INTRODUCTION:

Previously Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi and Director, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi. In 2009, the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists conferred Dr. Mehta the title of Fellow in TEE (FIACTA) and the Indian College of Critical Care Medicine granted him the honorary degree of FICCM. He has frequently served as a visiting consultant at the Uppsala Cardiothoracic Department. He serves on numerous journals’ editorial boards. He has to his credit over 200 publications and 250 presentations at conferences. He has authored numerous international articles on ICU sepsis and serves as the National Coordinator for the Dr. Rosenthals International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). He is a teacher and examiner for Fellowship in Critical Care and Cardiac Anaesthesia, National Board of Examinations and ISCCM & IACTA fellowship in India. He served two years as a member of the ISCCM executive council and as vice president of the Delhi branch. He presided over the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists (IACTA) from 2004 to 2005.

Experience

• Credited for over 200 publications and 250 presentations at conferences.
• National coordinator for Dr. Rosenthal’s International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).
• On editorial board of many journals.

Specialization and Expertise

• Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Critical Care
• Pain Management
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Milestones Achieved

• Invited for ISA City Branch Oration, 2003
• Invited for British Heart Foundation Oration, 2002
• Invited for Venkata Rao Oration, 2001
• Invited for Brg. P.N. Bhatt Oration, 2000
• Invited for Prof Vijay Laxmi Kamat Oration, 2011 Awarded Medical Doctor of the Year title by E medinews, 2010
• Invited for Prof V A Punnoose Memorial Oration, 2009
• Exemplary Contribution Award, 2008