Nishaki K Mehta, MD

Nishaki Mehta, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the William Beaumont Oakland University School of Medicine. She specializes in electrophysiology, which includes treating abnormal heart rhythms using devices like pacemakers and defibrillators. She is particularly interested in complex ablations, a procedure that corrects faulty electrical signals in the heart, and implantation of complex devices and management. Born in Mumbai, Dr. Mehta received her medical degree from Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and was selected as an international exchange student in her final year. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship and internship at the University of Massachusetts, she continued her residency training at George Washington University and completed a cardiovascular fellowship at Ohio State University. Dr. Mehta then pursued cardiac electrophysiology training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Now board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Mehta is committed to improving patient outcomes by addressing the whole person. Weight loss has been shown to directly impact a successful ablation outcome, so she works with patients to make diet and exercise changes to improve their procedure success rates. Dr. Mehta's research interests include determining lifestyle interventions on atrial fibrillation outcomes. She has been recognized for outstanding patient experience, 1 percentile by the University of Virginia.Cardiac electrophysiology is a field driven by technology, and Dr. Mehta is an innovator driven by a passion to improve patient care in safe, effective and affordable ways. Her collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018 earned the Medical Device Innovation Competition's top prize. She holds several patents for her innovative ideas and technologies. In addition, she led a research trial that looks at ways to reduce bleeding and scarring after pacemaker defibrillator surgery using a device which she invented while she was at the University of Virginia. She continues to work on this technology at Corewell William Beaumont University Hospital and has been the recipient of innovation grants by the state of Michigan and the National Science Foundation. She has consistently been recognized as the Heart Rhythm Society PaceSetter and Heart Rhythm Innovation Explorer. She currently serves on the Heart Rhythm Society Innovation Team and the Communications Committee. In her prior position as faculty at the Biomedical Engineering Division at the University of Virginia, she mentored over 30 Capstone students on engineering technologies to improve health care. Dr. Mehta has produced more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and more than 150 abstracts for international conferences. She mentors medical students from Oakland University School of Medicine and is currently an EMBARK longitudinal mentor for several medical students. She is an active reviewer for several cardiology journals. She has won several awards, including the Cardiology Woman in Training Award for Excellence by the American Heart Association. She also was recently nominated for the prestigious Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Fellowship for 2019. She was recognized by UVA for her Excellence in Research for 2019. She was selected as a GLOWE recipient by the Heart Rhythm Society in 2020. She is active in community service and has previously founded the Faith Based Initiatives for improving cardiovascular health. Dr. Mehta has traveled the world. She speaks four languages and is learning Spanish.