Mohammed Rela

Mohammed Rela
Mohamed Rela
Born Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Citizenship Indian
Nationality Indian
Fields Liver transplantation, Pancreatic disease
Institutions King's College Hospital, London
Global Hospital, Hyderabad
Global Hospital, Chennai
Alma mater University of Madras
Known for Liver transplantation
Split Liver Transplantation
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Notable awards Guinness Book of Records in 2000

Dr. Mohamed Rela, is an Indian surgeon known for his expertise on liver transplantation, Hepatopancreatobiliary. He is one of the World's top liver transplant surgeons from the King's College Hospital, London. He made his name in the Guinness Book of Records in 2000.[citation needed] He is now the Head of the Department for Institute of Liver, Pancreas diseases and Transplantation, Global Hospitals & Health City Group in Chennai.

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Background

Rela was born in Mayiladuthurai, a small town in Tamil Nadu, India. He was a student from the Kalakshetra School, Chennai and got his MBBS (in 1980) and MS degree from the Stanley Medical College, Chennai. Later he went to the United Kingdom in 1986 and got another MS from Edinburgh and then became an Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1988.

Career

After getting an FRCS, he has worked in various hospitals in UK before joining the King's College Hospital. In 1994, he joined the KCH (where the first liver transplant was done in 1989) and became actively involved in the liver transplant surgeries. At the KCH, he pioneered the split liver transplantation technique, which involves the division of a healthy donor organ to help transplant it to two patients. While he is now affiliated to Global Hospitals & Health City in Chennai, he still works at King's College Hospital, in UK.

He also has special interest towards Whipple procedure (also known as Pancreaticoduodenectomy) with PVR (Portal Vein Resection) which is usually done for patients with Pancreatic Cancer either in locally advanced stage or advanced stage. He has written a number of scientific articles and papers on his areas of interests which includes Liver transplantation, Complex Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic surgery and more.

Achievements

  • Dr. Mohamed Rela has so far performed more than 1200 liver transplant surgeries.[1]
  • In Dec 1997, a team led by him has done a successful liver transplantation for a five-day-old girl,[2] which made him an entry into the Guinness Book of Records in 2000.[3][4]
  • In Mar 1999, ha carried out the first living related Liver Transplant on a patient with acute Liver Failure in the UK. 18 Month old Luke Bettelley was given just 48 hours to live before the operation.[5]
  • In Jun 2003, he has successfully done a liver transplant for a four-and-a-half-year-old girl from Ahmedabad, Pranali Bhat, suffering from a terminal stage liver disease, at the Global Hospital, Hyderabad.[6][7]
  • In Aug 2003, he 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 by performing a bone marrow transplant.[8]
  • In Aug 2004, a team led by him has successfully conducted the liver transplantation for a five-year-old Pakistan girl, Batul Hasan, at the Global Hospital, Hyderabad.[9][10]
  • In Sep 2009, a team led by him has successfully done the split liver transplantation (first of its kind in India), at the Global Hospital, Chennai. The liver was split during the retrieval operation into a smaller left lobe for transplanting a young girl and a larger right lobe for transplanting an older woman with end stage liver disease.[11][12][13][14][15]
  • In May 2011, a team led by him has successfully done Swap liver transplantation on Adults (first of its kind in India), at Global Hospitals & Health city, Chennai.[16][17][18][19][20]

Publications

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.globalliverdiseases.com/links/glt.html
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/37857.stm
  3. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2004/05/28/stories/2004052800100200.htm
  4. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1505/15050850.htm
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/313864.stm
  6. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/06/15/stories/2003061507330300.htm
  7. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2003/06/16/stories/2003061601221400.htm
  8. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2003/08/11/stories/2003081100421400.htm
  9. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/08/07/stories/2004080701631900.htm
  10. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/08/09/stories/2004080901731303.htm
  11. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092450540200.htm
  12. ^ http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090920/1345325.html
  13. ^ http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=First%20split%20liver%20transplant%20in%20India&artid=U9oRIWg2byA=&SectionID=vBlkz7JCFvA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=rSY%7C6QYp3kQ=&SEO=
  14. ^ http://www.samaylive.com/news/liver-transplant-successful-on-two-patients-in-chennai-doctor/658499.html
  15. ^ http://www.globalliverdiseases.com/links/rec.html
  16. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092450540200.htm
  17. ^ http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090920/1345325.html
  18. ^ http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=First%20split%20liver%20transplant%20in%20India&artid=U9oRIWg2byA=&SectionID=vBlkz7JCFvA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=rSY%7C6QYp3kQ=&SEO=
  19. ^ http://www.samaylive.com/news/liver-transplant-successful-on-two-patients-in-chennai-doctor/658499.html
  20. ^ http://www.globalliverdiseases.com/links/rec.html

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