Megha Satish Mehta, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2013)
- Internship
- Case Western Reserve Univ School of Medicine GME (2014), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Case Western Reserve Univ School of Medicine GME (2016), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2019), Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Conditions
- Abdominal migraines
- Achalasia
- Alagille syndrome (ALGS)
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AT)
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Ascites
- Celiac disease
- Chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
- Cirrhosis
- Colic
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer (CRC)
- Constipation
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome
- Crohn's disease
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulitis
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
- Encopresis
- Esophageal atresia (EA)
- Esophageal stricture
- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)
- Failure to thrive (FTT)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Fecal incontinence
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- Functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Glycogen storage disease (GSD)
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Intestinal failure
- Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Intrahepatic cholestasis liver disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Ischemic bowel disease
- Lactose intolerance
- Liver (hepatic) tumors
- Malabsorption
- Metabolic liver disease
- Microbiome imbalance (dysbiosis)
- Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Pancreas disease
- Pancreatic fluid collections
- Pancreatic malignancy/trauma
- Pancreatitis
- Pediatric H. pylori infection
- Peptic ulcer
- Rumination syndrome (merycism)
- Tethered spinal cord
- Ulcerative colitis
- Viral hepatitis
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Chronic Pancreatitis
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Publications
- Outpatient Pain Management in Children With Chronic Pancreatitis: A Scoping Systematic Review. Perito ER, Pohl JF, Bakker C, Armfield MA, Barth B, Cuneo A, Mascarenhas M, Mehta M, Schwarzenberg SJ. Pancreas. 2022 Feb 1;51(2):135-147. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001973.
- Analysis of INSPPIRE-2 Cohort: Risk Factors and Disease Burden in Children With Acute Recurrent or Chronic Pancreatitis. Uc A, Cress GA, Wang F, Abu-El-Haija M, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Gonska T, Lin TK, Liu QY, Mehta M, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME; Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 Nov 1;75(5):643-649. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003590. Epub 2022 Aug 17.
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2013)
- American Gastroenterological Association (2017)
- NASPGHAN (2016)
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Awards and Honors
- Fellow Symposium Travel Award - National Pancreas Foundation (2017)
- Frontiers in Pediatric Pancreatology Travel Award - NASPGHAN Single Topic Symposium (2017)
