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. Immigrant status and cardiovascular risk over time: results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
      Lê-Scherban F, Albrecht SS, Bertoni A, Kandula N, Mehta N, Diez Roux AV| | PubMed
    2. HCC recurrence following liver tranplantation should be aggresively treated to increase patient survival.
      G. Sapisochin, N. Mehta, I. Scalera, C. Sposito, F.Y. Yao, P. Muiesan, V. Mazzaferro, D.R. Grant| | UCSF Research Profile
    3. Hepatocellular cancer as indication for liver transplantation: pushing beyond Milan.
      Mehta N, Yao FY| | PubMed
    4. “Very early” intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma may become an acceptable indication for liver transplantation. A multicenter validation study.
      G. Sapisochin, M. Facciuto, N. Mehta, E. Vibert, R. Hernandez-Alejandro, A.D. Pinna, S. Hwang, V.G. Agopian, G. Gores, J. Reyes, O. Soubrane, T. Reichman, P. Kim, C. Sposito, P.A. Clavien, C. Toso, N. Kneteman, J. Bruix| | UCSF Research Profile
    5. Nucleos(t)ide analogs reduce the risk of hepatitis B-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: A can't miss proposition?
      Mehta N, Yao FY| | PubMed
    6. Intention to treat outcome of T1 hepatocellular carcinoma with the "wait and not ablate" approach until meeting T2 criteria for liver transplant listing.
      Mehta N, Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Fidelman N, Roberts JP, Yao FY| | PubMed
    7. Minimal Transplant Survival Benefit for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Is it Real or an Overestimation of Waitlist Life Expectancy?
      Mehta N, Heimbach J, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY| | PubMed
    8. Abstract 19009: The Association Between Clinical and Echocardiographic Imaging Findings and T2* in End Stage Liver Disease.
      Gabriel Brooks, Kathryn Brown, Neil Mehta, Karen Ordovas, Nevah Rubin, Elyse Foster, Atif Qasim| | UCSF Research Profile
    9. Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria.
      Yao FY, Mehta N, Flemming J, Dodge J, Hameed B, Fix O, Hirose R, Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP| | PubMed
    10. Evaluating the validity of model for end-stage liver disease exception points for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with multiple nodules <2 cm.
      Samoylova ML, Dodge JL, Mehta N, Yao FY, Roberts JP| | PubMed