Dr. Mohamed Rela is one the most famous hepatologists of India who is renowned globally. He has more than 31 years of experience in performing all manner of complex liver and pancreas related procedures including liver surgery, Whipple Surgery for pancreatic cancer treatment and Hepatoblastoma. Apart from his astral career in healthcare, he is also actively involved in scientific research with keen interest in studies for liver regeneration an
d liver preservation. Twice in his career he and his team have successfully performed pediatric liver transplant surgery on 5 year old children. The first time earned him a places in the Guinness book of records. Throughout his entire medical career he has participated in nearly 4500 liver transplants. For his expertise and contributions to healthcare he has been named one of the 20 most innovative paediatric surgeons alive today and has co-authored nearly 600 peer-review journals.. ...read more
Award & Recognization
Prof. Rela has been voted as one of the 20 Most Innovative Paediatric Surgeons Alive Today.
Was a part of a team from King's College Hospital, London which did liver transplant(s) six times for a patient to save her life 2003
Team led by him successfully conducted liver transplantation for a five-year-old Pakistani girl, Batul Hasan, Global Hospital, Hyderabad 2004,
Team led by him has successfully done Swap liver transplantation on Adults (first of its kind in India), at Global Hospitals & Health city, Chennai, May 2011
Team led by him performed a successful liver transplantation for a five-day-old girl (1997),which earned him an entry into the Guinness Book of Records in 2000.
Publication
Only Liver surgeon of India with 600 publications
Govil S, Bharathan A, Ashwin Rammohan, Kanagavelu R, Kaliamoorthy I, Reddy MS, Rela M. Liver resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: Why left is sometimes right. Epub Ahead of print HPB(Oxford) 2016[51]
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Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) inhibits proinflammatory responses in the liver and promotes regeneration- Wayel JassemE. XystrakisYasmeen G Ghnewa[...]Yun Ma Dr. Mohamed Rela
Feasibility and Safety of Split Liver Transplantation in the Indian Context Ramkiran CherukuruMettu Srinivas ReddyNaresh Shanmugam[...]Mohamed Rela- December 2018
Treatments Performed by Dr. Mohamed Rela
Liver Transplant
Pancreatic Cancer
Transplants
Educational Background
FRCS, Royal Collage of Surgeons of Edinburgh,
MBBS, MS,Stanley Medical College, University of Madras
Work Experience
Professor of liver surgery, King’s College Hospital 1991- Presenty