Ambereen K. Mehta

Ambereen K. Mehta, MD, MPH

Ambereen K. Mehta, M.D., M.P.H., FAAHPM

Palliative Care
Medical Director, Palliative Care

Expertise

Neuropalliative care and ALS

The GIM Division is special because of its faculty and staff. I am inspired by the expertise and accomplishments of my colleagues as well as their compassion and dedication to the community and students.

Bio

I am the Medical Director of the Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Palliative Care in the Departments of Medicine and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  I developed the specialty palliative care program in the Johns Hopkins Center for Specialty ALS Care.

After Internal Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, I joined the palliative care faculty at the University of Virginia in 2016 where I was also Medical Director of the UVA/Hospice of the Piedmont Inpatient Hospice Unit. In 2018, I joined the palliative care faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, where I initiated the embedded specialty palliative care program in their multidisciplinary ALS Clinic.

I lead multiple studies as part of the ALS Clinical Trials Unit and have published numerous studies in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals on increasing access to specialty palliative care including education for neurologists and improving quality of life for people with neurological illnesses, specifically those living with ALS.

I have received awards for education including the 2020 UCLA Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Faculty Award Excellence in Education Award and the 2022 Inaugural International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) Tara Cook Award for Innovation in Neuropalliative Education.  I am a content expert for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Roon, and Northeast ALS Consortium.

I currently co-chair the Northeast ALS Consortium Palliative Subcommittee, co-lead the INPCS ALS Working Group, and am an ALS Association Care Services Committee member. I am an Associate Editor of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, the official journal of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). I am the past Chair of the INPCS Strategic Communications Committee and the AAHPM Neuropalliative Special Interest Group.

Education

  • Degrees

    • M.D. / Georgetown University School of Medicine 2012

    • M.P.H. / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2011

  • Residencies

    • Internal Medicine Residency / Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center 2015

  • Fellowships

    • Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship / National Institutes of Health 2016

    • Medical Education Fellowship / University of California Los Angeles 2020

  • Board Certifications

    • Board Certified in Internal Medicine , 2016

    • Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine , 2018

Scholarly Interests

Palliative care, Neuropalliative care, medical education, clinical excellence Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Selected Publications

  • Mehta AK, Sarmet M, Maiser S, Meyer JA, Kolodziejczak S, Washington K, Simmons Z. Quality-of-life assessment instruments used across ALS clinics. Muscle Nerve. 2023 Oct 12;. doi: 10.1002/mus.27985. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37823580.

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  • Schaff CM, Kurent JE, Kolodziejczak S, Milic M, Foster LA, Mehta AK. Neuroprognostication for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Updated, Evidence-Based Review. Semin Neurol. 2023 Sep 26;. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1775595. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37751856.

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  • Sarmet M, Kabani A, Coelho L, Dos Reis SS, Zeredo JL, Mehta AK. The use of natural language processing in palliative care research: A scoping review. Palliat Med. 2023 Feb;37(2):275-290. doi: 10.1177/02692163221141969. Epub 2022 Dec 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 36495082.

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  • Sarmet M, Kabani A, Maragakis NJ, Mehta AK. Appetite and quality of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A scoping review. Muscle Nerve. 2022 Dec;66(6):653-660. doi: 10.1002/mus.27694. Epub 2022 Aug 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 35986916.

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  • Phillips JN, Besbris J, Foster LA, Kramer NM, Maiser S, Mehta AK. Models of outpatient neuropalliative care for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology. 2020 Oct 27;95(17):782-788. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000010831. Epub 2020 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 32934166.

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  • Paulsen KP, Wu DS, Mehta AK. Primary palliative care education for trainees in US medical residencies and fellowships: a scoping review. J Palliat Med. 2020. (in press)

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  • Ambereen K. Mehta Bibliography

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