Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam 
MBBS, MS, MCh, Fellowship
HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon
Senior Consultant
21 Years of Experience
Rela Multi-Speciality Hospital, Chennai
English, Hindi
About Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam
Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam is a leading HPB and liver transplant surgeon with more than two decades of experience in complex hepatopancreatobiliary surgeries and abdominal trauma management. He currently serves as Clinical Lead in HPB Surgery and Senior Consultant in Abdominal Trauma, Liver Transplantation, and HPB Surgery at a premier institute in Chennai. His advanced surgical skills were shaped by extensive training at top institutions including JIPMER, GB Pant Hospital, and Global Hospital, Chennai.
Dr. Rajesh is widely recognized for his expertise in donor hepatectomy, liver regeneration, portal hemodynamics, pediatric liver transplantation, and advanced HPB cancer resections with vascular reconstruction. He has presented and published extensively in national and international forums, and continues to contribute to surgical innovations in liver disease and transplantation.
Qualifications of Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam
- MBBS – Tirunelveli Medical College, 2003
- MS (General Surgery) – JIPMER, Pondicherry, 2007
- MCh (Gastrointestinal/HPB Surgery) – GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, 2011
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Liver Transplantation – Global Hospital, Chennai, 2013
Special Area of Interest
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
- Donor Hepatectomy
- Portal Hemodynamics and Liver Regeneration
- Advanced HPB Malignancy Resections including Vascular Reconstruction
- Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Work Experience of Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam
- Clinical Lead – HPB Surgery; Senior Consultant, Abdominal Trauma, HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Chennai (Current)
- Consultant Surgeon, Gleneagles Global Hospital, with nearly seven years of experience in HPB and liver transplant services
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Liver Transplantation, Global Hospital, Chennai (2011–2013)
- Senior Resident in General Surgery, JIPMER, Pondicherry (2007–2008)
Awards & Recognition
- Gold Medal in Anatomy during MBBS
- Best Poster Award at International HPB Association (IHPBA) Conference, Delhi, 2010
Membership
- Member of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
- Member of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
- Member of International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
- Member of International HPB Association (IHPBA)
- Active participant in multiple national and international conferences including IASG, IHPBA, ILTS, and HPB Con
Research Paper Published By Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam
- Degos’ Disease: Acute abdomen with skin rash – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006
- Effect of single-dose dexamethasone on recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy – Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, 2009
- Post-cholecystectomy gossypiboma masquerading as malignancy – American Surgeon, 2011
- Blumgart’s Technique of Pancreaticojejunostomy – Digestive Surgery, 2011
- Non-familial double malignancy of colon and ampulla of Vater – Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012
- Revision mesoatrial shunt for Budd-Chiari Syndrome – Tropical Gastroenterology, 2012
- Management of hypersplenism in non-cirrhotic portal hypertension – HPB Diseases International, 2012
- Unusual migration of biliary stent into inferior vena cava – American Surgeon, 2012
- Liver metastasis of extremity pleomorphic liposarcoma treated with resection – Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2013
- En-bloc resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Rex recess approach) – HPB Diseases International, 2014
- Liver transplantation in acute-on-chronic liver failure – Hepatology International, 2015
- Living donor liver-kidney transplantation in primary hyperoxaluria type I – Liver Transplantation, 2015
- Revisiting APOLT for metabolic liver disease – Transplantation, 2017
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