Dr. Jagdish C. Sharma, MD

Expert Publications

• Falls on integrated medical wards.
• Cardiovascular disease and outcome of acute stroke: influence of pre-existing cardiac failure.
• Prognostic value of CT scan features in acute ischaemic stroke and relationship with clinical stroke syndromes.
• What influences outcome of stroke--pyrexia or dysphagia?
• An epidemiological study of falls on integrated general medical wards.
• Re: stroke severity determines body temperature in acute stroke.
• Re: characteristics, outcome, and care of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation in Europe.
• Non-neurological variables and mortality of acute stroke.
• Characteristics of single fallers and recurrent fallers among hospital in-patients.
• Characteristics and mortality of acute stroke patients: are there any gender differences?
• Cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: donepezil or rivastigmine?
• Intra-individual difference between recumbent length and stature among growing children.
• Evaluation of a stroke family support organiser: a randomized controlled trial.
• Predictors of a nursing home placement from a non-acute geriatric hospital.
• Characteristics of early fallers on elderly patient rehabilitation wards.

Clinical Trials

• Efficacy and Tolerability of IRL790 in Parkinson's Disease Dyskinesia

Media Releases

Get to know Neurologist Dr. Jagdish C. Sharma, who served patients in Houston, Texas.

Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Sharma graduated with his medical degree from King George’s Medical University in Lucknow, India in 1962. Upon relocating to the United States, he served his internship in internal medicine at St. Francis Medical Center. This was followed by residencies in neurology at VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and the University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Holding over six decades of experience in the field of neurology, Dr. Sharma specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures.

Currently retired from practice, he served patients at his private practice in Houston, Texas.

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Neurologists are licensed medical specialists who diagnose and treat disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles of patients. They examine a patient’s mental and physical status, conduct medical tests and scans, and evaluate the results to diagnose and treat the patient.

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