Devendra Mehta

Devendra Mehta is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Director of the Translational GI Laboratory at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital, and the program director of the Pediatric GI and Nutrition Fellowship. He underwent training at St Tomas’ Hospital, now part of Kings College in London, UK, in Medicine, with further training at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Guys Hospital, London, UK, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (MSc Distinction) and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia for the Pediatric GI Fellowship. He has a special interest in developing biomarkers to aid the diagnostics of disorders and has studied a wide array of disorders including aspiration, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Eosinophilic esophagitis, Helicobacter Pylori infection, Celiac Disease, Small bowel microbial overgrowth, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Constipation, and produced many abstracts, presentations, papers and chapters in books. He directs and studies the integrative medicine clinic which uses Yoga and Meditation for chronic disorders, and the regional Feeding difficulty center. He has been recognized as a “Best Doctor” consistently and is on the board, and former President, of Central Florida Child Health Program, Inc., a non-profit organization. He has further responsibilities in research as the Chair of the Research Advisory Committee to help optimize studies and as faculty for the Biostatistics program for fellows. He has two patents and continues to work in national collaboratives such as in childhood and adult pancreatic disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.