Dr Thiagarajan Srinivasan
Transplant

Dr Thiagarajan Srinivasan

Senior Consultant & Director, Institute of Liver Diseases, Transplant & HPB Surgery

MGM Healthcare• Chennai

15+ years of experience
Liver Transplant
MBBS, MS, DNB in Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, Senior Liver Transplant Fellowship

About the doctor

The Director of the Institute of Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Dr Thiagarajan S is a world renowned HPB and liver transplant surgeon who has an experience of 15 years in this field. This Thanjavur Medical College and PGI Chandigarh alumnus has a personal experience of more than 1,700 liver transplants and he has a cumulative experience of more than 3,500 liver transplants (both living and deceased donor as well as paediatric liver transplants) and 1,000 advanced complex open and laparoscopic hepatopancreaticobiliary surgeries.

He is proficient in all types of complex gastrointestinal, liver (both laparoscopic and open) and pancreatico biliary surgeries. He has been trained in advanced robotic and minimal access surgery at Severance Hospital (Yonsei University), Seoul, South Korea. He has also amassed a wealth of experience at Medanta The Medicity, the country's top liver transplant centre, as a Minimal Access, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon.

He has to his credit more than 90 peer reviewed scientific articles published in national and international journals and book chapters, and he has delivered more than 50 lectures including plenary lectures in various national and international fora. His special interests include living donor liver transplants, paediatric liver transplants and complex liver resections. He is an avid researcher who has won many awards and has trained hordes of liver transplant and HPB surgeons around the world.

Area of expertise

Living donor liver transplantsPediatric liver transplantsComplex liver resectionsAdvanced robotic and minimal access surgeryLaparoscopic hepatobiliary and liver surgeryABO-incompatible liver transplantsIntestinal transplantation

Qualifications

MBBS

Thanjavur Medical College (2001)

MS (General Surgery)

PGIMER, Chandigarh (2006)

DNB in Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (2006)

Senior Liver Transplant Fellowship

Medanta The Medicity (2013)

Professional Journey

  1. MGM Healthcare, Chennai — Senior Consultant & Director, Institute of Liver Diseases, Transplant & HPB Surgery
  2. Medanta The Medicity — Minimal Access, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon
  3. Severance Hospital (Yonsei University), Seoul, South Korea — Training in advanced robotic and minimal access surgery

Awards & achievements

  • 2008: Best Paper Award - C Reactive Protein and Thrombocytosis in Esophageal Carcinoma (Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology)
  • 2010: Best Special Mention (Poster) - Clavien's Grading in Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • 2010: Best Poster Award - Hepatobiliary Tuberculosis, A Diagnostic Dilemma
  • 2011: Young Investigator Award (Plenary) - Infective complications in Living donor liver transplantation
  • 2011: ICMR Travel Award
  • 2011: Two Best Poster Awards for liver transplant topics
  • 2014: Best Poster Award - Rare Bacterial infections in LDLT
  • 2015: Best Special Mention Paper Award - Toraymyxin Filtration in LDLT
  • 2017: Best Oral Paper - Safe Optimization of GRWR and Remnant Liver Volume in LDLT
  • 2018: Best Paper Award - Techniques and outcomes of Portal vein thrombosis in Pediatric LDLT
  • 2018: Best Video Award - Hybrid 3D Laparoscopic Right Lobe Donor Hepatectomy
  • India's first domino, swap, ABO-incompatible, and intestinal transplants; world's smallest liver transplant recipient (2.1 kg)
  • Executive Council Member - International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • Founder Member - Liver Transplant Society of India

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