Dr. Giriraj Bora

Dr. Giriraj Bora is Chief — Liver Transplant and Senior Consultant — GI & HPB Surgery at Artemis Hospital, Gurugram. He is a graduate of JLN Medical College, Ajmer. He trained in General Surgery at the same institute before joining as Senior Resident in GI Surgery at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow. He then joined the M.Ch superspeciality programme in GI Surgery at GB Pant Hospital, Delhi, where he trained for 3 years. After completing his training Dr. Bora worked as Consultant GI Surgeon in Jaipur before he decided to pursue his career interest in Liver Transplantation.

He joined CLBS as a Fellow in Liver Transplant / HPB Surgery in 2011 and trained extensively in all aspects of Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery. In January 2013 Dr. Bora was offered the position of Consultant at CLBS, which he accepted. Dr. Bora is an enthusiastic member of the core surgical team and also plays a pivotal role in donor evaluation before liver transplant.

He has been involved in over 1,500 liver transplants. He performed the first liver transplant in the state of Rajasthan and is credited with both the 1st living donor and 1st deceased donor liver transplants in the state. He has wide experience in performing advanced gastrointestinal operations. He has a special interest in liver transplantation and liver resections for hepatocellular cancers, combined liver-kidney transplantation, as well as in pancreatic surgery (Whipple's pancreaticoduodenal resections) and surgery for chronic pancreatitis. The focus of his research has been the haemodynamic changes during liver transplant and changes during IVC cross-clamping in LDLT. Dr. Bora has a number of publications in the field of Liver Transplantation / GI Surgery and numerous presentations at national and international conferences, including at the prestigious ILTS International Liver Transplant Society conferences in San Francisco in 2012 and at Sydney in 2013.