Nikhil Sharma, MD

Nikhil Sharma, MD, MS, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program in July 2024 after earning his MD from the University of Pittsburgh. He received his master’s degree in biomedical science from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in 2019, and his bachelor’s degree in business from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2013.

Prior to medical school, Dr. Sharma was the inaugural recipient of the Charles Harrison Frazier Scholar Program at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurosurgery, where he worked on multiple projects ranging from multi-centered clinical trials to new device studies in the NICU and large database reviews. His work resulted in numerous publications and several awards at national conferences and continued the development of the scholar program. 

As a medical student, Dr. Sharma was the neurosurgery mixed reality (MR) research fellow in the University of Pittsburgh Surreality Lab, under the mentorship of Edward G. Andrews, MD. His work on implementing mixed reality into the neurosurgical operating room led to numerous publications and more than $500,000 in grant awards, as well as partnerships with large medical device companies including Medivis. 

Throughout his medical school journey, Dr. Sharma was awarded the Loren Roth Research Fellowship Award, the Pre-Doctoral Surreality Innovations and Research Fellowship Award, the Neurosurgery Charles Harrison Frazier Scholar Award, and the Dean’s Summer Research Program Award. Dr. Sharma’s other clinical research interests include skull base tumors and functional neurosurgery. 

Dr. Sharma was born in Jaipur, India but spent most of his childhood in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Outside of neurosurgery, he enjoys playing golf, working out, traveling, playing chess, and spending time with family and friends.