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. Longer Travel and Traffic are Associated with Adult Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality in the United States.
      Zhou K, Albertian R, Wong C, Kuo LS, Thompson LK, Dodge JL, Mehta N, Terrault NA, Cockburn MG| | PubMed
    2. DAA-PASS: A Prospective Evaluation of HCC Recurrence After Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy.
      Singal AG, Reddy KR, Colombo M, Morris HL, Mospan AR, Cabrera R, Kelley RK, Kilpatrick RD, Trevisani F, Farinati F, Giannini EG, Mehta N, Fried MW, Sangro B, DAA-PASS and ITA.LI.CA Investigators| | PubMed
    3. Differential aging trends among candidates for liver transplant with and without HCC.
      Jutras G, Mehta N, Lai JC| | PubMed
    4. Downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation: Results from a national multicenter prospective cohort study.
      Xu E, Tabrizian P, Gutierrez J, Hoteit M, Ghaziani T, Zhou K, Parikh N, Ajmera V, Aby E, Shui A, Marino R, Martin A, Wong C, Kao K, Dave S, Florman S, Yao F, Mehta N| | PubMed
    5. The California Liver Network: Foreign Born Patients and their progression through liver transplant evaluation.
      Mignote Yilma, Kali Zhou, Allison Kwong, Steven Wisel, Monica Tincopa, Jasleen Singh, Justin Steggerda, Alexander Kuo, Veeral Ajmera, Hirsh Trivedi, Aarshi Vipani, Irine Vodkin, Hillary Braun, Neil Mehta, Chris Friese, Peter Stock, Ryutaro Hirose| | UCSF Research Profile
    6. Hepatocellular carcinoma: updates on epidemiology, surveillance, diagnosis and treatment.
      Hwang SY, Danpanichkul P, Agopian V, Mehta N, Parikh ND, Abou-Alfa GK, Singal AG, Yang JD| | PubMed
    7. Value of HCC surveillance in a landscape of emerging surveillance options: Perspectives of a multi-stakeholder modified Delphi panel.
      Singal AG, Quirk L, Boike J, Chernyak V, Feng Z, Giamarqo G, Kanwal F, Ioannou GN, Manes S, Marrero JA, Mehta N, Pillai A, Shaheen NJ, Shaukat A, Sirlin CB, Verna E, Wani S, Wilson Woods A, Yang JD, Parikh ND| | PubMed
    8. Enhancing the prognostic accuracy of the RETREAT score with AFP-L3 and DCP tumor markers.
      Norman JS, Li PJ, Kotwani P, Yao FY, Pham S, Gamez J, Mehta N| | PubMed
    9. Model of Urgency for Liver Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Practical Model to Prioritize Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma on the Liver Transplant Waitlist.
      Norman JS, Mehta N, Kim WR, Liang JW, Biggins SW, Asrani SK, Heimbach J, Charu V, Kwong AJ| | PubMed
    10. Sociodemographic disparities in downstaging to liver transplant for hepatocellular carcinoma.
      Zhou K, Nguyen L, Tabrizian P, Mehta N| | PubMed