Assistant Professor
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University
Research Institute McGill University Health Centre
Dr. Abhinav Sharma is an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). He is a Fonds de Recherche du Québec Sante (FRQS) Junior 2 clinician-scientist which protects 50% of his research time. His research program focuses on the clinical population of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and heart failure (HF), thereby aligning with his clinical training (Advanced Heart Failure – Stanford University). He has extensive experience in large data modelling and machine learning (ML) approaches through his research fellowship and PhD training. His research program focuses on: 1) identifying sex-specific HF risk models using clinical variables and proteomic approaches in patients with T2DM ; 2) Utilize ML approaches to identify phenotypes in patients with T2DM ; and 3) Utilize artificial intelligence to create new digital biomarkers from wearable devices to screen for T2DM. He has won a 2024 American Heart Association 'Top Principal Investigator' award and the 2024 McGill University Department of Medicine Early Career Award for Excellence in Research.
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121 - CHFS SPOTLIGHT: BEYOND FUROSEMIDE: RETHINKING DIURETICS IN COMPLEX HEART FAILURE
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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