Meera Gupta has completed 3 years of general surgery training. She is currently in her second year of her Master's in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research areas include Outcomes in Pediatric and Adult Organ Transplantation and she plans to pursue a career in transplant surgery.

• American Medical Association (Resident Member)
• American College of Surgeons (Resident Member)
• Pennsylvania Medical Society

04/2007 – 05/2008
University of Pennsylvania, Drs. Abraham Shaked and Sameh Fayek
Description: Data collection and analysis for a retrospective study of hepatorenal syndrome, the effects of orthotopic liver transplant (OLT), and management of post-transplantation on kidney function.

08/2006 – 03/2007
University of Pennsylvania, Dr. James Lewis
Description: Data collection and chart review of over 500 patients to determine the effectiveness of oral sodium phosphosoda and polyethylene glycol.

09/2003 – 06/2004
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. D. Dlugos
Description: Developed study to identify situations where equipoise (uncertainty) exists regarding initiation of anti-epileptic drugs (AED) after two unprovoked seizures in children.

09/2000 – 06/2004
University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. E. Carpenter
Description: Studied the immunohistochemically-labeled expression patterns of various transcription factors and cell markers in Hoxd-10 mutant and wild-type mouse spinal cords at early embryonic ages.

1. Brunelli SM, Feldman HI, Latif SM, Gupta M, Weiner MG, Lewis JD. A comparison of sodium phosphosoda purgative to polyethylene glycol bowel preparations prior to colonoscopy. Fam Med. 2009 Jan;41(1):39-45.
2. Brunelli SM, Lewis JD, Gupta M, Latif SM, Weiner MG, Feldman HI. Risk of kidney injury following use of oral phosphosoda bowel preparations. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Dec;18(12):3199-205. Epub 2007 Oct 31.