Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rela

(Liver Transplant Surgeon)

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Specialty

Organ Transplant

Hospital

Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre

Experience

31 Years

Location

Chennai

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Biography

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rela is a renowned liver transplant surgeon with over 31 years of experience. He has performed 6,000+ liver transplant surgeries.

He has pioneered split liver transplantation, where one cadaver liver is split into two and transplanted into two individuals. He specializes in Hepat-biliary-pancreatic surgery. He pursue his PhD in Liver Transplantation from Kings College Hospital in London, United Kingdom.

In December 1997, a team led by him successfully performed liver transplantation on a five-day-old girl, which gave him an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2000. The girl is now a 20-year-old law student.

Dr. Mohamed Rela is a member of the Tamilnadu Medical Council. He is the director of the Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation. He is also a member of several professional organizations, including the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) and the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT).

As per an article published by ‘Top Masters in Healthcare Administration’, he is also one of the most innovative pediatric surgeons alive. He has published 400+ scientific articles and papers on liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery, and more.

Education

MBBS, University of Madras, India, 1982, MS, University of Madras, India, 1987, FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1988), DSc (Honoris causa), The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India, 2013