand J, Sheth K, Anderson C. Unraveling disparities in county‐level dementia diagnosis prevalence across the United States. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2025, 21: e70954. PMID: 41404852, PMCID: PMC12709554, DOI: 10.1002/alz.70954.
- Smith M, Brorson J, Goicoechea E, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Stretz C, Lineback C, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul‐Nour H, de Havenon A, Culbertson C, Melkumova E, Jillella D, Dumitrascu O, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Brown S, Kang J, Bowman A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sehgal S, Sloane K, Alvi M, Krishnaiah B, Kam W, Kothari S, Abu Qdais A, Farooqui M, Nahab F, Quintela G, Sharma R, Thottempudi N, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Glover P, Chahien D, Liebeskind D, Linares G, Daniel J, Al Kasab S, Singh E, D'Souza M, Gaudio E, Aziz Y, Yaghi S, Kala N, Sarkar M, Goldstein E, Chen L, Van Coevering R, Thon J, Stamm B, Thompson S, Siegler J. Intracranial Occlusion in Cryptogenic Stroke Is Not Predictive of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke: A Propensity‐Score Matched Analysis of the Cardiac Abnormalities in Stroke Prevention and Risk of Recurrence Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2025, 14: e041500. PMID: 40996035, PMCID: PMC12684489, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.041500.
- Wu K, Huo S, Rivier C, Torres-Lopez V, Sharma R, de Havenon A, Worrall B, Sheth K, Falcone G. Association of Polygenic Susceptibility to Hyperlipidemia With Cholesterol Control and Recurrent Stroke in Ischemic Stroke Survivors. Neurology 2025, 105: e213966. PMID: 40825160, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213966.
- Siegler J, Goicoechea E, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Yaghi S, Stretz C, Lineback C, Stamm B, Peter S, D'Souza M, Conyers F, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul-Nour H, Sharma R, Nahab F, Glover P, Thompson S, Alshaer Q, Thottempudi N, de Havenon A, Culbertson C, Melkumova E, Chionatos R, Jillella D, Daniel J, Ro J, Frankel M, Dumitrascu O, Brown S, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Kang J, Kirchhoffer K, Bowman A, Smith M, Brorson J, Asabere A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sheibani N, Krishnaiah B, Gaudio E, Sloane K, Rothstein A, Alvi M, Annam S, Amankwah C, Kam W, Abburi N, Farooqui M, Rojas-Soto D, Molaie A, Khezri N, Zubair A, Abbasi M, Van Coevering R, Chen L, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Chahien D, Sehgal S, Liebeskind D, Linares G, Zha A, Sarkar M, Xi R, Nelson A, Abu Qdais A, Al Kasab S, Singh E, Patel V, Aziz Y, Mehndiratta P, DeMarco A, Sharrief A, Cucchiara B, Salehi Omran S, Nguyen T, Dubinski M, Ackerman J, Thon J. Outcomes of Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Treated With Antiplatelet Agents or Anticoagulation. Neurology 2025, 105: e213876. PMID: 40609061, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213876.
- Koo A, Zhou L, Hameed I, Rivier C, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Kamel H, Falcone G, Ney J, Sharma R, Matouk C, Yaghi S, Sheth K, de Havenon A. Acute Ischemic Stroke Risk Following Cardiac Interventions in the United States From 2016 to 2021. Neurology 2025, 105: e213766. PMID: 40493873, PMCID: PMC12165311, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213766.
- Rivier C, Huo S, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Renedo D, Sharma R, Payabvash S, Rangaraju S, Dong X, Sheth K, Sansing L, Falcone G. Integrated Genomic, Proteomic, and Transcriptomic Profiling Support Cathepsin-B as a Drug Repurposing Target in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (S2.001). Neurology 2025, 104 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000211788.
