Atul C. Mehta, MD

Appointed
1983

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Pulmonary Medicine
Cleveland, OH USA
1983

Residency - Easton Hospital
Easton, PA USA
1981

Residency - Saint Francis Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Trenton, NJ USA
1980

Residency - Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Internal Medicine
Drexel Hill, PA USA
1978

Residency - Sheth V.S. Hospital
General Surgery
Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
1977

Internship - Sheth V.S. Hospital
Rotating Internship
Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
1975

Medical Education - N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
1974

Undergraduate - Saint Xaviers College
Ahmedabad,
1970

Additional Training

• Clinical Teaching Seminar, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1997 (12 hours)
• Cleveland Clinic Office of Practice Management
  Executive Program in Practice Management, 1994-1995 (96 hrs.)
• Lung Transplantation Externship Under Dr. James Theodore at Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif., 1990 (2 weeks)

Professional Highlights

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bronchology (2004-to date)
• Medical Director, Lung Transplantation
• “Maria & Sam Miller Master Educator of the Year-2006 Award,” Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, 2006
• Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1992 [In recognition of the ability to combine sensitivity and compassion with knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine]
• Presidential Citation Honor Lecture, American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Canada, 2005

Certifications

• Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

Specialty Interests

Advanced lung disease, asthma, congenital lung disease, lung cancer, lung transplantation, diagnosis and therapeutic bronchoscopy. Advanced lung disease, asthma, bronchitis, bronchogenic carcinoma, carcinoid syndrome, congenital lung disease, histoplasmosis, lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma

Awards & Honors

• Most outstanding Resident, St. Francis Medical Center Trenton, N.J., 1979-1980
• Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio, 1992 [In recognition of the ability to combine sensitivity and compassion with knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine]
• Distinguished Physicians of the Year, Association of Indian Physicians of Northern Ohio, 1993
• International Center Physician of the Year Award for outstanding medical care and treatment of the international patients and support to the staff of the International Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000
• Fellowship Alumnus Recognition Award, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000
• Recognized as “Teacher of the Year,” Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000-2001
• Elected as a member to the Fleishner Society, 2004
• Recognized as “Teacher of the Year,” Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005
• “Honorary Professor,” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures, Tirgu Mures, Romania, 2005
• “Dr. Dezso Kassay Medal of Honor” for outstanding achievements in the field of Bronchology, Hungarian Respiratory Society, Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 2005
• Presidential Citation Honor Lecture, American College of Chest Physicians: Chest 2005, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 29-30, 2005 

Innovations & Patents

• 2006 Innovator Award, Cleveland Clinic (Bronchoscopic Catheter for the Implantation of Fiducial Markers)
• Flexible Biopsy and Aspiration Needle, Cleveland, Ohio, 2006

Memberships

• American Thoracic Society
• American College of Physicians,
• American College of Chest Physicians,
• International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
• American Association for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology

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• GlaxoSmithKline plc.

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