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Rita S. Mehta, M.D.

Specialties:
Internal Medicine
Oncology
Cancer: Hematology/Oncology

General Information:

Gender: Female
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Languages: English
                
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Office Locations:

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
      101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868
      1.877.UCI.DOCS (1.877.824.3627)

UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange
      101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868
      1.877.UCI.DOCS (1.877.824.3627)

UC Irvine Breast Health Center
      Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868
      1.877.UCI.DOCS (1.877.824.3627)

Clinical Interests:
Breast cancer
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Chronic lymhocytic leukemia
Low grade lymphoma
ITP & Lymphoma

Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Professional Positions:
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Awards:
Orange County Physician of Excellence-2006

Education:
Medical School:MGM Medical College, India
Internship:MGM Medical College, India, Internal Medicine
Residency:New York Medical College, Internal Medicine
Fellowship:UC Irvine Medical Center, Hematology, Oncology
Residency:MGM Medical College, India, Anesthesiology

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Recent Publications

(1) Tromberg BJ, Cerussi A, Shah N, Compton M, Durkin A, Hsiang D, Butler J, Mehta R Imaging in breast cancer: Diffuse optics in breast cancer: detecting tumors in pre-menopausal women and monitoring chemotherapy response. Breast Cancer Research 2005, 7:279-285 (28 November 2005);

(2) Cerussi A, Hsiang D, Shah N, Mehta RS, Durkin A, Butler J,Tromberg BJ Predicting Response to Breast Cancer Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy using Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy. PNAS published February 28, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0611058104;

(3) Mehta RS, Schubbert T., Hsiang D, Su M-Y, Carpenter P, Holcombe R, Butler J, Baick C.. High pathological complete remission rate following neoadjuvant taxane, carboplatin and trastuzumab therapy after doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in Her-2 positive breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat 88, 2004 (suppl 1, abst 1110).
 

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