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SHAHROKH F. SHARIAT, MD CITIZENSHIP: Austrian LANGUAGES SHAHROKH F. SHARIAT, M.D. CITIZENSHIP: Austrian LANGUAGES: Fluent in English, German, French, Spanish, and Farsi CURRENT POSITIONS Professor and Chairman 4/2013-present Department of Urology Medical University of Vienna Vienna General Hospital Währinger Gürtel 18-20 A-1090 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 1 40400 26150 Cell: +43 664 8001651010 Fax: +43 1 40400 2332 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Adjunct Professor of Urology and Medical Oncology 4/2013-present Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY, USA Adjunct Professor of Urology 5/2013-present University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX, USA ACADEMIC RESUME (status 9/1/2014) 691 peer-reviewed and 80 non-peer-reviewed research papers (h-index: 61; total number of citations: 15685; www.scopus.com 9/1/2014) (h-index: 80; i10-index: 420; total number of citations: 39127; www.googlescholar.com 9/1/2014) 12 book chapters; >700 abstracts at national and international meetings Four patents; 74 national and international rewards Member of 24 academic societies Editorial board of 25 scientific journals SHAHROKH F. SHARIAT, M.D. Page 2 EDUCATION & MEDICAL TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA MEDICAL SCHOOL, Vienna, Austria 1993 – 1998 Doctor of Medicine Thesis: “Impact of dialysis on serum total PSA, free PSA and free to total PSA ratio: is prostate cancer detection compromised in patients on chronic hemodialysis?” UNIVERSITY OF LA LAGUNA MEDICAL SCHOOL, La Laguna, Spain 1995 – 1996 SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Lausanne, Switzerland 1992 – 1993 Pre-diploma in mathematics, physics, chemistry with distinction LYCEE FRANÇAIS DE VIENNE, Vienna, Austria 1979 – 1992 French Baccalaureate and Austrian Matura A C A DEM I C TRACK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, Vienna, Austria Professor and Chairman of Urology 4/2013 - present WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE / NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, New York, NY Adjunct Professor of Urology and Medical Oncology 4/2013 – present Assistant Professor of Urology and Associate Professor of Medical Oncology 2010 – 2012 Associate Professor of Urology and Associate Professor of Medical Oncology 2012 – 2013 Director, Bladder Cancer Outcomes and Translational Research 2011 – 2013 Director, Urologic Oncology Fellowship Program 2012 – 2013 MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, New York, NY 6/2008 – 7/2010 Fellow/Faculty Instructor, Urologic Oncology UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, Dallas, TX Adjunct Professor of Urology 2013 – present Chief Resident in Urology 2007– 2008 Resident in Urology 2004– 2007 Intern in Surgery 2003– 2004 Faculty Instructor, Urologic Oncology 2002– 2003 BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, Houston, TX Faculty Instructor, Urologic Oncology 2001– 2002 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Urologic Oncology 1999– 2000 Postdoctoral Frost Fellowship in Gene Therapy for Urologic Diseases 1998– 1999 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS European Association of Urology (Europe) 1999 Endourological Society (USA) 1999 American Association for Cancer Research (USA) 1999 American Society of Clinical Oncology (USA) 1999 Society of Basic Urologic Research (USA) 2000 SHAHROKH F. SHARIAT, M.D. Page 3 Association of U.S. Trained European Physicians (USA); Founder 2000 American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. (USA) 2001 Bladder Cancer Research Consortium (International); Founder and Director 2002 Texas Medical Association (USA) 2003 American Urological Association (USA) 2004 Society of Urologic Oncology (USA) 2004 Bladder Cancer Early Detection Network (International); Founder and Director 2006 American College of Surgeons (USA) 2008 Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Collaboration (International); Founder and Director 2008 International Bladder Cancer Network (IBCN) 2008 Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (North America) 2010 Österreichische Gesellschaft für Urologie und Andrologie (Austria) 2011 Arbeitskreis: Geschlechtsspezifische Medizin in der Urologie Academic Men´s Health Network (International) 2011 Foundation for Men's Health (FMH); oncology-related advisory committee 2011 American Society of Men's Health (ASMH); Executive committee and board of directors 2011 Minimally Invasive Robotic Association (International) 2011 Society of University Urologists (USA) 2011 Iranian American Urological Society (North American); Co-founder and member 2012 New York Academy of Sciences (USA) 2012 New York Section of the American Urological Association (USA) 2012 European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Europe) 2014 Association of Academic European Urologists 2014 HONORS & AWARDS (selected from 62) Award for the First Term of Studies 1995 Dean of the