- Mandel D, Shu L, Chang C, Jack N, Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufman J, Engelter S, Traenka C, de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Field T, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Sanchez S, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Rivas R, Aziz Y, Bakradze E, Tran T, Gisbert M, Requena M, Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Ferreira V, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado-Bolanos A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Vassilopoulou S, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Marino M, Wall V, Indraswari F, Jamal S, Liu S, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Factors Associated With Stroke Recurrence After Initial Diagnosis of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke 2025, 56: 1413-1421. PMID: 40143807, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.048215.
- Ridha M, Zhang C, McCullough S, Viscoli C, Sharma R, Kamel H, Merkler A. Silent Myocardial Infarction and Risk of Stroke Recurrence: A Post Hoc Analysis of the IRIS Trial. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2025, 14: e037663. PMID: 39921499, PMCID: PMC12074768, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.037663.
- Gordon-Kundu B, Peyravi R, Garg A, Baker A, Salas S, Levien M, Faridi K, de Havenon A, Krumholz H, Sheth K, Forman R, Sharma R. Lipid‐Lowering Therapy Use When Indicated and Subsequent Ischemic Stroke Severity. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 14: e033365. PMID: 39699007, PMCID: PMC12054410, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033365.
- de Havenon A, Stulberg E, Littig L, Wong K, Sarpong D, Li V, Sharma R, Falcone G, Williamson J, Pajewski N, Gottesman R, Brickman A, Sheth K. Socioeconomic and medical determinants of state‐level subjective cognitive decline in the United States. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: 7567-7579. PMID: 39351858, PMCID: PMC11567845, DOI: 10.1002/alz.14220.
- Shu L, Akpokiere F, Mandel D, Field T, Leon Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Haq Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, López-Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, Von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Chulluncuy Rivas R, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Bakradze E, Tran T, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Sanchez S, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Krupka D, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Tountopoulou A, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Martinez-Marino M, Carrasco Wall V, Indraswari F, El Jamal S, Liu S, Zhou M, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Wangqin R, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection. Neurology 2024, 103: e209843. PMID: 39298709, PMCID: PMC11415265, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209843.
- de Havenon A, Gottesman R, Willamson J, Rost N, Sharma R, Li V, Littig L, Stulberg E, Falcone G, Prabhakaran S, Schneider A, Sheth K, Pajewski N, Brickman A. White matter hyperintensity on MRI and plasma Aβ42/40 ratio additively increase the risk of cognitive impairment in hypertensive adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: 6810-6819. PMID: 39229896, PMCID: PMC11485393, DOI: 10.1002/alz.14126.
- Peng T, Schwamm L, Fonarow G, Hassan A, Hill M, Messé S, Coronado F, Falcone G, Sharma R. Contemporary Prestroke Dual Antiplatelet Use and Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk After Thrombolysis. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 722-731. PMID: 38767894, PMCID: PMC11106713, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1312.
- Lee H, Schwamm L, Sansing L, Kamel H, de Havenon A, Turner A, Sheth K, Krishnaswamy S, Brandt C, Zhao H, Krumholz H, Sharma R. StrokeClassifier: ischemic stroke etiology classification by ensemble consensus modeling using electronic health records. Npj Digital Medicine 2024, 7: 130. PMID: 38760474, PMCID: PMC11101464, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01120-w.
- McNamara K, Merkler A, Freeman J, Krumholz H, Ahmad T, Sharma R. Ischemic Stroke and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimize Brain and Cardiac Health. Stroke 2024, 55: 1720-1727. PMID: 38660813, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.045623.
- Rivier C, Acosta J, Leasure A, Forman R, Sharma R, de Havenon A, Spatz E, Inzucchi S, Kernan W, Falcone G, Sheth K. Secondary Prevention in Patients With Stroke Versus Myocardial Infarction: Analysis of 2 National Cohorts. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033322. PMID: 38639369, PMCID: PMC11179946, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033322.
- Heath T, Shrishail N, Wong K, Johnston K, Sharma R, Ney J, Sheth K, de Havenon A. Trends in American Indian/Alaskan native self-reported stroke prevalence and associated modifiable risk factors in the United States from 2011-2021. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024, 33: 107650. PMID: 38460776, PMCID: PMC11253029, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107650.
