Dr. Amit Nath Rastogi – Expert Liver Transplant and Regenerative Medicine

 Dr. Amit Rastogi now ranks among top 5 liver transplant surgeons India and 10th internationally among liver transplant surgeons for the number of transplants performed

New Delhi (January 6, 2019) –

Dr. Amit Nath Rastogi is a certified senior consultant in the constituent part of institute of liver transplant and regenerative medicine at Medanta. , performed a record number of lifesaving liver transplant surgeries in 2018, according to annual data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Nearly 300 liver transplants were performed by Dr. Amit Rastogi in 2018, a 25 percent increase over the previous calendar year.
“We are proud to provide the region’s only comprehensive adult transplant program, and our team is committed to expanding access to this lifesaving care to those in India and abroad who need it most,” said Dr. Amit Rastogi who is an experienced liver transplant surgeon in Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon. He has had many happy patients in his 21 years of journey as a liver transplant surgeon.
It was also a record-setting year for the number of liver transplants performed by Dr. Rastogi who is an experienced liver transplant surgeon in India, including a 40 percent increase in living liver donor transplants.
“More people are saying ‘yes’ to providing the gift of life, which is wonderful news for our community and for our patients,” said Dr. Rastogi. “We will continue to focus upon making it easy for patients and families to make this choice, and we have achieved that by serving nationally and internationally.”
Dr. Amit Rastogi now ranks among top 5 liver transplant surgeons India and 10th internationally among liver transplant surgeons for the number of transplants performed, according to UNOS. The rankings are a measure of a program’s strength and success, along with other measures such as patient outcomes and academic research.
The rise in volume is due to concerted outreach program to referring physicians, operational improvements, and, most importantly, increased awareness of organ donation.
“Most of the transplant surgeries we perform represent not only a life saved, but also a life lost. We thank the families and individuals who have made the courageous decision to pass on the gift of life,” said Dr. Rastogi, who also serves on the medical board of Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon. “We also celebrate the selflessness of those who choose living donation, such as donating a liver to a family member, friend or stranger in need.”
Liver donation and transplantation are also on the rise nationally: in 2018, more than 36,000 organ transplants were performed in the India, setting an annual record for the sixth straight year, according to UNOS. Nationally, living organ donation increased by 11 percent, according to UNOS, while the number of people who chose to donate one or more organs after death rose by four percent.

About Dr. Amit Rastogi best liver transplant surgeon India

Dr. Amit Rastogi holds giant experience in surgical gastroenterology (GI surgery) and Liver Transplantation having worked with various institutes of reputation within the country viz. SGPGI, GB Pant health center, AIIMS, Sir Ganga Ram hospital, Apollo hospital. He completed two years Fellowship in Liver Transplant Surgery from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, working with and part of the pioneer and largest liver transplant program of the country. He received robotic liver surgery training at IRCAD -Strasbourg, France and advanced robotic HPB training at Grosseto, Italy. He has several publications in national and international journals and brought many invited lectures and papers in his discipline. He has eager interest in living donor liver transplantation and conducting robotic and minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgical operation. 
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