Hemant Sharma, MD Chief | Division of Allergy and Immunology

Biography

Hemant Sharma, MD, MHS, is the Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. He is Director of the Food Allergy Program at Children’s National, as well as Site Director for the National Institutes of Health Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program. Dr. Sharma is a regular contributor to a food allergy column in Allergic Living magazine and recently co-edited the “Food Allergy in Children” series for Pediatric Clinics of North America. His main areas of research interest include school-based management of food allergy, as well as adherence among adolescents with food allergy.

Specialties

Education & Training

• MHS, 2008
  Johns Hopkins University
• Fellowship Program, Allergy/Immunology, 2008
  Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Residency Program, Pediatrics, 2004
  Duke University Medical Center
• MD, 2001
  Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• BS, 1997
  University of Maryland Baltimore County

News

Washingtonian magazine recognizes Children's National physicians as "Top Doctors" in 25 specialties

October 26, 2017

Washingtonian magazine’s annual list of the region’s “Top Doctors” recognized 57 Children’s National Health System physicians from a wide-array of specialties including Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Surgery and Urology.

Washingtonian Recognizes Children’s National “Top Doctors”

October 25, 2016

Sixty Children’s National physicians were named “Top Doctors” by Washingtonian Magazine in its 2016 list of the region’s best providers.

Children’s National Taps Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB, and Hemant Sharma, MD, As New Leadership to Division of Allergy and Immunology

October 28, 2015

Children’s National Health System has named Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB, as Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology. Additionally, Hemant Sharma, MD, a nationally recognized expert in the area of food allergies, has been selected to serve as Clinical Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology.

Chief of Allergy and Immunology Weighs In On New Research On Preventing Peanut Allergies

February 25, 2015

Dr. Hemant Sharma, acting Chief of the division of Allergy and Immunology, and Director of the Food Allergy Program, participated in a panel on The Diane Rehm Show, to discuss new research on preventing peanut allergy development. 

Children’s National Specialists Presenting at American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA

September 29, 2014

Children’s National Health System has a number of physicians presenting on various topics next month during the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, Calif.

Research & Publications

American Academy of Asthma Allergy and Immunology

(2007) The Relationship between Skin Test Responses and

American Academy of Asthma Allergy and Immunology

(2008) Risk-taking behaviors among adolescents with food allergy

American Academy of Asthma Allergy and Immunology

(2009) Asthma-related Quality of Life Assessment in the ER: An Important Predictor of Repeat Health Care Utilization

American Academy of Asthma Allergy and Immunology

(2006) Asthma Severity Predicts Future Asthma

Association of Pediatric Program Directors

(2005) Teaching Outside the Box: Incorporating Safety, Communication, Business, Ethics and EBM into Your Pediatric Residency Program’s Curriculum

Does current asthma control predict future health care use among Black preschool innercity children

(2007) Pediatrics

Indoor environmental influences on children's asthma

(2007) Pediatric Clinics of North America