EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 1994-95, D.E.C. Health Sciences
• Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 1995-2000, M.D.
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2002-05 (Internal Medicine)
• Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 2005-07 (Allergy/Immunology)

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• American Board of Internal Medicine (2005-2015)
• American Board of Allergy and Immunology (2007-2017)

AWARDS AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 1995 - Governor’s General Academic Medal
• 1997 - Networks of Centres of Excellence research scholarship
• 2004 - Mayo International Health Program scholarship
• 2005 - American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology FIT travel grant
• 2006 - American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology FIT travel grant
• 2006 - Chrysalis Project mentor
• 2006 - CIS/AAAAI School on Hypersensitivity and Allergic Diseases award recipient
• 2006 - American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology FIT travel grant
• 2007 - American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology FIT travel grant
• 2007 - Pulmonary & Allergy Fellows’ Symposia travel grant

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (fellow)
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (fellow)
• Nebraska Allergy Society (member)

STATE AND LOCAL PROJECTS

• Mehta V, Kushniruk A, Gauthier S, Richard Y, Deland E, Veilleux M, Grant A. The efficient use of information by the professional team of a clinical unit to obtain consensus for practice change: a study forming part of the Autocontrol Project. Presented at the HEALNet Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Nov. 13-15, 1997.
• V. Mehta, A. Madaan, C. K. Kim, J. B. Hagan. No evidence of increased sputum eosinophilia in treated asthma patients with gastroesophageal reflux. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, San Francisco, CA, Mar. 19-23, 2004.
• Mehta V, Stump, Craig. Resistant diabetes mellitus in a woman with systemic lupus erythematous. Presented at the American College of Physicians Annual Session, New Orleans, LA, Apr. 22-24, 2004.
• V. Mehta, T. Kobayashi, H. Kita. Effect of fungal antigen exposure on airway allergen sensitization. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, San Antonio, TX, Mar. 18-22, 2005.
• V. Mehta, J. B. Hagan. Chronic rhinosinusitis in asthmatics is related to sputum eosinophilia. Presented at the Annual International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, May 21-25, 2005.
• V. Mehta, M.A. Park. Successful carboplatin desensitization in a patient with a previous history of carboplatin hypersensitivity. Presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, Nov 4-9, 2005.
• V. Mehta, K. Parks, A. Bewtra. Concomitant histopathological findings of allergic fungal sinusitis and fungal ball in the same sinus: a rare case report. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Miami, FL, Mar. 3-7, 2006.
• T. Kobayashi, K. Iijima, S. Radhakrishnan, V. Mehta, R. Vassallo, L. R. Pease, H. Kita. Innate immune response to an environmental fungus, alternaria, facilitates Th2-type airway sensitization to a bystander antigen. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Miami, FL, Mar. 3-7, 2006.
• J.B. Hagan, V. Mehta, H. Kita. Airway wall thickening is associated with sinus mucosal thickening. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, May 19-24, 2006.
• V. Mehta, R. Townley. Hypereosinophilia associated with CD30+ anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: a rare case report. Presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 9-15, 2006.
• V. Mehta, B. Moore, A. Bewtra, D.K. Agrawal. A potential role of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins in the regulation of eosinophil apoptosis in allergic disease. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA, Feb. 23-27, 2007.
• F.A. Romero, V. Mehta, J.R Stokes, T.B. Casale. The effects of mometasone DPI on markers of airway inflammation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA, Feb. 23-27, 2007.

PUBLICATIONS

Original Articles

• Mehta V, Kushniruk A, Gauthier S, Richard Y, Grant A. Use of evidence in the process of practice change in a clinical team: a study-forming part of the Autocontrol Project. Int J Med Inf 1998 Aug-Sep; 51(2-3):169-80.
• Mehta V, Swaroop, VS. 70-year-old woman with rash and muscle weakness. Mayo Clin Proc 2004 Jul;79(7):923-6.
• Mehta V, Mueller PS, Gonzalez-Arriaza HL, Pankratz VS, Rummans TA. Safety of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients Receiving Chronic Warfarin Anticoagulation Therapy. Mayo Clin Proc 2004 Nov;79(11):1396-401.
• Reilkoff, R, Mehta V, Gajic, O. 67-year-old man with fever, back pain and lower extremity weakness. Mayo Clin Proc 2005 Nov; 80(11): 1510-13.
• Mehta V, Campeau, NG, Kita H, Hagan JB. Blood and sputum eosinophil levels in asthma and their relationship to sinus computed tomographic findings. Mayo Clin Proc 2008 Jun; 83(6): 671-8.
• Kobayashi T, Iijima K, Radhakrishnan S, Mehta V, Vassallo R, Lawrence CB, Cyong JC, Pease LR, Oguchi K, Kita H. Asthma-related environmental fungus, Alternaria, activates dendritic cells and produces potent Th2 adjuvant activity. J Immunol 2009 Feb 15;182(4):2502-10.
• Mehta V, Romero FA, Berro A, Stokes J, Casale TB. Effects of mometasone furoate DPI on lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and markers of airway inflammation in asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (in press).

Abstracts

• Mehta V, Watson J, Crum B. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a Patient Who Received Pituitary Human Growth Hormone. Presented at the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 25, 2002.
• Mehta V, Stump, Craig. Resistant Diabetes Mellitus in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematous. Presented at the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 7, 2003.
• Mehta V, Habermann, TM. Cyclophosphamide use in Multicentric Castleman Disease. Presented at the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 5, 2004.