Sharmila Makhija | |
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| Born | |
| Education | M.D., EMBA |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Goizueta Business School at Emory University |
| Occupation(s) | University dean and chief executive officer of Alice L. Walton School of Medicine |
| Known for | Women's health and gynecologic oncology |
| Board member of | Every Mother Counts, Clinical Leadership Committee of the American Hospital Association |
Sharmila Makhija is a surgeon specializing in women's health and gynecologic oncology. She is the university dean and chief executive officer of Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Makhija is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. [1] Her father was a college chemistry professor, her mother was a high school biology teacher, and her grandfather was a surgeon and general practitioner in India. [1] At the age of 9, Makhija declared she would be a doctor. [1]
Makhija received her Bachelor of Arts in chemistry at Cornell University in 1988. [1] She then completed her medical degree in 1992 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). [1] In 1996, she completed her residency at the University of Louisville Hospital for obstetrics and gynecology. [1] She then completed a gynecologic oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1999. [1]
In 2011, Makhija received her Executive Master of Business Administration from Goizueta Business School at Emory University. [1] She worked on her studies while she was director of gynecologic oncology at Emory. [2]
Makhija is a surgeon and considered an international expert on gynecologic cancer. [3] She is an associate editor-in-chief of the Journal of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. [3] [4]
Makhija has been a faculty member of University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), University of Louisville (UofL), UAB, and Emory. [5] She was a Women’s Reproductive Health Research Scholar at both Pitt and UAB [3] and held an endowed chair position at Emory. She was also department chair and held endowed chair positions at the UofL School of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. [1] At Emory, Makhija was also the division chief of gynecologic oncology and a distinguished cancer scholar of the Georgia Cancer Coalition. [1] While at University of Louisville School of Medicine, Makhija was the chief medical operations officer for the Center for Women and Infants. [1]
Makhija was appointed as the founding university dean and chief executive officer of Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in 2023. [6]
Makhija is the impact committee chair of Every Mother Counts. [7] She has served on various boards, including the Clinical Leadership Committee of the American Hospital Association, [3] GigCapital5, [8] and the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board. [9]
She received the Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Reproductive Health Spirit of Achievement. [3] She also received the Argus Teaching Award from the UAB medical school [10] and was called a "humanitarian hero" by Good Housekeeping. [3]