BSP Neurology and Neurodisorders Case Reports

Editor Name: Anita Khanna Mehta

Country: US State, New Jersey

University: Rutgers University of New Jersey

Educational Qualification: Master in Clinical and Translational Research

Designation: Director of Stroke

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr Anita K. Mehta is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology in the Rutgers Neurological Institute of New Jersey at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She joined the Department in March 2015. She is also the Director of Stroke at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center which is an advanced primary stroke center that is part of the RWJBarnabas Network.

Dr. Mehta graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology. She completed her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. After that, she completed, a preliminary year in Medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia and stayed there for another three years to complete her Neurology Residency. Then, she completed a 1 year Fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Neurophysiology/Epilepsy Tracked.

She worked for about a year and half as a Neurohospitalist before joining Rutgers. She is boarded in Neurology and Epilepsy. She is a candidate for a Masters in Clinical and Translational Research at George Washington University. She has been a sub-investigator with clinical drug trials involving Myasthenia Gravis and Chronic Inflammatory Polyradiculopathy. She has published in topics including sarcoid neuropathy and neurosarcoidosis.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, Co-Director of Stroke (11/15-9/2017).

University Hospital, Newark, NJ, Current Affiliation, (11/15-present).

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, instructor, (3/15-6/2019), Assistant Professor, (7/19-present)

Centra State Medical Center, Freehold, NJ, Neurohospitalist

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURE

Dec 2018-present: New York State Medical License

Jul 2012-present: New Jersey State Medical License

Oct 2017: Board Certified in Epilepsy

Sept 2012: Board Certified in Neurology

Aug 2016: Modified Rankin Certified

May 2015: Training for Botox for Chronic Migraines

Aug 2009: NIH Stroke Scale Certification

Sept. 2004: Basic Life Support

PUBLICATIONS:

Mehta, AK and Luo JJ; Revisit: Neurophysiologic Features of Neuropathy in Patients with Sarcoid; Journal of Neurology and Experimental Neuroscience Sept 2018 4(1): 21-23.

CONFERENCE ATTENDS

1. Mehta, A.K., and Luo, J.J., Peripheral Neuropathy in Sarcoid presented at AANEM. Sept 2011.
2. Mehta, A.K., and Luo, J.J; Neurosarcoid, Clinical Presentations and MRI Imaging AAN. 2012.
3. Mehta, A.K., Trigeminal Neuralgia Exacerbated by Menstrual Cycle AAN. Apr 2018
4. Mehta, A.K., Rahimian, D., Luo, J.J, Bumalog, F., Si, X. Clinical Manifestations of Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction and Low Testosterone AAN May 2019

5. Mehta, A.K., Bumalog, F., Dun, N., Lin, R., Luo, J.J., Si, X., Homocysteine: A potential Risk Factor for Peripheral Neuropathy AAN Tentatively April 2020.