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Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS

Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS, is an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, US. She completed medical school in Mumbai, India before she moved to US for training. She is actively involved in patient care and has special interest in Adult Onset Still’s disease and other autoinflammatory diseases. Her research interests include osteoarthritis, big data, disparities, and health services research. Thoughts are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Hospital for Special Surgery. Follow her on twitter @bella_mehta

Articles By Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS

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JAK Inhibitors in Refractory Adult and Childhood-Onset Still’s Disease

By Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS

Still's disease is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by spiking fever, rash, polyarthralgia, sore throat and even life-threatening complications, such as macrophage activation syndrome. It was first described by George Still in the late 1800s.

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Racial disparities in Bilateral Knee Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis

By Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS

Although arthritis-related activity, disabling work limitations, and severe pain (which are indications for TKA) disproportionately impact African American patients compared to White patients, there are marked racial disparities documented in utilization and complications in unilateral total knee arthroplasty.  

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Decreasing immunogenicity, improving efficacy of pegloticase in gout

By Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS

At #ACR20 three different medications are reviewed in different studies to decrease the immunogenicity of pegloticase – Methotrexate, Azathioprine and Mycophenolate Mofetil.  

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