Niraj Mehta

Dr. Niraj Mehta is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. After completing his medical training at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, he served as a full-time medical educator and Associate Program Director in the Department of Internal Medicine at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (LBJ).

For dedication and commitment to education, he has received numerous faculty teaching awards over several decades. Nicknamed "House" after the medical doctor of the famed television series by his current and formal students (having even received his own walking cane from former graduates), he continues to inspire and teach at The County, currently working at LBJ's "bigger brother hospital" Ben Taub.

Still full of Hopes and Fears, Dreams and Tears, he continues to learn from his two newest teachers: his daughters, Natasha and Poonum. He currently resides in Pearland, Texas.