About Dr. DB Sharma

Teaching and practicing pediatrics for over 50+ yrs including Registrarship at Adelaide, Wollongong and Prince of Wales Hospitals, University of New South Wales, Australia from 1971-1974. Then onward involved in establishing Department of Pediatrics, Govt Medical College, Jammu. Presently its Professor and Head since 1989.

Awards: WHO Fellowship EPI (1987); FIAP (1998)
Principal Investigator : Genetic Centre-J&K, Govt Medical College,Jammu
Research Publications in National & International Journals: 52
Research Papers Presented in National & International Conferences:60
Participated in several WHO, IAP & ICMR Workshops, Undergraduate teaching curriculam Evaluation on Medical Technology, Neonatology, Low Birth Weight, Emergencies in Children, Thalassemia, AFP, IMCI, RCH, Adolscent Care, Polio Eradication, AIDS Control Programme, AIDS in Pediatrics

Contribution in Central IAP

MBBS Undergraduate Quiz : Institution & State Coordinator from 1989 to date.
MBBS Undergraduate Quiz : Divisional Coordinator 1996, 1997. 1998, 1999
Jenner Symposia: State Coordinator 1997 onwards.
AFP Surveillance: State Coordinator 1997 onwards
IMCI, RCN Programs of WHO & Govt. of India : IAP Faculty member for training all levels since January, 1999.
J&K Branch of IAP: Founder President and Organizer. Organized many Regional Conferences, Workshops. Seminars and CMEs.
Member, Executive Board IAP 2000, 2001.
October 2003-Oct 2015: Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics. Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS)-Jammu
Oct 2015 to Date: Full time Private Pediatrician at 34 Denis Gate Opp Hans Raj Municipal Park Jammu.

ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Convenor, Indian Council of Child Welfare, J&K State Branch 1974-1978; Organizing Secretary, 2nd Congress of Indian Society of Perinatology and Reproductive Biology and Planned Parenthood at Jammu, September-October, 1980; Treasurer. Indian Society of Perinatology and Reproductive Biology 1980-1982; Organizing Secretary, 3rd Pediatric Conference of North India, Jammu. December 1996; Chairperson. IAP, North Zone since 1996; President, North West Chapter, IAP 2000 & 2001.

EXAMINER: MD, DNB. DCH & MBBS, Examiner in several Universities

Currently involved in establishing Teenage Clinics and Wards in the Children Hospital setting and outreach areas