AmitMehtaMD

Summary

• As a faculty member since 2008, Dr. Amit Mehta spends his clinical time caring for hospitalized patients at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. He is passionate about quality improvement and system-based care. This specific interest and experience have led to his inclusion on the Event Investigation Oversight Committee, Quality & Patient Safety Committee, Inpatient Operations Governance Council, and the Utilization Management Committee. He has previously served as Chief of Inpatient Services, and current provides physician oversight for the Access Center for Children’s Health System of Texas.
  
  
  Dr. Mehta is also dedicated to medical education and contributes substantially to the clinical education of trainees in his role as teaching faculty. He was nominated for the UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) Medical Student Outstanding Teacher Award in 2015. He seeks to combine his primary interests, cost-effective care and resource management, with his passion for education in order to train the next generation of doctors in the concept of high value care.