Dr. Jawahar Mehta, MD
UnclaimedCardiologist · Physician (MD)
Little Rock, AR
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Distinguished Professor of Medicine and holder of the Stebbins Chair in Cardiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, and known for decades of research on platelet biology and the LOX-1 receptor's role in cholesterol and blood vessel disease.
About Dr. Jawahar Mehta, MD
Updated Sep 21, 2026 · next review Dec 20, 2026Dr. Jawahar L. "Jay" Mehta is a cardiologist and Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, where he holds the Stebbins Chair in Cardiology. He received his MD from Punjab University in 1968 and a PhD from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, then trained at Mount Sinai Medical Center and the University of Minnesota before joining UAMS in 2000 as Director of Cardiovascular Medicine.
He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is affiliated with UAMS Medical Center and the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital.
Dr. Mehta is known for decades of research on platelet biology, blood clotting in heart attacks, and later on the LOX-1 receptor related to cholesterol and blood vessel disease. He has authored or co-authored more than 1,300 papers, served on editorial boards of major cardiology journals, and received funding from the NIH, VA, and American Heart Association. In 2017, he was named to a Forbes list recognizing cardiologists across the country.
His public presence is mostly academic and institutional, such as his UAMS profile, Wikipedia page, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate, rather than personal social media. No news coverage from the last three years, public statements on vaccines or alternative medicine, or license discipline or lawsuit records were found in the sources reviewed.
- Stebbins Chair in Cardiology
- Dr. Mehta is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and Physiology and Biophysics, and the Stebbins Chair in Cardiology at UAMS. uamshealth.com
- Board certifications
- He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Disease. uamshealth.com
- Medical training
- He received his MD from Punjab University in 1968 and a PhD from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, then trained at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and the University of Minnesota. en.wikipedia.org
- Research volume
- He is author or co-author of over 1,300 research papers, abstracts, and book chapters. uamshealth.com
- Editorial board service
- He has served on the editorial boards of journals including the American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation, Hypertension, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. uamshealth.com
- Forbes physician honor roll
- In 2017, UAMS announced that Dr. Mehta was named one of 27 cardiologists nationally recognized by Forbes as an exemplary physician in cardiology. medicine.uams.edu
- Lifetime achievement award
- He received the Albrecht Fleckenstein Memorial Award for Lifetime Contribution to Basic Science at the World Congress of Cardiology in 2003. doximity.com
- Research focus on platelet biology
- His early research on platelet biology and thrombosis in heart attacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s helped lead to trials of anti-platelet drugs in cardiac patients. ssciweb.org
- LOX-1 receptor research
- Over the last 15 years, his research on the LOX-1 receptor has contributed to development of new cardiovascular treatment targets by pharmaceutical companies. ssciweb.org
- Named research chair
- In 2004, UAMS established the Mehta/Stebbins Chair in Cardiovascular Research in his honor. medicine.uams.edu
Worth knowing
- Healthgrades lists his medical school graduation as Aga Khan Medical College in 1975, which conflicts with the Wikipedia, UAMS, and SSCI accounts of a 1968 MD from Punjab University. This appears to be a data inconsistency on an aggregator site rather than a confirmed discrepancy. healthgrades.com
- CMS Open Payments records show a total of about $227.09 in industry payments from 2021-2025 across 5 records, with the largest amounts from Amgen Inc. ($142.90) and Abbott Laboratories ($84.19). Such payments are common and legal for physicians. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- No mainstream news coverage of this clinician from 2022-2025 was found in the sources reviewed. medicine.uams.edu
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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2021 to 2025
$227
5 payments
| 2021 | $0 |
| 2022 | $24 |
| 2023 | $0 |
| 2024 | $60 |
| 2025 | $143 |
Top payers
- Amgen Inc.$143
- Abbott Laboratories$84
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$227
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Practice location
4300 W Markham St
Little Rock, AR 72205-4024
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