DR PROF MOHAMED RELA  – TOPMOST LIVER TRANSPLANT SURGEON IN INDIA

• Dr.Mohamed Rela is a world-renowned Liver Transplant surgeon and presently working as a Head and Chief Surgeon, at HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery in Global Hospitals Group, Chennai. 
• Dr.Mohamed Rela's name is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having performed a successful liver transplant on the youngest child ever to have any transplant (5 days of age).
• Dr. Mohamed Rela has the largest experience in Auxiliary Liver Transplantation in the world having performed more than half the experience in the world and also Robotic GI & HPB Surgery, Laparoscopic/Robotic Donor Hepatectomy. 
• Prof. Rela currently performed over 4000 liver transplants and most of are with successful results and performed over 250 liver transplants a year.

Qualifications:

• MBBS-Stanley Medical College & Hospital, Chennai in 1982,
• MS- (Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery)  from Madras University, Chennai, India in 1987.
• FRCS - General Surgery (Upper GI) from the Royal College Of Surgeons in 1988.

Experience:

• Professor of Liver Surgery and Transplantation Lead Clinician for Hepatobiliary surgery, King’s College Hospital, London, June 2008 to 2010.
• Consultant Surgeon/Hon Senior Lecturer, Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, June 1994 to 2008.
• Senior Registrar in Liver Transplant Surgery King's College Hospital London, May 1993 to May 1994.
• Registrar in Liver Transplant Surgery King's College Hospital London, Jan 1992 - April 1993.
• Registrar in General Surgery Medway Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, Oct 1990 - Dec 199.
• Registrar in General and Vascular Surgery Arrowe Park Hospital Wirral, Merseyside, Feb 1989 - Sept 1990.
• Senior SHO/Acting Registrar General Surgery and Urology Oldham Royal Infirmary and Oldham District General Hospital, Aug 1987 - Jan 1989.
• MS - General Surgery Stanley Medical College Madras India, June 1985 - April 1987.

Fellowship / Membership:

• First to start Post MCh “Fellowship program in Liver Transplantation” recognized by “The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University” in Tamilnadu.
  Invited to write a book chapter for Grays Anatomy 41st Edition: Anatomy of the Pancreas.
• Tamilnadu Medical Council

Awards and achievements:

• India’s first split liver transplantation and created a bench in organ sharing in India.
• India’s first successful living donor liver Transplantation.
• India’s first auxiliary liver transplantation and created a bench in innovative surgical techniques in India.
• India’s first mono-segment liver transplantation.
• Liver transplant in the smallest baby in India (4.2 kg).
• Awarded the D.Sc. Honoris Causa by The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University
• Prof. Rela has so far performed more than 4000 liver transplant surgeries.

Specialization:

Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Liver Disease Treatment, Chronic Liver Disease, Hepatitis A Treatment, Jaundice Treatment, Hepatitis B Treatment, Hepatitis C Treatment, Liver Transplant, Liver Resection, Liver Surgery, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic, Abdominal Pain Treatment, Carcinoma Gallbladder, Gall Bladder (Biliary) Stone Treatment, Periampullary Carcinoma, Oesophagus, Gastric Carcinoma, Colorectal Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Laparoscopic Hiatus Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Hernial Repair, Laparoscopic Appendicectomy, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatitis, Pseudocyst Pancreas, Hydrated Cyst, Liver Abscess, Rectal Surgeries, GIHPB, Choledochal cyst, Intestinal Obstruction