Sharmila Anandasabapathy

Anandasabapathy

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D., AGAF

Professor

(713) 798-0950

Email

anandasa@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor
Corporate Officers
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Member
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Vice President & Senior Associate Dean, Global Programs
Medicine
Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
VP for Baylor's Global Programs

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, McNair Campus (Clinic)
7200 Cambridge St., 8th Floor, Suite 8B
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-0950
Clinic Website
Neurosensory/Jones Tower, Room 105 (Office)
Baylor Global Health
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 792-8092
anandasa@bcm.edu

Education

BA from Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
English Literature
MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
MD with distinction in Research, Molecular Biology
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
Intern & Resident
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Zelig A. Rosen Award for Excellence in Cardiology
1996
Medical Society of the State of NY Award for Outstanding Community Service
1997
AMSA/National Health Service Corps Award for a Community Service Project: The Einstein Youth Violence Program
1998
Ciba-Geigy Award for Outstanding Community Service by a Medical Student
1999
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) National Broadstreet Pump Award in Public Health
1999
David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award Finalist, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
2001
Chief fellow in Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
2003-2004
FOCDD Database Development Award Recipient, Barrett’s Esophagus Database
2004
Gulf Coast Digestive Disease Center (DDC) Pilot Project Award Recipient “Fluorescence and Reflectance Imaging in Barrett’s Esophagus
2008
Director, Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Database (BEAD) and Program, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2005-2008
The Global Directory of Who’s Who “Top Doctors”
2013

Professional Interests

  • Barrett's Esophagus
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Endoscopy: EGD, Colonoscopy, Endoscopic Ablation (Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryotherapy) , Endoscopic Ultrasound
  • Early Cancer Detection and Advanced Imaging: Confocal Microendoscopy, Fluorescent Imaging, Magnification Endoscopy

Professional Statement

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Vice President, Global Health at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. In her current role, she oversees Baylor’s global programs and affiliations. The Baylor Global Innovation Center seeks to develop novel, environmentally appropriate technologies and approaches to addressing global disease burden. This includes the development and validation of innovative mobile and portable solutions for clinical care, and cancer screening; point-of care diagnostic technologies, and portable, low-cost devices for the diagnosis and management of chronic, non-communicable diseases worldwide.
An advanced gastrointestinal endoscopist by training, Dr. Anandasabapathy’s research focus involves the development and validation of novel technologies for diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer. She is currently Principal Investigator on three grants funded by the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, and eight clinical trials focused on the development of low-cost, battery-operated, portable technologies for the endoscopic diagnosis of esophageal, gastric and colon cancers. These trials are currently being conducted in the United States, Africa, China, Mexico and Honduras. In addition, she and her group are involved in several projects which seek to develop innovative technological approaches to addressing cancer and other chronic diseases in low-resource areas, such as West Africa (The Gambia), India, China and Central America. These involve the development of tablet-based reporting and documentation platforms, sedation/anesthesia and procedure-based training modules, and environmentally-appropriate innovations (battery-operated technologies, etc.). These partnerships involve active, extensive collaborations with other academic centers (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Rice University, Harvard University), NGOs, and Foundations.
In addition to her primary appointment at Baylor, Dr. Anandasabapathy also holds an adjunct appointment in Bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She holds a B.A. in English literature from Yale University and an M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Training at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and her gastroenterology fellowship at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY.

Websites

VIICTR Publications List
PubMed Publications
The Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine Healthcare

Videos

The Emergency Smart Pod
Innovating for global health. What can be done to create low cost deployable field hospitals with all the advantages of a modern hospital? Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Director of Baylor Global Initiatives and the Baylor Global Innovation Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. In her current role, she oversees Baylor’s global programs and affiliations. The Baylor Global Innovation Center seeks to develop novel, environmentally appropriate technologies and approaches to addressing global disease burden. This includes the development and validation of innovative mobile-applications for clinical care, point-of care diagnostic technologies, and portable, low-cost devices for the diagnosis and management of chronic, non-communicable diseases worldwide. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Selected Publications

Memberships

American Gastroenterological Association
2001-present
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2004-present
American College of Gastroenterology
2007-present
New York Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2004, 2008-present
Investigator, GLNE (Great Lake- New England Clinical Epidemiology Center), National Cancer Institute’s Early Detection Research Network (EDRN)
2007-present
Chair, American Gastroenterological Association’s Imaging & Advanced Technology Abstract Review Committee
2010
Reviewer, American Gastroenterological Association’s Confocal Endoscopy Abstract Review Committee
2011
American Gastroenterological Association’s Research Awards Committee
2012-present
American Gastroenterological Association’s Nominating Committee
2012-present

Funding

High Resolution Microendoscopy for the Management of Esophageal Neoplasia
#CA181275
(07/31/2014)
Grant funding from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
Low Cost Tethered Capsule Endoscope for Barrett's Esophagus Screening
#CA252245
(07/01/2021)
Grant funding from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
The Effectiveness of High Resolution Microendoscopy (HRME) in High Grade Intraepithelial Lesions (HSIL) Diagnosis for People Living with HIV
#CA232890
(02/01/2018)
Grant funding from National Institutes of Health

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