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About Dr. Rakesh Rai

Dr. Rakesh Rai is a HPB (hepato-pancreato-biliary) and transplant (liv…read moreer, kidney and pancreas) surgeon based at King’s college hospital in Dubai.

Dr. Rai has trained extensively in some of the best medical centres in the world. After completing his General surgical residency in King Edward Memorial hospital in Mumbai in India, he went to UK for higher surgical training. In UK, Dr. Rai carried out basic research on radio frequency ablation of liver tumours leading to award of MD by the university of Newcastle. He underwent specialist registrar training for 6 years where he gained experience in vascular surgery, HPB surgery and transplant surgery. He worked in the HPB unit at Royal Free hospital, London, Freeman hospital, Newcastle and queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham. He passed his FRCS (intercollegiate) exam and was awarded CCT (certificate of completion of training) and was registered on specialist register in GMC.

Following his training in UK, Dr. Rai moved to USA and joined University of Tennessee at Memphis for his transplant surgery fellowship at Methodist Transplant Institute (James D Eason Institute of transplantation). He spent almost two and half years training in Liver, kidney and pancreas transplant and HPB surgery. Methodist Transplant Institute is one of the top ten liver transplant centres in USA.

Following his training in USA he got an International fellowship to train in living donor liver transplantation at Asan Medical Centre in Seoul, South Korea. Asan medical centre is the largest liver transplant centre in the world by volume.

Dr. Rai spent some time as consultant at King Fahad specialist hospital at Dammam in Saudi Arab before returning to India.

Before joining KCH Dr. Rai was a busy HPB and transplant surgeon attached to few of the most prestigious private hospitals in Mumbai India like – Fortis group of hospitals and PD Hinduja hospital.

Dr. Rai has treated patient with liver and pancreatic diseases not only from India but also patients from Africa, middle east and Bangladesh travelling to Mumbai for advanced surgical treatment.

Dr. Rai has published in International journals and has delivered for scientific lectures in many countries. He has also authored a book on Radio-frequency ablation of liver tumour.

Dr. Rai has been a post graduate teacher at the MUHS (Maharashtra university of health sciences) and has trained general surgeons in HPB surgery. He has also trained surgeons from Uganda selected by Government of Uganda to train in HPB surgery.read less

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Dubai -

Kings College Hospital London Medical Centre - Dubai Hills

Address

kings college hospital, Kings College London Al Khail Road Dubai Hills, Landmark : Dubai Hills Golf Club

Timings

MON 10:00 AM

08:00 PM

TUE 10:00 AM

08:00 PM

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services

Liver Transplant

Colonoscopy

Transplant Surgery

Breast Surgery

Appendectomy

varicose vein

Transplant Surgery

Fatty Liver

General Surgery

Hypertension

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Where does Dr. Rakesh Rai practice?

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Dr. Rakesh Rai practices at Kings College Hospital London Medical Centre - Dubai Hills - Dubai.

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Why do patients visit Dr. Rakesh Rai?

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Patients frequently visit Dr. Rakesh Rai for Liver Transplant, Colonoscopy, Transplant Surgery. To see more reasons visit the doctor's profile on Practo.

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What is Dr. Rakesh Rai's education qualification?

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Dr. Rakesh Rai has the following qualifications - MBBS.

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What does Dr. Rakesh Rai specialises in ?

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Dr. Rakesh Rai specialises as General Surgeon.

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How many years of experience does Dr. Rakesh Rai have?

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Dr. Rakesh Rai has an overall experience of 18 years. View where has Dr. Rakesh Rai practiced in the past.

Other Information

Specializations

General Surgeon

Education

MBBS - Patna Medical College, Patna, 2008

Memberships

Indian Society of Transplant Surgeons

International Living Donor Liver Transplant Group

Life member ISOT (Indian society of transplant surgeon)

ILTS (International liver transplant society)

IHPBA (International hepato-pancreato-biliary association)

Registrations

00207635-001 Dubai Medical Registry, 2022

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