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Pankaj Mehta, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Pulmonology - Fresno
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address155 N Fresno Street, #307
Fresno CA 93701
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    Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IndiaMBBS2001Medicine and Surgery
    Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IndiaResidency2004Internal Medicine
    Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaChief Residency2007Internal Medicine
    State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New YorkResidency2010Internal Medicine
    State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New YorkFellowship2013Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MassachusettsFellowship2014Sleep Medicine
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    State University of New York, Upstate Medical University2007  - 2008Excellence in Teaching
    Northeast Iowa Family Medicine & Residency, MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, Waterloo, Iowa2021  - 2021Teaching

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    Pankaj Mehta, MD
    Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
    Inspire Health Medical Group Sleep Lab, Co-director

    Dr. Mehta is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care, and sleep medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India. He then completed an internal medicine residency with Maulana Azad Medical College, even serving as Chief Resident. Dr. Mehta then completed another internal medicine residency with Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He then stayed in Syracuse to complete a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Upstate Medical College. Dr. Mehta continued to specialize in his field further by completing a sleep fellowship in Boston with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

    Dr. Mehta is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the California Thoracic Society.

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    1. Bidirectional fibrogenic cross-talk revealed in a human iPSC-derived epithelial-mesenchymal co-culture model of pulmonary fibrosis. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 31. Alber AB, Kwong G, Gupta VK, Dooley PE, Patel JR, Bawa PS, Minakin K, Jones D, Gopal D, Souza H, Yampolskaya M, Vilker E, Sen C, Conchola AS, Mehta P, Gomperts BN, Frum T, Spence JR, Alysandratos KD, Kotton DN. PMID: 41659605; PMCID: PMC12873841.
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    2. An Evidence-Based Consensus for the Use of Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Non-Surgical Low Back Pain: The NEURON Group. J Pain Res. 2025; 18:1247-1274. Deer TR, Pope JE, Petersen EA, Abdallah RT, Amirdelfan K, Azeem N, Bansal V, Barkoh K, Chapman KB, Denis DR, Dorsi MJ, Escobar A, Falowski SM, Garcia RA, Hagedorn JM, Heros RD, James WS, Kalia H, Lansford T, Malinowski MN, Manzi SM, Mehta P, Moghim RZ, Moore GA, Motivala SL, Navalgund YA, Patel RG, Pilitsis JG, Schatman ME, Shumsky PM, Strand NH, Tomycz ND, Yue JJ, Sayed D. PMID: 40104824; PMCID: PMC11917438.
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    3. Generation of human alveolar epithelial type I cells from pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 May 02; 31(5):657-675.e8. Burgess CL, Huang J, Bawa PS, Alysandratos KD, Minakin K, Ayers LJ, Morley MP, Babu A, Villacorta-Martin C, Yampolskaya M, Hinds A, Thapa BR, Wang F, Matschulat A, Mehta P, Morrisey EE, Varelas X, Kotton DN. PMID: 38642558; PMCID: PMC11147407.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    4. scTOP: physics-inspired order parameters for cellular identification and visualization. Development. 2023 11 01; 150(21). Yampolskaya M, Herriges MJ, Ikonomou L, Kotton DN, Mehta P. PMID: 37756586; PMCID: PMC10629677.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    5. scTOP: physics-inspired order parameters for cellular identification and visualization. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 25. Yampolskaya M, Herriges M, Ikonomou L, Kotton D, Mehta P. PMID: 36747864; PMCID: PMC9900792.
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    6. Multipotent Embryonic Lung Progenitors: Foundational Units of In Vitro and In Vivo Lung Organogenesis. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023; 1413:49-70. Ikonomou L, Yampolskaya M, Mehta P. PMID: 37195526; PMCID: PMC10351616.
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    7. Correction to: Multipotent Embryonic Lung Progenitors: Foundational Units of In Vitro and In Vivo Lung Organogenesis. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023; 1413:C3-C4. Ikonomou L, Yampolskaya M, Mehta P. PMID: 37561327.
