Bijal Mehta, MD
Investigator, The Lundquist Institute
Assistant Professor of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Associate Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency Program, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
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Vitamin A and D's effect on Multiple Sclerosis; Cerebral Edema Associated with Stroke
Research Description
Dr. Mehta's Labs have 3 main areas of study:1. Multiple Sclerosis: How nutritional factors such as vitamin D and Vitamin A and associated proteins effect the microbiome of Multiple Sclerosis and effect the disease.
2. Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease: What factors influence cerebral aneurysm progression and how to prevent aneurysmal rupture using non-interventional techniques such as drugs targeting MMP-9
3. Neuroimaging: Use of new MRI based techniques to study disease severity and progression
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Education
- MD, 2005, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Recent and/or Significant Publications
Towfighi A, Cheng EM, Ayala-Rivera M, McCreath H, Sanossian N, Dutta T, Mehta B, Bryg R, Rao N, Song S, Razmara A, Ramirez M, Sivers-Teixeira T, Tran J, Mojarro-Huang E, Montoya A, Corrales M, Martinez B, Willis P, Macias M, Ibrahim N, Wu S, Wacksman J, Haber H, Richards A, Barry F, Hill V, Mittman B, Cunningham W, Liu H, Ganz DA, Factor D, Vickrey BG. Randomized controlled trial of a coordinated care intervention to improve risk factor control after stroke or transient ischemic attack in the safety net: Secondary stroke prevention by Uniting Community and Chronic care model teams Early to End Disparities (SUCCEED). BMC neurology. 2017; 17(1):24. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28166784, PMCID:PMC5294765
Mehta BK, Kamal H, McMurtray A, Shafie M, Li P. Effect of Heparin on Recanalization in Acute Stroke Patients with Intra-Arterial Thrombi. Neurology international. 2015; 7(2):5807. PubMed [journal] PMID: 26487926, PMCID: PMC4591492
Li P, Kamal H, Baxter M, Mehta BK. Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters do not Improve Clopidogrel Associated P2Y12 Inhibition in Stroke Patients. Neurology international. 2015; 7(1):5809. PubMed [journal] PMID: 26294943, PMCID:PMC4508542
McMurtray A, Tseng B, Diaz N, Chung J, Mehta B, Saito E. Acute Psychosis Associated with Subcortical Stroke: Comparison between Basal Ganglia and Mid-Brain Lesions. Case reports in neurological medicine. 2014; 2014:428425. PubMed [journal] PMID: 25309765, PMCID: PMC4182849
Mehta BK, Mustafa G, McMurtray A, Masud MW, Gunukula SK, Kamal H, Kandel A, Beltagy A, Li P. Whole brain CT perfusion deficits using 320-detector-row CT scanner in TIA patients are associated with ABCD2 score. The International journal of neuroscience. 2014; 124(1):56-60. PubMed [journal] PMID: 23826759