This page lists the liver transplant & hpb hospitals in our directory offering Liver Transplant in Mumbai, India, including Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Tata Memorial Hospital, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai and others. Each listing links through to the hospital's full profile page.
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Top Hospitals for Liver Transplant in Mumbai, India
🇮🇳 Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Tata Memorial Hospital
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Tata Memorial Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Tata Memorial Hospital, accredited by NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Lilavati Hospital And Research Centre
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Lilavati Hospital And Research Centre's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Lilavati Hospital And Research Centre, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Jaslok Hospital
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Jaslok Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Jaslok Hospital, accredited by NABH, NABL, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Gleneagles Global Hospitals (Global Hospitals)
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Gleneagles Global Hospitals (Global Hospitals)'s care team in Parel, Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Gleneagles Global Hospitals (Global Hospitals), accredited by NABH, JCI, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai's care team in Navi Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai, accredited by NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
🇮🇳 KIMS Hospitals, Thane
Patients considering liver transplant can be cared for by KIMS Hospitals, Thane's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. KIMS Hospitals, Thane, accredited by NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing liver transplant.
Top Liver Transplant & HPB Doctors in Mumbai, India
FeaturedDr. Ameet Mandot
- 24+ years of experience in Hepatologist & Liver Transplant Specialist
- Director & Clinical Lead — Adult Hepatology & Liver Transplant, Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai — Present
- Academic Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai
- Liver Transplantation (Orthotopic and Living Donor)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Variceal Ligation and Sclerotherapy
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Ascitic Tap and Management of Refractory Ascites
Dr. Amit Chopde
- 12+ years of experience in Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgeon
- Consultant, Surgical Gastroenterology — Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai, Present
- Assistant Professor and Consultant, Department of HPB & GI Oncology — Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Liver transplant evaluation and management
- Hepatic resection for cancer and benign tumors
- Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)
- Distal and total pancreatectomy
- Robotic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
Dr. Anurag Shrimal
- 20+ years of experience in Liver Transplant & HPB Surgeon
- Senior Consultant — Surgical Gastroenterology & Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Mumbai
- Senior Consultant, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai
- Liver Transplantation
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Minimally Invasive Donor Hepatectomy
- Robotic Liver Surgery
Dr. Chetan Kalal
- 14+ years of experience in Hepatologist & Liver Transplant Specialist
- Associate Director, Hepatology & Liver Transplant, Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai
- Consultant Hepatologist, Max Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai
- Liver Transplant Assessment and Candidacy Evaluation
- Liver Biopsy and Interpretation
- Transient Elastography (FibroScan)
- Endoscopic Variceal Ligation
- Ascites Paracentesis and Therapeutic Drainage
Dr. Ketul V Shah
- 15+ years of experience in HPB & Liver Transplant Surgeon
- Consultant, HPB & Liver Transplant Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai — Present
- Senior surgical gastroenterologist with 15+ years clinical experience in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
- Liver resection and partial hepatectomy
- Deceased donor liver transplantation
- Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)
- Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy
- Hepaticojejunostomy and biliary reconstruction
Dr. Rohan Chaudhary
- 10+ years of experience in Transplant Surgeon & Hepatobiliary Specialist
- Associate Director, Surgical Gastroenterology, Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai
- Senior Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai
- Liver transplantation (adult and pediatric)
- Living donor hepatectomy
- Robotic-assisted donor hepatectomy
- ABO-incompatible liver transplant
- Split liver transplant
How we selected these hospitals
A hospital appears on this page when Liver Transplant & HPB is among its listed specialties and it is located in Mumbai, India. Hospitals are not ranked by a proprietary "best" score — the order follows the listed rating (highest first), the same field shown on each hospital's profile.
How to Select the Best Hospital for Liver Transplant in Mumbai, India?
Choosing the right hospital for liver transplant is one of the most important decisions in your treatment journey. A few factors are worth weighing before you decide:
International Accreditation
Look for a hospital with international accreditation such as JCI or NABH — see the accreditation badges shown for each hospital below.
Specialization
Check that the hospital's listed specialties actually include liver transplant & hpb rather than only general care.
Capacity and Track Record
Bed count and year established (shown below for each hospital) are a reasonable proxy for scale and operating experience.
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Understanding Liver Transplant
Liver transplantation is a life-saving surgical procedure that replaces a failing or failed liver with a healthy donor organ, achieving 1-year patient survival rates exceeding 90% and 5-year survival rates above 75% at high-volume centers.
Clinical Overview
- The liver is the body's primary metabolic, detoxification, and synthetic organ, responsible for over 500 discrete physiological functions including albumin synthesis, coagulation factor production (Factors I, II, V, VII, IX, X), bile acid secretion, glycogen storage, and ammonia clearance.