- de Havenon A, Zhou L, Koo A, Matouk C, Falcone G, Sharma R, Ney J, Shu L, Yaghi S, Kamel H, Sheth K. Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Interventions in the United States. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 264-272. PMID: 38285452, PMCID: PMC10825786, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5416.
- Sharma R, de Havenon A, Rivier C, Payabvash S, Forman R, Krumholz H, Falcone G, Sheth K, Kernan W. Impaired mobility and MRI markers of vascular brain injury: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and UK Biobank studies. BMJ Neurology Open 2024, 6: e000501. PMID: 38288313, PMCID: PMC10823923, DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2023-000501.
- Forman R, Okumu R, Mageid R, Baker A, Neu D, Parker R, Peyravi R, Schindler J, Sansing L, Sheth K, de Havenon A, Jasne A, Narula R, Wira C, Warren J, Sharma R. Association of Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Factors With Delay to Hospital Arrival in Patients With Acute Stroke. Neurology 2023, 102: e207764. PMID: 38165368, PMCID: PMC10834135, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207764.
- Lu Y, Liu Y, Dhingra L, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Massey D, Spatz E, Sharma R, Rodriguez F, Watson K, Masoudi F, Krumholz H. National Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Recommended Therapies in Adults with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, 1999-2020. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2345964. PMID: 38039001, PMCID: PMC10692850, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.45964.
- Stulberg E, Delic A, Zheutlin A, Steinberg B, Yaghi S, Sharma R, de Havenon A. Modelling anticoagulation and health-related quality of life in those with atrial fibrillation: a secondary analysis of AFFIRM. Clinical Research In Cardiology 2023, 113: 1200-1210. PMID: 37962572, PMCID: PMC11785410, DOI: 10.1007/s00392-023-02335-9.
- de Havenon A, Smith E, Sharma R, Falcone G, Bangad A, Prabhakaran S, Sheth K. Improvement in the Prediction of Cerebrovascular Events With White Matter Hyperintensity. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e029374. PMID: 37345754, PMCID: PMC10356061, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.029374.
- Rivier C, Szejko N, Renedo D, Noche R, Acosta J, Both C, Sharma R, Torres-Lopez V, Payabvash S, de Havenon A, Sheth K, Gill T, Falcone G. Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Cognitive Performance in Middle-aged Persons Without Stroke or Dementia. Neurology 2023, 101: e512-e521. PMID: 37295956, PMCID: PMC10401683, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207427.
- de Havenon A, Zhou L, Johnston K, Dangayach N, Ney J, Yaghi S, Sharma R, Abbasi M, Delic A, Majersik J, Anadani M, Tirschwell D, Sheth K. Twenty-Year Disparity Trends in United States Stroke Death Rate by Age, Race/Ethnicity, Geography, and Socioeconomic Status. Neurology 2023, 101: e464-e474. PMID: 37258298, PMCID: PMC10401675, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207446.
- de Havenon A, Parasuram N, Crawford A, Mazurek M, Chavva I, Yadlapalli V, Iglesias J, Rosen M, Falcone G, Payabvash S, Sze G, Sharma R, Schiff S, Safdar B, Wira C, Kimberly W, Sheth K. Identification of White Matter Hyperintensities in Routine Emergency Department Visits Using Portable Bedside Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e029242. PMID: 37218590, PMCID: PMC10381997, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.029242.
- Renedo D, Acosta J, Koo A, Rivier C, Sujijantarat N, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Gill T, Sheth K, Falcone G, Matouk C. Higher Hospital Frailty Risk Score Is Associated With Increased Risk of Stroke: Observational and Genetic Analyses. Stroke 2023, 54: 1538-1547. PMID: 37216451, PMCID: PMC10212531, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.041891.
