Hepatologist
Dr. Karthik Mathivanan
Senior Consultant & Associate Director
A Senior Consultant and the Associate Director of the Institute of Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Dr. Karthik Mathivanan comes with over ten years of experience in his chosen field. His qualification includes MBBS, DNB in General Surgery and Clinical Fellowship in Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant. He is a renowned liver transplant surgeon with expertise in hepatobiliary and pancreatic transplants and laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgeries. Throughout his professional career, Dr Karthik has been a core team member in more than 2,000 transplant surgeries, performing complex and high-risk liver surgeries with proficiency in living donor transplants. He is a pioneer in advocating for ‘organ preservation’ that has resulted in successful transplants. His areas of expertise include treatment of acute liver failures, performing ABO-incompatible transplants, swap transplants, domino transplants and split liver transplants and transplants on elderly recipients.
- 1 Location
- In-Person consultation - 550
- Video consultation - 550
- Phone consultation - 550
Hepatologist
Dr. Thiagarajan S
Director& Senior Consultant
The Director of the Institute of Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Dr. Thiagarajan S is a world-renowned HPB and liver transplant surgeon who has 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 hepatopancreatic biliary surgeries. He is proficient in all types of complex gastrointestinal, liver (both laparoscopic and open) 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. He has to his credit more than 90 peers 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.
- 1 Location
- In-Person consultation - 550
- Video consultation - 550
- Phone consultation - 550