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Reg. No : 65239
Dr Muthukumarassamy Rajakannu
Transplants : Liver Transplant
Experience: 25+ Years
Education: MBBS, MS (General Surgery) , DNB (General Surgery), Master’s in HPB Surgery , PhD in Liver Tumors 
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About Dr Muthukumarassamy Rajakannu

Dr R Muthukumarassamy is a highly skilled Liver Transplantation and Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) surgeon with more than 25 years of experience. His areas of expertise include liver diseases in adults and children, abdominal trauma, and gastrointestinal oncology notably liver, biliary tract and pancreatic malignancies. He is well versed in the techniques of adult and pediatric liver transplantation. He is also an expert in complex liver resections for hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hilar cholangiocarcinoma. He has published many articles in the field of liver disease and liver transplantation.
After completing MBBS from JIPMER, Pondicherry in 2000, Dr Muthukumarassamy pursued his surgical training at JIPMER, Pondicherry and obtained his MS (General Surgery) in 2003. He continued to work in JIPMER as senior resident till 2005. He also completed DNB in General Surgery during the same period. Simultaneously he became a Member of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons. He worked as an assistant professor in surgery till 2010. Then Dr Muthukumarassamy went to France to pursue his training HPB surgery and liver transplantation. He obtained is his Master’s in HPB surgery in 2012 from the prestigious Henri Bismuth Institute in Paris. He continued to work in Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris as a research and clinical fellow in HPB surgery and Liver transplantation for 6 years during which he trained in various techniques of complex liver resections, deceased donor liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation. He obtained a PhD in liver tumors from Paris-Saclay University in 2017. In January 2018, he returned to Chennai to work as a consultation in the Institute Liver disease and Transplantation, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre.  In January 2026, Dr Muthukumarassamy has become a senior consultant in the Liver Transplantation Institute at Apollo Hospitals, Gream’s road.

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Experience
2018
2018 – 2025, Junior Specialist, HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai Member of pediatric and adult liver transplant team under Prof. Mohamed Rela; consultant in open and minimally invasive HPB surgeries.
2010
2010 – 2013 Assistant Professor (Consultant Duties) JIPMER, Puducherry, Consultant surgeon in HPB and general surgery under Pr. Vikram Kate.
2007
2007 – 2010 Assistant Professor (Consultant Duties) Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry Consultant duties across general surgery, urology, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, and pediatric surgery in a government hospital.
2006
2006 – 2007 Assistant Professor (Consultant Duties) Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital, Puducherry. Consultant surgeon in a multispecialty teaching hospital.
2005
2005 – 2005 Assistant Professor (Consultant Duties)Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry Consultant surgeon in a private teaching hospital.
2000
2000 – 2005 Junior & Senior Resident, General Surgery JIPMER, Puducherry Extensive training in high‑volume surgical units under senior professors.

Special interest

Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
Complex Liver Resections for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Pancreatic and Biliary Tract Malignancies
Management of Abdominal Trauma
Liver Diseases in Adults and Children

Memberships

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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
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National Academy of Medical Sciences, India
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 World Association of Laparoscopic Surgery, UK
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Liver Transplantation Society of India
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Indian Medical Association, India
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International Liver Transplantation Society, USA
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Association of Minimally Access Surgeons of India

