• F.R.C.S. ( Edinburgh) 2006
• FRCOphth ( London, UK) 2006

• Clinical Lecturer, National University of Singapore
• Adjunct Scientist, Singapore Eye Research Institute
• Member, Singapore Medical Association
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore
• Member, American Academy of Medicine
• Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons

• Fellow Royal Society of Medicine
• Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist
• Section Editor Cochrane Eye Vision Group

• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeon, Best Video, Refractive Cornea Category, 2008.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology, Best Free Paper, Corneal Section, 2007
• American Academy of Ophthalmology, Best Poster, Corneal Section, 2007
• ARVO International Travel Grant, 2007
• American Academy of Ophthalmology, Best Poster, Corneal Section, 2006
• Moorfields Surgeons Association Travel Award, 2006
• Peel Medical Research Trust Travel Award, 2005
• Lindo Wing Fellowship, St Mary’s Hospital NHS Trust, 2003.
• Nottingham Eye Symposium & Research Meeting Poster Prize 1st place, 1999.
• Midland Ophthalmological Society Poster Prize 2nd place, 1998.
• MDU Elective Bursary, 1994.
• Devon County Higher Education Scholarship, 1993.

1. Mehta JS, Hantera MM, Tan DT. Modified Air Assisted Descemetorhexis (AAD) for Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in Press.
2. Mehta JS, Chua J, Poh R, Beuerman RW, Tan DT. Primary Graft Failure following Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK): Clinico-Pathological Study. Cornea in Press.
3. Por YM, Cheng J, Parthasarthy A, Mehta JS, Cajucom-Uy H, Tan DT. Outcomes of Femtosecond laser assisted penetrating keratoplasty. AJO in Press
4. Mehta JS, Parthasarthy A, Por YM, Cajucom-Uy H, Beuerman RW, Tan DT. Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Endothelial Keratoplasty A Laboratory Model. Cornea In Press.
5. Mehta JS, Vithana EN, Tan DT, Yong VH, Yam GH, Law RW, Chong WG Pang CP, Aung T. Analysis of the Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy 3 Gene, TCF8, in Late-Onset Fuch’s Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2008;49(1):184-8.
6. Mehta JS, Thomas AS, Tan DT. Small Incision Endothelial Keratoplasty. Ophthalmology 2008;115(2):420.
7. Mehta JS, Por YM, Beuerman R, Tan DT. Glide Insertion Technique of Donor Cornea Lenticule during Descemets Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2007;33(11):1846-50.
8. Susiyanti M, Mehta JS, Tan DT. Bilateral Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty for the management of Bilateral Post-LASIK Mycobacterial Keratitis. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2007;33(9):1641-1643.
9. Tan DT, Mehta JS. Future Directions in Lamellar Corneal Transplantation. Cornea 2007;26:S21-8.
10. Sagoo MS, Mehta JS, Hau S, Meligonis G, Irion LD, Bonshek R, Tuft SJ. Microsporidium keratitis: in vivo confocal findings. Cornea 2007;26(7):870-873.
11. Ezra DG, Mehta JS, Allan BD. Hydrops in Corneal Grafts. Cornea 2007;26(5):639-40.
12. Riaz Y, Mehta JS, Wormald R, Evans JR, Foster A, Ravilla T, Snellingen T. Surgical interventions for age-related cataract. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD001323.12. Borasio E, Mehta JS, Maurino V. Torque and Flattening effect of temporal and on axis clear corneal incision phacoemulsification. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2006;32(12):2030-8.
13. Mehta JS, Sagoo MS, Tuft SJ. Subconjunctival crystals in Pediatric Blepharoconjunctivitis. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2006;84(4):557-8.
14. Borasio E, Mehta JS, Maurino V. Surgically induced astigmatism after phacoemulsification in eyes with mild-moderate corneal astigmatism: prospective RCT comparing temporal v 'on-axis' clear-corneal incisions. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2006 Apr;32(4):565-72.
15. Mehta JS, Futter CE, Sandeman SR, Faragher RG, Hing KA, Tanner KE, Allan BD. Hydroxyapatite promotes superior keratocyte adhesion and proliferation in comparison with current keratoprosthesis skirt materials. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2005;89:1356-62.
16. Mehta JS, Plant GT, Acheson JF. Twin and Triple peaks papilloedema. Ophthalmology 2005;112:1299-301.
17. Mehta JS, Wilkins MR, Gartry DS. Explantation of an Acrysof® IOL without wound enlargment. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2005;83:262-3.
18. Wilkins MR, Mehta JS, Larkin DF. Standardised Arcuate Keratotomy for Post-keratoplasty Astigmatism. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2005;31:297-301.
19. Mehta JS, Franks WA. The Sclera, The Prion and The Ophthalmologist. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2002;86:587-592.
20. 20. Mehta JS, Adams GGW. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator following paediatric cataract surgery. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2000;84:983-6.

Book Chapters:

1. ‘Ophthalmology’
   Mehta JS, Burton BJ. In Medicine and Surgery: An Integrated textbook. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh 2007
   Lim EK, Thompson AT, Loke YK (Eds).
   
2. ‘Surgical Techniques' in Cataract Surgery’
   Mehta JS. In: Evidence Based Ophthalmology,
   BMJ Publishing Group 2003. ISBN
   
3. ‘Introduction to prions in ophthalmology’,
   Mehta JS. In www.Eyetext.net.
   
4. ‘Eye Disorders’, ‘Visual Problems’,
   Mehta JS. In Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis,
   Raftery A T, Lim E K S, Churchill Livingstone 2001.

Selected Publications, Research Interest & Trials
Research Interests and Trials:

1. Corneal Transplantation – Lamellar transplantation, Endothelial Keratoplasty, Corneal Imaging, Corneal Genetics, Femtosecond Lasers, Phacoemulsification, LASIK, corneal Infections

Contact Details
Department’s Website: http://www.snec.com.sg/clinical/corneal.asp and http://www.snec.com.sg/clinical/cataract.asp