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Faculty Biography

Department of Surgery,
Division of Elective General Surgery


Sheilendra Mehta, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Elective General Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Surgical Oncology and Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Education

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
The Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Texas
2005-2006

Pediatric Surgery Research Fellowship
Children’s Mercy Hospital,
Kansas City, Missouri
2002-2005.
Mentor: Dr. George K. Gittes, M.D.

General Surgery Residency
Staten Island University Hospital,
Staten Island, New York
1998-2002.
Honors: Resident Research Award, 2001-2002.

General Surgery Internship
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York,
1997-1998.
Honors: Most Outstanding Surgical Intern of the Year, 1997-1998.

Doctor of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas
1993-1997.

Bachelor of Science
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
1990-1993
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Biology
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Dean’s List, President’s List.

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas.
1988-1989.
Major: Chemistry
Honors: Dean’s List.

CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Surgery Certification
February, 2004

ATLS
December, 2007-December, 2011

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Surgery Associates of Houston, L.L.P.
7500 Beechnut, Suite 240
Houston, TX 77074
8/1/2006 – present

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
Houston, TX
Active Staff, General Surgery
8/1/06 to present
General Surgery QI Committee 2006-present
Medical Informatics Committee 2007-present
Trauma Sub-Committee 2007-present

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
Sugar Land, TX
Active Staff, General Surgery
9/27/06 to present
Credentials Committee 2008

Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest
Houston, TX
General Surgery
8/1/06 to present

Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
Sugar Land, TX
Courtesy Staff, General Surgery
09/27/06 to present

HONORS, AWARDS, AND SOCIETIES

2005 Fourth Place ACS Top Gun Laparoscopic Surgery Competition, San Francisco.
2005 The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
2005 The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
2005 Southeastern Surgical Congress.
2004 Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
2004 American Board of Surgery Certification.
2002-2003 Katherine B. Richardson Associates Endowment Fund Research Grant. Pleiotrophin, an Important Angiogenesis Factor, Function During Pancreas Organogenesis. (Co-Author).
2001-2002 Resident Research Award, Staten Island University Hospital.
1997-1998 Most Outstanding Surgical Intern of the Year, Staten Island University Hospital.
1992-1993 Summa Cum Laude, Texas Tech University.
1992-1993 Recipient of the Robert A. Welch Academic Scholarship, Texas Tech University.
1991-1993 Recipient of the Dow Chemical Academic Scholarship, Texas Tech University.
1989-1993 Outstanding College Students of America.
1990-1993 President’s List, Dean’s List, Texas Tech University.
1988-1990 Dean’s List, University of Texas at Austin.

ABSTRACTS

1. Mehta, SS, Clott, M, Solis, R, Kopatsis, A, Coppa, G. Hereditary Antithrombin III Deficiency Associated with Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis: A Case Study and Review. Southeastern Surgical Congress, Orlando, FL, 1999.

2. Clott, M, Mehta, SS, Kopatsis, A, Coppa, G. Embolectomy Catheter Control Of Sphincter Of Oddi Bleeding. Southeastern Surgical Congress, Orlando, FL, 1999.

3. D’Anna, J, Kopatsis, A, Mehta, SS, Fields, C. Vena Cava Filters in Critical Care. Critical Issues in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Staten Island University Hospital Annual Symposium in Juan les Pin, France, 2000.

4. Mehta, SS, Prasadan, K, Pruett, BL, Spilde, TL, Kobayashi, H, Hembree, MJ, Bhatia, AM, Snyder CL, Ostlie DJ, Gittes, GK. Role of PBX-1 in Pancreatic Differentiation. Society of University Surgeons, Houston, TX, 2003.

5. Spilde, TL, Bhatia, AM, Mehta SS, Hembree, MJ, Pruett, BL, Li, Z, Prasadan, K, Snyder, CL, Gittes, GK. Defective Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in Esophageal Atresia with Tracheo-esophageal Fistula. Society of University Surgeons, Houston, TX, 2003.

6. Spilde TL, Bhatia AM, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Li Z, Prasadan K, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. The Diabetic Milieu Inhibits Pancreatic Precursor Differentiation. American Pediatric Surgical Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2003.

7. Spilde TL, Bhatia AM, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Ostlie DJ, Li Z, Prasadan K, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Aberrant Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 Signaling in Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula. American Pediatric Surgical Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2003.

8. Mehta SS, Cantu C, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Yew K-H, Ostlie DJ, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. BMP Signaling in Pancreatic Lineage Selection. American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Surgery, New Orleans, LA, 2003.
9. Spilde TL, Prasadan K, Mehta SS, Snyder CL, Ostlie DJ, Yew K-H, Preuett BL, Hembree MJ, Cantu C, Gittes GK. Notch Signaling Maintains a Stem Cell Population During Pancreas Development. American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Surgery, New Orleans, LA, 2003.
10. Li Z, Mehta SS, Prasadan K, Hembree MJ, Holcomb III GW, Ostlie DJ, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Pleiotrophin Signaling in Pancreatic Organogenesis and Differentiation. Association of Academic Surgery, Sacramento, California, 2003.

11. Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Yew K, Cantu C, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, McFall C, Gittes GK. Role of Notch Signaling in Maintaining a Stem Cell Population During Pancreas Development. The American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, California, 2003.

12. Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Hembree MJ, Yew H, Cantu C, McFall C, Mehta SS, Gittes GK. Barrier Functions of the Coelomic Epithelial Jacket Present During Development of the Mouse Pancreas. The American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, California 2003.

13. Cantu CL, Prasadan K, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, McFall CR, Preuett BL, Maldonado TS, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Activin Signaling is Necessary for Pancreatic Endocrine Differentiation. Society of University Surgeons, St Louis, Missouri, 2004.

14. Crowley A, Mehta SS, Ostlie DJ, Holcomb GW, MD, Hembree MJ, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, McFall C, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Altered BMP Signaling in Human EA/TEF. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA 2004.

15. Mehta SS, Tulachan SS, Hembree MJ, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Crowley A, Yew H, McFall C, Cantu CL, Li Z, Gittes GK. TGF-Beta Isoform Signaling Regulates Production of Non-Pancreatic Endocrine. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA 2004.

16. Spilde TL, Crowley A, Mehta SS, Ostlie DJ, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Tulachan SS, Holcomb GW, Gittes GK, Snyder CL. BMP Ligand-Receptor Interactions Contribute to Experimental Tracheoesophageal Fistula. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA 2004.

17. Tulachan SS, Doi R, Kawaguchi Y, Hirai Y, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Imamura M, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Epimorphin in Embryonic Pancreas Induces Epithelial Morphogenesis. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA 2004.

18. Hembree MJ, Yew H, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Mehta SS, Cantu CL, McFall C, Crowley A, Sharp S, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. TGF-beta Signaling in Pancreatic Cell Differentiation. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA 2004.

19. Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Cantu CL, Mehta SS, McFall C, Yew H, Crowley A, Hembree MJ, Tulachan SS, Sharp S, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Coelomic Epithelium is Necessary for Containing Organ-Specific Diffusable Signals. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA 2004.

20. McFall C, Hembree MJ, Mehta SS, Prasadan K, Snyder CL, and Gittes GK. Bone Morphogenic Proteins Mediate Beta Cell Neogenesis. American Academy of Pediatrics 2004 National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco CA, October, 2004.

21. Tulachan S, Benjes CL, Hembree MJ, Mehta SS, Tei E, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Yew H, McFall C, Snyder CL, Gittes Gk. Bi-Directional Epithelial-Mesenchymal TFG-b Isoform Signaling Regulates Pancreatic Differentiation. Society of University Surgeons, Nashville TN, February, 2005.

22. Mehta SS, Long JC, Lal PB, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Laparoscopic VBG to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Revisional Surgery. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.
23. Mehta SS, Toyama MT, Long JC, Lal PB, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Laparoscopic Repair of Esophageal Perforation Secondary To Iatrogenic Trauma. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.

24. Long JC, Long LL, Mehta SS, Lal PB, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Incidence of Undiagnosed Contralateral Inguinal Hernia Determined at the Time of Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy in Adults. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006

25. Long JC, Mehta SS, Lal PB, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Spigelian Hernia: A Case Series. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.

26. Lal, PB, Long LC, Mehta SS, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Outcomes in Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.

27. Lal, PB, Long LC, Mehta SS, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Mini-Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Elderly. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Mehta, SS., Vasisht, B., Silich, R. Self-Assessment Questions in General Surgery. Hosp Physician 36(8):55, Aug., 2000.

2. Spilde TL, Bhatia AM, Mehta SS, Ostlie DJ, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Li Z, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Defective Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula. Surgery 2003 Aug; 134(2): 345-350.

3. Mehta SS and Gittes GK (ed). (Monograph) Extracellular Control of Pancreatic Differentiation. Progress in Pediatric Surgical Research. Semin Pediatr Surg; 2004 Feb; 13(1): pp 25-36.

4. Spilde TL, Bhatia AM, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Ostlie DJ, Prasadan K, Li Z, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Aberrant fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 signaling in esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula. J Pediatr Surg 2004 Apr; 39(4): 537-539.

5. Mehta SS, Gittes GK. The Impact of Advances in Developmental Biology on the Management of Neonatal Surgical Anomalies. In Seminars in Perinatology. Moss LR (ed); Advances in Neonatal Surgery, WB Saunders. Semin Pediatr Surg 2004 June; 28(3): 152-163.

6. Ostlie DJ, Mehta SS, St Peter SD, Gittes GK. Physiologic Problems in the Pediatric Surgical Patient. In Modern Surgical Care: Physiologic Foundations and Clinical Applications, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Miller T ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc.

7. Mehta SS, Gittes GK. Pancreas. In Oldham KT, Colombani PM, Foglia RP et al. (eds): Surgery of Infants and Children (2nd ed). Philadelphia, Lippencott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2004.

8. Mehta SS and Gittes GK. Lesions of the Pancreas and Spleen. In Ashcraft KW, Holcomb 3rd GW, Murphy JP (eds): Pediatric Surgery (4th ed). Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 2004.

