JAINA Convention 1999 07 Philadelphia

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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OUR GRAND SPONSOR DR. NAVIN C. MEHTA
Dr. Navin C. Mehta was born and raised in the historical town of Mandvi (Kutch) in the State of Gujarat. After earning his medical degree from Rewa (MP), he came to the United States in 1974 and completed his post doctoral training at various institutions that include the Beekman Downtown, Jewish Memorial, New York Eye and Ear, Lincoln, and the New York Medical College hospitals. Board certified in Otorhinolaryngology in 1984, Dr. Mehta is a renowned authority in his field and holds several prestigious academic titles and hospital appointments.
Well recognized for his achievements and his philanthropic generosity, Dr. Mehta has received many community awards and honors. These include felicitations for outstanding contributions and community service in medicine from the Cultural Festival of India, several Indian cultural organizations, Association of Indians in America, Federation of Indian Associations, and the Kutchi Dasha Shrimali Vanik Gnyati of North America. His numerous awards include the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation Award, India Tribune's Mahatma Gandhi Award, and the Faculty
Teaching Award from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.
He is a Surgeon in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Clinical Professor at the New York Medical College, a faculty member at the Temporal Bone Laboratory in New York, an Attending Surgeon at the Lincoln Hospital, an Honorary Consultant at the Gracie Square Hospital, and an Attending Surgeon at the Cabrini Medical Center.
Dr. Mehta is a great philanthropist at heart. With all his professional achievements, he has not forgotten the true cause that he works for every day of his life. He serves humanity as best he can with the God given talent that he is blessed with. He gives, shares, and returns the fruits of his success with an open heart. One result of his generosity is the Matushree Prankunvar Chunilal Mehta Educational and Charitable Trust that he has established to organize and run several educational endeavors and relief camps and to provide aid to cancer patients in India.
He also holds responsibility as Surgeon Director of Otorhinolaryngology Department, Secretary of Medical Board, Secretary of Board of Trustees, Secretary of Board of Directors, and Co-Chairman of the Utilization Review Committee, all at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. In some of these posts, Dr. Mehta is the youngest appointee ever. That he has achieved such high honors at such a young age is a testimonial to his dedication, commitment, and expertise.
Dr. Mehta is currently working to set up a medical center with full facilities to treat cancer patients in Kutch for which the Government of Gujarat has already sanctioned his proposal.
"Relief to an ailing patient gives more satisfaction to the doctor that treats him than the money that the doctor earns treating the patient", is something that Dr. Mehta has said many times.
Dr. Mehta is very active in several American and Indian community organizations, such as the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation, and United Nations International Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) Committee. He serves as a Trustee of the India Cultural Association of Central Jersey and several other cultural organizations. He is also a member of the Lions Club.
Dr. Navin Mehta resides in Fort Lee, NJ, with his wife Dr. Rashmi Mehta, who is a psychiatrist, and their three children, Sneha, 16, Nirav, 14, and Suniti, 10.
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