Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, United States
Vikas Mehta, MD, MPH, FACS, is the Vice Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Otorhinolarnygology - Head & Neck Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer, diseases of the salivary glands and thyroid/parathyroid disease, with a particular interest in transoral robotic surgery and endocrine surgery.
Dr. Mehta graduated with honors with his Bachelor of Science in Molecular Cell Biology at the University of California Berkeley in 2001. In 2006, he received his Doctor of Medicine at the University of California Irvine. Dr. Mehta completed an internship in general surgery at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in 2007. He then completed a residency in Otolaryngology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 2012, he completed a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He also attended Johns Hopkins University where he received his Master of Public Health in 2015.
Currently, Dr. Mehta is interested in researching the clinical outcomes in head and neck cancer patients, and patients with thyroid conditions, looking particularly at health disparities, cost effectiveness, quality of care and systems improvements. He also serves as the Director of Quality for the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center, and is currently the Coordinator for Research & Quality for the American Academyof Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His previous work on a range of topics has been published in many peer-reviewed journals and books, as well as presented nationally and internationally, and he has received grant funding to study methods for improving oncologic healthcare delivery to socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
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Head & Neck Surgery Education Committee
Sunday, September 29, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
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