
Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru 
MBBS, MS, MRCS, DNB, Fellowship
HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon
Consultant
17 Years of Experience
Rela Multi-Speciality Hospital, Chennai
English, Hindi
About Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru
Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru is an accomplished hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, and liver transplant surgeon with strong expertise in abdominal trauma management. He is known for his precision in complex HPB surgical procedures and transplant surgeries. He began his medical career at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, where he completed both MBBS and MS. He later pursued advanced qualifications including MRCS from Edinburgh, DNB in GI Surgery, and a specialized fellowship in Liver Transplantation. His fellowship training was completed under the mentorship of Prof. Mohamed Rela, a globally renowned liver transplant surgeon, equipping him with world-class surgical skills and exposure to high-volume liver transplantation cases.
Dr. Ramkiran has contributed significantly to surgical research, with published work in reputed journals and presentations at leading national and international conferences including APASICON and ILTS. He currently serves as a Consultant in Abdominal Trauma, HPB Surgery, and Liver Transplantation, with a focus on donor safety, liver regeneration, and advanced surgical approaches to liver and pancreatic diseases.
Qualifications of Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru
- MBBS – Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, 2007
- MS (General Surgery) – Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, 2011
- MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 2013
- DNB (Gastrointestinal Surgery) – Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, 2015
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Liver Transplantation) – Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai, 2017
Special Area of Interest
- Living and deceased donor liver transplantation
- Donor hepatectomy
- Abdominal trauma surgery
- Vein resections in pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Portal hemodynamics and liver regeneration
- HPB surgical oncology
Work Experience of Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru
- Consultant – Abdominal Trauma, HPB Surgery, and Liver Transplantation at a premier liver transplant institute in Chennai (current).
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Liver Transplantation at Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai (2015–2017).
- Surgical Gastroenterology training during DNB at Global Hospitals, Hyderabad (2013–2015).
- General Surgery training at Osmania Medical College and affiliated hospitals (2007–2011).
Membership
- Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS, 2013)
- Member of professional liver transplant and HPB surgery associations (national and international conference contributor)
Research Paper Published By Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru
- “Feasibility and safety of Split Liver Transplantation in the Indian Context” – accepted for publication in Liver Transplantation.
- “Vein resection in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma involving the head of the pancreas adherent to the porto-mesenteric venous axis” – accepted for publication in Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery.
- “Fifty splenorenal shunt surgeries without mortality” – presented at APASICON state conference, 2011.
- Poster: “Management of Acute Liver Failure in a Developing Country – Impact of the Advent of Liver Transplantation” – International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), London, 2014.
- Poster: “Split Liver Transplantation is an Effective Option in LDLT Predominant Centres with Limited Availability of Deceased Donor Grafts” – ILTS, Prague, 2017.
- Thesis: “Subfascial ligation of perforator veins by Cockett and Dodd method in perforator incompetence of lower limb veins” – MS Thesis, 2011.
- Thesis: “Donor outcomes after living donor liver transplantation” – DNB Thesis, 2015.

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