Atul C. Mehta, MBBSProfessor of Medicine, Lerner College of MedicineBuoncore Family Endowed Chair in Lung TransplantationStaff Physician, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Graduated from Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University in India.
Residency Training: General Practice: Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Drexel Hill, PA, USAInternal Medicine: Hahnamann Medical College Affiliate Hospitals, Trenton, N.J. & Easton, PA. USA Fellowship training: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Board-certification: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease , Interventional Pulmonology, (Critical Care Medicine)
Research interests : Diagnostic & therapeutic bronchoscopy, Lung transplantation, Emphysema
Awards:
1992: Cleveland Clinic’s Bruce Steward Award for ability to combine sensitivity & compassion with knowledge & skill
2005: Presidential Citation Honor Lecture Award, ACCP
2005-2006: Teacher of the Year Award; Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
2006: Clinical Educator of the Year, American Thoracic Society
2006: Master Educator, Cleveland Clinic
2010: ACCP Pasquale Ciaglia Memorial Lecture in Interventional Medicine
2014: Gustav Killian Centenary Award, World Association for Bronchology
2017: Ed Rosenow, MD, Master FCCP: Master Educator ACCP Award
2018: Considered “Giants in Chest Medicine” A.C.C.P., CHEST
Founder and Past-President of the American Association for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Fellow of the ACCP, ACP, and the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
Elected member of the Fleischner Society for Chest Imaging (2004)
Member of the ATS, ACCP, AABIP, WABIP
Participant of numerous clinical trials, published >500 peer reviewed papers, >100 book chapters, Edited/authored 16 books