- Anadani M, Turan T, Yaghi S, Spiotta A, Gory B, Sharma R, Sheth K, de Havenon A. Change in Smoking Behavior and Outcome After Ischemic Stroke: Post-Hoc Analysis of the SPS3 Trial. Stroke 2023, 54: 921-927. PMID: 36876480, PMCID: PMC10050138, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038202.
- Forman R, Viscoli C, Meurer K, Sheth K, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Mariscal M, Kernan W. Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 195-200. PMID: 36520024, PMCID: PMC10016067, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac129.
- Peng T, Sharma R, Antonios J, Hebert R, Jasne A. Navigating an Internal Carotid Artery Anatomic Variant During Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2022, 53: e517-e518. PMID: 36106549, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040501.
- Vanent K, Acosta J, Both C, Leasure A, Lopez V, Szejko N, Rivier C, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Levitt M, Sheth K, Falcone G. Genetic Analyses Support a Causal Role of Lung Cancer in Ischemic Stroke (S33.010). Neurology 2022, 98 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.98.18_supplement.3530.
- de Havenon A, Prabhakaran S, Stulberg E, McLean K, Johnston K, Lansberg M, Mac Grory B, Tirschwell D, Majersik J, Ney J, Sharma R, Sheth K. Blood Pressure and Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Stroke Survivors Versus Controls in the United States From 1999 to 2018. Stroke Vascular And Interventional Neurology 2022, 2: e000286. PMID: 41583632, PMCID: PMC12778769, DOI: 10.1161/svin.121.000286.
- McAlpine L, Zubair A, Maran I, Chojecka P, Lleva P, Jasne A, Navaratnam D, Matouk C, Schindler J, Chun H, Lee A, Spudich S, Sharma R, Sansing L. Ischemic Stroke, Inflammation, and Endotheliopathy in COVID-19 Patients (2402). Neurology 2021, 96 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.96.15_supplement.2402.
- Cahn B, Shah J, Dyvorne H, O’Halloran R, Poole M, Yuen M, Mazurek M, Ward A, Payabvash S, Beekman R, Brown S, Falcone G, Gobeske K, Petersen N, Jasne A, Sharma R, Schindler J, Sansing L, Gilmore E, Wira C, Matouk C, Sze G, Rosen M, Kimberly W, Sheth K. Deployment of Portable, Bedside, Low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluation of Stroke Patients (272). Neurology 2020, 94 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.94.15_supplement.272.
- Vahidy F, Sozener C, Meeks J, Chhatbar P, Ramos-Estebanez C, Ayodele M, Richards R, Sharma R, Wilbrand S, Prabhakaran S, Bregman B, Adams H, Jordan L, Liebeskind D, Tirschwell D, Janis L, Marshall R, Kleindorfer D. National Institutes of Health StrokeNet Training Core. Stroke 2019, 51: 347-352. PMID: 31795907, PMCID: PMC7206871, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.027946.
- Sharma R, Schwamm L, Sanborn D. PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF CARDIAC PATHOLOGY ON TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AMONG PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1608. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32214-4.
