Dr. Mohamed Rela

Dr Mohamed Rela is a specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology with a rich experience of 41 years currently working in Rela Hospital, Chennai. He has performed over 4000 liver transplant surgeries to date.  His vision is to mark the healthcare concerns of the local population with international standards. He also focuses on providing cost-effective high-end treatments like multi-organ transplantation.

He started the Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation at Global Gleneagles Health City in 2009. It has quickly become the largest liver transplant program in India. Since its origin, over 1500 liver transplantation surgeries have been performed under this program.

He is the Chairman and Managing Director at Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai. In December 1997, his team performed successful liver transplantation on a five-day-old girl, for which his name was registered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2000.

As per an article published by ‘Top Masters in Healthcare Administration, he is also one of the most Innovative Paediatric Surgeons. He is one of the most skilled surgeons in the world. He has also published over 400 scientific articles and papers on liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery, and more. He is also a professor of Liver Transplant Surgery at Kings College Hospital, London. He has handled numerous complex medical cases and is known for attention to detail, accurate diagnosis, and treating patients with empathy.

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