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Dr. Hemant J. Mehta

Nephrology

MD (Medicine), DM (Nephrology), DNB (Nephrology), FASDIN

OPD Schedule

Mon-Fri: 4:00PM - 8:00PM

Profile

Consultant Interventional Nephrologist

Dr. Mehta has been associated with Lilavati Hospital since its inception. His experience includes:

  • Clinical experience in Nephrology - 28 years
  • Teaching experience - 16 years
  • Handled 150 vascular access procedures in the last 18 months
  • Total experience - 35 years

Overseas Training

  • Participant as demonstrator in the vascular access workshop during International Society of Hemodialysis Conference in 2011.
  • Participant as a demonstrator at the World Congress of Nephrology 2011 at Vancouver, Canada, for the workshop on interventional nephrology.
  • Instructor at Workshop on vascular access at Bangkok, Thailand, 2012.
  • Participant as a demonstrator at the World Congress of Nephrology 2013 at Hong Kong, for the workshop on interventional nephrology.

Area Of Interest

  • General Nephrology
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Procedures in nephrology including vascular access for hemodialysis and interventional nephrology and critical care nephrology
Awards and Recognition
  • Founding trustee of Indian Society of Nephrology, West Zone Chapter.
  • Founding member of Mumbai Nephrology Group, and held position of joint secretary cum treasurer from its inception in 2009 till 2016.
  • Creating awareness about kidney disease during World Kidney Day by holding CMEs for doctors, lectures and skits for general public, interviews to newspapers and television channels, and World Kidney Day campaigns on FM radio.
  • Conducting vascular access awareness campaigns for hemodialysis patients in India and organizing various workshops on the same, delivering lectures on vascular access, and performing live cases in various cities during National conferences:
    • Interventional Nephrology workshop at Ahmedabad during annual conference of Indian Society of Nephrology, 2013 (live case).
    • Interventional Nephrology Workshop at Mumbai, 2014, as part of the Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology, West Zone chapter.
    • Live demonstration of TCC insertion at AVATAR 2015, New Delhi.
  • Recognized by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology as Fellow, with the title of FASDIN, Feb 2016 during the 12th Annual Conference of ASDIN, at Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • First Indian/first person of non-American origin to receive Fellowship of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (FASDIN) 2016.
  • HERO of AVATAR (Association of Vascular and Interventional Renal Physicians) 2019.
  • Recipient of Guru Dronacharya Award from AVATAR Foundation, 2021.
  • Recipient of Dr. V. N. Acharya Oration by Indian Society of Nephrology, Annual Conference, 2022.
Research Publications
  • Hemant J. Mehta (July 17th 2020). Hemodialysis Vascular Access with Central Venous Disease [Online First], IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93030. Available from: IntechOpen.
  • About 40 publications in National and International Journals.
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