Nutan Sharma, MD, Ph.D.
MGH Appointment: Assistant in Neurology
HMS Appointment: Instructor
MGH Address: 835 WACC, 15 Parkman St., Boston MA 02114
MGH Phone Number: 617-726-1970
Patient Office Phone Number: 617-724-9234
Patient Office Location: ACC 835
E-Mail Address: Nsharma@partners.org
FAX Number: 617-724-1480
Undergraduate Education: Stanford University
Graduate and/or Medical School: SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
Residencies and Fellowships: Residency: Yale University, Neurology. Fellowship: MGH, Movement Disorders
Foreign Language Spoken:
Certification by an American Specialty Board: Neurology
Primary Specialty: Movement Disorders, Neurology
Other Specialties:
Research Interests: Dystonia
Clinical Interests: Dystonia
Representative Publications:
Sharma, N. , Hewett, J., Ozelius, L.J., Ramesh, V., McLean, P.J., Breakefield, X.O., Hyman, B.T. (2001) The relationship between TorsinA and alpha synuclein in Lewy bodies: a fluorescence resonance energy transfer study. Am J Pathol. 159, 339-344.
Sharma, N. , McLean, P.J., Kawamata, H., Irizarry, M.C., Hyman, B.T. (2001) Alpha synuclein has an altered conformation and shows a tight intermolecular interaction with ubiquitin in Lewy bodies. Acta Neuropathol.. 102, 329-34.
Kawamata, H., McLean, P.J., Sharma, N. , Hyman, B.T. (2001) Interaction of alpha synuclein and synphilin-1: effect of parkinson's disease associated mutations. J Neurochem. 77, 929-934.
Sharma, N. , Standaert, D.G. (2002) Inherited Movement Disorders. Neurologic Clinics ,20(3):759-778
McLean, P.J., Kawamata, H., Shariff, S., Hewett, J., Sharma, N. , Ueda, K., Breakefield, X.O., Hyman, B.T. (2002) TorsinA and heat shock proteins act as molecular chaperones: suppression of alpha-synuclein aggregation. J Neurochem. 83 (4):846-854.