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    8. Best Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertebrogenic Pain with Basivertebral Nerve Ablation from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience. J Pain Res. 2022; 15:2801-2819. Sayed D, Naidu RK, Patel KV, Strand NH, Mehta P, Lam CM, Tieppo Francio V, Sheth S, Giuffrida A, Durkin B, Khatri N, Vodapally S, James CO, Westerhaus BD, Rupp A, Abdullah NM, Amirdelfan K, Petersen EA, Beall DP, Deer TR. PMID: 36128549; PMCID: PMC9482788.
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    9. The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC): Recommendations for Surgical Technique for Spinal Cord Stimulation. Neuromodulation. 2022 Jan; 25(1):1-34. Deer TR, Russo MA, Grider JS, Pope J, Rigoard P, Hagedorn JM, Naidu R, Patterson DG, Wilson D, Lubenow TR, Buvanendran A, Sheth SJ, Abdallah R, Knezevic NN, Schu S, Nijhuis H, Mehta P, Vallejo R, Shah JM, Harned ME, Jassal N, Gonzalez JM, Pittelkow TP, Patel S, Bojanic S, Chapman K, Strand N, Green AL, Pahapill P, Dario A, Piedimonte F, Levy RM. PMID: 35041578.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. The in vivo genetic program of murine primordial lung epithelial progenitors. Nat Commun. 2020 01 31; 11(1):635. Ikonomou L, Herriges MJ, Lewandowski SL, Marsland R, Villacorta-Martin C, Caballero IS, Frank DB, Sanghrajka RM, Dame K, Kandula MM, Hicks-Berthet J, Lawton ML, Christodoulou C, Fabian AJ, Kolaczyk E, Varelas X, Morrisey EE, Shannon JM, Mehta P, Kotton DN. PMID: 32005814; PMCID: PMC6994558.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 44     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. Defective glycosylation and multisystem abnormalities characterize the primary immunodeficiency XMEN disease. J Clin Invest. 2020 01 02; 130(1):507-522. Ravell JC, Matsuda-Lennikov M, Chauvin SD, Zou J, Biancalana M, Deeb SJ, Price S, Su HC, Notarangelo G, Jiang P, Morawski A, Kanellopoulou C, Binder K, Mukherjee R, Anibal JT, Sellers B, Zheng L, He T, George AB, Pittaluga S, Powers A, Kleiner DE, Kapuria D, Ghany M, Hunsberger S, Cohen JI, Uzel G, Bergerson J, Wolfe L, Toro C, Gahl W, Folio LR, Matthews H, Angelus P, Chinn IK, Orange JS, Trujillo-Vargas CM, Franco JL, Orrego-Arango J, Gutiérrez-Hincapié S, Patel NC, Raymond K, Patiroglu T, Unal E, Karakukcu M, Day AG, Mehta P, Masutani E, De Ravin SS, Malech HL, Altan-Bonnet G, Rao VK, Mann M, Lenardo MJ. PMID: 31714901; PMCID: PMC6934229.
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    12. A Sensitive and Cost-Effective Chemiluminescence ELISA for Measurement of Amyloid-β 1-42 Peptide in Human Plasma. J Alzheimers Dis. 2020; 78(3):1237-1244. Mehta PD, Patrick BA, Miller DL, Coyle PK, Wisniewski T. PMID: 33252086; PMCID: PMC7874530.
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    13. Immunotherapy to improve cognition and reduce pathological species in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2018 06 18; 10(1):54. Herline K, Prelli F, Mehta P, MacMurray C, Goñi F, Wisniewski T. PMID: 29914551; PMCID: PMC6006698.
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    14. Anti-β-sheet conformation monoclonal antibody reduces tau and Aβ oligomer pathology in an Alzheimer's disease model. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2018 01 29; 10(1):10. Goñi F, Martá-Ariza M, Herline K, Peyser D, Boutajangout A, Mehta P, Drummond E, Prelli F, Wisniewski T. PMID: 29378642; PMCID: PMC5789573.
