Liver Transplant Overview

Dr. Aabha Nagral, MBBS, MD, DNB (Gastroenterology) is a Senior Consultant, (Adult & Paediatric) Hepatology, Liver Transplantation & Gastroenterology. She has done her Fellowship in Hepatology & Liver Transplantation from Royal Free Hospital, UK & Mayo Clinic, USA & has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Gastroenterology & Transplantation.

Her special interest lies in Hepatobiliary Medicine & Liver Transplantation. Dr. Aabha has been on the Indian medical advisory board of a charitable access programme for treatment of patients with Gaucher disease – a rare metabolic disorder.

She has 78 International and National publications related to Hepatology, Liver transplantation and Pediatric Hepatology listed under her name. She has co-authored many text book chapters and important publications on Wilson Disease, Budd Chiari syndrome, Gaucher disease, Liver transplantation & Hepatitis C. She has also reviewed articles for several International and National Journals.

Dr. Aabha Nagral holds the following Certifications & Memberships:

• Governing Council Member
• Indian National Association for Study of Liver (INASL)
• Past President Maharashtra Chapter of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (Maha-ISGCON)
• Member – Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Member- Indian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Hepatology and Nutrition (ISPGHAN)
• Member – Indian Association of Pediatrics (IAP) and IAP, Mumbai

Professor Darius F Mirza, MS, DSS, FRCS Ed, FRCS Glasgow, is a Consultant HPB and Multi-Organ Transplant Lead at Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai. He is one of the most experienced Hepato Pancreato Biliary and Transplant surgeons in the UK, having been involved with complex liver, pancreas, bile duct and transplantation surgery since 1986.

After basic training in Bombay, he obtained lengthy training in HPB surgery, liver and renal transplantation at the University Hospital Vienna, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He was appointed Consultant HPB and Transplant Surgeon in 1996 and has worked for almost 25 years at the leading Liver and HPB Unit in Europe, a centre that has performed almost 5000 liver transplants, 2500 liver resections and 1400 pancreatic resections in adults and children. He has a strong academic record with over 270 published Medline/pub Med articles and over 25 book chapters.

His main areas of interest in liver transplantation include transplantation in complex circumstances, the use of extended criteria donors, surgical innovation (liver splitting, segmental grafts, live donor liver transplantation), use of machine perfusion in preservation of donor livers and paediatric transplantation (liver, intestine, multivisceral).

In the field of HPB surgery his interest lies in major liver and pancreatic resectional surgery for primary and secondary cancer, surgery for portal hypertension including shunt surgery in both adults and children, post cholecystectomy bile duct injuries and strictures, and paediatric liver and pancreatic resections.

He was Clinical Service Lead (CSL) for Liver Surgery in Birmingham overseeing a team of 11 Consultant Surgeons from 2012-2014, working across two sites. In 2013, he was appointed to an Honorary Chair in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation by the University of Birmingham. He was appointed Clinical Academic Lead for Transplantation at the Institute for Translational Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in 2015. He has recently (2015) been elected the founding Chair of the British Liver TransplantGroup (BLTG).

During his 25+ years career in HPB surgery and transplantation, he has contributed to several learned society committees and NHSBT offices including: Liver Advisory Group to NHS Blood and Transplant, the founding chair of the Liver Intestine Subgroup and the founding Chair of the Bowel Advisory Group (BAG) to NHS Blood and Transplant (2010-15). He was also the Lead Cancer Clinician for HPB surgery from 2009-2016, set up and chaired the West Midlands supra regional HPB Cancer Network from 2004-2010. He was also elected for a term as Secretary of the European Liver and Intestinal Transplant Association (ELITA/ESOT) in 2003 and co-organised the 13th Intestinal Transplant Association symposium in Oxford (2013).

His return to Mumbai, the city of his childhood, after 25 years is driven by the opportunity to develop a world class HPB and Transplant facility for both adults and children with liver and pancreatic disease at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai.

Mr Gamil Mohammed Algaffari from Yemen, was diagnosed with chronic Liver disease. He underwent a Liver transplantation at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai. The surgery was performed by Dr Darius F Mirza, Head, Liver Transplant, Dr Vikram Raut, Consultant, Liver Transplant Surgeon and supported by a team of specialists. To know more please click on the link to View Video Testimonial

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai successfully performed liver transplant on a 4-month-old baby, the youngest recipient in Western India. The infant from Tanzania, was suffering from a congenital condition of the liver, ‘Biliary Atresia’ which had blocked the bile flow from the liver causing irreversible damage and scarring of the liver cells.The surgery was performed by Dr Darius F Mirza, Head, Liver Transplant, Dr Vikram Raut, Consultant, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Dr Swapnil Sharma Consultant, Liver Transplant Surgeon, supported by Dr Aabha Nagral Hepatology, (Adult & Pediatrics) and a team specialised support staff.
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Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai