Dr Sharon received her O Level (MCE) in 1974 at Sekolah Menengah Arshad, Kota Belud, Sabah. In 1975, she went to study in Tormeads Girl’s School, Guilford, Surrey, England, to get her O Levels and A Levels. She received her MBBS from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London in 1982. Subsequently, she obtained her FRCS from the Royal College and Physicians and Surgeon of Glasgow in 1988. She then got her FRC in Ophthalmology from the College of Ophthalmology London, UK in 1989.