Research & Publications

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Muthukumarassamy R, Robinson SS, Sarath SC, Raveendran R. Treatment of anal fissures using a combination of minoxidil and lignocaine: a randomized, double-blind trial. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2005; 24:158-60.
02
Rajakannu M, Sarath SC, Jagdish S. Hematemesis: a rare cause from gangrenous retrograde jejunogastric intussusception. The Internet J of Surgery. 2005; 6.
03
Rajakannu M, Kumar RS, Kate V, Ananthakrishnan N. Necrotising soft tissue infection of fungal origin in two diabetic patients. Mycoses. 2006; 49:434-5.
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Rajakannu M, Kate V, Ananthakrishnan N. Necrotizing infection of the breast mimicking carcinoma. Breast J. 2006; 12:266-7.
05
Rajakannu M, Sri Vengadesh G, Pai D, Jagdish S. Disseminated rhinosporidiosis - an unusual presentation with pulmonary involvement. Int J Dermatol. 2006; 45:297-8.
06
Muthukumarassamy R, Shankar SR, Sarath SC, Jagdish S. Appendico-cutaneous fistula. Indian J Surg 2006; 68:318-9.
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Muthukumarassamy R. Diagnosis and treatment of acute scrotum. Physician’s digest. 2006; Feb-Mar: 57-64.
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Rajakannu M, Ananthakrishnan N, Madhavan M. Isolated mesenteric fibromatosis: report of a case. Trop Gastroenterol. 2008; 29:179-80.
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Rajakannu M, Venkateshwaralu C. Rapunzel syndrome: report of a case with review of the treatment. Trop Gastroenterol 2010; 31:133-134.
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Elamurugan TP, S.Suresh Kumar S, Muthukumarassamy R, Vikram Kate. Splenic artery aneurysm presenting as extrahepatic portal vein obstruction: a case report. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2011;2011:908529. Epub 2011 Aug 1.
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Elamurugan TP, Sivashanker M, Suresh Kumar S, Muthukumarassamy R, Vikram Kate. Primary tuberculous appendicitis with caecal perforation: a case report. Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2012;5:834-6.
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Ramesh A, Muthukumarassamy R, Karthikeyan VS, Rajaraman G, Mishra S. Pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery after carotid body tumor excision. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2013;23:208-11.
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Pragatheeswarane M, Muthukumarassamy R, Kadambari D, Kate V. Early Oral Feeding vs. Traditional Feeding in Patients Undergoing Elective Open Bowel Surgery—a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014;5:1017-23.
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Rajakannu M, Magdeleinat P, Vibert E, et al. Sequential liver and lung resection for colorectal cancer metastases: In which patients should surgery be proposed?"""" JCO 2015;33(Suppl):3524.
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Bekheit M, Rajakannu M, Bucur P, et al. Serial volumetric assessment of large for size liver grafts after whole cadaveric liver transplant in adults: do large liver grafts shrink in size? HPB (Oxford) 2016;2:200-6.
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Rajakannu M, Awad S, Ciacio O, et al. Intention-to-treat analysis of percutaneous endovascular treatment of hepatic artery stenosis after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2016;7:923-33.
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Rajakannu M, Cherqui D, Ciacio O, et al. Liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography predicts late post-hepatectomy outcomes in patients undergoing resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgery 162:766-774.
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Rajakannu M, Magdeleinat P, Vibert E, et al. Is cure possible following sequential resection of hepatic and pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer? Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2017 Jun 23.
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Rajakannu M. Impact of Fibroscan in the management of liver tumors. (Doctoral dissertation, Universite Paris-Saclay (COmUE). 2017
20
Rajakannu M, Coilly A, Adam R, Samuel D, Vibert E. Prospective validation of transient elastography for staging liver fibrosis in patients undergoing hepatectomy and liver transplantation. J Hepatol. 2018;68:199-200.
21
Rajakannu M, Sebagh M, Adam R. Synchronous Liver Metastasis Should not be an Absolute Contraindication for Curative Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Report of 3 Cases with Good Long-term Survival. JOP. 2020;21:146-150.
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Vishnu R, Gurushankari B, Balamourougan K, et al. Coexistence of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with tuberculous axillary lymphadenopathy: A rare occurrence. Int J Adv Med Health Res 2020;7:35-38.
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Rajakannu M, Pascal G, Castaing D, et al. Revisiting the Surgical Management of Giant Hepatic Hemangiomas: Enucleation Versus Anatomical Resection? J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2021;11:321-326.
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Rajakannu M, Vij, M, Shaikh, TMA et al. Prognostic impact of incidentally detected hepatocellular carcinoma in explanted livers after living donor liver transplantation. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2021; 40:30–34.
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Rajakannu M, Cherukuru R, Rammohan A, et al. Dealing with multiple bile ducts in living donor liver transplantation: A novel technique incorporating end-to-side biliary anastomosis. Liver Transpl. 2021 Feb 14.
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Rajakannu M, Cherqui D, Cunha AS, et al. Liver stiffness-based model predicts hepatic venous pressure gradient in patients with liver disease. HPB 2022;24:17961803.
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Rela M, Rajakannu M, Veerankutty FH, et al. First report of auxillary liver transplantation for severe cholangiopathy after SRS-CoV-2 respiratory infection. Am J Transpant. 2022;22:3143-3145.
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Rajakannu M, Cherqui D, Sa Cunha A, et al. Predictive nomograms for postoperative 90-day mortality in patients undergoing liver resection for various hepatobiliary diseases. Surgery. 2023;173:993-1000.
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Pardasani M, Rajakannu M, Vij M et al. Aggressive variant of hepatic Epstein-Barr virus associated inflammatory pseudotumor like follicular dendritic cell sarcoma with PDL1 and SSTR2a expression. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023;13:2916.
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Rajakannu M, Rajasekar JS, Cherukuru R, et al. Technique of hepatic artery anastomosis in living donor liver transplantation: Review of its results in over 1200 adult and pediatric transplants. World J Surg. 2023;47:759-763.
Clinical Expertise
Gallbladder Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Liver Cyst

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