Subash Gupta

Dr Subhash Gupta is the chief of liver transplantation, a hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeon, and the chairman of the Max Center of Liver and Biliary Sciences at Max Healthcare, Saket.

Professional career
Dr. Gupta is accredited all over the world for his leading work in liver transplantation in the Indian subcontinent. He and his team successfully conducted over 2500 liver transplants in 15 years [2], of which 300 were in 2013 [3].

Dr. Gupta joined Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 1998 and set up liver transplantation operations there along with Dr. Shantanu Nundy. The department conducted the first liver transplant in 2001, using a deceased donor liver. Along with Dr. Nundy, he began performing living donor transplantations as the predominant form of liver transplantation. After a slow start, the liver transplantation program took off, with 66 transplants in 2006.

Gupta pioneered the development of living donor liver transplants in India. Previously, patients had to travel abroad at a very high cost to receive this treatment. His surgical techniques have brought costs down to a fraction of what is charged elsewhere, making liver transplants available to patients from India, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East.

Founder of the Center for Liver and Biliary Sciences
Dr. Gupta is the owner and president of the Center for Liver and Biliary Sciences. In 2013, the team helped other centers within India and abroad set up liver transplantation, including hospitals in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kazakhstan. Surgical procedures are complemented by an advanced intervention radiology setup that deals with procedures such as channelization, radiofrequency ablation, and percutaneous alcohol injection into tumor tissue.

The unit has treated patients from all over India as well as patients from the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Apart from malignancies, this unit has considerable skills in dealing with the surgical management of all aspects of pancreatitis. Its faculty consists of nationally and internationally known consultants.

Academic career
Dr. Subhash Gupta completed his undergraduate degree and master's in General surgery from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. In 1989, he specialized in surgical gastroenterology. In 1993, he moved to England to work and train under Dr. Paul McMaster in the liver unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

In February 1995, he moved to the Department of Organ Transplantation at St James's University Hospital in Leeds, where he later worked as a locum consultant.

During his stay in the UK, Dr. Gupta qualified for Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and of Glasgow. He has published extensively on different aspects of living donor liver transplantation, such as liver transplantation without hepatitis B immunoglobulin prophylaxis and appropriate cytomegalovirus prophylaxis.

He is an Associate Professor in Surgery at the University of Queensland, Australia. The Institute of Postgraduate Education and Medical Research in Kolkata honored him with the position of Professor of Liver Transplantation. He delivered the annual oration at the JIPMER Scientific Society in Puducherry in 2011 and was a recipient of a Gold Medal by the Delhi Medical Association in 2005. He is also on the Board of Management of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Mumbai, as a central government nominee.

With the help of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) [7 and the Ministry of Health, he led the team to develop standard guidelines for the treatment of liver diseases and liver transplantation in India. This work helped lay down the criteria for the correct management of chronic liver disease and acute liver failure and will help in deciding insurance-related claims.

Achievements

 * October 2021: Successfully reused a transplanted liver for the first time in India.
 * February 2021: Performed a surgical marathon, involving 7 operation theaters, 2 donors, and 4 patients in 25 hours.
 * March 2019: Performed the first liver transplant at King George's Medical University since its 100-year establishment.

Awards

 * 1) National Talent Scholarship: NCERT, Government of India, 1978
 * 2) Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Australia, 2008
 * 3) Professor of Liver Transplantation, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, 2010
 * 4) Delhi Medical Council, gold medal, 2005
 * 5) Rotary Club: Distinguished Clinician Award, 2011
 * 6) Delhi Medical Council: Vishist Chikitsak Rattan, 2012
 * 7) Nominee: central government, MGM Medical College
 * 8) Dr. BC Roy Memorial Award, Medical Council of India

Publications and lectures
He has published over 100 papers on surgery and transplantation, along with significant contributions to numerous books in his field. He has focused his clinical and research activities on the medical management of patients with liver diseases. Publications include:


 * Wadhawan, M; Gupta, S; Goyal, N; Vasudevan, K; Makki, K; Dawar, R; Sardana, R; Lal, N; Kumar, A (2012) "CMV infection: incidence and management in CMV seropositive living related liver transplant (LRLT) recipients: a single center experience". Liver Transpl. 18 (12): 1448–55. doi:10.1002/lt.23540. PMID 22903934.
 * Kaur, S; Sharma, D; Wadhwa, N; Gupta, S; Chowdhary, SK; Sibal, A (February 2012). "Therapeutic interventions in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: experience from a tertiary care center in north India". Indian J Pediatr. 79 (2): 270–3. doi:10.1007/s12098-011-0516-8. PMID 21769524. S2CID 11770503.
 * Gupta, S.; Singhal, A.; Goyal, N.; Vij, V.; Wadhawan, M. (April 2011). "Portal biliopathy treated with living-donor liver transplant: index case". Exp Clin Transplant. 9 (2): 145–9. PMID 21453234.
 * Wadhawan, M.; Rastogi, M.; Gupta, S.; and Kumar, A. (2010). "Peritransplant management of chronic hepatitis C.". Trop Gastroenterol. 31 (2): 75–81. PMID 20862979.
 * Singhal, A; Varma, M; Goyal, N; Vij, V; Wadhawan, M; Gupta, S (December 2009). "Peroneal neuropathy following liver transplantation: possible predisposing factors and outcome". Exp Clin Transplant. 7 (4): 252–5. PMID 20353377.
 * Varma, V; Gupta, S; Soin, AS; Nundy, S (2009) "Does the presence of jaundice and/or a lump in a patient with gall bladder cancer mean that the lesion is not resectable?". Dig. Surg. 26 (4): 306–11. doi:10.1159/000231880. PMID 19657192. S2CID 22345979.
 * Kohli, V.; Wadhawan, M.; Gupta, S.; and Roy, V. (February 2010). "Posttransplant complex inferior venacava balloon dilatation after hepatic vein stenting". Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 33 (1): 205–8. doi:10.1007/s00270-009-9633-4. PMID 19629592. S2CID 1576707.
 * Singhal, A.; Srivastava, A.; Goyal, N.; Vij, V.; Wadhawan, M.; Bera, M.; Gupta, S. (Dec. 2009). "Successful living donor liver transplant in a child with Abernethy malformation with biliary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and intrapulmonary shunting". Pediatr Transplant. 13 (8): 1041–7. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01092.x. PMID 19254272. S2CID 7330091.
 * Marwah, S.; Khan, MM; Chaudhary, A.; Gupta, S.; Negi, SS; Soin, A.; Nundy, S. (2007). "Two hundred and forty-one consecutive liver resections: an experience from India". HPB (Oxford). 9 (1): 29–36. doi:10.1080/13651820600985259. PMC 2020779. PMID 18333110.
 * Singhal, D.; Goyal, N.; Gupta, S.; Nundy, S. (2007). "Surgery for obscure lower gastrointestinal bleeding in India". Dig Dis Sci. 52 (1): 282–6. doi:10.1007/s10620-006-9190-5. PMID 17151809. S2CID 25548046.
 * Prasad, AS; Gupta, S; Kohli, V; Pande, GK; Sahni, P; Nundy, S (February 1994). "Proximal splenorenal shunts for extrahepatic portal venous obstruction in children". Ann Surg. 219 (2): 193–6. doi:10.1097/00000658-199402000-00011. PMC 1243121. PMID 8129490.
 * Sharma, L.; Gupta, S.; Soin, AS; Sikora, S.; Kapoor, V. (May 1991). "Generalized peritonitis in India—the tropical spectrum". Jpn J Surg. 21 (3): 272–7. doi:10.1007/bf02470946. PMID 1857032. S2CID 5678777.