Dr. Gaurav Mehta
Gastroenterologist
Gastroenterology
About
His interest in Liver diseases began with a very personal family member having cirrhois and comolications from the same. Their passing away from thus deadly disease made me motivated to fight this diseases and gave him insoiration to peruse hepatology as a cancer.
He has trained and worked as an associate professor in USA for about 15 years. Worked and trained in the best of institutions like Albert Einstein Medical Centre, Drexel University School of medicine & Harvard Medical Shool with the brightest names in Gastroenterology & Hepatology. His goal is to bring all this experiences and training to KDAH & become the best Gastrienterology & Hepatology unit so that we can provide the best and latest evidence based care in this field
Awards
- 2004 Chairmans Award – Most outstanding 1st year resident at Graduate Hospital
- 2006 Program Directors Award – Most outstanding senior resident at Graduate Hospital
- Nominate for the American Liver Foundation/American Association for the study of Liver disease – 2006 Resident Scholar Award
Treatments / Specialities
- Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (EGD) – Variceal banding/sclerotherapy,
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP),
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) – Diagnostic and therapeutic FNA,
- Fibroscan,
- Percutaneous Gastrostomy (PEG),
- Sigmoidoscopy,
- Colonoscopy – Diagnostic and therapeutic,
- Pancreatic pseudocyst drainage,
- Biliary/Oesophageal/Duodenal metal stent placement
Membership
- ASGE – American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- ACG – American College of Gastroenterology
- ABIM – American Board of Internal Medicine (Diplomat)
- AASLD – American Association for Study of Liver Disease
- ABIM – American Board of Gastroenterology (Diplomat)
Paper Published
- 69th Annual American College of Gastroenterology Meeting 2004; Mehta G, Kundu R, Wolfson M, Koka R, Ahtaridits G
- (AJG 2004-Vol 99:10,S 154)Massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage as a presentation of mid esophageal diverticulum – a rare case and review Digestive Disease Week 2005; Koka R, Mehta G, Araya V, Rothstein K
- (Gastroenterology2005-Vol 128: 4,S1536)All Patients with Hepatitis C over the Age of 50 Should Have Screening Colonoscopy Prior to Interferon Therapy Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2006; Saroha S, Mehta G, Deppert E
- (Journal of Hospital Medicine 2006-Vol 1:S2 72)Burkitts Lymphoma Presenting with Proptosis and Lactic Acidosis in an Older Adult. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting 2006; Mehta G, Rabi K, Ahtaridis G, Kochman M
- (AJG 2006-Vol 101:9,S 117)Pancreatic pseudocyst drainage- Transpapillary or Transmural? American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting 2007Levy A, Mehta G, Munoz S, et. al. (AJG 2007-Vol 102 (S2):S391)
- Chlorzoxazone as the Cause of Fulminant Hepatic Failure Digestive Disease Week 2010; Sepe P, Mehta G, Chuttani R, et. Al. (GIE April 2010 – Vol 71, No.5: DDW Abstract Issue M1454)Fatty Pancreas: A New Addition to the Metabolic Syndrome?