- End-stage liver disease (ESLD) — arising from cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B or C, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease, or hereditary hemochromatosis — progressively destroys hepatic parenchyma, leading to portal hypertension, ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, and variceal hemorrhage.
- Once a patient reaches ESLD with a Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score ≥15, medical management alone carries a prohibitive mortality risk and transplantation becomes the standard of care.
Who is a Candidate?
- ELIGIBLE CONDITIONS: End-stage liver disease (MELD score ≥15 or Child-Pugh Class C), acute fulminant hepatic failure (acetaminophen toxicity, viral hepatitis, drug-induced liver injury), hepatocellular carcinoma within Milan Criteria (single nodule ≤5 cm, or up to 3 nodules none exceeding 3 cm, no macrovascular invasion, no extrahepatic spread), metabolic liver diseases (Wilson's disease, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, hereditary hemochromatosis, glycogen storage disorders), cholestatic liver diseases (PBC, PSC) with MELD ≥12 and refractory symptoms, polycystic liver disease with massive hepatomegaly, and Budd-Chiari syndrome refractory to anticoagulation/TIPS.
- REQUIRED PRE-TRANSPLANT DIAGNOSTICS: Liver function panel (ALT, AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin, PT/INR), MELD-Na score calculation, complete metabolic panel and CBC with differential, serologies (HBsAg, HBcAb, HCV-RNA quantitative PCR, HIV-1/2, CMV IgG/IgM, EBV, HSV, VZV), cross-sectional imaging (triple-phase MDCT or gadoxetate-enhanced MRI liver for anatomy and tumor staging), Doppler ultrasound of portal and hepatic vasculature, upper GI endoscopy (variceal grading), cardiac evaluation (transthoracic echocardiography, stress testing, right-heart catheterization if portopulmonary hypertension suspected), pulmonary function tests and CT chest, renal function (GFR estimation, 24-hour urine protein), bone mineral density (DEXA scan), nutritional assessment (MUST/NRS-2002 scoring), and psychosocial/addiction counseling clearance.
- FOR LIVING DONOR CANDIDATES: ABO compatibility testing, volumetric CT hepatic assessment (right lobe graft volume ≥40% of total liver volume preferred; residual donor left lobe ≥30%), liver biopsy if steatosis >10% on imaging, donor MELD risk stratification, laparoscopic donor hepatectomy suitability assessment.
- ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATIONS: Extrahepatic malignancy (except fully resected non-melanoma skin cancer with ≥2-year disease-free interval), active systemic sepsis or uncontrolled infection, severe irreversible cardiopulmonary disease (mean PAP >50 mmHg, FEV1 <50% predicted unresponsive to bronchodilators), active alcohol or illicit substance use without sustained sobriety (typically ≥6 months required), anatomical barriers precluding surgical reconstruction, and documented non-adherence to medical therapy without psychosocial mitigation plan.
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Treatment Options & Approaches
- DECEASED-DONOR ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (DDOLT): The gold-standard procedure using a whole-organ graft from a brain-dead (DBD) or donation-after-circulatory-death (DCD) donor.
- The piggyback (caval-sparing) technique — preferred at most high-volume centers — preserves the native retrohepatic IVC, allowing partial side-clamping rather than full caval occlusion, reducing hemodynamic instability and venovenous bypass requirement.
- Biliary reconstruction is performed as duct-to-duct choledochocholedochostomy over a T-tube or internal stent, or Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy in recipients with PSC, biliary atresia, or significant size mismatch.
Recovery
- PHASE 1 — REMOTE PRE-EVALUATION (Weeks 1–3, from home country): Patient submits medical records to GAF Healthcare coordinators.
- Transplant hepatologist and surgeon review records remotely and provide a written opinion within 48–72 hours.
- If suitable, a detailed investigation protocol is issued.
Risks to be aware of
- Liver transplantation carries substantial but well-characterized perioperative and long-term risks that are managed systematically at experienced centers.
- Early surgical complications include primary non-function of the graft (0.5–2%), hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT: 2–5% in adults, up to 8% in pediatric recipients) — the most feared vascular complication, typically requiring urgent re-transplantation or interventional thrombolysis — portal vein thrombosis (1–3%), biliary leaks (5–15%), and bile duct strictures (10–25% over 5 years, more common in DCD grafts).
Why GAF Healthcare
- GAF Healthcare provides end-to-end non-medical coordination designed to eliminate logistical barriers for international patients traveling to India or the UAE for liver transplantation.
Common questions about Liver Transplant
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How GAF Healthcare Assists in Choosing the Best Hospital for Liver Transplant in Mumbai, India
Discover the Top Hospitals for Liver Transplant in Mumbai, India
This page lists 17 accredited liver transplant & hpb hospitals in Mumbai, India, so you can compare accreditation, specialties and bed capacity in one place.
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