University of Vienna - Medical School (Austria) “Matricula de Honor” Honorary Award for best student in 1995/1996 1996 University of La Laguna - Medical School (Spain) Award for the Second Term of Studies 1997 Dean of the University of Vienna - Medical School (Austria) Performance Grant for Outstanding Study Success in 1996/1997 1997 Dean of the University of Vienna – Medical School (Austria) Performance Grant for Outstanding Study Success in 1997/1998 1998 Dean of the University of Vienna - Medical School (Austria) Andlinger Educational Fellowship Grant, American-Austrian Foundation (USA) 1998 Young Investigator Award, Hans und Rosa Blanca Foundation (Austria) 1999 Performance Grant for Outstanding Achievements in Research 1999 Dean of the University of Vienna - Medical School (Austria) Grant, Methods in Clinical Cancer Research. Vail, Colorado 1999 The American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology Travel Grant, Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology. Aspen, Colorado 2000 The American Association for Cancer Research SHAHROKH F. SHARIAT, M.D. Page 4 Glaxo SmithKline Scholar Award, for promising clinical/translational cancer research 2001 American Association of Cancer Research Pfizer Scholar in Urology Award 2001 Winner of the Science Day 2001 Project – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 2001 First Place Poster 2001 2nd Alexander Research Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Expression of TGF-β1 and its receptors in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. AUA / Praecis Gerald P. Murphy Scholar 2002 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG#93-034-06) 2002 Development of a nomogram for prediction of the development of distant prostate cancer metastases and mortality. Best Poster 2002 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting, National Cancer Institute, December 13 - 14, 2002, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Preoperative serum levels of pro-PSA isoforms are associated with biologically aggressive prostate cancer. 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century 2003 International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England (Registration number 965274) Best Poster 2004 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology 2004 Meeting. Scottsdale, Arizona. February 26-29, 2004. “Best Poster” in urothelial cancer 2004 European Association of Urology Annual Meeting, Vienna, March 26, 2004. Urine detection of survivin is a sensitive marker for the non-invasive diagnosis of bladder cancer. “Best Poster” in urogenital trauma 2005 21st European Association of Urology Annual Meeting, Paris, April 5-8, 2006. Evidence-based validation of the predictive value of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma kidney injury scale. “Best Poster” in bladder cancer: diagnosis and staging III 2006 21st European Association of Urology Annual Meeting, Paris, April 5-8, 2006. Survivin expression is associated with bladder cancer presence, stage, progression, metastasis, and mortality. AUA / Threshold Pharmaceuticals Gerald P. Murphy Scholar 2006 AUA / Novacea Gerald P. Murphy Scholar 2007 Listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Urologists 2007” – Consumers’ Research 2007 Council of America is an independent research company based in Washington, DC that evaluated professional services throughout America (www.consumerresearchcncl.org). “Best Poster” in prostate cancer: staging I 2007 22nd European Association of Urology Annual Meeting, Berlin, March 21-4, 2007. Caveolin-1 overexpression is associateat with aggressive prostate cancer recurrence. Best Poster 2007 Society of Urologic Oncology Eight Annual Meeting, National Cancer Institute, November SHAHROKH F. SHARIAT, M.D. Page 5 29th-December 1st, 2007, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Multiple bio-markers for the prediction of bladder cancer recurrence and mortality. “Best Poster” in prostate cancer: prognostic factors and predictors of outcome 2008 23rd European Association of Urology Annual Meeting, Milano, Italy. March 26-9, 2008. Early post-operative plasma transforming growth factor-β1 is a powerful predictor of biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy. “Best Poster” in diagnosis and staging of urothelial tumours II 2008 23rd European Association of Urology Annual Meeting, Milano, Italy. March 26-9, 2008. Multiple bio-markers for the prediction of bladder cancer recurrence and mortality. “Best Poster” in Prostate Cancer: Staging (I) 2008 American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 17-22, 2008. Improved prediction of disease relapse after radical prostatectomy using a panel of preoperative blood-based biomarkers. “Best Poster” in Prostate Cancer: Advanced (I) 2008 American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 17-22, 2008. J.Urol 179(4): 186, 2008. The effect of androgen deprivation therapy on the rate of subsequent non-cancer morbidities.
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