Nehal N. Mehta, MD, MSCE, FAHA
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Attending Cardiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Inflammatory Risk, Preventive Cardiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Scholar, Center for Clinical Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
National Institutes of Health
10 Center Drive
5-3142
Bethesda, MD 20892
10 Center Drive
5-3142
Bethesda, MD 20892
Office: 215-514-3036
Lab: 301-827-0487
Lab: 301-827-0487
Email:
Nehal.mehta@nih.gov
Nehal.mehta@nih.gov
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Education:
NA (Biochemistry)
Oxford University, 1997.
BA (Neuropsychobiology)
The George Washington University (Seven-Year Accelerated Medical Program), 1997.
MD (Medicine)
The George Washington University Medical School, 2001.
MSCE (Genetic Epidemiology )
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2009.
Permanent linkNA (Biochemistry)
Oxford University, 1997.
BA (Neuropsychobiology)
The George Washington University (Seven-Year Accelerated Medical Program), 1997.
MD (Medicine)
The George Washington University Medical School, 2001.
MSCE (Genetic Epidemiology )
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2009.
Description of Research Expertise
My research program focuses on the role of innate immunity, inflammation and human genomics in subclinical atherosclerosis. I have a particular interest in human genomics, in vivo inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis. Our trans-disciplinary approach involves genetic epidemiology, cardiovascular radiology and translational medicine, all of which I have advanced training within to understand the role of cellular phenotypes, lipoproteins and common genetic variation on vascular inflammation. Our research program has advanced understanding of the epidemiological association between psoriasis and cardiometabolic diseases, as well as the first to demonstrate in vivo vascular inflammation in severe psoriasis utilizing novel imaging techniques.Description of Clinical Expertise
My clinical expertise is in Preventive Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and General Cardiology. I am the director of the Inflammatory Risk Program which specializes in the preventive cardiometabolic care of patients with psoriasis. Our multidisciplinary approach is the first of its kind and has >200 active patients. I also interpret exercise nuclear tests at HUP and Radnor, as well as serve on the consult service and Coronary Care Unit service at HUP.Description of Other Expertise
I have experience in medical media and have been featured on ABC News, MSNBC News, several magazines including Men's Health, Fitness as well as newspapers both local and national. Most of the commentary focus on emerging studies on factors of risk for vascular and metabolic diseases, as well as epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in general. I also speak at several patient-based and community-based lecture series, and write extensively for the lay population on heart disease risk.Selected Publications
Yang, Z. H., Amar, M., Sorokin, A. V., Troendle, J., Courville, A. B., Sampson, M., Playford, M. P., Yang, S., Stagliano, M., Ling, C., Donkor, K., Shamburek, R. D., Mehta, N. N., Remaley, A. T.: Supplementation with saury oil, a fish oil high in omega-11 monounsaturated fatty acids, improves plasma lipids in healthy subjects. J Clin Lipidol 14(1): 53-65 e2, 2020.Elmets, C. A., Korman, N. J., Prater, E. F., Wong, E. B., Rupani, R. N., Kivelevitch, D., Armstrong, A. W., Connor, C., Cordoro, K. M., Davis, D. M. R., Elewski, B. E., Gelfand, J. M., Gordon, K. B., Gottlieb, A. B., Kaplan, D. H., Kavanaugh, A., Kiselica, M., Kroshinsky, D., Lebwohl, M., Leonardi, C. L., Lichten, J., Lim, H. W., Mehta, N. N., Paller, A. S., Parra, S. L., Pathy, A. L., Siegel, M., Stoff, B., Strober, B., Wu, J. J., Hariharan, V., Menter, A.: Joint AAD-NPF Guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with topical therapy and alternative medicine modalities for psoriasis severity measures. J Am Acad Dermatol 2020.
Menter, A., Gelfand, J. M., Connor, C., Armstrong, A. W., Cordoro, K. M., Davis, D. M. R., Elewski, B. E., Gordon, K. B., Gottlieb, A. B., Kaplan, D. H., Kavanaugh, A., Kiselica, M., Kivelevitch, D., Korman, N. J., Kroshinsky, D., Lebwohl, M., Leonardi, C. L., Lichten, J., Lim, H. W., Mehta, N. N., Paller, A. S., Parra, S. L., Pathy, A. L., Prater, E. F., Rahimi, R. S., Rupani, R. N., Siegel, M., Stoff, B., Strober, B. E., Tapper, E. B., Wong, E. B., Wu, J. J., Hariharan, V., Elmets, C. A.: Joint American Academy of Dermatology-National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis with systemic nonbiologic therapies. J Am Acad Dermatol 82(6): 1445-1486, 2020.
Menter, M. A., Mehta, N. N., Lebwohl, M. G., Gottlieb, A. B., Mendelsohn, A. M., Rozzo, S. J., Leonardi, C.: The Effect of Tildrakizumab on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Psoriasis by Metabolic Syndrome Status: Post Hoc Analysis of Two Phase 3 Trials (ReSURFACE 1 and ReSURFACE 2). J Drugs Dermatol 19(8): 703-708, 2020.
Osborne, M. T., Shin, L. M., Mehta, N. N., Pitman, R. K., Fayad, Z. A., Tawakol, A.: Disentangling the Links Between Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 13(8): e010931, 2020.
Reddy, A. S., Uceda, D. E., Al Najafi, M., Dey, A. K., Mehta, N. N.: PET Scan with Fludeoxyglucose/Computed Tomography in Low-Grade Vascular Inflammation. PET Clin 15(2): 207-213, 2020.
Summers, R. M., Elton, D. C., Lee, S., Zhu, Y., Liu, J., Bagheri, M., Sandfort, V., Grayson, P. C., Mehta, N. N., Pinto, P. A., Linehan, W. M., Perez, A. A., Graffy, P. M., O'Connor, S. D., Pickhardt, P. J.: Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden on Abdominal CT: Automated Assessment With Deep Learning on Noncontrast and Contrast-enhanced Scans. Acad Radiol 2020.
Teague, H. L., Aksentijevich, M., Stansky, E., Silverman, J. I., Varghese, N. J., Dey, A. K., Elnabawi, Y., Goyal, A., Dagur, P. K., Chen, M. Y., McCoy, J. P., Playford, M. P., Hourigan, C., Gelfand, J. M., Mehta, N. N.: Cells of Myeloid Origin Partly Mediate the Association between Psoriasis Severity and Coronary Plaque. J Invest Dermatol 140(4): 912-915 e1, 2020.
Uceda, D. E., Dey, A. K., Lateef, S. S., Abdelrahman, K., Aksentijevich, M., Reddy, A. S., Choi, H., Rodante, J. A., Playford, M. P., Bluemke, D. A., Zhou, W., Chen, M. Y., Gelfand, J. M., Mehta, N. N.: Impaired Coronary Blood Flow in Patients with Psoriasis: Findings from an Observational Cohort Study. J Invest Dermatol 2020.
Yang, Z. H., Amar, M., Sampson, M., Courville, A. B., Sorokin, A. V., Gordon, S. M., Aponte, A. M., Stagliano, M., Playford, M. P., Fu, Y. P., Yang, S., Mehta, N. N., Remaley, A. T.: Comparison of Omega-3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid Versus Docosahexaenoic Acid-Rich Fish Oil Supplementation on Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins in Normolipidemic Adults. Nutrients 12(3), 2020.