M.B.B.S., M.S. (General Surgery), D.N.B. (Surgical Oncology)
14+ years
Dr. Mehta is the Additional Director at the Department of Surgical Oncology at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital. He graduated from the University of Mumbai. Thereafter, he received his M.S. (General Surgery) from Sardar Patel University (Gujarat) and D.N.B. (Surgical Oncology). He has received extensive training in surgical oncology, general thoracic surgery, thoracic surgical oncology (both open and minimally invasive surgery), and robotic thoracic surgery.
Dr. Mehta has been/is a part of several completed and on-going research projects: ‘Role of lesser resections in Early stage Lung cancer who are medically unfit’; ‘Negative Predictive value of EBUS in Mediastinal staging’ (Royal Melbourne Hospital); ‘Mediastinoscopy vs PET CT scan concordance in identifying N2 nodes in NSCLC: A study of 100 cases’ (Co-Principal Investigator – TMH); ‘Role of Whole body DW MRI in management of NSCLC’ (TMH); and ‘Evaluation of clinical and histopathological response to a neoadjuvant regimen of paclitaxel and platinum in squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus’ (Co-Investigator – TMH). He has also participated in the following randomised trials: ‘Three field radical vs two field oesophagectomy – a prospective RCT’ and ‘Posterolateral thoracotomy versus Nerve Sparing Thoracotomy (PotNest)’.
Dr. Mehta has participated in various national and international workshops and presented his work at several multidisciplinary meetings. He has also authored several journal publications.