Centre for Organ Transplantation

Centre for Organ Transplantation

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Overview

The transplantation of organs has been considered one of the significant advances that has occurred in medicine offering a healthy life back to numerous people all over the world.

Transplants can be broadly grouped into three types.

  • Tissue transplants: include blood and marrow.
  • Solid organ transplants: include liver, heart, kidney, lung, small intestine and pancreas.
  • Vascularized composite tissues: include hands, face and abdominal wall.

The organs can be donated by live donors for certain organs and procured from brain-dead / deceased donors.

The first transplantation that was done at Amrita was on 4 September 2001 and was that of a kidney procured from a live donor. Since then, the transplant services of the institution have become one of the largest centers in India carrying out these procedures.

The Center has carried out liver, kidney, heart, small intestine and pancreas transplants. The first- and second-hand transplants in India were successfully carried out in 2015. This Center of Excellence has a well-organized transplant social worker network .

The institution has led the state in deceased organ procurement .

Specialities

Biochemistry

Blood And Marrow Transplantation

Blood and Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation Program at Amrita commenced in January 2013 comprising of both autologous and allogeneic transplants. 

Biochemistry

Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

Composite tissue allotransplant is a relatively new concept in the spectrum of allotransplantation. This includes transplant of hands, face and abdominal wall and in rare instances, tissues like penis, uterus and trachea. Out of these, hand transplants have been done more commonly. 

Biochemistry

Corneal Transplantation

Amrita Hospital has been able to offer corneal transplantation to over 190 patients in a short span of time. Corneal transplantation or keratoplasty is the most successful organ transplantation known to medical science with success rates of 80-90 % in most cases.

Biochemistry

Heart Transplantation

Heart transplantation has emerged as a viable therapeutic strategy for select patients with end-stage heart disease, offering extended survival and improved quality of life. 

Biochemistry

Kidney Transplantation

Amrita Hospital, Kochi, over a very short span of a few years, has been able to offer kidney transplantation with state-of-the-art facilities to over 800 patients at a low cost. 

Biochemistry

Liver Transplantation

Liver transplantation is the only treatment modality for patients succumbing to acute or chronic liver failure.

Biochemistry

Lung Transplantation

The lung transplantation service at Amrita Hospital is a multidisciplinary integrated service that drives it strength from the blessings of Mata Amritanandamayi and the skills and expertise of its core lung transplant team which are fortunate to have trained in internationally reputed lung transplant units in the World.

Biochemistry

Paediatric Heart Transplantation

Heart transplantation is lifesaving in diseases of the heart when all other treatment modalities fail.

Biochemistry

Pancreas Transplantation

Amrita Hospital, Kochi pioneered pancreas transplant in the state of Kerala. First simultaneous pancreas plus kidney transplant was performed on 17th August 2014. 

Biochemistry

Small Bowel Transplantation

The first small bowel transplantation in Kerala was performed in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences on 05th January 2015.

Services

  • Transplant Coordination and Social Work
  • Transplant Immunology
  • Transplant Pathology
  • Transplant Anesthesiology

Departments

  • Blood Bank
  • Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Small Bowel Transplantation
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Paediatric Heart Transplantation
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
  • Corneal Transplantation

