
Dr. Anand Khakhar, Chennai, Chennai
Designation : Sr Consultant Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery
Qualifications: MBBS,MS
Experience: 24 Years
Speciality: Liver Transplant,Hepatobiliary,Pancreatic surgeries
Category: Organ Transplant
Hospital :Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu
About Doctor
- Dr Anand Khakhar is an experienced outstanding surgeon working as Program Director & Sr Consultant for the Liver Transplant program at the Centre for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India. Dr Anand Khakhar has performed more than 400 Liver transplants, kidney, pancreas and multi-visceral abdominal organ transplants. Dr Anand Khakhar has been received several research grants during his tenure in North America.

Specializations
- Adult and pediatric liver transplant surgery
- Living donor liver transplant
- Hepatobiliary & pancreatic surgery
- Cadaveric liver transplant
List of Awards
- Awarded by an international scholarship from 'SIU' to undertake multi-organ transplantation surgery.
- BC Roy award winner in the year 2016 for his clinical excellence.
- First successful liver transplant for HIV in 2008
- Youngest paediatric liver transplant in India in 2008.
- Asia's first en-bloc combined heart & liver transplant was performed by Dr Anand Khakhar & Team, along with the Heart Transplant Team.
- Dr Anand Khakhar & Team had performed more than 50% of the Cadaveric transplant in India.
- First simultaneous Liver-Intestine-Pancreas transplant in India.
- Harvested 23 organs in a day, an extraordinary feat indeed.
- For the first time in India at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai successfully performs 'Pancreas transplant alone' (PTA) conducted by Dr Anand Khakhar & Team.
- In South India, he performed first simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas transplant.
- Saved the lives of 3 individuals; achieves the feat of transplanting the liver of a single donor into two adult recipients.
- Liver Transplanted back to back five cadaveric within 36 hours.
- First donor incompatible kidney transplant performed using the technique of Column adsorption of blood group antibodies.
- The first-ever case successfully performed, isolated intestinal transplantation and transplants the abdominal wall, all from the organs of a single donor in South India.
- Dr Anand Khakhar has performed more than 400 Liver transplants of which he was the primary surgeon for more than 200 liver transplants, plus a large number of kidney, pancreas & multi-visceral abdominal organ transplants.
- Dr Anand Khakhar worked with Professor Dr Thomas E Starzl, who performed the world's first liver transplantation, a 'Father' of Liver Transplantation in the world.
- Dr Anand Khakhar also worked with Dr Amadeo Marcos, who is a pioneer in Living Donor Liver Transplantation and has performed the most significant number of living donor liver transplants in the USA.
- Catastrophic microangiopathy induced by high titres factor VIII inhibitor after liver transplantation for Hemophilia A with cirrhosis.' Khakhar AK, Chan NG, Allan DS, Chakrabarti S, McAllister VC. Haemophilia, - 2005
- Retrograde reperfusion versus conventional orthograde technique in orthotopic liver transplantation.' AK Khakhar, VC McAllister, D Quan, E Solano, H Yang, JN Mahy, WJ Wall. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology – 2004
- Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA)
- Member of American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- Member of American Society of Transplantation Surgeons
- Member of Canadian Society of Transplantation.
- Member of Association of Southern Urologists of India.
- Member of Tamil Nady & Pondicherry Society of Urology of India.
- Member of Ahmedabad Urology Association.
- Registered under Gujarat Medical Council, 1996.
- Dr Anand Khakhar has published various peer-reviewed original research articles & has written textbook chapters.
Work Experience
- Senior Consultant Liver Transplant and Program director for Liver Transplant at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Apollo Hospital, Chennai.
- Clinical Instructor, at Transplantation Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York
- Resident at Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation, IKDRC, Ahmedabad, India, February
- Jr. Lecturer at Urology & Renal Transplantation, IKDRC, Ahmedabad, India,
- Resident at General Surgery, Irwin Group of Hospitals & MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India,
- Sr. Resident at General Surgery, Irwin Group of Hospitals & MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India,
- Assistant Professor, General Surgery, at Irwin Group of Hospitals & MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India
- Fellow at Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation, IKDRC, Ahmedabad, India,
- Resident at Urology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India,
Education & Training
- MBBS from Madras University, Chennai, India, in 1995
- MS, General Surgery from Madras University, Chennai, India, in 1998
- DNB - Urology/Genito - Urinary Surgery from Madras University, Chennai, India, in 2000
- ASTS Fellowship Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary surgery - Madras University, Chennai, India, in 2001
- ASTS Fellowship Renal transplantation - Madras University, Chennai, India, in 2001
- Fellowship (Multi-Organ Transplant) - University of Pittsburg, TE Starzl Transplantation Institute, in 2005