Dr. Richa Sharma is a vascular neurologist who specializes in prevention and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. She trained in neurology as a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in vascular neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital as a fellow. She was also selected as the StrokeNet Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research interests revolve around applying novel computational techniques to identify the underlying causes of stroke in individual patients. She is also interested in cardioembolic sources of stroke.​