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    15. Generation and Partial Characterization of Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody to Pyroglutamate Amyloid-β3-42 (pE3-Aβ). J Alzheimers Dis. 2018; 62(4):1635-1649. Mehta PD, Patrick BA, Barshatzky M, Mehta SP, Frackowiak J, Mazur-Kolecka B, Wegiel J, Wisniewski T, Miller DL. PMID: 29504532.
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    16. Physical activity predicts reduced plasma β amyloid in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2017 05; 4(5):284-291. Stillman CM, Lopez OL, Becker JT, Kuller LH, Mehta PD, Tracy RP, Erickson KI. PMID: 28491896; PMCID: PMC5420805.
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    17. Thyroid Progenitors Are Robustly Derived from Embryonic Stem Cells through Transient, Developmental Stage-Specific Overexpression of Nkx2-1. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 02 14; 8(2):216-225. Dame K, Cincotta S, Lang AH, Sanghrajka RM, Zhang L, Choi J, Kwok L, Wilson T, Kandula MM, Monti S, Hollenberg AN, Mehta P, Kotton DN, Ikonomou L. PMID: 28162994; PMCID: PMC5312259.
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    18. Innate Immunity Stimulation via Toll-Like Receptor 9 Ameliorates Vascular Amyloid Pathology in Tg-SwDI Mice with Associated Cognitive Benefits. J Neurosci. 2017 01 25; 37(4):936-959. Scholtzova H, Do E, Dhakal S, Sun Y, Liu S, Mehta PD, Wisniewski T. PMID: 28123027; PMCID: PMC5296786.
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    19. Generation and Partial Characterization of Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody to Amyloid-β Peptide 1-37 (Aβ37). J Alzheimers Dis. 2017; 57(1):135-145. Mehta PD, Blain JF, Freeman EA, Patrick BA, Barshatzky M, Hrdlicka LA, Mehta SP, Frackowiak J, Mazur-Kolecka B, Wegiel J, Patzke H, Miller DL. PMID: 28222530.
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    20. Residual Events during Use of CPAP: Prevalence, Predictors, and Detection Accuracy. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016 08 15; 12(8):1153-8. Reiter J, Zleik B, Bazalakova M, Mehta P, Thomas RJ. PMID: 27166303; PMCID: PMC4957193.
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    21. Metformin in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Results of a Pilot Randomized Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016; 51(2):501-14. Luchsinger JA, Perez T, Chang H, Mehta P, Steffener J, Pradabhan G, Ichise M, Manly J, Devanand DP, Bagiella E. PMID: 26890736; PMCID: PMC5079271.
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    22. Emergence of a stage-dependent human liver disease signature with directed differentiation of alpha-1 antitrypsin-deficient iPS cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2015 May 12; 4(5):873-85. Wilson AA, Ying L, Liesa M, Segeritz CP, Mills JA, Shen SS, Jean J, Lonza GC, Liberti DC, Lang AH, Nazaire J, Gower AC, Müeller FJ, Mehta P, Ordóñez A, Lomas DA, Vallier L, Murphy GJ, Mostoslavsky G, Spira A, Shirihai OS, Ramirez MI, Gadue P, Kotton DN. PMID: 25843048; PMCID: PMC4437473.
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    23. Bone mineral density, adiposity, and cognitive functions. Front Aging Neurosci. 2015; 7:16. Sohrabi HR, Bates KA, Weinborn M, Bucks RS, Rainey-Smith SR, Rodrigues MA, Bird SM, Brown BM, Beilby J, Howard M, Criddle A, Wraith M, Taddei K, Martins G, Paton A, Shah T, Dhaliwal SS, Mehta PD, Foster JK, Martins IJ, Lautenschlager NT, Mastaglia F, Laws SM, Martins RN. PMID: 25741279; PMCID: PMC4332358.
