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 pediatric liver transplants) and 1,000 advanced complex open and laparoscopic hepatopancreatic biliary surgeries.He is proficient in all types of complex gastrointestinal, liver (both laparoscopic and open) and pancreatic biliary surgeries.He has been trained in advanced robotic and minimal access surgery at Severance Hospital (Yonsei University), Seoul, South Korea. 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, pediatric 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: India’s first and world’s youngest domino liver transplantIndia’s smallest liver transplant recipient – 6 kgIndia’s first (and the world’s first reported) successful swap liver transplantWorld’s first chain of three simultaneous liver transplants – combined domino and swapIndia’s first successful ABO-incompatible liver transplantIndia’s first successful Intestinal TransplantIndia’s youngest and smallest ever recipient – 4 months, 4 kg – to receive successful liver transplantIndia’s first successful combined living donor liver and deceased donor kidney transplantIndia’s and the world’s smallest liver transplant recipient – 2.1 kgLargest ABO-incompatible liver transplant programmeLargest Pediatric liver transplant program in India
