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Liver Transplant & Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Dr. Ravi Mohanka

MBBS, MS, DNB, FRCS (Edin), FACS, FICS, MSc, MBA · TACC-certified (ASTS)

Professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Surgical Director of Live Donor Liver Transplantation at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis. Mentor and Director of the liver transplant programme at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai.

President-Elect, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation Past President, Liver Transplant Society of India UNOS/OPTN National Liver Review Board TEDx speaker
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1,200+liver transplants
200+paediatric transplants
82peer-reviewed articles · 1,300+ citations
72surgeons and fellows trained
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About

Trained at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, and the University of Rochester, Dr. Mohanka has performed or supervised more than 1,200 liver transplants over two decades, including 200 in children and 1,000 hepato-biliary operations.

He performed India's first successful intestinal transplant and Western India's first combined liver–kidney, swap, dual-lobe and auxiliary liver transplants, and established the first liver transplant programmes in Aurangabad, Surat and Baroda.

  • Clinical: living and deceased donor liver transplantation, paediatric transplants, liver cancer and HPB surgery
  • Research: DCD and normothermic regional perfusion, machine perfusion, organ allocation, living donor technique
  • Innovation: three patents; founder of two medical-device companies
  • Education: MBBS, MS and DNB in surgery; transplant fellowships in Pittsburgh and Rochester; MSc Transplantation (Liverpool); MBA (Washington University in St. Louis & IIT Bombay) – details below

Education, training & certification

Medical degrees & surgical training
1993 – 1998
MBBS – Government Medical College, Nagpur University
2000 – 2003
MS, General Surgery – Government Medical College, Nagpur University
2003
DNB, General Surgery – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
2003 – 2004
Registrar, Transplant & HPB Surgery – Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
2004 – 2006
Post-doctoral Clinical / Research Fellow, Transplant Surgery – University of Rochester Medical Center, NY
2006 – 2008
ASTS-accredited Fellowship, Abdominal Organ Transplantation – Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh
2011 – 2012
Training Program in Regenerative Medicine – NCRM, University of Toronto / CIHR
Further degrees
2015 – 2017
PG Diplomas, Hospital & Healthcare Management and Medico-Legal Systems – Symbiosis, Pune
2016 – 2017
MBA – Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, with Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay
2017 – 2021
MSc in Transplantation – University of Liverpool, UK
Fellowships & board certification
2024
TACC certification, Abdominal Transplant Surgery – American Society of Transplant Surgeons
2024
FRCS (Edin), Honorary Fellowship – Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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FACS – American College of Surgeons · FICS – International College of Surgeons

Selected publications

82 peer-reviewed articles and 19 book chapters.

All on PubMed →
A comparative study between stapled and sutured side-to-side cavo-caval anastomosis for outflow reconstruction in deceased donor liver transplants
Mohanka R, et al. · Liver Transplantation, 2024
DOIPubMed
International multicenter study of ultralow graft-to-recipient weight ratio grafts in adult living donor liver transplantation
Reddy MS, … Mohanka R, et al. · American Journal of Transplantation, 2024
PubMed
A review of machine perfusion strategies in liver transplantation
Banker A, … Mohanka R · Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2023
DOIPubMed
Organ donation after circulatory determination of death in India: a joint position paper
Seth AK, Mohanka R, et al. · Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2022
DOIPubMed
India's first successful intestinal transplant: the road travelled, and the lessons learnt
Soin AS, Mohanka R, et al. · Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2014
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Field watch

Recent papers and news worth reading in liver transplantation, HCC, organ perfusion and cell therapy. Selected from a daily literature scan; updated weekly.

Updated 26 Oct 2026
Paper · Liver transplant / HCC

Living donor transplantation after downstaging beyond Milan

Meta-analysis of 17 studies (511 recipients): five-year survival about 75% and recurrence about 25% in patients successfully downstaged before LDLT.

Transplant International · Oct 2026 Paper · Tolerance

Donor regulatory dendritic cells and early drug withdrawal

Phase I/IIa trial infusing donor-derived regulatory dendritic cells in living donor liver transplant recipients, with early withdrawal of immunosuppression.

