Dr. Bappaditya Har

Dr. Bappaditya Har serves as Senior Consultant in Liver Transplantation, HPB Surgery and GI Oncology at NH Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata. He brings more than 17 years of experience to patient care.

He trained at NRS Medical College and IPGMER & SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, where he topped the university in MS General Surgery, completed his MCh at SGPGIMS, Lucknow, and undertook an HPB and liver transplant fellowship at CLBS, Max Healthcare in 2019.

Areas of Expertise

• Liver Transplantation
• Hepatobiliary Surgery
• HPB Oncology
• Gastrointestinal Oncology

Treatments and Procedures

• Living donor liver transplant for adults and children
• Deceased donor, ABO-incompatible and domino liver transplant
• Combined liver and kidney transplant
• Laparoscopic and robotic donor hepatectomy
• Complex HPB cancer surgery with vascular resection
• Surgery for gallbladder, bile duct, liver and pancreatic cancers
• Liver transplant for acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure

Education and Training

• MBBS, NRS Medical College, Kolkata (2004)
• MS (General Surgery), IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata (2011)
• MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology), SGPGIMS, Lucknow (2015)
• DNB (General Surgery), NBE, Delhi (2016)
• Fellowship in HPB & Liver Transplant, CLBS, Max Healthcare (2019)
• Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Memberships, Awards and Academic Work

• Awards and recognition: Anungomohan Gold Medal, Association of Surgeons of India - highest marks in MS General Surgery (2014); Madhusudan Saha Memorial Award, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital - university topper in MS General Surgery, WBUHS (2014); First Prize, GI Quiz, IASGCON Puducherry (2017); Certificate of Merit/Honours, MBBS, NRS Medical College (2006).
• Professional memberships: Association of Surgeons of India (ASI); Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG); International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA); Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI); International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS).
• Selected publications: The importance of inferior hepatic vein reconstruction in right lobe liver grafts: does it really matter? - Journal of Liver Transplantation, 2021; Comparison of outcomes of recipients in living donor liver transplantation with donor age less than and more than 55 years: a propensity score matched study - Journal of Liver Transplantation, 2022; Parietal peritoneum as a vascular substitute for the reconstruction of donor inferior vena cava in living donor liver transplantation.