Ravindra L. Mehta, M.D., F.A.C.P

Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology,
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Dialysis Programs
UCSD Medical Center, and an Associate Director of the GCRC

UCSD Medical Center
200 W. Arbor Dr., #8342
San Diego, CA 92103

Tel (619)543-7310
Fax (619)543-7420
Email: rmehta@ucsd.edu 

Dr. Mehta is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Director of Clinical Nephrology and Dialysis Programs at UCSD Medical Center, and an Associate Director of the GCRC. Dr. Mehta has 15 years’ experience in developing multidisciplinary teaching programs, conducting clinical research, and training a wide spectrum of individuals ranging from medical students and post-doctoral physician fellows to junior faculty.

He has worked with the American Society of Nephrology, National Kidney Foundation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the International Society of Nephrology in developing courses for fellows and practicing physicians in clinical nephrology and dialysis techniques used in the ICU. He has developed and directed an internationally recognized program in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) at UCSD. He has organized nine international conferences on CRRT and six Advanced Nephrology postgraduate courses in clinical nephrology. He is a recognized expert in the field of acute renal failure and dialysis in the ICU and has participated in developing various teaching materials, including the Nephrology MKSAP, by the American Board of Internal Medicine. His knowledge and experience in education have earned him membership on the Clinical Research Postgraduate Education Committee of the American Society of Nephrology and the International Society of Nephrology Commission on Acute Renal Failure.

Within UCSD, Dr. Mehta has been a member of the Graduate Medical Education Committee, the Academic Senate Committee on Research, the Department of Medicine Committee on Academic Promotions, and the Faculty Council. These activities have given him experience and knowledge in education, research, and academic advancement at UCSD and allowed him to develop collaborations with key individuals in basic science and clinical research. He has also served on several NIH grant review committees.

Active in clinical research, Dr. Mehta has initiated several clinical studies, including two NIH-funded multi-center trials in acute renal failure (ARF), and has been an investigator in several industry-initiated trials. One of his particular interests is the collection, coordination and interpretation of information for large research databases.
Dr. Mehta is actively involved in resident and student teaching and has won the house staff-teaching award on six occasions. In 2003 he received the UCSD School of Medicine Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Over the course of his academic career, he has trained over 40 post-doctoral fellows in nephrology, of whom 12 have carried out their research projects with him; another fellow is currently training with him. He also has served as a mentor for two junior faculty members through the NCLAM program, and currently mentors a K23 researcher at UCSD and five CREST students.