About
Prof. Mohamed Rela is the Director and Head of the Institute of Liver diseases and Transplantation, Global Hospitals Group, India and Professor of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Kings College Hospital, London.
Prof. Rela was born in Kiliyanur village near Mayiladuthurai. He had his schooling from the Kalakshetra School, Chennai and obtained his MBBS and MS degrees from Stanley Medical College. He went to the United Kingdom in 1986, received an MS from Edinburgh and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1988.
Prof. Mohamed Rela worked in various hospitals in UK before joining London's Prestigious King's College Hospital, Europe's renowned Liver Transplant Center in 1991. He pioneered the split liver transplantation technique and has performed the largest number of auxiliary liver transplantation. While his expertise in the field of hepatobiliary surgery such as Whipple's surgery for pancreatic malignancy and liver resection for Hepatocellular carcinoma and Cholangio carcinoma is well-recognised, his primary area of interest is Pediatric Liver Transplantation. In 1997, his team at Kings College, London carried out liver transplantation for a five day old girl, a feat which earned Prof. Rela a place in the Guinness Book of Records 2000.

More than 3000 liver transplants have been performed by Prof. Rela and throughout his distinguished career, he has dedicated his work to increasing the availability of liver transplantation to patients. In September 2009, a team led by him successfully carried out 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. The young girl received the left lobe as an auxiliary liver transplant for Criggler najar syndrome- another first of its kind in India. In May 2011, a team led by him successfully performed Swap liver transplantation on adults (first of its kind in India), at Global Hospitals & Health city, Chennai. The Global Hospitals group under his stewardship has carried out over 200 transplants last year and continues to grow.

Prof. Mohamed Rela is an avid researcher. His research interest is in the field of liver regeneration and harnessing its potential in making liver surgery safer for liver donors, liver recipients and for patients with advanced liver tumors. He has more than 260 publications to his credit in peer reviewed journals, has presented in numerous meetings and conferences and has delivered over 100 invited lectures.
He has a keen interest in teaching and has been organising the annual Master Class in Liver Disease at Chennai, India since 2011. This has now become the only such platform for training young clinicians in the field of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery in the country.

Specializations
Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic
Chronic liver specialist performing Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery

Education
MBBS from Stanley Medical College & Hospital at Chennai, 1982
Master of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery from Madras University at Chennai, India, 1987
FRCS in General Surgery (Upper GI) from Royal College of Surgeons in 1988
Association of Dr. Mohamed Rela with Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai
Geneagles Global Hospital in Chennai is proud that Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rela, the Director at Institute of Liver Disease & Transplantation has been recognized as one of the 20 Most Innovative Paediatric Surgeons Alive today. This recognition came from Prof. Rela's work in the field of paediatric liver transplants since he is renowned in India and across the world for successfully performing the highly complex surgeries saving lives of very young children. Moreover, the Director of Liver transplant department Global Hospital is considered as a world authority on paediatric liver transplantation. Send us a query to book instant appointment with Dr. Mohammed Rela Liver Transplant surgeon Chennai.
The most prominent healthcare service provider, Global Hospitals Group in India offers the cutting edge research and advanced education to the caregivers and better care. One of the fastest growing chains of Multi Super Specialty Tertiary Care Hospitals, it offers healthcare services that adhere to the international standards. This multi super speciality tertiary care facility is also spread across Hyderabad and Chennai. The Global Hospitals is considered as a pioneer in the multi-organ transplants including the liver, kidneys, lungs and heart. Fill our form to fix an appointment with Consultant Liver Transplant surgeon Dr. Rela Global Hospital Chennai.

Expertise
    Liver Transplant
    Pancreatic Biliary
    Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic surgery
    Pancreatic Cancer
    Pancreatoduodenectomy

Memberships
Tamil Nadu Medical Council

Positions

• June 2008 to 2010 - Professor of Liver Surgery and Transplantation Lead Clinician for Hepatobiliary surgery, King's College Hospital, London
• June 1994 to 2008 - Consultant Surgeon/Hon Senior Lecturer, Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London.
• May 1993 to May 1994 - Senior Registrar in Liver Transplant Surgery King's College Hospital London.
• Jan 1992 - April 1993 - Registrar in Liver Transplant Surgery King's College Hospital London.
• Oct 1990 - Dec 1991 - Registrar in General Surgery Medway Hospital, Gillingham, Kent
• Feb 1989 - Sept 1990 - Registrar in General and Vascular Surgery Arrowe Park Hospital Wirral, Merseyside
• Aug 1987 - Jan 1989 - Senior SHO/Acting Registrar General Surgery and Urology Oldham Royal Infirmary and Oldham District General Hospital
• June 1985 - April 1987 - MS - General Surgery Stanley Medical College Madras India