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Sharmila Anandasabapathy
Alma mater
Known forGastrointestinal cancer research
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsBaylor College of Medicine

Sharmila Anandasabapathy is a Sri Lankan-American physician and researcher in the field of gastroenterology. She is a Professor of Medicine in gastroenterology and is a Vice President of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She serves as the Director of Baylor Global Health and the Baylor Global Innovation Center at Baylor College of Medicine, where she oversees Baylor's global programs and affiliations. Dr. Anandasabapathy also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, TX, and is the inventor of the SmartPodTM and current CMO for Xploration Health.[1][2][3][4]

Education

Anandasabapathy attended Yale University from 1989-1993 where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. She earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree with distinction in research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998. While a medical student, Anandasabapathy was a member of the American Medical Student Association and Physicians for Social Responsibility.[5]

Career and Research

Anandasabapathy was an intern and resident at the New York-Presbyterian Hospitals, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for three years. In 2004, she completed her gastroenterology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical and did advanced training in the endoscopic management of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer.[5] After the fellowship, she joined the faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She was also a faculty member at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for three years between 2005 and 2008. After which, she served as Chief of Endoscopy until 2013 at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Since that time, she has been a professor of medicine in gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine and practice gastroenterology and endoscopy as an attending physician at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center.[1][6][7][8] In addition to her primary appointment at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Anandasabapathy also holds an adjunct appointment in Bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas.[3]

Anandasabapathy's research and clinical care focus on the early detection of Esophageal cancer and the use of novel, lower-cost diagnostic modalities for Gastrointestinal cancer detection in globally underserved settings.[9] She has been the principal investigator on multiple grants funded by the National Institutes of Healthand National Cancer Institute. Through these grants, she has led multiple international clinical trials focused on endoscopic diagnosis of esophageal and gastric cancer. These trials have been conducted in the United States, Africa, China, Honduras, and Brazil.[10][11]

In her roles as Director of Baylor Global Health and Baylor Global Innovation Center she seeks to develop innovative solutions to global health problems, particularly safe surgery and non-communicable diseases, partnering with clinicians, policy makers, and engineers (Rice University, NASA, etc.) worldwide.[4]

Anandasabapathy is founder, inventor, and Chief Medical Officer of Xploration Health, a company spun out of Baylor College of Medicine to commercialize the SmartPodTM platform. The SmartPodTM is a deployable, expandable shipping container-based medical facility that solves the critical dual-purpose need for access to quality healthcare in response to emergencies (pandemics, natural disasters) and for everyday community health in underserved and under-resourced areas.[12][6][3]

Publications

Dr. Anandasabapathy has published numerous papers and articles in various journals about gastroenterology and cancer. She has also been involved in the development of guidelines for Barrett's esophagus, published in 2013. Dr. Anandasabapathy's publications and research have been used in advanced imaging technologies for the detection of gastrointestinal cancers.[9][10][11][13][14][15]

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Anandasabapathy was named a fellow by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in 2011 and by the American Gastroenterological Association in 2013. In 2017, she was a Texas Executive Women 'Women on the Move' award recipient. Dr. Anandasabapathy was also featured as a USAID Female Innovator, acknowledged as one of the Influential Women in Houston, as well as recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor and Texas Magazine Top Gastroenterologist. She is also the current Chair of the AGA Women's Committee and as Associate Editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.[16][17][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Waite, Avery (2 April 2018). "Emergency Smart Pods – Transforming Containers into Modern Medical Clinics". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Sri Lankan American researcher Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy determines microendoscope could eliminate expensive biopsies". The American Bazaar. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  3. ^ a b c d "Leadership". XPLORATION HEALTH. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ a b "Smart Pod". Baylor College of Medicine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "About Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Ackerman, Todd (2020-10-01). "How a Lego-like shipping container is bringing the future of mobile medicine to Harris County". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  7. ^ Hennes, Rebecca (February 22, 2015). "Schools get kids involved in better nutrition" (PDF). Houston Chronicle.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Hines, Lora (2015-01-23). "Q&A: Global health hinges on technology, innovation". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  9. ^ a b "Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy studies cost-efficient alternative to biopsies for esophageal cancer". Becker's ASC Review. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  10. ^ a b "Advanced Imaging in Gastroenterology, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics, Volume 23-3 - 1st Edition". Elsevier. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  11. ^ a b Petrova, Elena V.; Avadhanula, Vasanthi; Michel, Sarah; Gincoo, Karen E.; Piedra, Pedro A.; Anandasabapathy, Sharmila (2019-04-06). "Remote Laboratory Management: Respiratory Virus Diagnostics". JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) (146): e59188. doi:10.3791/59188. ISSN 1940-087X. PMID 31009009.
  12. ^ "Inside Baylor's Smart Pod". Youtube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Protano, Marion-Anna; Xu, Hong; Wang, Guiqi; Polydorides, Alexandros D.; Dawsey, Sanford M.; Cui, Junsheng; Xue, Liyan; Zhang, Fan; Quang, Timothy; Pierce, Mark C.; Shin, Dongsuk (August 2015). "Low-Cost High Resolution Microendoscopy for the Detection of Esophageal Squamous Cell Neoplasia: An International Trial". Gastroenterology. 149 (2): 321–329. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2015.04.055. ISSN 0016-5085. PMC 4547689. PMID 25980753.
  14. ^ "High Resolution Microendoscopy with Proflavine Hemisulfate in Diagnosing Squamous Cell Cancer of the Esophagus in Participants Undergoing Standard Chromoendoscopy". National Cancer Institute. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  15. ^ Qumseya, Bashar; Sultan, Shahnaz; Bain, Paul; Jamil, Laith; Jacobson, Brian; Anandasabapathy, Sharmila; Agrawal, Deepak; Buxbaum, James L.; Fishman, Douglas S.; Gurudu, Suryakanth R.; Jue, Terry L. (2019-09-01). "ASGE guideline on screening and surveillance of Barrett's esophagus". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 90 (3): 335–359.e2. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2019.05.012. ISSN 0016-5107. PMID 31439127.
  16. ^ "Faculty Recognition". Baylor College of Medicine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Women Leading Texas Medical Center". Texas Medical Center. Retrieved 2020-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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