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|name = Arya Mitra Sharma
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|birth_date = November 22, 1959
|birth_place =[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|profession =Professor of Medicine
|known_for = Obesity Management, Edmonton Obesity Staging System, Hypertension
|education = [[Free University of Berlin]]
|work_institutions = [[University of Alberta]],<br>[[McMaster University]],<br>[[Humboldt University Berlin]],<br>[[Free University Berlin]]
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'''Arya Mitra Sharma''' is Professor of Medicine and currently holds the Alberta Health Services Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the [[University of Alberta]] and medical director of the [[Alberta Health Services]] Obesity Program. In 2006 he founded and is currently scientific director of the [[Canadian Obesity Network]] and past president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He also serves on numerous committees of professional organizations including [[The Obesity Society]] (TOS) and the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO).

==Life and career==
Born in [[Berlin]] (West) Germany in 1959, he moved to [[India]] in 1965 where he lived till 1977 after graduating from the [[Frank Anthony Public School]], [[New Delhi]]. On his return to [[Germany]] in 1977, he received his Abitur from the Weidig Gymnasium, Butzbach, Hesse before taking up his medical training at the [[Free University of Berlin]] from which he graduated in 1986. In 2002 he was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management and was appointed Professor of Medicine at [[McMaster University]], Hamilton, Canada. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/research/sciencecity/sharma.htm |title=Research at McMaster University — Research @ McMaster |publisher=mcmaster.ca |accessdate=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408102626/http://www.mcmaster.ca/research/sciencecity/sharma.htm |archivedate=April 8, 2013 }} </ref> In 2007 he was awarded the Alberta Health Services endowed chair in Obesity Research and Management and appointed Professor of Medicine at the [[University of Alberta]], Edmonton, [[Canada]], where he is also currently the medical director of the Edmonton Region [[Bariatric]] Program. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=02431d5c-a667-49d3-93c2-48b5edd60d5e |title='There is no cure for your obesity' |publisher=canada.com |accessdate=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512065643/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=02431d5c-a667-49d3-93c2-48b5edd60d5e |archivedate=2014-05-12 }} </ref>
In 2005 he founded the [[Canadian Obesity Network]]. He is also a founding member and current president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He writes a daily obesity blog (Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes) and has given media interviews on global, national and local TV, radio and print media. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.con-obesitysummit.ca/page.aspx?page=159&app=168&cat1=430&tp=7&lk=no&menu=45 |title=Process Error |publisher=con-obesitysummit.ca |accessdate=2014-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308043414/http://www.con-obesitysummit.ca/page.aspx?page=159&app=168&cat1=430&tp=7&lk=no&menu=45 |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }} </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.drsharma.ca}}

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Ajay Kumar at 08:21, 20 August 2023