Departments and Programs
Locations
- Yale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Biography
Richa Sharma, MD, MPH, is a vascular neurologist who specializes in prevention and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. She trained in neurology as a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in vascular neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital as a fellow. Dr. Sharma was also selected as the StrokeNet Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research interests include applying novel computational techniques to identify the underlying causes of stroke in individual patients. She is also interested in cardioembolic sources of stroke.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Neurology
Education & Training
- StrokeNet Research FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital (2019)
- Vascular Neurology FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital (2018)
- Neurology ResidencyJohns Hopkins Hospital (2017)
- InternshipJohns Hopkins Hospital (2014)
- MDDuke University School of Medicine (2013)
- MPHYale School of Public Health (2009)
- BACornell University, Neurobiology and Behavior; Economics (2007)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Selected NIH StrokeNet Educational Core Trainee Representative: (2020)
- Record Annual Telestroke Volume, Massachusetts General Hospital: (2020)
- Record Annual IV-tPA Volume, Massachusetts General Hospital: (2018)
- Vice Dean’s Clinical Science Research Award: (2012)
- Eugene A. Stead Research Scholarship: (2011)
Professional Service
- Stroke (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- Neurology (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- Circulation (2019 - Present): Reviewer
- Neurobiology and Disease course for Harvard undergraduate students (2018): Presenter/Speaker
- Haley House Food Pantry (2018): Volunteer
- Johns Hopkins Adopt-A-Class program for Baltimore City students (2017): Presenter/Speaker
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (2017 - Present): Member
- American Academy of Neurology (2017 - Present): Member
- Project HOPE (2016): Facilitating Johns Hopkins neurology service adoption prescribing naloxone to at-risk patients taking opioids
- MedMentors at the Durham Youth Home (2012): Teacher
Publications
- de Havenon A, Littig L, Falcone G, Sharma R, Fesharaki A, Yaghi S, Calvario E, Rosand J, Sheth K, Anderson C. Unraveling disparities in county‐level dementia diagnosis prevalence across the United States. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2025, 21: e70954. PMID: 41404852, PMCID: PMC12709554, DOI: 10.1002/alz.70954.
- Smith M, Brorson J, Goicoechea E, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Stretz C, Lineback C, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul‐Nour H, de Havenon A, Culbertson C, Melkumova E, Jillella D, Dumitrascu O, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Brown S, Kang J, Bowman A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sehgal S, Sloane K, Alvi M, Krishnaiah B, Kam W, Kothari S, Abu Qdais A, Farooqui M, Nahab F, Quintela G, Sharma R, Thottempudi N, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Glover P, Chahien D, Liebeskind D, Linares G, Daniel J, Al Kasab S, Singh E, D'Souza M, Gaudio E, Aziz Y, Yaghi S, Kala N, Sarkar M, Goldstein E, Chen L, Van Coevering R, Thon J, Stamm B, Thompson S, Siegler J. Intracranial Occlusion in Cryptogenic Stroke Is Not Predictive of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke: A Propensity‐Score Matched Analysis of the Cardiac Abnormalities in Stroke Prevention and Risk of Recurrence Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2025, 14: e041500. PMID: 40996035, PMCID: PMC12684489, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.041500.
- Wu K, Huo S, Rivier C, Torres-Lopez V, Sharma R, de Havenon A, Worrall B, Sheth K, Falcone G. Association of Polygenic Susceptibility to Hyperlipidemia With Cholesterol Control and Recurrent Stroke in Ischemic Stroke Survivors. Neurology 2025, 105: e213966. PMID: 40825160, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213966.
- Siegler J, Goicoechea E, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Yaghi S, Stretz C, Lineback C, Stamm B, Peter S, D'Souza M, Conyers F, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul-Nour H, Sharma R, Nahab F, Glover P, Thompson S, Alshaer Q, Thottempudi N, de Havenon A, Culbertson C, Melkumova E, Chionatos R, Jillella D, Daniel J, Ro J, Frankel M, Dumitrascu O, Brown S, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Kang J, Kirchhoffer K, Bowman A, Smith M, Brorson J, Asabere A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sheibani N, Krishnaiah B, Gaudio E, Sloane K, Rothstein A, Alvi M, Annam S, Amankwah C, Kam W, Abburi N, Farooqui M, Rojas-Soto D, Molaie A, Khezri N, Zubair A, Abbasi M, Van Coevering R, Chen L, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Chahien D, Sehgal S, Liebeskind D, Linares G, Zha A, Sarkar M, Xi R, Nelson A, Abu Qdais A, Al Kasab S, Singh E, Patel V, Aziz Y, Mehndiratta P, DeMarco A, Sharrief A, Cucchiara B, Salehi Omran S, Nguyen T, Dubinski M, Ackerman J, Thon J. Outcomes of Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Treated With Antiplatelet Agents or Anticoagulation. Neurology 2025, 105: e213876. PMID: 40609061, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213876.
