Dr. Jawahar Mehta currently serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Arkansas, Clinton School of Public Service. He received his M.D. from Punjab University in 1968 and PhD from the University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. He completed his post-graduate training in Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, followed by a research fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. His first faculty position was at the University of Florida, where he rose to be a Professor of Medicine. He was appointed the Stebbins Chair and Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), in October 2000. He received the International Pericle d’Oro Prize, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy, in May 2014. In December 2017, he was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 27 cardiologists in the United States. In April 2018, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences honored Dr. Jawahar Mehta by naming him Distinguished Professor, a recognition given to "honor exemplary faculty members who have helped to shape the institution." In 2019, the Italian Society of Cardiology and the University of Rome Tor Vergata honored him with a Distinguished Professorship and Lifetime Achievement Award. His research interests mainly include inflammation, leukocytes, cytokines, and heart failure.
