Dr. Mettu Srinivasa Reddy is one of the finest Transplant
Surgeon in India. He is an experienced Liver Transplant Surgeon in the India. He has extensive experience in living donor liver
transplantation, pediatric liver transplantation and surgery for cancers of the
liver, pancreas and biliary tract. He believes in a truly multi-disciplinary
approach to managing adults and children with complex liver problems and is
strongly focused on treatment outcomes and the overall patient experience.
After
his General Surgery training, he moved to the United Kingdom to train in Liver
Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery. He completed fellowships at liver
transplant units in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Leeds, and was awarded the FRCS in
General Surgery & Transplant by the Royal College of Surgeons. During this
period, he also conducted research into improving outcomes of transplantation
using novel techniques of organ preservation at the Universities of Newcastle
& Sunderland. This research was funded partly by the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh and culminated in his doctoral thesis.
Dr
Srinivas Reddy returned to India in 2012 to join Global hospital, Chennai as
Senior Consultant surgeon in liver transplantation. Over the next seven years,
he was involved in 1500+ living donor liver transplantations and was
instrumental in setting up and mentoring liver transplantation units across
India. In October 2018, he was appointed as the Director of Liver
Transplantation in Dr Rela Institute & Medical Center, Chennai and stayed
in that position until October 2020, where
he played a key role as Director of Liver Transplantation unit at Rela
Institute of Medical Sciences, Chennai and worked directly with Dr. Prof.
Mohammed Rela.
He is having overall experience of 1800+ liver transplants,
out of which he has completed over 400+ pediatric liver transplants from age of
few months to 18 years. At
present, he associated with Global Hospitals & Rainbow Children’s in
Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
He
has over 140 peer-reviewed scientific publications to his credit, has authored
multiple textbook chapters including co-authoring a chapter in ‘Gray’s
Anatomy’. He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on
liver disease & liver transplantation. He is a member of the Pediatric
Committee of the International Liver Transplantation Society and was involved
in the development of the ILTS Pediatric liver transplant registry.
Other
Professional engagements
Secretary-
Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI) (2022-2024)
LTSI
Taskforce Lead for LTSI Organ Donation & Research (2022-2024)
Editor for
LTSI Newsletter ‘LiveReport’
Member of
Vanguard committee of iLDLT study group (2021-)
Clinical & Research interests
Living donor
liver transplantation
Pediatric
liver transplantation
Complex
resections for liver and pancreatic tumors
Biomechanics
of liver regeneration
Ischemia
reperfusion injury
