Sharon Calaman
About Sharon Calaman
Sharon Calaman is the Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care at NYU Langone Health and a Clinical Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, specializing in advanced life support techniques for critically ill children.
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Sharon Calaman holds the position of Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care at NYU Langone Health.
Current Roles at NYU Langone Health
Sharon Calaman is the Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care at NYU Langone Health, a role she has held since 2021. In this capacity, she oversees a team of 12 faculty members and is responsible for providing direct patient care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Her primary focus is on treating children with conditions such as respiratory failure, shock, and multiorgan failure. Her expertise includes advanced life support techniques such as ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) and CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy).
Current Academic Position
Since 2020, Sharon Calaman has been serving as a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. In this academic role, she is involved in both teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows specializing in pediatrics.
Previous Experience at NYU Langone Health
Before becoming the Division Director in 2021, Sharon Calaman was the Associate Division Director of Pediatric Critical Care at NYU Langone Health in 2020. She held this position for 11 months, during which she managed administrative and clinical responsibilities within the division.
Past Roles at Drexel University and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Sharon Calaman has an extensive background in pediatrics, having worked at Drexel University College of Medicine from 2017 to 2019 as a Professor of Pediatrics. From 2005 to 2019, she was a Pediatric Critical Care Physician at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, where she also took on roles such as Simulation Center Director and Pediatric Residency Program Director. Additionally, she was Faculty for the Masters of Science in Medical and Healthcare Simulation at Drexel University from 2014 to 2019.
Education and Medical Training
Sharon Calaman earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the New York University School of Medicine, where she studied from 1992 to 1996. Her medical education provided a strong foundation for her subsequent career in pediatric critical care and medical education.