Doctors

Dr. Rajesh R Nair
Clinical Professor and Head
MD, DNB, DM, FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin)
Dr. George Kurian
Clinical Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Anil Radhakrishnan
Consultant (Cornea and Refractive Surgery) and Clinical Associate Professor
MS, Fellow in Comprehensive Ophthalmology with specialty training in Cornea Consultant (Cornea and Refractive Surgery)
Dr. Anil Mathew
Clinical Professor
MD, DNB
Dr. Jerry Paul
Clinical Professor
MD, FCCM
Dr. Zachariah Paul
Clinical Assistant Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Sunil Rajan
Clinical Professor
DA, DNB, MNAMS, FPM
Dr. Rakhi B
Clinical Professor
MD, PDCC (Cardiac Anaesthesia)
Dr. Indu R Nair
Professor
MBBS, MD
Dr. Malini Eapen
Clinical Professor
MD, DNB
Dr. Sundeep Vijayaraghavan
Professor and Head
MS, MCh, DNB
Dr. Jimmy Mathew
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh
Dr. Kishore P.
Clinical Associate Professor
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Dr. Subramania Iyer
Professor and Chairman
MS (Otorhinolaryngology), MCh (Plastic Surgery), FRCS
Dr. Christi Titus Varghese
Clinical Assistant Professor
MS (General Surgery), MCh (Gastrointestinal Surgery), MRCS (Ed)
Dr. Sudheer O V
Clinical Professor and Head
MS (General Surgery), MCh (Gastrointestinal Surgery)
Dr. K. V. Sanjeevan
Clinical Professor and Head
MS, MCh (Urology)
Dr. Ginil Kumar P
Clinical Professor-Urooncologist and Robotic Surgeon
MS (Gen Surgery), M Ch (Urology), DNB (Urology), MNAMS (Urology)
Dr. Georgie Mathew
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh (Urology)
Dr. Rajesh Thachathodiyl
Professor & Head Cardiology
MD, DM, FACC (H)
Dr. Praveen Varma
Professor and HOD
MS (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS)
Dr. K. U. Natarajan
Clinical Professor & Head- Electrophysiology Interventional Cardiologist, Cardiac Electro physiologist
MD, DM, DNB (Med), DNB (Card)
Dr. Praveen. G. Pai
Professor
MD, DNB(Med), DM
Dr. M. S. Harikrishnan
Clinical Professor, Interventional Cardiologist & Cardiac Electro physiologist
MD, DM
Dr. M. Vijayakumar
Consultant & Professor
MD, DNB (Med), DM (Cardio), Fellowship (Cardio)
Dr. Navin Mathew
Adult Cardiology
MD, DM (Cardiology), DNB
Dr. Brijesh P K
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh
Dr. Shine Kumar. K. H.
Clinical Professor
DCH, DNB, FNB (Paediatric Cardiology), Fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension (UoA, Canada)
Dr. Kirun Gopal
Professor
MS, DNB(General Surgery), MCh, DNB(Cardio Thoracic Surgery)
Dr. Saritha Sekhar Sasikala
Clinical Associate Professor
MBBS, MD, DNB (Cardiology)
Dr. Hisham Ahamed
Clinical Associate Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Rajesh Jose
Clinical Associate Professor
MS (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS)
Dr. Neeraj Sidharthan
Clinical Professor and Head
General Medicine, DNB (General Medicine), DM (Clinical Hematology)
Dr. Manoj Unni
Clinical Associate Professor
MD, DM (Clinical Hematology), Fellowship in Stem Cell Transplant
Dr. Shweta Mallick
Associate Professor
MBBS, MS, MCh
Dr. Binoj S T
Clinical Professor
MS (General Surgery), DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology), Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery
Dr. S. Sudhindran
Clinical Professor and Chief Transplant Surgeon
MS (General Surgery), FRCS (Glasgow), FRCS (Eng.), FRCS (General Surgery)
Dr. Krishnanunni Nair
Clinical Associate Professor
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology)
Dr. Unnikrishnan G
Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan
Clinical Professor
MBBS, MS, DNB

Overview

The transplantation of organs has been considered one of the significant advances that has occurred in medicine offering a healthy life back to numerous people all over the world.

Transplants can be broadly grouped into three types.

  • Tissue transplants: include blood and marrow.
  • Solid organ transplants: include liver, heart, kidney, lung, small intestine and pancreas.
  • Vascularized composite tissues: include hands, face and abdominal wall.

The organs can be donated by live donors for certain organs and procured from brain-dead / deceased donors.

The first transplantation that was done at Amrita was on 4 September 2001 and was that of a kidney procured from a live donor. Since then, the transplant services of the institution have become one of the largest centers in India carrying out these procedures.

The Center has carried out liver, kidney, heart, small intestine and pancreas transplants. The first- and second-hand transplants in India were successfully carried out in 2015. This Center of Excellence has a well-organized transplant social worker network .

The institution has led the state in deceased organ procurement .

Specialities

Biochemistry

Blood And Marrow Transplantation

Blood and Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation Program at Amrita commenced in January 2013 comprising of both autologous and allogeneic transplants. 

Biochemistry

Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

Composite tissue allotransplant is a relatively new concept in the spectrum of allotransplantation. This includes transplant of hands, face and abdominal wall and in rare instances, tissues like penis, uterus and trachea. Out of these, hand transplants have been done more commonly. 

Biochemistry

Corneal Transplantation

Amrita Hospital has been able to offer corneal transplantation to over 190 patients in a short span of time. Corneal transplantation or keratoplasty is the most successful organ transplantation known to medical science with success rates of 80-90 % in most cases.

Biochemistry

Heart Transplantation

Heart transplantation has emerged as a viable therapeutic strategy for select patients with end-stage heart disease, offering extended survival and improved quality of life. 

Biochemistry

Kidney Transplantation

Amrita Hospital, Kochi, over a very short span of a few years, has been able to offer kidney transplantation with state-of-the-art facilities to over 800 patients at a low cost. 

Biochemistry

Liver Transplantation

Liver transplantation is the only treatment modality for patients succumbing to acute or chronic liver failure.

Biochemistry

Lung Transplantation

The lung transplantation service at Amrita Hospital is a multidisciplinary integrated service that drives it strength from the blessings of Mata Amritanandamayi and the skills and expertise of its core lung transplant team which are fortunate to have trained in internationally reputed lung transplant units in the World.

Biochemistry

Paediatric Heart Transplantation

Heart transplantation is lifesaving in diseases of the heart when all other treatment modalities fail.

Biochemistry

Pancreas Transplantation

Amrita Hospital, Kochi pioneered pancreas transplant in the state of Kerala. First simultaneous pancreas plus kidney transplant was performed on 17th August 2014. 

Biochemistry

Small Bowel Transplantation

The first small bowel transplantation in Kerala was performed in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences on 05th January 2015.

Services

  • Transplant Coordination and Social Work
  • Transplant Immunology
  • Transplant Pathology
  • Transplant Anesthesiology

Departments

  • Blood Bank
  • Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Small Bowel Transplantation
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Paediatric Heart Transplantation
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
  • Corneal Transplantation

Doctors

Dr. Rajesh R Nair
Clinical Professor and Head
MD, DNB, DM, FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin)
Dr. George Kurian
Clinical Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Anil Radhakrishnan
Consultant (Cornea and Refractive Surgery) and Clinical Associate Professor
MS, Fellow in Comprehensive Ophthalmology with specialty training in Cornea Consultant (Cornea and Refractive Surgery)
Dr. Anil Mathew
Clinical Professor
MD, DNB
Dr. Jerry Paul
Clinical Professor
MD, FCCM
Dr. Zachariah Paul
Clinical Assistant Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Sunil Rajan
Clinical Professor
DA, DNB, MNAMS, FPM
Dr. Rakhi B
Clinical Professor
MD, PDCC (Cardiac Anaesthesia)
Dr. Indu R Nair
Professor
MBBS, MD
Dr. Malini Eapen
Clinical Professor
MD, DNB
Dr. Sundeep Vijayaraghavan
Professor and Head
MS, MCh, DNB
Dr. Jimmy Mathew
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh
Dr. Kishore P.
Clinical Associate Professor
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Dr. Subramania Iyer
Professor and Chairman
MS (Otorhinolaryngology), MCh (Plastic Surgery), FRCS
Dr. Christi Titus Varghese
Clinical Assistant Professor
MS (General Surgery), MCh (Gastrointestinal Surgery), MRCS (Ed)
Dr. Sudheer O V
Clinical Professor and Head
MS (General Surgery), MCh (Gastrointestinal Surgery)
Dr. K. V. Sanjeevan
Clinical Professor and Head
MS, MCh (Urology)
Dr. Ginil Kumar P
Clinical Professor-Urooncologist and Robotic Surgeon
MS (Gen Surgery), M Ch (Urology), DNB (Urology), MNAMS (Urology)
Dr. Georgie Mathew
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh (Urology)
Dr. Rajesh Thachathodiyl
Professor & Head Cardiology
MD, DM, FACC (H)
Dr. Praveen Varma
Professor and HOD
MS (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS)
Dr. K. U. Natarajan
Clinical Professor & Head- Electrophysiology Interventional Cardiologist, Cardiac Electro physiologist
MD, DM, DNB (Med), DNB (Card)
Dr. Praveen. G. Pai
Professor
MD, DNB(Med), DM
Dr. M. S. Harikrishnan
Clinical Professor, Interventional Cardiologist & Cardiac Electro physiologist
MD, DM
Dr. M. Vijayakumar
Consultant & Professor
MD, DNB (Med), DM (Cardio), Fellowship (Cardio)
Dr. Navin Mathew
Adult Cardiology
MD, DM (Cardiology), DNB
Dr. Brijesh P K
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh
Dr. Shine Kumar. K. H.
Clinical Professor
DCH, DNB, FNB (Paediatric Cardiology), Fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension (UoA, Canada)
Dr. Kirun Gopal
Professor
MS, DNB(General Surgery), MCh, DNB(Cardio Thoracic Surgery)
Dr. Saritha Sekhar Sasikala
Clinical Associate Professor
MBBS, MD, DNB (Cardiology)
Dr. Hisham Ahamed
Clinical Associate Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Rajesh Jose
Clinical Associate Professor
MS (General Surgery), MCh (CVTS)
Dr. Neeraj Sidharthan
Clinical Professor and Head
General Medicine, DNB (General Medicine), DM (Clinical Hematology)
Dr. Manoj Unni
Clinical Associate Professor
MD, DM (Clinical Hematology), Fellowship in Stem Cell Transplant
Dr. Shweta Mallick
Associate Professor
MBBS, MS, MCh
Dr. Binoj S T
Clinical Professor
MS (General Surgery), DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology), Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery
Dr. S. Sudhindran
Clinical Professor and Chief Transplant Surgeon
MS (General Surgery), FRCS (Glasgow), FRCS (Eng.), FRCS (General Surgery)
Dr. Krishnanunni Nair
Clinical Associate Professor
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology)
Dr. Unnikrishnan G
Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan
Clinical Professor
MBBS, MS, DNB