Profile Summary
Qualifications :
M.B.B.S
MS (General Surgery)
DNB (General Surgery)
Fellowship (Liver Transplant Surgery)
Experience:
25+ Years
Area of Expertise:
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Small Incision (Midline) Living Donor and Recipient Surgery
Complex Hepatic Resections
HepatoPancreatoBiliary (HPB) Surgery
Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncosurgery
Introduction:
Dr. Amit Rastogi is a highly accomplished liver transplant and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgeon with over 25 years of experience in leading academic and healthcare institutions across India. He has been instrumental in the evolution of liver transplant surgery in the country and has experience in over 4,500 liver transplants, working closely with India’s pioneering liver transplant team.
Dr. Rastogi’s clinical expertise spans living donor liver transplantation, small incision donor and recipient surgeries, complex hepatic resections, HPB surgery, and GI oncology surgery. He also has experience in renal transplantation. A founder member and treasurer of the Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI), he has played a pivotal role in shaping the national transplant landscape.
Awards & Publications:
Awards:
- Included in the 2023 Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists, which is consolidated by Stanford University based on standardized citation indicators using Scopus data.
- Young Investigator Award at International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) annual conference 2014, London, UK
- Travel award, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) annual conference 2012 San Francisco, USA
Publications:
- More than 100 publications in various international and national journals
- Described a new technique to harvest liver from cadaveric (DDLT) donor (2020)
- Proposed new classifications of liver donor hilar anatomy analyzing 3035 living liver donors (2024)
- Largest and only reported series of new technique of small incision (Midline) recipient surgery for Living Donor Liver Transplantation (2024)
- Invited faculty lectures and papers at National Conferences
Memberships:
Memberships:
- LTSI - Founder member / Treasurer (2018-20)
- ILTS (International Liver Transplant Society)
- CRSA (Clinical Robotic Surgery)
- IASG (Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterologist)