About Vipin Mehta, MD

Professional activities:

  • Teaching adult and pediatric cardiac anesthesiology subjects to residents and fellows
  • Teaching adult and pediatric cardiac trans esophageal echocardiography to residents and fellows
  • Teaching pediatric cardiac post-surgical patient care to PICU fellows
  • Participate in teaching and giving lectures in topics related to pediatric and adult cardiac anesthesia in national conferences in India; give talks on similar topics in various institutes and university hospitals in India and Ghana, Africa.
  • Part of Children's Hospital Pediatric Cardiac surgical team to manage patients with congenital heart disease, pre-, per- and post-operatively and help them eventually to start pediatric cardiac institute, first in West Africa
  • Involved in administrative activities in day to day working in pediatric cardiac subdivision of cardiac anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Research:

  • Co-investigator in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of MC-1 in patients undergoing high risk CABG surgery, 2006.
  • Worked as co-investigator in Primo CABG trial II competed in April 2006.
  • Worked as a principal investigator in phase III trial of Pexelizumab in November 2003, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2002-2003.
  • 2002-2003: Principal investigator in phase 3 trial of Pexelizumab. Massachusetts General Hospital.
  • 2006: Co-investigator. Randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of MC-1 in patients undergoing high risk CABG surgery.
  • April 2006: Co-investigator in completed Primo CABG trial II.

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Locations

Mass General Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3030

Medical Education

  • MD, MGM Medical College
  • Residency, M.Y. Hospital
  • Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Fellowship, University of Alabama Hospital

American Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology

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Publications

  • Select Publications:

    • Mann D, Qu JZ, Mehta V. Congenital heart diseases with left-to-right shunts. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2004 Fall;42(4):45-58. Review.
    • Mann D, Mehta V. Cardiovascular embryology. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2004 Fall;42(4):15-28.
    • Levine WC, Mehta V, Landesberg G. Anesthesia for the elderly: selected topics. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2006 Jun;19(3):320-4. Review.
    • Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Avoiding Common Anesthesia Errors. Published July 2007.

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