Mohamed Rela

Indian surgeon with expertise in liver transplantation and hepatopancreatobiliary

Dr. Mohamed Rela is an Indian surgeon. He is known for his expertise in liver transplantation and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery. He is considered one of the world's best liver transplant surgeons. He made his name in the Guinness Book of Records for performing a liver transplantation on a 5 day old baby. He is the chairman and director of Dr Rela Hospital, India and the Professor of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, at the King's College Hospital, London.

Prof. Mohamed Rela was born in Kiliyanur village near Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, India. His parents are Haji S A Shamsudin and Hasma Beevi. He was a student of the Besant Theosophical High School School, Adyar Chennai and received his MBBS (in 1980) and MS degree from the Stanley Medical College, Chennai. He later went to the United Kingdom in 1986, to receive another MS from Edinburgh and become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1988.

Prof. Mohamed Rela worked in various hospitals in UK before joining London's King's College Hospital in 1991, where he continues to be the Professor of liver surgery. Niche areas of liver transplantation like auxiliary transplantation, split liver transplantation techniques and live donor liver transplantation were pioneered by him at the King's College for the world to emulate, and scores of patients to benefit. In a career over 3 decades, Prof. Rela has performed over 6000 liver transplants, including one on a five day old baby, earning him an entry into the Guinness Book of Records in 2000. Prof. Rela currently works in India, He has started his own institution Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre Hospital in Chrompet, Chennai, India in 2018 and Has performed over 1200 liver transplantation, where he set up a successful Living Donor Liver Transplant program performing over 300 liver transplants a each year, He has performed over a 3000 liver transplants only in the state of Tamilnadu, India. He was also the catalyst in starting liver transplants in tier 2 cities in Tamil Nadu, providing access to such high end medical facilities even to people from far flung places.