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