Dr. Mohamed Rela
About Doctor
Prof. Mohamed Rela is a pioneer in liver transplantation with over 28 years of experience. He started the Institute of Liver disease and transplantation at Global Gleneagles health city in 2009. It has quickly become the largest liver transplant program in India. Since its inception, over 1500 liver transplantation surgeries have been performed under this programme. He is also a professor of liver transplantation surgery at Kings College Hospital, London.
Professional Skills
Medical Qualification
M.B.B.S – 1982, University of Madras, India
M.S – 1987, University of Madras, India
FRCS – 1988, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
DSc (Honoris causa) – 2013, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India
Award and Honours
Panchanna Chaterjee Oration and Gold Medal: Association of Surgeons of India. December, 1996
Senior Lecturer: Kings College, University of London, 2001
Recognised Teacher status and PhD Supervisor: University of London, 2001
Professor of Liver Surgery and Transplantation: Kings College, University of London, 2005
Scroll of Honour and Medal: Jawaharlal Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, 2009
Scroll of Honour: The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, 2012
Prof. Mohamed Rela has performed over 6000 liver transplant surgeries.
He is also one of the most Innovative Paediatric Surgeons alive as per an article published by Top Master in Healthcare Administratio
He has pioneered the technique of split liver transplantation where one cadaver liver is split into two and transplanted into two individuals.
In December 1997, a team led by him performed a successful liver transplantation on a five-day-old girl, which made him an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2000. The girl is now 20 years old studying law.
Prof. Mohamed Rela is one of the most accomplished surgeons in the world in this field with over 400 scientific articles and papers on liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery and more.this field with over 400 scientific articles an
Memberships and Certifications
BMA: British Medical Association
RSM: Royal Society of Medicine
BTS: British Transplantation Society
ILTS: International liver transplant society
AUGIS: Association of Upper GI surgeons of Great Britain
ESOT: European Society of Organ Transplantation
BASL: British Association of Study of the Liver
IHPBA: International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association
AST: American Society of Transplantation
APASL: The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver
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