Rate My Professor Naveen Mittal

Naveen K. Mittal, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, serving as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. He holds the Greehey Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology and acts as Medical Director of the University Health System Liver Transplant Program in San Antonio. Mittal's academic background includes a BM BS in Medicine from the University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi in 1983, and an MD from Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, University of Delhi in 1988. His extensive clinical training encompasses an internship in Pediatrics and Other Medical & Surgical Specialties at University College of Medical Sciences and Safdarjung Hospital in 1984, residencies in Pediatrics and Surgery at Safdarjung Hospital in 1985, additional Pediatrics residencies at South Cleveland Hospital in 1990 and Hahnemann University Hospital in 1993, a Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Bristol Royal Hospital in 1991, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at The University of Chicago Hospital in 1996.

Mittal joined the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2009 as Professor/Clinical and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, advancing to Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at University Health System in 2013. He assumed the Greehey Endowed Chair and Medical Director roles in 2014. His research focuses on pediatric liver diseases, including Hepatitis B and C, and Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Disease (PNALD), serving as Co-Principal Investigator on Gilead Sciences grants studying these conditions in children and adolescents from 2014 to 2018 and ongoing. Key publications include 'Genetic Mutation of Microvillus Inclusion Disease-Like Phenotype' with Antonishek JD et al. (Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2017), 'Markers of Liver Disease Remain Elevated in Infants With Severe PNALD While on IV FISH Therapy With and Without Soy-Based Intralipid' with Keller L et al. (Pediatric Research, 2016), 'Severe Allergic Colitis Can Present With Elemental Formula Feeds in Infants with Severe Intestinal Failure: A Case Series' with Sitabkhan A et al. (Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2016), and 'Markers of Hepatic Injury Correlate with Histological Changes of Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease' with Keller LM et al. (Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2016). Mittal contributes to the Alvarez Transplant Center in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics.