Dr. Nima Sharifi
Scientific Director
Desai Sethi Urology Institute
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
nimasharifi@miami.edu
Lab address:
1600 NW 10th Ave, RMSB 6165A
Miami, FL 33136
Lab: 305-243-3260
Office address:
1600 NW 10th Ave, RMSB 6026
Miami, FL 33136
Office: 305-243-1350
Education & Professional Highlights
2023- Scientific Director, Desai Sethi Urology Institute, University of Miami
2013-2023 Kendrick Family Endowed Chair, Cleveland Clinic
2018-2023 Director, GU Malignancy Research Center, Cleveland Clinic
2017-2023 Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University
2017-2023 Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
2014-2021 Leader, GU Malignancies Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
2014-2017 Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
2008-2013 Assistant Professor of Medicine , UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2007-2008 Assistant Clinical Investigator, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
2006-current Board Certification in Medical Oncology
2004-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Frederick MD
2003-2007 Medical Oncology Fellowship, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
2001-2003 Internal Medicine Resident, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
1998-1999 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
1996-2001 Medical School, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Awards & Honors
· 2021 American Association for Cancer Research-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research
· 2018 Elected Member, Association of American Physicians
· 2017 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
· 2017 2017 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award of the Clinical Research Forum
· 2017 Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Investigator Award of Endocrine Society
· 2014 American Association for Cancer Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research
· 2014 Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
· 2012 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
· 2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Physician-Scientist Early Career Award
· 2008 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award