Umesh Sharma is a cardiologist with specialized training in advanced cardiac imaging. He see outpatients at the Heart and Lung Center of Buffalo General Medicine Center (BGMC), and he care for inpatients through the cardiology consult and inpatient services at BGMC. As an advanced imaging cardiologist, he is responsible for developing and advancing the cardiac computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) programs at the Gates Vascular Institute (GVI) and providing these services to patients. Education and Training: Fellowship, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital (2013), Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville (2012), Residency, Internal Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Outstanding Graduating Resident (2009), PhD, Molecular mechanisms of heart failure, University of Maasricht (2005), MS, Medical Immunology, University of London (2002), MBBS, Tribhuvan University (2000). Awards and Honors: Professionalism Award (2009), Outstanding Resident (2009). His research spans basic science, translational and clinical fields and combines the cross-discipline expertise on magnetic resonance (MR) technology with molecular biology. His overall goal is to study the consequences of ischemia-induced myocardial injury, with a focus on their therapeutic reversal. My research laboratory at UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) is devoted to the development of novel time-and-tissue-targeted MRI methods for integrative understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology in preclinical models.

Cardiac pharmacology; Cardiology; Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Gene Expression; Immunology; Internal Medicine; Radiology; Stem Cells