About Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rela
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rela is a world‑renowned liver transplant surgeon, known for groundbreaking techniques such as split-liver and auxiliary transplants, and performing India’s first pediatric transplant on a 5-day-old – earning him a Guinness World Record. His leadership at Rela Hospital has scaled the transplant program to 300+ liver transplants annually, making it one of India’s largest liver transplant programs to become one of the most prolific in the region, including highly complex adult and pediatric cases, ABO-incompatible transplants, and re-transplants.
Under Dr. Mohamed Rela hepatobiliary and liver surgery expert, visionary leadership, the institute has become a global referral centre for patients with end-stage liver disease, acute liver failure, liver cancers, and congenital liver disorders. Best liver transplant specialist in Chennai, contributions also include extensive academic research, clinical training programs, and international collaborations, earning him respect from medical institutions and liver transplant programs around the world.
- MBBS – University of Madras (1982)
- MS – University of Madras
- FRCS – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (1988)
- DSc (Honoris Causa) – Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University (2013)
- Adult & Pediatric Liver Transplantation
- Split & Auxiliary Liver Transplants
- Hepatoblastoma & HCC Resections
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Robotic Liver Surgeries (200+ annually)
- Advanced HPB surgery
- Pediatric liver diseases & transplantation
- Robotic hepatobiliary surgery
- Split Liver Transplant
- Auxiliary Liver Transplant
- Pediatric and infant liver transplantation
- Robotic-assisted liver resections
- Complex hepatobiliary tumour resections
- Chairman & Director – Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai (2018–present)
- Professor of Liver Surgery & Transplantation – King’s College Hospital, London (2005)
- Chief, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai
- Chairman, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai
- Guinness World Record – Youngest successful liver transplant on a 5-day-old infant (1997)
- Lifetime Achievement Award – AHPI 2024
- Panchanan Chatterjee Gold Medal – ASI (1996), Dr. Madhanagopal Oration – MMC, and multiple national/international honors
- Authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters
- Published >900 scientific articles
- Chikungunya encephalitis presenting as a brainstem syndrome and \"boomerang\" Neurology India, March 2018 (Case report detailing brainstem involvement in chikungunya encephalitis)
- An unusual case of dengue infection presenting with hypokalemic paralysis with hypomagnesemia Journal of Clinical Virology, June 2015 (First reported case illustrating dengue-induced electrolyte disturbance leading to paralysis)
Treatment Type | Cost Range Estimates (INR) | Cost Range Estimates (USD) |
Liver Biopsy | 25,000 – 50,000 | 293 - 587 |
Hepatobiliary Surgery | 2,50,000 – 8,00,000 | 2931 - 9364 |
Liver Transplant | 25,00,000 - 40,00,000 | 29,310 - 46,821 |
Post Transplant (follow-up surgery) | 75,000 - 1,50,000 | 779 - 1559 |
Hepatectomy | 3,00,000 - 7,00,000 | 3219 - 8194 |