Top Liver Transplant Surgeons in India

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Paediatric Liver Transplant, Multi-Organ Abdominal Transplant

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery)

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery — Apollo Hospitals, Chennai; Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant Surgery — Duke University School of Medicine, USA; Training — Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

• Role & Experience: Director of the Centre for Liver, Pancreas & Intestine Transplantation at Gleneagles Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, with more than 1,200 liver transplants performed.
• Patients Treated: Adults and children needing living donor liver transplantation, multi-organ abdominal transplants, and complex re-transplant.
• Clinical Focus: Living donor liver transplant, robotic and laparoscopic donor surgery, and paediatric transplant, including for very young children.
• Notable Work: Led the team behind Western India's first reported split liver transplant, in which one donor liver was shared between an adult and a three-year-old child.
• Recognition: Fellow of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Speciality: Liver, Pancreas & Multi-Organ Transplant, HPB Surgery

Qualification: MBBS — Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai; MS, MCh (GI Surgery) — AIIMS, New Delhi

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in HPB Oncosurgery — Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai; Fellowship, American Society of Transplant Surgeons — Duke University Hospital, USA; liver surgery training at Seoul National University and Samsung Medical Centre, South Korea

• Role & Experience: Director, Liver & Multi-Organ Transplant at the Nanavati Max Institute of Liver, Intestine & Pancreas Sciences, Mumbai, with more than 1,500 liver transplants performed.
• Patients Treated: Adults and children needing liver, pancreas, or small intestine transplant, and complex HPB surgery.
• Clinical Focus: Living donor liver transplant, robotic and minimally invasive transplant surgery, and HPB cancer surgery.
• Notable Work: Reported firsts in Maharashtra for pancreas transplant, adult dual-lobe living donor liver transplant, and living and deceased donor small intestine transplant.
• Recognition: Executive Member, Liver Transplant Society of India; Co-Chair (Liver, Pancreas & Small Intestine), ZTCC Mumbai.

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Robotic Donor Surgery, HPB Oncology

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery), MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology)

Fellowships and Training: ASTS Solid Organ Transplant Fellowship - University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA

• Role & Experience: Principal Consultant and Chief, Liver Transplant & HPB Services at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, with more than 8,000 surgeries over 25 years.
• Patients Treated: Adults needing living donor liver transplant and surgery for cancers of the liver, bile ducts, gall bladder and pancreas.
• Clinical Focus: Living donor liver transplant, robotic donor surgery, and complex liver and pancreatic cancer resections.
• Notable Work: Part of Amrita's robotic donor surgery programme, which reports more than 350 robotic donor procedures.
• Recognition: Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Laparoscopic Donor Surgery, HPB Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS, DNB (General Surgery); MRCS (Edinburgh)

Fellowships and Training: Preceptorship in Liver Transplantation - University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

• Role & Experience: Chairman, Liver Transplant & Hepato-Biliary Sciences at Fortis Noida. He and his team have performed more than 4,000 liver transplants.
• Patients Treated: Adults needing living or deceased donor liver transplant, and complex liver and biliary surgery.
• Clinical Focus: Laparoscopic donor surgery, living donor liver transplant, and complex liver and biliary surgery.
• Notable Work: Reported as the first surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor surgeries in Liver Transplantation.
• Programme Building: Founded Fortis's liver transplant programmes at Noida and Mohali.

Speciality: Liver Transplant, HPB Surgery, Liver Cancer Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology), MRCS (Edinburgh)

Fellowships and Training: HPB & Liver Transplantation; trained under Dr. A.S. Soin at Medanta, Gurugram, and Prof. Young Kyoung You in South Korea

• Role & Experience: Lead Consultant and Unit Head, HPB & Liver Transplantation Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, part of the team that has performed more than 250 liver transplants at the centre.
• Patients Treated: Adults and children needing living donor and deceased donor liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary surgery, and liver cancer resections.
• Clinical Focus: Living and deceased donor transplant, swap and ABO-incompatible transplant, and complex liver resection.
• Academic Work: Has presented at international HPB and transplant conferences across Asia.
• Notable Work: Helped build Apollo Navi Mumbai's liver transplant unit, including its dedicated liver ICU.
• Recognition: J.N. Tata Endowment Scholarship for advanced overseas training.

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Transplant, Robotic Liver Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in Liver Transplantation — Kyoto University Hospital, Japan; training in liver transplantation at Hôpital Beaujon, Paris, France, and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

• Role & Experience: Senior Consultant, Liver Transplant at Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai. He and his team have performed more than 1,200 liver transplants, including over 600 living donor procedures.
• Patients Treated: Adults and children needing living or deceased donor liver transplant.
• Clinical Focus: ABO-incompatible transplant, small-for-size syndrome, laparoscopic and robotic liver surgery, and living donor transplant for liver cancer.
• Notable Work: Runs a paediatric liver transplant programme focused on making treatment affordable for families across income levels.
• Recognition: International Travel Scholar Award, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS); EASL Young Investigator Award.

