Mohammed Rela
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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. He is now the Head of the Department for Institute of Liver, Pancreas diseases and Transplantation, Global Hospitals & Health City Group in Chennai
.
, 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.
. 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.
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Liver transplantation
Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and replaced by the donor organ in the same anatomic location as the original...
, Hepatopancreatobiliary. He is one of the World's top liver transplant surgeons from the King's College Hospital
King's College Hospital
King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH"...
, London
London
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. He made his name in the Guinness Book of Records in 2000. He is now the Head of the Department for Institute of Liver, Pancreas diseases and Transplantation, Global Hospitals & Health City Group in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
.
Background
Rela was born in Mayiladuthurai, a small town in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India. He was a student from the Kalakshetra School, Chennai and got his MBBS (in 1980) and MS
Master of Surgery
The Master of Surgery is an advanced qualification in surgery. It is most commonly abbreviated Ch.M. or M.S., as well as M.Ch. and M.Chir. from its Latin name, Magister Chirurgiae or the English form of Master of Surgery....
degree from the Stanley Medical College
Stanley Medical College
Stanley Medical College is a government medical college with hospitals, located in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Though the original hospital is more than 200 years old, the medical college was formally established on July 2, 1938...
, Chennai. Later he went to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1986 and got another MS
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
from Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
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 HospitalKing's College Hospital
King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH"...
. 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
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...
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.
- In Dec 1997, a team led by him has done a successful liver transplantation for a five-day-old girl, which made him an entry into the Guinness Book of Records in 2000.
- 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.
- In Jun 2003, he has successfully done a liver transplant for a four-and-a-half-year-old girl from AhmedabadAhmedabadAhmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
, Pranali Bhat, suffering from a terminal stage liver disease, at the Global Hospital, Hyderabad. - 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 transplantBone marrow transplantHematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cell or blood, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells, or umbilical cord blood...
. - In Aug 2004, a team led by him has successfully conducted the liver transplantation for a five-year-old PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
girl, Batul Hasan, at the Global Hospital, Hyderabad. - 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.
- 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.
Publications
- In Scientific Commons
- Results of Split Liver Transplantation in Children
- Split Liver Transplantation: King's College Hospital Experience
- Liver transplantation in children
- Liver transplantation for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in children
- Renal biopsy in liver transplant recipients
- A complication of infrarenal arterial conduit following orthotopic liver transplant
- Liver transplantation with monosegments
- Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type I
- Biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation
- Reducing Bile Leak Following Segmental Liver Transplantation: Understanding Biliary Anatomy of the Caudate Lobe
- Overcoming the limitations of living donor and split liver transplantation: A proposal for adult recipients (the best of the east in the west)
- Liver transplant for giant cell hepatitis with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
- Pretransplant MELD score and post Liver transplantation survival in the UK and Ireland
- Liver resection in liver transplant recipients
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy with radical lymphadenectomy is not contraindicated for patients with established chronic liver disease and portal hypertension
- Managing Arterial Collaterals Due to Coeliac Axis Stenosis During Pancreaticoduodenectomy
External links
Official Site- Home page at Global Hospitals & Health City, Chennai, India
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- Profile at KCH, London, UK
- Profile at London Bridge Hospital, London, UK
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