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. 531: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A RISK SCORE FOR PREDICTING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B WITHIN A LARGE, REPRESENTATIVE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COHORT.
      Varun Saxena, Liyan Liu, Joanna B. Ready, Mai Sedki, Krisna P. Chai, Suk I. Seo, Nizar A. Mukhtar, Sreepriya Balasubramanian, Brock A. Macdonald, Neil Mehta, Julie A. Schmittdiel| | UCSF Research Profile
    2. EP1003: EVALUATION OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS WITHIN HOTSPOTS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AMONG A LARGE DIVERSE PATIENT COHORT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
      Mignote Yilma, Jackson Voelkel, Richie Houhong Xu, Leu-Yen Tucker, Monica Muzzin, Varun Saxena, Neil Mehta, Jeffrey K. Lee, Suk I. Seo, Brock A. Macdonald, Joanna B. Ready, Sreepriya Balasubramanian, Nizar A. Mukhtar| | UCSF Research Profile
    3. National experience with living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
      Silverstein J, Yao FY, Grab JD, Braun HJ, Roberts J, Dodge JL, Mehta N| | PubMed
    4. Machine learning to predict waitlist dropout among liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma.
      Kwong A, Hameed B, Syed S, Ho R, Mard H, Arshad S, Ho I, Suleman T, Yao F, Mehta N| | PubMed
    5. Lower Alpha-Fetoprotein Threshold of 500 ng/mL for Liver Transplantation May Improve Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
      Goldman ML, Zhou K, Dodge JL, Yao F, Mehta N| | PubMed
    6. Models to Predict Development or Recurence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in Patients with Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis.
      Yilma M, Saxena V, Mehta N| | PubMed
    7. Quality measures in HCC care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
      Asrani SK, Ghabril MS, Kuo A, Merriman RB, Morgan T, Parikh ND, Ovchinsky N, Kanwal F, Volk ML, Ho C, Serper M, Mehta S, Agopian V, Cabrera R, Chernyak V, El-Serag HB, Heimbach J, Ioannou GN, Kaplan D, Marrero J, Mehta N, Singal A, Salem R, Taddei T, Walling AM, Tapper EB| | PubMed
    8. National time trends in mortality and graft survival following liver transplantation from circulatory death or brainstem death donors.
      Wallace D, Cowling TE, Suddle A, Gimson A, Rowe I, Callaghan C, Sapisochin G, Ivanics T, Claasen M, Mehta N, Heaton N, van der Meulen J, Walker K| | PubMed
    9. Decreased Urgency Among Liver Transplantation Candidates With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States.
      Kwong AJ, Ghaziani TT, Mehta N| | PubMed
    10. The Impact of Median Model for End-Stage Liver Disease at Transplant Minus 3 National Policy on Waitlist Outcomes in Patients With and Without Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
      Bernards S, Hirose R, Yao FY, Jin C, Dodge JL, Huang CY, Mehta N| | PubMed