9. Ostlie DJ, Mehta SS, Gittes GK. Abdominal Mass in Childhood. In Surgical Decision Making, 5th Ed. Ed. McIntyre R, Steigmann GV, Eiseman B.

10. Yew H, Prasadan K, Preuett BP, Hembree MJ, McFall CR, Benjes CL, Crowley AR, Sharp SL, Li Z, Tulachan SS, Mehta SS, and Gittes GK. Interplay of GLP-1 and TGF-Beta Signaling in Insulin-Positive Differentiation of AR42J Cells. Diabetes 2004 Nov; 53(11): 2824-35.

11. Yew H, Hembree M, Prasadan k, Preuett B, McFall C, Benjes C, Crowley A, Sharp S, Tulachan SS, Mehta SS, Tei E, Gittes GK. Cross Talk Between Bone Morphogenetic Protein and Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Signaling is Essential For Exendin-4-induced Insulin-Positive Differentiation of AR42J Cells. J Biol Chem, 2005, Sep 16; 280(37): 32209-17.

12. Tei E, Mehta SS, Tulachan SS, Yew H, Hembree M, Preuett BL, Snyder CL, Yamataka A, Miyano T, Gittes GK. Pancreas 2005, Aug; 31(2):138-41.

13. Crowley AR, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Sharp SW, Yew H, McFall CR, Benjes CL, Tulachan SS, Gittes Gk, Snyder CL. Bone Morphogenetic Protein Expression Patterns In Human Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula. Pediatr Surg Int, 2005, Oct. (In Press).

14. Crowley AR, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Prasadan KL, Sharp SW, Yew H, McFall CR, Benjes CL, Tulachan SS, Gittes GK, Snyder CL. Faulty Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling in Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula. Submitted to J Pediatr Surg

PRESENTATIONS

1. Clott, M, Mehta, SS, Kopatsis, A, Coppa, G, Nicastro, J. Embolectomy Catheter Control Of Sphincter Of Oddi Bleeding. A Case Report. Southeastern Surgical Congress Meeting, Feb 1999.

2. Mehta, SS, Clott, M, Solis, R, Kopatsis, A, Coppa, G. Antithrombin III Deficiency Associated with Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis: A Case Study and Review. Southeastern Surgical Congress Meeting, Feb 1999.

3. Mehta, SS, Prasadan, K, Pruett, BL, Spilde, TL, Kobayashi, H, Hembree, MJ, Bhatia, AM, Snyder CL, Ostlie DJ, Gittes, GK. Role of PBX-1 in Pancreatic Differentiation. Society of University Surgeons, Houston, TX, 2003.

4. Mehta SS, Cantu C, Hembree MJ, Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Yew K-H, Ostlie DJ, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. BMP Signaling in Pancreatic Lineage Selection. American Academy of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, 2003.

5. Li Z, Mehta SS, Prasadan K, Hembree MJ, Holcomb III GW, Ostlie DJ, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Pleiotrophin Signaling in Pancreatic Organogenesis and Differentiation. Association of Academic Surgery, Sacramento, CA, 2003.

6. Cantu CL, Prasadan K, Mehta SS, Hembree MJ, McFall CR, Preuett BL, Maldonado TS, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Activin Signaling is Necessary for Pancreatic Endocrine Differentiation. Society of University Surgeons, St Louis, Missouri, 2004.

7. Crowley A, Mehta SS, Ostlie DJ, Holcomb GW, MD, Hembree MJ, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, McFall C, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Altered BMP Signaling in Human EA/TEF. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004.

8. Spilde TL, Crowley A, Mehta SS, Ostlie DJ, Prasadan K, Preuett BL, Tulachan SS, Holcomb GW, Gittes GK, Snyder CL. BMP Ligand-Receptor Interactions Contribute to Experimental Tracheoesophageal Fistula. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004.

9. Preuett BL, Prasadan K, Cantu CL, Mehta SS, McFall C, Yew H, Crowley A, Hembree MJ, Tulachan SS, Sharp S, Snyder CL, Gittes GK. Coelomic Epithelium is Necessary for Containing Organ-Specific Diffusable Signals. American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004.

10. McFall C, Hembree MJ, Mehta SS, Prasadan K, Snyder CL, and Gittes GK. Bone Morphogenic Proteins Mediate Beta Cell Neogenesis. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco CA, October, 2004.

11. Mehta SS, Long JC, Lal PB, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Laparoscopic VBG to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Revisional Surgery. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.

12. Mehta SS, Toyama MT, Long JC, Lal PB, Davis G, Davis R, Reardon PR. Laparoscopic Repair of Esophageal Perforation Secondary to Iatrogenic Trauma. The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Meeting (Poster Presentation). Dallas, Texas, 2006.

Contact Information

Sheilendra Mehta, MD
  • Sheilendra Mehta, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
    Division of Elective General Surgery
    The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

  • Department of Surgery

  • 6431 Fannin St. MSB 4.020
    Houston, Texas 77030

  • phone: (713) 500-7200
    e-mail: Sheilendra.Mehta
    @uth.tmc.edu

Executive Assistant:
Glenda Doyle