Dr Ajitabh Srivastava has 12 year experience in HPB Surgery and liver transplant since 2005 while working with stalwarts in India. He is trained and worked at reputed institutes in India at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Apollo Delhi and Medanta Medicity and has done his fellowship from University of Rochester New York after completing his USMLE. He has to his credit of being founder member of transplant unit at Apollo Delhi, Apollo Chennai and MIOT Chennai and played important role in protocolising systems in these institutes.

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Specialty: Organ Transplant

Location: Gurgaon

Nationality: Indian

Languages spoken: Hindi,English

Gender: Male

Artemis Hospitals

Dr. Ray is a graduate from Medical College, Kolkata. Subsequently he trained in Surgery at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER) and SSKM Hospital in Kolkata and then joined as Senior Resident at the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) in Delhi.

In 2005 he underwent training in Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgery with Mr. Andrew Baker at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital in Wales, UK. He also qualified for the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS).
Dr Ray joined a faculty position in Surgery at Medical College, Kolkata in 2005 and he was Assistant Professor there till 2010. Besides playing an active role in graduate & postgraduate teaching / training, Dr Ray had a special interest in GI / HPB Surgery. He was also Visiting G I Surgeon at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata.
In 2010, Dr Ray joined Dr Subash Gupta’s team, initially as a Fellow and subsequently became Consultant in Liver Transplant / HPB Surgery.

Dr Ray’s areas of interest include Liver Transplant in small children, management of Bile duct injuries and his research focus is on donor outcome and donor safety in Living Donor Liver Transplant.
Dr Ray has numerous conference presentations and has contributed to a number of publications in the field of Liver Transplantation / G I Surgery.

Dr Ray strongly believes that surgical excellence must be complemented with dedicated patient care by all personnel involved to achieve good outcomes. This ensures that individualised patient care at Artemis never takes a backseat!

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The liver is a vital organ on the top right side of the stomach with a weight of 3-4 pounds usually. It is protected by liver cage and hard to feel from outside but when touched internally it is rubbery in touch and dark reddish in color. Its functions are listed below-

• It helps in Blood filtration.
• Stores vitamins, minerals and sugar for the body to use later.
• Detoxifies food and chemical.
• Helps in making proteins that helps in blood clotting
• Produces bile

What is liver transplant?

It is a surgery to remove the deceased or injured liver and replace it with a full or partial new and healthy liver. The new liver should be normal, healthy and disease-free. The person donating the new liver is called Donor. The successful liver transplantation is a life savior giving a new life to the patient. Liver transplant is the only cure for damaged liver because only a liver can perform all the functions, no machine can be trusted for this.

Who needs liver transplant?

People with following liver conditions require liver transplant-

• ALF (Acute Liver Failure) – It is the most unpredicted type of liver failure which can be from any type of disease or infections. Drug Induced Liver Injury happens to be biggest reason behind this failure. Overdose of drugs also leads to acute liver failure.
• CLF (Chronic Liver Failure) – It is also known as last stage liver disease. Its biggest cause is cirrhosis which develop for months, years and even decades from complete failure. It damages complete liver and can be really dangerous.
• Cirrhosis – It is a rare condition where bile duct gets prone to infections.
• NAFLD (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease)
• Toxic exposures – All the toxins like drugs, alcohol or cigarettes make our liver prone to disease. Alcohol damages the liver in all the possible ways.
• Metabolic and genetic disorders – This comes from family or your genes. But it is quite rare and need to worry is less in such types.

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