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- Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, McNair Campus (Clinic)
- 7200 Cambridge St., 8th Floor, Suite 8B Houston, Texas 77030 United States (713) 798-0950 Clinic Website
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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
Education
- BA from Yale University
- English Literature
- MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- MD with distinction in Research, Molecular Biology
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
- Intern & Resident
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology
Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Zelig A. Rosen Award for Excellence in Cardiology
- Medical Society of the State of NY Award for Outstanding Community Service
- AMSA/National Health Service Corps Award for a Community Service Project: The Einstein Youth Violence Program
- Ciba-Geigy Award for Outstanding Community Service by a Medical Student
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) National Broadstreet Pump Award in Public Health
- David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award Finalist, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
- Chief fellow in Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
- FOCDD Database Development Award Recipient, Barrett’s Esophagus Database
- Gulf Coast Digestive Disease Center (DDC) Pilot Project Award Recipient “Fluorescence and Reflectance Imaging in Barrett’s Esophagus
- Director, Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Database (BEAD) and Program, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- The Global Directory of Who’s Who “Top Doctors”
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 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.
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.
Selected Publications
- Shin D, Protano M, Polydorides AP, Dawsey S, Pierce MC, Kim MK, Schwarz RA, Quang T, Parikh N, Bhutani MS, Zhang F, Wang G, Xue L, Wang X, Xu X, Anandasabapathy S, Richards-Kortum R.. "Quantitative Analysis of High-Resolution Microendoscopic Images for Diagnosis of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 February 2;13(2):272-279.
- Ishijima A, Schwarz R, Shin D, Mondrik S, Vigneswaran N, Gillenwater A, Anandasabapathy S, Richards-Kortum R.. "Automated frame selection process for high-resolution microendoscopy." J Biomed Opt. 2015 April 1;20(4):046014.
- Hur C, Choi SE, Kong CY, Wang G, Xu H, Polydorides AD, Xue L, Perzan KE, Tramontano AC, Richards-Kortum R, Anandasabapathy S.. "High-resolution microendoscopy for esophageal cancer screening in China: A cost-effectiveness analysis." World J Gastroenterol. 2015 May 14;21(18):5513-5523.
- Parikh ND, Perl D, Lee MH, Chang SS, Polydorides AD, Moshier E, Godbold J, Zhou E, Mitcham J, Richards-Kortum R, Anandasabapathy S.. "In vivo classification of colorectal neoplasia using high-resolution microendoscopy: Improvement with experience." J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 July 30;30(7):1155-60.
- Patsias A, Giraldez-Rodriguez L, Polydorides AD, Richards-Kortum R, Anandasabapathy S, Quang T, Sikora AG, Miles B.. "Feasibility of transoral robotic-assisted high-resolution microendoscopic imaging of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma." Head Neck. 2015 August;37(8):E99-102.
- Shin D, Lee MH, Polydorides AD, Pierce MC, Vila PM, Parikh ND, Rosen DG, Anandasabapathy S, Richards-Kortum RR.. "Quantitative analysis of high-resolution microendoscopic images for diagnosis of neoplasia in patients with Barrett's esophagus." Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 August 5(15):02617-6.
- Protano MA, Xu H, Wang G, Polydorides AD, Dawsey SM, Cui J, Xue L, Zhang F, Quang T, Pierce MC, Shin D, Schwarz RA, Bhutani MS, Lee M, Parikh N, Hur C, Xu W, Moshier E, Godbold J, Mitcham J, Hudson C, Richards-Kortum RR, Anandasabapathy S.. "Low-Cost High-Resolution Microendoscopy for the Detection of Esophageal Squamous Cell Neoplasia: An International Trial." Gastroenterology. 2015 August;149(2):321-9.
Memberships
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American College of Gastroenterology
- New York Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Investigator, GLNE (Great Lake- New England Clinical Epidemiology Center), National Cancer Institute’s Early Detection Research Network (EDRN)
- Chair, American Gastroenterological Association’s Imaging & Advanced Technology Abstract Review Committee
- Reviewer, American Gastroenterological Association’s Confocal Endoscopy Abstract Review Committee
- American Gastroenterological Association’s Research Awards Committee
- American Gastroenterological Association’s Nominating Committee