BARIATRIC SURGERY
Sleeve Gastrectomy
RNY Gastric Bypass
Gastric Plication
Laparoscopic and Robotic Revision Surgery
Laparoscopic Lap-Band® / Realize-band®
Gastric Band over Gastric Bypass
DaVinci® ROBOTIC SURGERY
Robotic Gastric Bypass
ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY
Stomaphyx® Procedure: Endoscopic Incision-less reduction of stomach pouch
Overstitch® Procedure: Endoscopic Incision-less reduction of stomach pouch
BODY CONTOURING
Abdominoplasty (Tummy-Tuck)
Reverse Abdominoplasty
Mini-abdominoplasty
Belt Abdominoplasty
Lower Body Lift
Upper Body Lift
Mini-Inner Thigh Lift
Arm Lift
Mini-Arm Lift
Liposuction (including Power Assisted Lipo, Laser & VASER Lipo)
Brazilian Butt Lifts
Fat transfer to Breasts, Buttocks, and Calves
Women's Soft Definition Body Sculpting
Men's High Definition Body Sculpting (6-pack)
Large Volume Liposuction
REVISION SURGERIES FOR THE FOLLOWING:
Sleeve Gastrectomy
RNY Gastric Bypass
Lap Band®
Realize Band®
Gastric Plication
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG)
Horizontal Gastroplasty
Mason’s Loop Gastric Bypass
Fobi-pouch
Marginal ulcers
Jejuno-Ileal Bypass
Non-adjustable Gastric Band
ENDOSCOPY
Gastric Balloons for weight loss
Upper GI Endoscopy
Stomaphyx Procedure: Incision-less Endoscopic Revision of Gastric Pouch
Endoscopic Balloon Dilation of Gastric strictures
Endoscopic Fibrin Glue Injection of Gastric Leaks and Fistulas
EDUCATION:
UNDERGRADUATE (Bachelor of Science, majoring in Biochemistry)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (1988 – 1992)
MEDICAL SCHOOL
New York Medical College, NY (1992 – 1996)
GENERAL SURGERY INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY
New York Methodist Hospital (1996 – 2001)
BARIATRIC / LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FELLOWSHIP
St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ (2001 – 2002)
Under Robert Brolin, Past President, American Society of Bariatric Surgery
& W. Peter Geis, Past President, Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Participated in teaching surgical fellows Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, Saint Peter’s University Hospital: Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Program
PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
1. Mehta M, Mehta V, Ortiz J: Characteristics of Lynch Syndrome with clarification of risk factors and appropriate management. Contemporary Surgery Jan/Feb, pp 9-12, 1997
2. Gorecki P, Schein M, Mehta V, Wise L: Surgeons and infectious disease specialists- different attitude towards common surgical infections. Surgical Infections, 2000;115-123
3. Mehta V: Potentiation of inductive effects of p-barbital on cytochrome p450 by canabidiol. Annual Biochemistry Conference, SUNY Stony Brook 1992
4. Mehta V: Quantitative measurement of peripheral neuropathy in dialysis dependent patients. Annual Nephrology Conference, SUNY Stony Brook 1992
5. Mehta V: Use of alpha interferon for treating chronic myelogenous leukemia in pregnancy. High Risk Obstetric Conference, Westchester County Medical Center,1996
6. Mehta V: Optimal Nutrition for Intensive Care Unit Patients. Surgical Conference, Dept. of Surgery, Westchester County Medical Center, 1996
7. Mehta V: The role of extra-anatomical surgical renal revascularization in patients with aneurysmal degeneration of reverse saphenous vein grafts after aorto-renal bypass for occlusive disease. The 83rd Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, New Orleans, LA 1997
8. Mehta V: Femoral artery thrombosis: Complications of vascular hemostatic device – Vasoseal. The 83rd Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, New Orleans, LA 1997
9. Mehta V: Frey Syndrome: A complication of carotid endarterectomy. The 83rd Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, New Orleans, LA 1997
10. Mehta V: Leg contracture as a complication of subfascial endoscopic perforator vein surgery (SEPS). The 84th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, Orlando, FL 1998
11. Mehta V: The significance of routine postoperative 12-lead EKG changes and creatine kinase (CK-MB) elevation in patients with major vascular surgery. The 84th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, Orlando, FL 1998
12. Mehta V: Kasabach Merritt Syndrome: Hemangioma with unfavorable prognosis. The 85th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, San Francisco, CA 1999
13. Mehta V: Tubo-ovarian abscess presenting as bilateral incarcerated femoral hernia. The 85th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, San Francisco, CA 1999
14. Mehta V: A short cut to pulmonary venous pressure measurements & literature review. Internal jugular catheterization – An anomaly! The 85th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, San Francisco, CA 1999
15. Mehta V: Lemierre Syndrome: An old disease in a new millennium. The 85th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS, San Francisco, CA 1999
16. Mehta V: Functional Aspects of Bariatric Surgery for the Young Surgeon. Grand Rounds, Saint Peters University Hospital, March 2002
17. Mehta V, Andrei V: Antecolic / Antegastric approach to Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. A safe alternative. Annual Clinical Congress, SAGES, New Orleans, LA 2002
18. Koren J, Brolin R, Mehta V: Complications of routine use of drains in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. 20th annual meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Boston, MA, June 2003
19. Mehta V: Invited speaker; Review and Update of Gastric Bypass Surgery, Bayonne Medical Center, October 2003
20. Mehta V: Update on Bariatric Surgery, Grand Rounds for Department of Medicine at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, January 2004
21. Mehta V: Aspects of Gastric Bypass. Invited Speaker for New Jersey Dietetic Association, April 2004
22. Kowalski C, Mehta V, Brolin R: Use of Fibrin Glue as Treatment of Leaks in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. 21st annual meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, San Diego, CA, June 2004
23. Ebert E, Mehta V, Das K: Activation Antigens on Colonic T Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Effects of IL-10. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2004
24. Mehta V: Invited Speaker; Bariatric Program Startup, Raritan Bay Medical Center, June 2004
25. Mehta V: Invited Speaker; Weight Loss Surgery, Health and Wellness Fair, Edison, NJ, November 2004
26. Mehta V: Invited Speaker; Bariatric Surgery, Bridges Club at Raritan Bay Medical Center, May 2005
27. Mehta V: Invited Speaker; Update in Bariatric Surgery, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, New Jersey, June 2005
28. Mehta V: Invited speaker; Update in Bariatric Surgery, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Raritan Bay Medical Center, New Jersey, Sept 2005
29. Ebert E, Mehta V: Human intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes keep TNF-alpha levels low by cell uptake and feedback inhibition of transcription. Cellular Immunology 241, 2006. Cellular Immunology 241, 2006
