Dr. (Prof.). V.S. Mehta is one of India’s Top Neurosurgeon with an extensive experience as the Head of Neuro Surgery and Chief of Neurosciences Centre. Dr. Mehta is been one of the top neurosurgeons in the country and a veteran in the field of Neurosurgery. He was elected as the president of the Neurological Society and as the President of the South Asian Neurosurgeons. He is renowned worldwide for his work in the field of Brain Stem Surgery, Brachial Plexus Surgery, Aneurysms and Spinal Tumor Surgery. He is well known Brain Tumor Surgeon in India and has treated numerous Indian and International patient all across the globe for Brain disorders.

Dr. V.S. Mehta is a Chairman and HOD of Neurosciences at Paras Hospital. He has pioneered the development and the establishment of the Best Neurosciences Institute at Paras Hospital. Under Dr. Mehta’s Guidance, this has became the first hospital in the region to be equipped with Image Guided Brain Tumor Navigation Technology for brain tumors and low-grade gliomas, intra operative monitoring system for neurosurgery, Transcranial Doppler, to list a few and also with latest technology, medical expertise to detect and treat all types of neurological and neurosurgical ailments.

Dr. V.S. Mehta has been honored with various awards, including Indian Medical Association South Delhi Branch Special Award for excellence in academics, PADMA SHRI Award by the President of India for the contribution in the Field of Medicine. He was nominated as a Founder Member of World Academy of Neurological Surgeons in 2005, as a guest member of “The Japan Neurosurgical Society” in the year 2006 and as the International member of the “Brazilian Academy of Neurosurgery” in 2007. He was also honored with Swasthya Bharat Samman by LIC Zee News in the 2010 at Gurgaon.

“Such awards and honors provide the confidence and motivation to continue clinical journey” words of Dr. V.S. Mehta.

Research and Publications

• Reliability of CT scanning in the histological diagnosis of intracranial occupying lesions.
• A prospective study of pulmonary infection among 100 consecutive head injured patients.
• Critical evaluation and management of subdural hematoma.
• Mycotic infection of the brain. A review of 12 cases.
• Results of surgery for brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injuries especially with the use of sural nerve grafts.
• ICMR Research Project entitled “Collaborative study of head injuries, epidemiological, pathological, clinical and psychiatric aspects”, 1978-79. V.S. Mehta, P.N. Tandon etal.
• Pharmacological intervention in neurogenic pulmonary edema hemodynamic and biochemical profile.
• Long-term follow up of Head injuries along with their psychological evaluation.
• Cardiovascular abnormalities in head injuries with use of betalblockers in selected group of patients.
• Day care surgery for selected group of Neurosurgical patients.
• Mechanics of intracranial pressure to hyperthermia and raised ICP in primates.
• Clinical trial in high grade Malignant Glioma – combining radiotherapy with 2 Deoxy-D-Glucose in Escalating Doses.
• Role of Gamma Knife in A.V.M. of the brain.
• Mehta V.S., Sarkar Chitra, Ralte Angela Mercy, Sharma M.C., Karak A.K.
• Role of Gamma Knife in Benign tumour of the brain.
• Recurrent Astrocytic tumours: A study of Proliferative Index, Apoptotic Index and P53 Protein expression.
• Mehta V.S., Julka P., Ketan Kalinga, Sarkar C., Rath G.K., Bal C.S.
• The response of chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in high-grade glioma in Relation to P53 Protein expression.
• Higher Rank Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Brain Tumors. Mehta V.S., Paul S., Roy P.K.
• Mehta V.S., Jain S., Padma M.V., Tripathi M., Maheshwari M.C., and Sharma P.
• Treatment of severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage by Intraventricular infusion of Urokinasae, a Pilot Study.
• Mehta V.S., Malhotra R., Sharma Anurag, Gupta B.D., Gupta Aditya.
• Higher (Fourth) Order Diffusion Tensor MRI based Generalized Anisotropic mapping of low and high grade gliomas: Mehta V.S., Paul S., Roy P.K.
• Compensatory mechanisms to preserve picture naming in patients with frontal lobe tumor. Mehta V.S., Chakraborty A., Singh N.S.
• Higher (Fourth) Order Diffusion Tensor MRI based Generalized Anisotropic mapping of low and high grade gliomas: Towards a pathognomic diagnostic signature. Mehta V.S., Paul S., Roy P.K.
• Evaluating the status of pro-inflammatory mediators across different grades of human astrocytoma (NBRC) 2009. Mehta V.S., Sen E.
• Randomised Double Blind Placebo Controlled, Multientric, Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety and Preliminary Efficiency of Recombinant Factor VIIa (Novo-Seven/Nia Stase) in subjects with Brain Contusion (Trial ID: F7CBI-1600) 2005. Mehta V.S., Kumar Rajender, Gupta A., Sinha S.
• Non invasive optical fibre probe based Near Intra red Spectroscopy (NIRS) for assessing brain activity a D.S.T. Project in collaboration with IIT and National Physical Laboratory, 2003-2005.
• Multicentric International Trial on “Surgial Trial of Intracerebral Haemorrhage” funded by Stroke Association and Medical Research Council (U.K.). Mehta V.S., Chandra P.S., Prasad K., Tripathi Manjari, Singh Sumit, 2000-2003.
• Decompressive craniectomy for intradural lesions in Head Injury, Multi Centric International Survey. A European Brain Injury Consortium, 2001-2002.