Ashish Sharma

Dr. Ashish Sharma

June 24, 1977 - January 27, 2023

June 24, 1977 - January 27, 2023

On Glioblastoma

Dr. Ashish Sharma wrote the following about a year after he was diagnosed with Glioblastoma.

“I have a grade 4 brain tumor (Glioblastoma). It has no cure and no remission. It cannot be completely removed because it’s invasive and will grow back. Till I was diagnosed with Glioblastoma on February 25, 2020, I was rarely sick.

I had a brain biopsy in February 2020, and shortly after that, I had bleeding in the brain and then a stroke.

Subsequently, I have also suffered from numerous other complications including spinal and rib fractures due to high dose steroids prescribed to control brain swelling. I have been bed-bound since November 2020.”

Dr. Ashish on his work

“Advances in high-performance computing and machine learning have allowed researchers to make better use of data in both medical research and clinical care.

Our lab at Emory University School of Medicine specializes in novel systems and software for managing, exploring, and processing biomedical data.

While we tend to focus on medical imaging-based studies in the area of cancer, the tools are fairly generic and have found use in non-imaging and non-cancer projects.”