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    24. Blocking the apolipoprotein E/amyloid β interaction in triple transgenic mice ameliorates Alzheimer's disease related amyloid β and tau pathology. J Neurochem. 2014 Feb; 128(4):577-91. Liu S, Breitbart A, Sun Y, Mehta PD, Boutajangout A, Scholtzova H, Wisniewski T. PMID: 24117759; PMCID: PMC3946231.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 39     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. A nonresolving infiltrate in the lung. QJM. 2014 Jan; 107(1):85-6. Mehta P, Lenox RJ. PMID: 23389431.
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    26. High-affinity rabbit monoclonal antibodies specific for amyloid peptides amyloid-β40 and amyloid-β42. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011; 23(2):293-305. Miller DL, Potempska A, Wegiel J, Mehta PD. PMID: 21116049.
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    27. Anti-PrPC monoclonal antibody infusion as a novel treatment for cognitive deficits in an Alzheimer's disease model mouse. BMC Neurosci. 2010 Oct 14; 11:130. Chung E, Ji Y, Sun Y, Kascsak RJ, Kascsak RB, Mehta PD, Strittmatter SM, Wisniewski T. PMID: 20946660; PMCID: PMC2964735.
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    28. Update on fondaparinux: role in management of thromboembolic and acute coronary events. Cardiovasc Hematol Agents Med Chem. 2010 Apr; 8(2):96-103. Sharma T, Mehta P, Gajra A. PMID: 20184552.
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    29. Amyloid beta protein as a marker or risk factor of Alzheimer's disease. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2007 Sep; 4(4):359-63. Mehta PD. PMID: 17908037.
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    30. Humoral immune responses to peptides derived from the beta-amyloid peptide C-terminal sequence. Amyloid. 2007 Mar; 14(1):39-50. Miller DL, Potempska A, Mehta PD. PMID: 17453624.
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    31. Increased amyloid beta protein levels in children and adolescents with Down syndrome. J Neurol Sci. 2007 Mar 15; 254(1-2):22-7. Mehta PD, Capone G, Jewell A, Freedland RL. PMID: 17275850.
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    32. Intraneuronal Abeta immunoreactivity is not a predictor of brain amyloidosis-beta or neurofibrillary degeneration. Acta Neuropathol. 2007 Apr; 113(4):389-402. Wegiel J, Kuchna I, Nowicki K, Frackowiak J, Mazur-Kolecka B, Imaki H, Wegiel J, Mehta PD, Silverman WP, Reisberg B, Deleon M, Wisniewski T, Pirttilla T, Frey H, Lehtimäki T, Kivimäki T, Visser FE, Kamphorst W, Potempska A, Bolton D, Currie JR, Miller DL. PMID: 17237937; PMCID: PMC1824787.
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    33. Blocking the apolipoprotein E/amyloid-beta interaction as a potential therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Dec 05; 103(49):18787-92. Sadowski MJ, Pankiewicz J, Scholtzova H, Mehta PD, Prelli F, Quartermain D, Wisniewski T. PMID: 17116874; PMCID: PMC1654132.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 89     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Increased serum neopterin levels in adults with Down syndrome. J Neuroimmunol. 2005 Jul; 164(1-2):129-33. Mehta PD, Patrick BA, Dalton AJ, Patel B, Mehta SP, Pirttila T, Coyle PK. PMID: 15908015.
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    35. Increased cerebrospinal fluid A beta38/A beta42 ratio in Alzheimer disease. Neurodegener Dis. 2005; 2(5):242-5. Mehta PD, Pirttila T. PMID: 16909004.
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    36. Elevated levels of serum alpha(2) macroglobulin in wild black bears during hibernation. Biochimie. 2003 Oct; 85(10):1027-32. Sheikh AM, Chauhan V, Tsiouris JA, Mehta PD, Burguess K, Fenko MD, Spivack W, Vaughan M, Malik M. PMID: 14644558.
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    37. Plasma amyloid beta protein 1-42 levels are increased in old Down Syndrome but not in young Down Syndrome. Neurosci Lett. 2003 May 22; 342(3):155-8. Mehta PD, Mehta SP, Fedor B, Patrick BA, Emmerling M, Dalton AJ. PMID: 12757888.
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