Adi Mittal

Hi everyone!

My name is Adi Mittal and I am a second year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh. I am interested in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, spine, machine learning, basic science research, medical devices, and start up formation.

Previously, I was accepted to the Guaranteed Admissions Program in Medicine (BS/MD) after my senior year of high school and majored in neuroscience at Pitt. During my undergraduate studies, I researched sickle cell disease pain and mutations that contribute to red blood cell hemolysis with Dr. Kalpna Gupta and Dr. Mark Gladwin. I also participated in the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship studying embryonic stem cells and miRNA expression. My research has lead to over 20 published peer-reviewed basic science and public health articles with 7 first-author articles. Outside of academics, I have exhibited a photo series on refugee healthcare experiences and published a photo essay in the Harvard Review of Public Health. In my free time I enjoy photography, playing the saxophone and tennis.

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Medical Research

Computed Tomography Associated Radiation Exposure in Children with Craniosynostosis

Child's Nervous System 2021
Bruce MK, Mittal AM, Whitt DS, Flom LL, Pfaff MJ, Losee JE, Goldstein JA

Results of three or more Gamma Knife radiosurgery procedures for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Neurosurgery 2021
Gupta, M., Sagi, V., Mittal, A., Yekula, A., Hawkins, D., Shimizu, J., Duddleston, P. J., Thomas, K., Goetsch, S. J., Alksne, J. F., Hodgens, D. W., Ott, K., Shimizu, K. T., Duma, C., & Ben-Haim, S.

Pain in sickle cell disease: current and potential translational therapies

Translational Science 2021
Sagi, V.†, Mittal, A.†, Tran, H., & Gupta, K.

External Ventricular Drains: An Overview of Indications, Technique, and Complications

Acta Scientific Neurology 2020
Yekula A, Mittal A, Sagi V, Gupta M

Squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp causing cortical venous thrombosis and Intraparenchymal hematoma

eNeurologicalSci 2020
Gupta M, Yekula A, Sagi V, Mittal A, Schwartz MS.

Mast Cells Induce Blood Brain Barrier Damage in SCD by Causing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in the Endothelium

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 2019
Tran H†, Mittal A†, Sagi V, Luk K, Nguyen A, Gupta M, Nguyen J, Lamarre Y, Lei J, Guedes A & Gupta K.

Diet and gender influence survival of transgenic Berkley sickle cell mice

Haematologica 2019
Jahagirdar, O.B. †, Mittal, A.M. †, Song-Naba, W.L., Jha, R., Kiven, S.B., Thompson, S.T., Connett, J.E., and Gupta, K.

Effect of chronic opioid therapy on pain and survival in a humanized mouse model of sickle cell disease

Blood Advances 2019
Tran, H., Sagi, V., Leonce Song-Naba, W., Wang, Y., Mittal, A., Lamarre, Y., Zhang, L., & Gupta, K.

Immune cell neural interactions and their contributions to sickle cell disease

Neuroscience Letters 2019
Sagi V, Mittal A, Gupta M, Gupta K.

Mast Cell Neural Interactions in Health and Disease

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 2019
Mittal A, Sagi V, Gupta M, Gupta K

Diet and Gender Influence Survival in Sickle Cell Disease

Blood 2017
Jahagirdar, O. B. , Mittal, A. M. , Jha, R., Kiven, S. B., Thompson, S. T., Peng, F., Gupta, K., Connett, J. E., & Gupta, K.

Transcriptomic Analysis of Gene Signatures Associated with Sickle Pain

Scientific Data 2017
Paul JA, Aich A, Abrahante JE, Wang Y, Larue RS, Rathe SK, Kalland K, Mittal A, Jha R, Peng F, Largaespada DA, Bagchi A & Gupta K.

Quantification of pain in sickle mice using facial expressions and body measurements

Blood Cells, Mol. Dis. 2016
Mittal, A., Gupta, M., Lamarre, Y., Jahagirdar, B. & Gupta, K.

Hemin-Induced Mast Cell-Extracellular Traps Impart Resistance to Therapy in a Sickle Microenvironment

Blood 2015
Tran, H., Jha, R., Nguyen, J., Jarrett, S., Rodriguez, J., Mittal, A., Lei, J., & Gupta, K.

Observer Based Objective Pain Quantification in Sickle Mice Using Grimace Scoring and Body Parameters

Blood 2014
Mittal, A. M., Lamarre, Y. Y. & Gupta, K.

Mast Cells Contribute to Brain Microvascular Permeability in Sickle Cell Disease.

Blood 2018
Mittal, A. M., H. Tran, V. Sagi, A. Nguyen, K. Luk, J. Nguyen, J. Lei and K. Gupta

Effect of Chronic Opioid Therapy on Pain and Survival in a Mouse Model of Sickle Cell Disease

Blood 2018
Sagi, V., Tran, H., Song-Naba, W. L., WANG, Y., Mittal, A. M., Lamarre, Y., Zhang, L., & Gupta, K.

Public Health

My Photography

My name is Adi, a medical student
at the University of Pittsburgh
accepted through the Guaranteed Admissions Program.