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. He has a personal experience of more than 1,700 liver transplants and has a cumulative experience of more than 3,500 liver transplants (both living and deceased donors 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 and pancreaticobiliary 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. His special interests include living donor liver transplants, pediatric liver transplants and complex liver resections.
International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (Executive Council Member)
Liver Transplant Society of India (Founder Member)
International Liver Transplant Society (Member)
2008
Best Paper Award for the paper titled ‘C Reactive Protein and Thrombocytosis in Esophageal Carcinoma’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2010
Best Special Mention (Poster presentation) for the paper titled ‘Clavien’s Grading in Gastrointestinal Surgery’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana
2010
Best Poster Award for the topic ‘Hepatobiliary Tuberculosis – A Diagnostic Dilemma’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana
2011
Young Investigator Award (Plenary presentation) for the topic ‘Infective complications in Living donor liver transplantation – Patterns and Factors Influencing Outcome’
International Liver Transplant Society World Congress, Valencia, Spain
2011
ICMR Travel Award for plenary presentation
International Liver Transplant Society World Congress, Valencia, Spain
2011
Best Poster Award for the topic ‘Predictors of Graft Survival in LDLT’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2011
Best Poster Award for the topic ‘Accuracy of MRCP in biliary Anatomy in LDLT’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2014
Best Poster Award for the topic ‘Rare Bacterial infections in LDLT’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2015
Best Special Mention Paper Award for the topic ‘Toraymyxin Filtration in LDLT’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Pune, Maharashtra
2017
Best Oral Paper for the topic ‘‘Safe Optimization’ of GRWR and Remnant Liver Volume in LDLT: Interlobar vascular plane is not a watershed’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Puducherry
2018
Best Paper Award for the paper titled ‘Techniques and outcomes of Portal vein thrombosis in Pediatric LDLT’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Chandigarh
2018
Best Video Award for the video titled ‘Hybrid 3D Laparoscopic Right Lobe Donor Hepatectomy – First Series from South Asia’
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Chandigarh