M.B.B.S. (Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai), MSc (Cancer Research; University College London, UCL Cancer Institute, London, U.K.), DNB (Pathology; National Board of Examinations, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India), DM (Oncopathology; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India), DipRCPath, Short term training in Neuropathology (NIMHANS, Bangalore, India)
8 years of experience in Histopathology and Molecular Pathology
Dr. Divakar Sharma is a Consultant in Histopathology and Molecular Pathology at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.
During his MSc (London, 2014), he trained in molecular pathology, cancer biology, biomarkers, immunotherapy, biostatistics, and clinical trials. His dissertation project was undertaken in ‘Understanding the role of extracellular matrix proteins in the pathogenesis of brain tumours in mice’ that involved benchwork dissection of gene knock-out mice brains, cryosectioning, LacZ reporter gene expression, fluorescent microscopy, and histological procedures.
During his DM, he gained extensive experience in surgical oncopathology, immunohistochemistry, cytopathology, intra-operative consultations, and molecular pathology. Dr. Sharma actively involved in diagnostic, administrative, research and academic activities at the Molecular Pathology Laboratory in TMH.
He is strongly committed to cancer patient health care, pathology education and cancer research. His awards for Oncopathology include 2nd Runner-up Award for a poster on ‘Clinicopathological and molecular characterization of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck’ at AHNS 11th International conference on Head and Neck Cancer, Montreal, Canada (2023); Abstract-based bursary Award for the 35th European Congress of Pathology, Dublin, Ireland (2023), and Best Poster Award on ‘Melanotic neuroectodermal tumours of infancy’ at CME on soft tissue pathology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore (2019).