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. OPIOID USE PRIOR TO LIVER TRANSPLANT IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF DEATH AFTER TRANSPLANT.
      Hillary Braun, Marisa P. Schwab, Chengshi Jin, Dominic Amara, Trevor Grace, Rhiannon Croci, Chris E. Freise, John P. Roberts, Neil Mehta, Ryutaro Hirose, Nancy L. Ascher| | UCSF Research Profile
    2. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Versus Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers: A Comparison of Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19.
      Kalra A, Hawkins ES, Nowacki AS, Jain V, Milinovich A, Saef J, Thomas G, Gebreselassie SK, Karnik SS, Jehi L, Young JB, Svensson LG, Chung MK, Mehta N| | PubMed
    3. SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2: The biology and clinical data settling the ARB and ACEI controversy.
      Chung MK, Karnik S, Saef J, Bergmann C, Barnard J, Lederman MM, Tilton J, Cheng F, Harding CV, Young JB, Mehta N, Cameron SJ, McCrae KR, Schmaier AH, Smith JD, Kalra A, Gebreselassie SK, Thomas G, Hawkins ES, Svensson LG| | PubMed
    4. THU248 Re-establishing abstinence after alcohol relapse after early transplant (LT) for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) provides survival advantage.
      George Therapondos, Brian Lee, Gene Im, John Rice, Ann Lazar, Michael R. Lucey, Ethan Weinberg, Hyosun Han, Haripriya Maddur, R. Mark Ghobrial, Christine Hsu, Oren Fix, Sheila Eswaran, Kirti Shetty, Neha Jakhete, David Victor, David Foley, Neil Mehta, Mary Rinella, Thomas Schiano, Constance Mobley, Norah Terrault| | UCSF Research Profile
    5. Donation After Circulatory Death Is Associated With Similar Posttransplant Survival in All but the Highest-Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients.
      Silverstein J, Roll G, Dodge JL, Grab JD, Yao FY, Mehta N| | PubMed
    6. Surveillance and Monitoring of Hepatocellular Carcinoma During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
      Mehta N, Parikh ND, Kelley RK, Hameed B, Singal AG| | PubMed
    7. Incidence of Stress Cardiomyopathy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
      Jabri A, Kalra A, Kumar A, Alameh A, Adroja S, Bashir H, Nowacki AS, Shah R, Khubber S, Kanaa'N A, Hedrick DP, Sleik KM, Mehta N, Chung MK, Khot UN, Kapadia SR, Puri R, Reed GW| | PubMed
    8. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Working Group Report from the ILTS Transplant Oncology Consensus Conference.
      Mehta N, Bhangui P, Yao FY, Mazzaferro V, Toso C, Akamatsu N, Durand F, Ijzermans J, Polak W, Zheng S, Roberts JP, Sapisochin G, Hibi T, Kwan NM, Ghobrial M, Soin A| | PubMed
    9. Shorter Height Is Associated With Lower Probability of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
      Lee E, Sarkar M, Dodge J, Kohi M, Mehta N| | PubMed
    10. Unfair Advantages for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Listed for Liver Transplant in Short-Wait Regions Following 2015 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Policy Change.
      Brondfield MN, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Heimbach J, Yao FY, Mehta N| | PubMed