Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan

Senior Consultant

28 Years of Experience

HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon, Kidney Transplant Surgeon

MBBS, MS, Fellowship

Rela Hospital, Chennai

English

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About Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan

Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan is a senior doctor who specializes in liver and kidney transplant surgery.
With 28 years of experience, she is widely respected for her skill and leadership in transplantation surgery. She has managed 1000 kidney transplants and 600+ liver transplants patients.
Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan is India's first woman multi-organ transplant surgeon.
Dr. Narasimhan's clinical expertise includes:
- Renal protective immunosuppression strategies
- Combined liver-kidney transplantation
- Pediatric renal transplantation
Dr. Narasimhan completed her MBBS at Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India, in 1996 and her MS at Madras Medical College, Chennai, India, in 2001.
She then pursued additional training with an ASTS Fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, in 2006.
To further refine her skills, she obtained training in multi-organ transplant, Baylor University, Dallas, Texas and in living donor liver transplant, Kumamoto University, Japan.
Dr. Narasimhan participates in medical societies like the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and The Transplantation Society.

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Education

MBBS, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, 1996
MS, Madras Medical College, Chennai, 2001
Fellowship, American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2006

Training & Certificates

Training in multi-organ transplant, Baylor University, Dallas, Texas
Training in living donor liver transplant, Kumamoto University, Japan

Past Experience

Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Chennai Transplant Centre Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Consultant, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai
Senior Consultant Transplant (Liver and Renal) and HPB Surgeon, Global Hospital and Health City

Awards

Young Investigator Award, Association of Surgeons of India, 2000
Best Paper Award, Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation 2003, Malaysia
Young Investigator Award, ILTS, Seoul 2016

Associations/Membership

Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
The Transplantation Society

Paper Published

Uemura T, Sanchez EQ, Ikegami T, Watkins D, Narasimhan G, McKenna GJ, Chinnakotla S, Dawson S 3rd, Randall HB, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Klintmalm GB. Successful combined liver and kidney transplant for COACH syndrome and 5-yr follow- up. Clin Transplant 2005 Dec;19(6):717-20
Sanchez EQ, Martin AP, Ikegami T, Uemura T, Narasimhan G, Goldstein RM, Levy MF, Chinnakotla S, Dawson S 3rd, Randall HB, Saracino G, Klintmalm GB. Sirolimus Conversion After Liver Transplantation: Improvement in Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate After 2 Years. Transplant Proc 2005 Dec;37(10):4416-4423.
Sanchez EQ, Narasimhan G, Fischback B, h, Chinnakotla S, Klintmalm GB. Use of two expanded-criteria-donor renal allografts in a single patient”. Porc (Bayl Univ Med Cent).2007 Jul;20(3): 240-3
Uemura T, Randall HB, Sanchez EQ, Ikegami T, Narasimhan G, McKenna GJ, Chinnakotla S, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Klintmalm GB Liver re transplantation for primary nonfunction: analysis of a 20-year single-center experience. Liver Transpl. Feb;13(2):227-33.
Ikegami T, Sanchez EQ, Uemura T, Narasimhan G, Masannat O, Chinnakotla S, Randall HB, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Klintmalm GB. Liver transplantation for cystic fibrosis in adults. Surg Today. 2008;38(1):26-9
Uemura T, Ikegami T, Sanchez EQ, Jennings LW, Narasimhan G, McKenna GJ, Randall HB, Chinnakotla S, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Klintmalm GB. Late acute rejection after liver transplantation impacts patient survival. Clin Transplant. 2008 May-Jun;22(3):316-23
Reddy MS, Narasimhan G, Rela M. Death of a Live Liver Donor – Opening of a Pandora’s box. Liver Transpl. 2013 Nov;19(11):1279-84
Chapter in Liver Transplantation – Elsevier Jan 2013 on Split Liver Transplantation M Rela, Narasimhan G
Chapter in Liver Transplantation- Elsevier Jan 2013 on “The Cadaver Transplant Scenario in South India” Narasimhan G, Amalorpavanathan, M Rela
Chapter in “Liver Surgery” on Cholangiocarcinoma, Narasimhan G, Rela M – 2014 – Elsevier publication
Varghese J, Reddy MS, VEnugopal K, Perumalla R, Narasimhan G, Arkichenin O, Shanmugam V, Shanmugam N, Srinivasan V, Jayanthi V, RelaM – Tacrolimus related adverse effects in Liver transplant recipients: its association with trough concentrations – Indian J Gastroenterology 2014 may;33(3) 291-25.
Varghese J, Sachan D, Reddy MS, Narasimhan G, Venkatraman J, Rela M – Hepatitis B Immune globulin prophylaxis after liver transplantation – Experience in a tertiary care transplant centre -J Clin Exp hepatology 2014 Sep;4(3):209-13
Chapter in Textbook of Surgical Gastroenterology 2015 – Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in India – M Rela, Narasimhan G
Narasimhan G, Govil S, Rela M – Preserving Double Equipoise in Living Donor liver transplantation for Primary hyperoxaluria 1 – Liver Transplantation 2015 Oct;21(10):1324-6
Govil S, Shanmugham P, Reddy MS, Narasimhan G, Rela M – A metabolic chimera – Two defective genotypes make a normal phenotype – Liver Transplantation 2015 Nov; 21(11):1453-4
Invited article – Living donor liver transplantation in India- Narasimhan G – Journal of Hepato Biliary Surgery and Nutrition 2015
Safwan M, Vij M, Narasimhan G, Shanmugham NP, Rela M – Caroli’s Syndrome with Incidental fibrolamellar HCC on explant – Indian J of Pediatrics 2016 Jan ;83(1);85-6.
Medical and Ethical Aspects of Liver Transplantation in India -Narasimhan G, Rela M, Textbook of Association of Physicians of India 2016
Invited article – Liver transplantation in India -Narasimhan G, Rela M, 2016, Liver Transplantation.
Donor outcomes in Living donor liver transplantation – Morbidity analyses of 275 donors from a single centre in India –Narasimhan G, Safwan M, Real et al. Transplantation 2016
Chapter on “Post Liver Transplantation- Early Surgical Complications” in Pediatric Liver Intensive care” by Naresh Shanmugam and Anil Dhawan, 2018.