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Arya M. Sharma, MD, FRCPC, holds a Canada
Research Chair in Cardiovascular Obesity Research and
Management, and is a Professor in the department
of Medicine at McMaster University.
His research focuses on the environmental
and genetic causes of obesity and an evidence-based
approach to managing cardiovascular and metabolic problems
in obese patients. He is also working on the development
of novel interventions for treating obese patients and
people with a propensity for obesity.
Until 2002, he was Professor of Medicine,
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, at the Franz-Volhard-Klinik–Charité
in Berlin, Germany, where he was in charge of a hypertension
and obesity clinic.
He is a member of the German, American
and International Societies of Hypertension and Nephrology
and a fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure
Research of the American Heart Association.
Dr. Sharma is on the editorial boards
of Hypertension and the Journal of Hypertension, and
he has authored or coauthored more than 150 scientific
articles.
He has also lectured widely on the cause
and management of hypertension, obesity and related
cardiovascular disorders. Dr. Sharma holds postdoctoral
degrees in internal medicine and nephrology.
Arya
Sharma's Home Page
Read The Hamilton Spectator
article by Steve Buist
This is a free public
lecture. All are welcome!
Tuesday, February
10, 2004
Hamilton Spectator Auditorium
Doors open @ 6:30 pm
Lecture begins at 7:00 pm
To reserve your seat
e-mail sciencecity@mcmaster.ca
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