Ashwin Rammohan
Biography
MCh(GE), DNBE, MNAMS, PDF(LT), MRCS (Ed&Glasg), D.Chir(Fr.) FRCSGlasg, FACS Consultant HPB & Liver Transplant Surgeon Director of Academics & Research Dr.Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai
Dr. Rammohan is a Consultant Hepatobiliary & Liver Transplant Surgeon at the Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai, India. He is also the Director of Academics & Research and oversees the fellowship curricula, animal lab & research facilities at the Institute.
A graduate of Madras Medical College, Dr. Rammohan did his Basic & Higher Surgical Training in Surgical Gastroenterology & HPB Surgery from Stanley Medical College, India. He went on to complete his Higher Surgical Training in Gastrointestinal Surgery and FRCS from Cambridge University Associated Hospitals, UK. He was awarded the University Diploma in Advanced Upper GI Minimal Access Surgery from L’Université de Strasbourg, France. Dr. Rammohan has also completed a two year postdoctoral fellowship in Liver Transplantation. He is an awardee of the National Gold Medal in General Surgery, The National Board of Examinations, New Delhi and the best outgoing Higher Surgical Trainee from Stanley Medical College, Chennai.
He has over 150 peer reviewed publications,15 book chapters and 2 Research Theses to his credit. He is an invited peer reviewer to various International Journals and the associate editor of Clinical Case Reports’ BJS, New American Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and the International Journal of Gastroenterology. Apart from being an International Surgical Advisor, Dr. Rammohan is also a College Clinical Educator at the Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians of Glasgow, UK. He serves as Faculty for the Postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical University in Chennai, India.
His other achievements include awards at National & International levels including the best research paper & young investigator awards by the ILTS, ASI, IASG and IHPBA. He has actively been involved in various organizational committees including the Association of British Scholars at the British Council. Dr. Rammohan’s current research interests include Transplant Immunobiology & Translational Research into Liver Tolerogenicity.