- Koo A, Zhou L, Hameed I, Rivier C, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Kamel H, Falcone G, Ney J, Sharma R, Matouk C, Yaghi S, Sheth K, de Havenon A. Acute Ischemic Stroke Risk Following Cardiac Interventions in the United States From 2016 to 2021. Neurology 2025, 105: e213766. PMID: 40493873, PMCID: PMC12165311, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213766.
- Rivier C, Huo S, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Renedo D, Sharma R, Payabvash S, Rangaraju S, Dong X, Sheth K, Sansing L, Falcone G. Integrated Genomic, Proteomic, and Transcriptomic Profiling Support Cathepsin-B as a Drug Repurposing Target in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (S2.001). Neurology 2025, 104 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000211788.
- Mandel D, Shu L, Chang C, Jack N, Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufman J, Engelter S, Traenka C, de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Field T, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Sanchez S, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Rivas R, Aziz Y, Bakradze E, Tran T, Gisbert M, Requena M, Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Ferreira V, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado-Bolanos A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Vassilopoulou S, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Marino M, Wall V, Indraswari F, Jamal S, Liu S, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Factors Associated With Stroke Recurrence After Initial Diagnosis of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke 2025, 56: 1413-1421. PMID: 40143807, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.048215.
- Ridha M, Zhang C, McCullough S, Viscoli C, Sharma R, Kamel H, Merkler A. Silent Myocardial Infarction and Risk of Stroke Recurrence: A Post Hoc Analysis of the IRIS Trial. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2025, 14: e037663. PMID: 39921499, PMCID: PMC12074768, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.037663.
- Gordon-Kundu B, Peyravi R, Garg A, Baker A, Salas S, Levien M, Faridi K, de Havenon A, Krumholz H, Sheth K, Forman R, Sharma R. Lipid‐Lowering Therapy Use When Indicated and Subsequent Ischemic Stroke Severity. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 14: e033365. PMID: 39699007, PMCID: PMC12054410, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033365.
- de Havenon A, Stulberg E, Littig L, Wong K, Sarpong D, Li V, Sharma R, Falcone G, Williamson J, Pajewski N, Gottesman R, Brickman A, Sheth K. Socioeconomic and medical determinants of state‐level subjective cognitive decline in the United States. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: 7567-7579. PMID: 39351858, PMCID: PMC11567845, DOI: 10.1002/alz.14220.
- Shu L, Akpokiere F, Mandel D, Field T, Leon Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Haq Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, López-Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, Von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Chulluncuy Rivas R, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Bakradze E, Tran T, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Sanchez S, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Krupka D, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Tountopoulou A, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Martinez-Marino M, Carrasco Wall V, Indraswari F, El Jamal S, Liu S, Zhou M, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Wangqin R, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection. Neurology 2024, 103: e209843. PMID: 39298709, PMCID: PMC11415265, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209843.
- de Havenon A, Gottesman R, Willamson J, Rost N, Sharma R, Li V, Littig L, Stulberg E, Falcone G, Prabhakaran S, Schneider A, Sheth K, Pajewski N, Brickman A. White matter hyperintensity on MRI and plasma Aβ42/40 ratio additively increase the risk of cognitive impairment in hypertensive adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: 6810-6819. PMID: 39229896, PMCID: PMC11485393, DOI: 10.1002/alz.14126.
- Peng T, Schwamm L, Fonarow G, Hassan A, Hill M, Messé S, Coronado F, Falcone G, Sharma R. Contemporary Prestroke Dual Antiplatelet Use and Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk After Thrombolysis. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 722-731. PMID: 38767894, PMCID: PMC11106713, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1312.
- Lee H, Schwamm L, Sansing L, Kamel H, de Havenon A, Turner A, Sheth K, Krishnaswamy S, Brandt C, Zhao H, Krumholz H, Sharma R. StrokeClassifier: ischemic stroke etiology classification by ensemble consensus modeling using electronic health records. Npj Digital Medicine 2024, 7: 130. PMID: 38760474, PMCID: PMC11101464, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01120-w.
