Dr. Rakesh Rai

About
Dr. Rakesh Rai is a Senior Consultant Surgeon who heads the Transplant program at Fortis Hospital, Mumbai. Dr. Rai has trained extensively in hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery and solid organ transplantation (liver, kidney and pancreas). He has spent almost 15 years in UK and USA working in some of the most renowned transplant centers in the world. He trained in HPB surgery and abdominal organ transplantation in UK in centers like Royal Free Hospital, London, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He then moved to US and finished his American Society of Transplant Surgeon (ASTS) accredited fellowship at Methodist Transplant Institute at Memphis.
Dr. Rai had further experience in living donor liver transplantation at Asan Medical center, Samsung Medical center in Seoul, Korea. Before joining Fortis Hospital Mumbai Dr. Rai worked as Senior consultant in Apollo hospital, Bangalore and in King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam in Saudi Arab. He has authored several scientific articles published in International medical Journals as well as book. He is regularly invited to speak in scientific meetings in India as well as abroad.

Education
MBBS (University of Patna, India), 1990.
MS (General Surgery), (University of Mumbai, India), 1994.
FRCS (Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh), 1997.
MD (University of Newcastle, UK), 2006.
FRCS (Intercollegiate, UK), 2007.
CCST (UK), 2008.
American Society of Transplant Surgeon
Fellowship (2007-2009).

Journal Articles
Prospective randomised trial of long term outcome of end to end versus side to side biliary reconstruction after orthotopic liver transplantation. Br J Sur 1999; 86: 447.
Davidson BR, R. Rai, Kurzawinski TR, Selves L, Farouk M, Dooley JS, Burroughs AK, Rolles K.
Results of percutaneous plastic stents for malignant biliary obstruction following failed endoscopic stent insertion and comparison with current literature on expandable metallic stents. Eur J of Gastroenterol Hepatol.1999;11:775.
Doctor N, Dick R, R. Rai, Dafnios N, Salamat A, Whiteway, Dooley J, Davidson BR.
Roux loop biliary reconstruction for management of biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation and Surgery.2000; 6(2):201.
Rai R, Burroughs AK, Rolles K, Davidson BR.
Predicting early mortality following percutaneous stent insertion for malignant biliary obstruction: a multivariate risk factor analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2000; 12:1095.
R. Rai, Dick R, Doctor N, Dafnios N, Davidson BR.
Lost guide wire during central venous cannulation and it's surgical retrieval. Case Rep Clin Pract Rev,2002; 3: 139.
R. Rai, Lawton N, Jack U, Ahmed B. Sad D.
Clinical benefit of monitoring cyclosporine C2 and C4 in long term liver transplant recipients. Transplant Proc. 2002; 34:1535.
Barakat O, Peaston R, R. Rai, Talbot D, Manas D.
Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumour. Surgery. 2003; 21: iii-vi.
Rai R, Manas D.
The use of isosafe verifiable temperature control unit for liver graft storage prior to orthotopic liver transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2003 ;35:771-2.
R. Rai, D.Talbot, D. Manas.
Radiofrequency ablation of unresectable liver tumour ( Review). Hosp Med. 2003; 64: 737-739.
R. Rai, D. Manas.
Creation of Porcine Liver tumour using human hepatoma cell Lines: Experimental Study. Cancer Biol Ther. 2005, 5;4 (6).
R. Rai, Flecknell P, Richardson C, Manas D.
Study of Apoptosis and Heat Shock Protein (HSP) Expression in Hepatocytes Following Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA). J Surg Res. 2005 Jun 21.
R. Rai, Richardson C, Flecknell P, Robertson H, Burt A, Manas DM.
Post operative care of surgical patient. Student BMJ 1999; 7: 99.
R. Rai, Richardson C, Flecknell P, Robertson H, Burt A, Manas DM.
Prolonged lactic acidosis after extended Hepatectomy under in situ hypothermic perfusion. Liver Transplantation and Surgery. 1999;5(2):151.
R. Rai, Davidson BR.
Pseudomembranous colitis requiring surgical intervention following triple therapy for helicobacter pylori eradication. ANZ J Surg. 2002; 72:917.
Surgical retrieval of lost guide wire after central venous cannulation. Case reports & clinical practice review. 2002; 3: 139.
R. Rai, Lawton N, Dzumhar SD.

Papers accepted for publication
Radiofrequency ablation of unresectable liver tumours. World Gastroenterol.
R. Rai, J. Rose, D. Manas.
BooK Published
Radiofrequency Ablation Of Liver - An Experimental Study. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-659-20838-6, paperback.