Speciality: Liver Transplantation, HPB Surgery, Portal Biliopathy

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery), DNB (Gastrointestinal Surgery)

Fellowships and Training: ASTS Fellowship in Multi-Organ Transplantation — University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Paediatric Multi-Organ Transplantation — Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

• Role & Experience: Consultant and Head, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai.
• Patients Treated: Adults and children needing living or deceased donor liver transplant, complex HPB surgery and surgery for portal hypertension.
• Clinical Focus: Specialises in ABO-incompatible, auxiliary, dual lobe, and swap liver transplants, along with surgery for portal biliopathy and complex HPB cancers.
• Notable Work: Took part in more than 250 liver and 200 kidney transplants during his US fellowship.
• Research: Has published on portal biliopathy and liver transplant outcomes in peer-reviewed international journals.

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT), Complex Liver & Biliary Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS, FRCS-Glasgow and Edinburgh, UK

Fellowships and Training: Visiting Fellowship - Kyoto Liver Transplant Unit, Japan

• Role & Experience: Chairman, Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Gurugram, with more than 2,500 liver transplants and 12,000 other complex liver, gall bladder, and bile duct operations.
• Patients Treated: Adults needing living donor liver transplant, including complex and high-risk cases.
• Clinical Focus: Living donor liver transplant, complex liver and biliary surgery, and liver cancer treatment.
• Notable Work: One of India's highest-volume living donor liver transplant surgeons, according to Medanta; many of India's current transplant surgeons trained in his programme.
• Recognition: Padma Shri (2010) for his contribution to liver transplantation in India.

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Paediatric Liver Transplant, HPB Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS, DNB, MSc (Organ Transplant), FACS

Fellowships and Training: ASTS Transplant Fellowship; Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh; University of Rochester Medical Center; Washington University, St. Louis, USA

• Role & Experience: Director, Liver Transplant at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, with an experience of performing more than 1,500 liver transplants, mostly adult and paediatric living donor procedures.
• Clinical Focus: Treats adults and children needing liver transplants, and has performed more than 1,000 surgeries for liver, gall bladder and bile duct cancers.
• Notable Work: Has helped set up liver transplant programmes at government and trust hospitals.
• Recognition: Past President, Liver Transplant Society of India (2022-23); Vice President (Surgical), Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (2023-25).

Speciality: Liver Transplantation, Robotic & Laparoscopic Liver Surgery, HPB Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (GI Surgery)

Fellowships and Training: Liver Transplant - Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

• Role & Experience: Chairperson, Liver Transplant and Senior Consultant, GI & HPB Surgery at Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, with more than 2,000 liver transplants performed over 22+ years, as reported by the hospital.
• Clinical Focus: Treats adults needing living or deceased donor transplant and complex GI and HPB surgery, with a focus on pure laparoscopic and robotic donor surgery and gall bladder and pancreatic cancer surgery.
• Notable Work: Reported to have performed Rajasthan's first liver transplant.
• Recognition: Founding member, Liver Transplant Society of India.

Speciality: Liver Transplantation, HPB Surgery, Multi-Organ Transplant

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), FRCS (Glasgow)

Fellowships and Training: Fellowship in Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery — Thomas Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA

• Role & Experience: Chairman and Head, HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, with more than 2,000 liver transplants and HPB operations.
• Clinical Focus: Treats adults and children needing living donor liver transplant, paediatric liver transplant, multi-organ transplant, robotic liver surgery and complex HPB surgery.
• Notable Work: Brought multi-organ transplant experience from Pittsburgh to the BLK-Max liver transplant programme.
• Recognition: Treasurer, Liver Transplant Society of India; Scientific Committee Member, International Liver Transplant Registry.

Speciality: Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT), Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery, Complex Liver & Biliary Surgery

Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery) — All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; FRCS (Edinburgh); FRCS (Glasgow)

Fellowships and Training: HPB surgical training under Dr. Paul McMaster — Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK

• Role & Experience: Chairman, Centre for Liver and Biliary Sciences at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi. Has personally performed more than 3,000 liver transplants, as reported by the hospital.
• Clinical Focus: Treats adults and children needing living donor transplant or re-transplant after a failed graft, including for biliary atresia and HPB cancers.
• Notable Work: Leads one of India's highest-volume liver transplant programmes, which also performs re-transplantation, according to Max Healthcare.
• Recognition: Dr. B.C. Roy Award, Medical Council of India (2016); Yash Bharti Award, Government of Uttar Pradesh (2016).