Nature Communications · 2026 Paper · Perfusion / cell therapy

Stromal cells delivered during kidney perfusion

Randomised, blinded porcine study of human mesenchymal stromal cells infused during normothermic machine perfusion of kidneys.

Scientific Reports · Jul 2026 Review · Machine perfusion

Advances in ex vivo machine perfusion

Review of current machine-perfusion platforms and evidence across abdominal organ transplantation.

Frontiers in Transplantation · Sep 2026 Conference news · HCC

New bispecific antibody after immunotherapy failure

Phase 1 data at ESMO 2026: a GPC3 × 4-1BB bispecific showed a 36% confirmed response rate in 94 patients with advanced HCC progressing after immunotherapy.

Company release · 24 Oct 2026 News · Access

Brunei reaches 10 living donor liver transplants

A national programme launched in 2025 now performs living donor liver transplants locally, an example of expanding access in smaller health systems.

The Scoop · 25 Oct 2026

Integrative medicine reference

An interactive matrix comparing how 13 systems of medicine – from conventional medicine and surgery to Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga and nutrition – approach more than 3,700 diseases, organised by organ system and disease process.

Every approach carries an evidence grade, from A (supported by randomised trials) to D (tested and not shown effective beyond placebo), with references. Educational reference only – not medical advice.

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Evidence grades
  • A – randomised trials or meta-analysis
  • B – some controlled or good observational evidence
  • C – traditional use, little controlled evidence
  • D – tested, not shown effective beyond placebo

Conference tracker

Upcoming meetings in transplantation, liver surgery and hepatology. Past meetings drop off automatically.

Dates checked 26 Oct 2026 · always confirm on the official site

Speaking & teaching

390+ faculty invitations · 200+ invited talks

Oct 2026 · Hyderabad
ISOT 2026 – 36th Annual Conference · Chairperson, RVS Yadav Oration; Speaker, Future of liver transplantation
Oct 2026 · Memphis
UTHSC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds · Ethics in Transplantation
Sep 2026 · Sydney
The Transplantation Society – 31st International Congress · Moderator and Speaker
Mar 2026 · Washington DC
ILTS Consensus Conference 2026 · Intra-operative biodegradable stent for biliary complications
Dr. Mohanka speaking at the LTSICON 2025 podium with his nameplate
LTSICON 2025 – Liver Transplant Society of India, New Delhi
Dr. Mohanka speaking at a podium in front of the ISOT Midterm 2025 backdrop
ISOT Mid-term Meeting 2025, Goa
Dr. Mohanka at the 6th AILBS International Conference podium
6th AILBS International Conference 2025, New Delhi
Dr. Mohanka speaking at the APASL STC and BUILD 3.0 podium
APASL STC & BUILD 3.0, 2025, Mumbai
Dr. Mohanka presenting on machine perfusion at LTSICON 2025
Lecture on machine perfusion, LTSICON 2025
Dr. Mohanka lecturing at GI Symposium 2024
GI Symposium 2024, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Dr. Mohanka at the ISOT Midterm 2025 podium
ISOT Mid-term Meeting 2025, Goa
Dr. Mohanka speaking at a podium beside organ-donation banners
Training session on organ perfusion and transport, ROTTO-SOTTO, 2024

In the news

Times of India · Jun 2026

GMCH Nagpur becomes the first Maharashtra government hospital to perform a liver transplant
News9 · Sep 2025

Live TV: the science behind living to 150
UTHSC Surgery · 2024

Faculty Spotlight: Ready for the next challenge
Hindustan Times · Jan 2024

KEM Hospital to resume liver transplant service
ETHealthWorld · Jun 2021

India emerging as the next best destination for transplants
Times of India Voices · Apr 2022

Benefits and risks of living-donor liver transplant

Work with me

For consultations, research collaborations, speaking invitations and advisory work.

Clinical consultation

Expert opinion on liver transplantation, liver cancer and complex HPB surgery, for patients and referring physicians.

Research collaboration

Multicentre studies, consensus work and device development: DCD and nRP, machine perfusion, living donor technique, allocation policy.

Speaking & advisory

Conference faculty, setting up and mentoring new transplant programmes, and industry advisory boards.

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