Department of Surgery Faculty
Sumeru Mehta, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division: Emergency Medicine
Email: mehtas3@uthscsa.edu
Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine
Education:
MD, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
MPH, George Washington University School of Public Health, Washington, DC
Postgraduate training:
Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Research presentations:
October 2010 - American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
2009. Poster Presentation A Comparision of CRP and WBC in Detecting Spine
Infection in Patients Presenting to the ED Following a Spine Procedure.
October 2009 - American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2009. Poster Presentation: Bedside Teaching in an Academic Emergency Department
October 2009 - American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2009. Poster Presentation Screening Strategies for Early Identification of Spine Infections in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments with Severe Back or Neck Pain.
October 2008 - American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2008. Poster Presentation: Early Identification of Combat Casualties Who Are At High Risk For Death From Severe Trauma
August 2008 - Advanced Technology Advances for Combat Casualty Care Conference. Poster Presentation: Early Recombinant Activated Factor VIIa In Damage Control Resuscitation For Severe Combat Trauma
March 2008 - Government Services American College of Emergency Physicians Joint Services Symposium 2008. Poster Presentation: Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) Upon Arrival In The Emergency Department In The Severely Injured Trauma Patient.
March 2008 - Government Services American College of Emergency Physicians Joint Services Symposium 2008. Poster Presentation: A National Survey of Bedside Teaching in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs
March 2008 - Government Services American College of Emergency Physicians Joint Services Symposium 2008. Poster Presentation: An Observational Study of Emergency Medicine Bedside Ultrasound in a Far-Forward Deployed Military Operational Environment.
October 2007 - American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2007. Oral Presentation: Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) Upon Arrival In The Emergency Department In The Severely Injured Trauma Patient.
October 2007 - American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2007. Poster Presentation: A National Survey of Bedside Teaching in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs
Guest lecturer / Grand Rounds presentations:
03/2011, Reflections on a Combat Sabbatical. Grand Round; Division of Emergency
Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine
03/2011, Hemorrhage Control in Trauma. Grand Round; Division of Emergency
Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine
02/2010, Reflections on a Combat Sabbatical. First Annual EMS conference;
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital, San Antonio, TX
11/2009, Reflections on a Combat Sabbatical. Grand Round; Department of Surgery,
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
09/2009, Etomidate in RSI-Con. Trauma National Institute Annual Symposium, San
Antonio, TX
04/2009, Ultrasound in the Deployed Military Environment. Texas College of
Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting, Houston, TX
03/2009, Civilian Emergency Medicine: The Truth. Grand Round; Department of
Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center
02/2009, Evidence Based High Altitude Medicine. GSACEP Joint Services Symposium
2009
07/2008, Trauma and Factor VIIa: Are We Ready? 106th Scientific Assembly of
the National Medical Association
07/2008, Translating Current Casualty Science into Civilian Disaster Practice.
ACEP Practical Applications in Disaster Planning Conference
Publications:
Fox CJ, Mehta SG, Cox ED, Kragh JF, Salinas J, Holcomb JB.
The Effect of Recombinant
Factor VIIa As An Adjunctive Therapy In Damage Control For Wartime Vascular Injuries: A Case Control Study.
Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care. 2009:66(4), s112-119.
McNeil C, McManus J, Mehta SG. The Accuracy of Portable Ultrasonography to Diagnose Fractures in an Austere Environment. Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. 2009:13(1). 50-52.
Fox JF, Gillespie DL, Cox, ED, Mehta SG, Kragh JF, Salinas, J, Holcomb JB. Damage Control Resuscitation for Vascular Surgery in a Combat Support Hospital. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care.2008:65(1): 1-9.
Mehta, SG, Bautista RM, Adams, BD. Role of First-Drawn Indeterminate Troponin-I Levels in the Emergency Department. International Journal of Cardiology. 2009:134(3).417-8
Williams JB, Mehta, SG, Vu t, Wonderlich DA, McDermott JM. Gallstone Ileus. Journal of Emergency Medicine (E-publication June 2008 ; In-press).
Mehta SG. Healing Our Heroes. San Antonio Medicine. 2008:61(4). 41.
Mehta SG. Memorial Day 2006. San Antonio Medicine. 2008:61(4). 41.
Mehta SG. Pneumatosis Intestinalis. San Antonio Medicine. 2008:61(4). 41.
Spinella PC, Perkins JG, Mclaughlin DF, Niles SE, Grathwohl KW, Beekley AC, Salinas J, Mehta SG, Wade CE, Holcomb JB. The effect of recombinant activated factor VII on mortality in combat-related casualties with severe trauma and massive transfusion. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care.2008:64(2): 1-8.
Fox JF, Gillespie DL, Cox, ED, Mehta SG, Kragh JF, Salinas, J, Holcomb JB. The Effectiveness Of A Damage Control Resiscitation Strategy For Vascular Injury In A Combat Support Hospital: Results Of A Case Control Study. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care. 2008:64(2): S99-108.
Biosketch: Dr. Mehta graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 2000. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. Dr. Mehta was an active core faculty member from 2004-2008 and created the emergency medicine bedside ultrasound training program for SAUSHEC Emergency Medicine Residency Program. He also served as the director of emergency medicine ultrasound training program for the BAMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program from 2004-2008. He is currently a partner and Board of Directors of Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians as well as their director of Education and Ultrasound. He is married to Tania and has one son and spends his free time running, hiking and just about anything as long as it is outdoors.
Honors and Awards:
2007, ACEP Scientific Assembly Best Paper Award
2007, Fellow; American College of Emergency Physicians
2006, Fellow; American Academy of Emergency Medicine
2006, Bronze Star (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Professional societies:
American College Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Bexar County Medical Society
