Cimarron E. Sharon, MD

About Dr. Sharon

Cimarron Sharon is a chief resident in General Surgery. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Muhlenberg College in 2014 and received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2018. During her time in medical school she performed research with Dr. Giorgos Karakousis investigating clinical outcomes in patients with melanoma. She plans to pursue a career in academic general surgery, and is also interested in the intersection between social factors and patient health outcomes.

Societies

2018 - present
Association of Women Surgeons

2017 - present
American College of Surgeons

2017 - present
Association of Academic Surgery

Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha

Research

2017 - present
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Student Investigator. Mentor: Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD
Performed research relating to clinical outcomes in melanoma patients. Duties included study design, chart review, and maintaining an institutional sentinel lymph node database.

January 2017 - May 2018
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate Curriculum Developer. Mentor: Cary B. Aarons, MD
Designed and initiated a seminar series on perioperative surgical decision-making for surgical sub-interns. Responsibilities included developing the cases with surgical faculty, assisting faculty members in running the sessions, and recruiting student participants and volunteers.
Created surveys in order to gauge effectiveness of sessions and provide a needs assessment.

June 2015 - August 2015
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Neurology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clinical Neuroscience Training Program Summer Research Fellow. Mentor: Daniel J. Licht, MD
Conducted a study to evaluate the Quartered Point System (QPS), a new scoring system for measuring white matter injury in neonates with congenital heart disease.

January 2015 - December 2015
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Neurology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Student Investigator. Mentor: Daniel J. Licht, MD
Assisted in data collection for a prospective study of cerebral blood flow and brain oxygen metabolism in pre and post-operative infants with congenital heart disease.

Publications

Published Manuscripts

1. Sharon, C.E., Sinnamon, A.J., Ming, M.E., Chu, E.Y., Fraker, D.L., Karakousis, G.C.: Association of Marital Status with T Stage at Presentation and Management of Early Stage Melanoma. JAMA Dermatology. Epub ahead of print.
2. Sinnamon, A.J., Sharon, C.E., Song, Y., Neuwirth, M.G., Elder, D.E., Xu, X., Chu, E.Y., Fraker, D.L., Gimotty, P.A., Karakousis, G.K.: The Prognostic Significance of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Primary Melanoma Varies by Gender. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Epub ahead of print.

Manuscripts in Submission

1. Sinnamon, A.J., Song, Y., Sharon, C.E., Yang, Y., Elder D.E., Xu, X., Roses, R.E., Kelz, R.R., Fraker, D.L., Karakousis, G.C.: Identification of Patients at Risk for Additional Metastatic Disease at Time of Completion Lymph Node Dissection. Annals of Surgical Oncology. Accepted

Oral Presentations

1. Corbett C. & Sharon C. (December, 2015). Measuring PVL - Assessment of the Quartered Point System. Oral Presentation presented at: Clinical Neuroscience Training Program Summer Research Fellows Presentations; Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Poster Presentations

1. Gotthard G., Sharon C., Frick N., Miller-Sobel J. (May, 2014). The Effects of Cyclohexamide and Extinction on Memories Linked by Preconditioning in a Predator-Based Model of PTSD. Poster presented at: 26th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science; San Francisco, CA, USA.