Dr Anna Sharman

Consultant Radiologist
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Dr Anna Sharman is a Consultant Radiologist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Her specialist interest is thoracic radiology, particularly early detection of lung cancer. Anna has co-developed the nationally recognised, award winning, RAPID programme at Wythenshawe hospital, described as an exemplar service for the delivery of the National Optimum Lung Cancer Pathway (NOLCP). She has set up a highly successful tertiary lung biopsy service taking referrals from across the region.

Dr Sharman became the Director of Radiology for the £4.2M North Manchester Lung Health Check/Lung Cancer Screening programme following the success of the pilot in 2016 and since 2019 has been the Responsible Radiologist for the Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check programme/ Lung Cancer Screening, which is now part of the NHS England’s pilot programme.

She is the clinical lead for the Annalise CXR AI clinical decision support tool for MFT which went live across the whole trust in October 2024, part of the wider Greater Manchester initiative. MFT was awarded £500k, part of the £3.2M awarded to GM from the NHSE Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic Fund.

She sits on the steering committee for BTOG and has been on the NHSE Lung Cancer Screening Advisory Group.

Anna has been an invited speaker at regional, national and international conferences and is a co-author on many peer-reviewed papers.

Dr Sharman has been an active participate and advocate of REAL (Radiology Events and Learning) throughout her radiology career, spanning over 20 years and is delighted to be involved in the RCR REAL faculty.