- McNamara K, Merkler A, Freeman J, Krumholz H, Ahmad T, Sharma R. Ischemic Stroke and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimize Brain and Cardiac Health. Stroke 2024, 55: 1720-1727. PMID: 38660813, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.045623.
- Rivier C, Acosta J, Leasure A, Forman R, Sharma R, de Havenon A, Spatz E, Inzucchi S, Kernan W, Falcone G, Sheth K. Secondary Prevention in Patients With Stroke Versus Myocardial Infarction: Analysis of 2 National Cohorts. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033322. PMID: 38639369, PMCID: PMC11179946, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033322.
- Heath T, Shrishail N, Wong K, Johnston K, Sharma R, Ney J, Sheth K, de Havenon A. Trends in American Indian/Alaskan native self-reported stroke prevalence and associated modifiable risk factors in the United States from 2011-2021. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024, 33: 107650. PMID: 38460776, PMCID: PMC11253029, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107650.
- de Havenon A, Zhou L, Koo A, Matouk C, Falcone G, Sharma R, Ney J, Shu L, Yaghi S, Kamel H, Sheth K. Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Interventions in the United States. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 264-272. PMID: 38285452, PMCID: PMC10825786, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5416.
- Sharma R, de Havenon A, Rivier C, Payabvash S, Forman R, Krumholz H, Falcone G, Sheth K, Kernan W. Impaired mobility and MRI markers of vascular brain injury: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and UK Biobank studies. BMJ Neurology Open 2024, 6: e000501. PMID: 38288313, PMCID: PMC10823923, DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2023-000501.
- Forman R, Okumu R, Mageid R, Baker A, Neu D, Parker R, Peyravi R, Schindler J, Sansing L, Sheth K, de Havenon A, Jasne A, Narula R, Wira C, Warren J, Sharma R. Association of Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Factors With Delay to Hospital Arrival in Patients With Acute Stroke. Neurology 2023, 102: e207764. PMID: 38165368, PMCID: PMC10834135, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207764.
- Lu Y, Liu Y, Dhingra L, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Massey D, Spatz E, Sharma R, Rodriguez F, Watson K, Masoudi F, Krumholz H. National Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Recommended Therapies in Adults with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, 1999-2020. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2345964. PMID: 38039001, PMCID: PMC10692850, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.45964.
- Stulberg E, Delic A, Zheutlin A, Steinberg B, Yaghi S, Sharma R, de Havenon A. Modelling anticoagulation and health-related quality of life in those with atrial fibrillation: a secondary analysis of AFFIRM. Clinical Research In Cardiology 2023, 113: 1200-1210. PMID: 37962572, PMCID: PMC11785410, DOI: 10.1007/s00392-023-02335-9.
- de Havenon A, Smith E, Sharma R, Falcone G, Bangad A, Prabhakaran S, Sheth K. Improvement in the Prediction of Cerebrovascular Events With White Matter Hyperintensity. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e029374. PMID: 37345754, PMCID: PMC10356061, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.029374.
- Rivier C, Szejko N, Renedo D, Noche R, Acosta J, Both C, Sharma R, Torres-Lopez V, Payabvash S, de Havenon A, Sheth K, Gill T, Falcone G. Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Cognitive Performance in Middle-aged Persons Without Stroke or Dementia. Neurology 2023, 101: e512-e521. PMID: 37295956, PMCID: PMC10401683, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207427.
- de Havenon A, Zhou L, Johnston K, Dangayach N, Ney J, Yaghi S, Sharma R, Abbasi M, Delic A, Majersik J, Anadani M, Tirschwell D, Sheth K. Twenty-Year Disparity Trends in United States Stroke Death Rate by Age, Race/Ethnicity, Geography, and Socioeconomic Status. Neurology 2023, 101: e464-e474. PMID: 37258298, PMCID: PMC10401675, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207446.
