University of California San Francisco

Mehta
Neil
Mehta
MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

General Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

Department of Medicine

Address

400 Parnassus Avenue, #A740
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Phone: 415-502-2569
Fax: 415-476-0659

    Biography

    Dr. Neil Mehta is a gastroenterologist and specialist in liver transplantation.

    In his research, Mehta examines liver cancer treatment, particularly as related to liver transplants. He has contributed to important publications in this area. His other research interests include outcomes for patients who undergo liver transplantation and cardiac iron overload in patients with chronic liver disease. He frequently lectures in the community and at the university on these subjects.

    At the UCSF School of Medicine, Mehta supervises the training of residents as well as fellows in both gastroenterology and liver transplant medicine. He also delivers lectures on liver disease to UCSF medical students studying metabolism and nutrition.

    Mehta earned his medical degree at UCSF and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed fellowships in gastroenterology and liver transplantation at UCSF.

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California, San Francisco M.D. Medicine 2006

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
    American Board of Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology

    Collaboration Interests

    I am interested in:

    • policy change

    Clinical Expertise

    Alcoholic Liver Disease

    Autoimmune Hepatitis

    Cirrhosis

    Drug-Induced Hepatitis

    Fulminant Hepatic Failure

    Hemochromatosis

    Hepatitis B

    Hepatitis C

    Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)

    Liver Transplantation

    Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Polycystic Liver Disease

    Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

    Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    Clinical Trials

    1. Related Conditions: Liver Cancer, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis B, Cancer, General, Hepatocellular Cancer| Start Date: | End Date:

    Program Affiliations

    UCSF Liver Center

    In the News

    December, 16, 2020 | UCSF General Surgery Residency Program

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Mehta is engaged in research investigating clinical outcomes in patients with end-stage liver disease. His research focuses on two main areas:

    • Understanding issues related to the diagnosis and management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) particularly with regards to outcomes in liver transplantation. Specific topics we are currently interested in are evaluating the risk of HCC recurrence post-transplant based on transplant waiting times, creating an HCC recurrence risk score, and downstaging tumors in to conventional transplant criteria.
    • Understanding the role of iron overload in patients listed for liver transplant, specifically with regards to both hepatic and cardiac iron deposition.

    Mr. Mehta is also conducting research related to the diagnosis and management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) particularly with regards to outcomes in liver transplantation.This includes a multicenter project with CPMC and Scripps to understand the role of downstaging tumors into conventional transplant criteria. He is also pursuing projects to address the risk of HCC recurrence post-transplant based on transplant waiting times as well as to create an HCC recurrence risk score. These projects are being done collaboratively with the Mayo clinic in Rochester and Jacksonville.

    Dr. Mehta is also pursuing research to help optimize the management of iron overload in patients listed for liver transplant, specifically with regards to both hepatic and cardiac iron deposition.

    Research Interests

    Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

    Liver transplantation outcomes including expanded criteria liver transplants

    Cardiopulmonary complications of chronic liver disease

    Liver injury and repair (Liver transplantation)

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 196
    1. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Demonstrates Heterogeneous Growth Patterns in a Multicenter Cohort of Patients With Cirrhosis.
      Rich NE, John BV, Parikh ND, Rowe I, Mehta N, Khatri G, Thomas SM, Anis M, Mendiratta-Lala M, Hernandez C, Odewole M, Sundaram LT, Konjeti VR, Shetty S, Shah T, Zhu H, Yopp AC, Hoshida Y, Yao FY, Marrero JA, Singal AG| | PubMed
    2. Social Media as an Early Proxy for Social Distancing Indicated by the COVID-19 Reproduction Number: Observational Study.
      Younis J, Freitag H, Ruthberg JS, Romanes JP, Nielsen C, Mehta N| | PubMed
    3. Expanding the Limits of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Is There a Limit?
      Kwong A, Mehta N| | PubMed
    4. Surveillance for HCC After Liver Transplantation: Increased Monitoring May Yield Aggressive Treatment Options and Improved Postrecurrence Survival.
      Lee DD, Sapisochin G, Mehta N, Gorgen A, Musto KR, Hajda H, Yao FY, Hodge DO, Carter RE, Harnois DM| | PubMed
    5. The Impact of Direct-acting Antivirals on Overall Mortality and Tumoral Recurrence in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Listed for Liver Transplantation: An International Multicenter Study.
      Gorgen A, Galvin Z, Huang AC, Vinaixa C, O'Rourke JM, Francoz C, Hansen BE, Durand F, Elsharkawy AM, Shah T, Berenguer M, Rubin A, Calatayud D, Mehta N, Terrault NA, Lilly LB, Selzner N, Sapisochin G| | PubMed
    6. Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma following liver transplantation.
      Hoffman D, Mehta N| | PubMed
    7. Effect of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Risk Factors on Waitlist Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
      Weinfurtner K, Dodge JL, Yao FYK, Mehta N| | PubMed
    8. Provider Attitudes Toward Risk-Based Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in Patients With Cirrhosis in the United States.
      Kim NJ, Rozenberg-Ben-Dror K, Jacob DA, Rich NE, Singal AG, Aby ES, Yang JD, Nguyen V, Pillai A, Fuchs M, Moon AM, Shroff H, Agarwal PD, Perumalswami P, Chandna S, Zhou K, Patel YA, Latt NL, Wong R, Duarte-Rojo A, Lindenmeyer CC, Frenette C, Ge J, Mehta N, Yao F, Benhammou JN, Bloom PP, Leise M, Kim HS, Levy C, Barnard A, Khalili M, Ioannou GN| | PubMed
    9. Downstaging to Liver Transplant: Success Involves Choosing the Right Patient.
      Zhou K, Mehta N| | PubMed
    10. Association of Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Testing Positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
      Mehta N, Kalra A, Nowacki AS, Anjewierden S, Han Z, Bhat P, Carmona-Rubio AE, Jacob M, Procop GW, Harrington S, Milinovich A, Svensson LG, Jehi L, Young JB, Chung MK| | PubMed