- de Havenon A, Parasuram N, Crawford A, Mazurek M, Chavva I, Yadlapalli V, Iglesias J, Rosen M, Falcone G, Payabvash S, Sze G, Sharma R, Schiff S, Safdar B, Wira C, Kimberly W, Sheth K. Identification of White Matter Hyperintensities in Routine Emergency Department Visits Using Portable Bedside Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e029242. PMID: 37218590, PMCID: PMC10381997, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.029242.
- Renedo D, Acosta J, Koo A, Rivier C, Sujijantarat N, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Gill T, Sheth K, Falcone G, Matouk C. Higher Hospital Frailty Risk Score Is Associated With Increased Risk of Stroke: Observational and Genetic Analyses. Stroke 2023, 54: 1538-1547. PMID: 37216451, PMCID: PMC10212531, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.041891.
- Anadani M, Turan T, Yaghi S, Spiotta A, Gory B, Sharma R, Sheth K, de Havenon A. Change in Smoking Behavior and Outcome After Ischemic Stroke: Post-Hoc Analysis of the SPS3 Trial. Stroke 2023, 54: 921-927. PMID: 36876480, PMCID: PMC10050138, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038202.
- Forman R, Viscoli C, Meurer K, Sheth K, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Mariscal M, Kernan W. Technical Dissonance in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring After Stroke: Having the Machine, but Not Using Correctly. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 195-200. PMID: 36520024, PMCID: PMC10016067, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac129.
- Peng T, Sharma R, Antonios J, Hebert R, Jasne A. Navigating an Internal Carotid Artery Anatomic Variant During Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2022, 53: e517-e518. PMID: 36106549, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040501.
- Vanent K, Acosta J, Both C, Leasure A, Lopez V, Szejko N, Rivier C, de Havenon A, Sharma R, Levitt M, Sheth K, Falcone G. Genetic Analyses Support a Causal Role of Lung Cancer in Ischemic Stroke (S33.010). Neurology 2022, 98 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.98.18_supplement.3530.
- de Havenon A, Prabhakaran S, Stulberg E, McLean K, Johnston K, Lansberg M, Mac Grory B, Tirschwell D, Majersik J, Ney J, Sharma R, Sheth K. Blood Pressure and Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Stroke Survivors Versus Controls in the United States From 1999 to 2018. Stroke Vascular And Interventional Neurology 2022, 2: e000286. PMID: 41583632, PMCID: PMC12778769, DOI: 10.1161/svin.121.000286.
- McAlpine L, Zubair A, Maran I, Chojecka P, Lleva P, Jasne A, Navaratnam D, Matouk C, Schindler J, Chun H, Lee A, Spudich S, Sharma R, Sansing L. Ischemic Stroke, Inflammation, and Endotheliopathy in COVID-19 Patients (2402). Neurology 2021, 96 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.96.15_supplement.2402.
- Cahn B, Shah J, Dyvorne H, O’Halloran R, Poole M, Yuen M, Mazurek M, Ward A, Payabvash S, Beekman R, Brown S, Falcone G, Gobeske K, Petersen N, Jasne A, Sharma R, Schindler J, Sansing L, Gilmore E, Wira C, Matouk C, Sze G, Rosen M, Kimberly W, Sheth K. Deployment of Portable, Bedside, Low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluation of Stroke Patients (272). Neurology 2020, 94 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.94.15_supplement.272.
- Vahidy F, Sozener C, Meeks J, Chhatbar P, Ramos-Estebanez C, Ayodele M, Richards R, Sharma R, Wilbrand S, Prabhakaran S, Bregman B, Adams H, Jordan L, Liebeskind D, Tirschwell D, Janis L, Marshall R, Kleindorfer D. National Institutes of Health StrokeNet Training Core. Stroke 2019, 51: 347-352. PMID: 31795907, PMCID: PMC7206871, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.027946.
- Sharma R, Schwamm L, Sanborn D. PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF CARDIAC PATHOLOGY ON TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AMONG PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1608. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32214-4.
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