Dr. Harsha Jauhari

Chairman – Institute of Renal Transplantation & Immunosuppression

Experience & Surgical Volume Dr. Harsha Jauhari stands among India’s most experienced and respected transplant surgeons with over 35 years of dedicated service and an unmatched personal series of more than 9,500 successful kidney transplants. He has also performed over 3,500 CAPD catheter insertions, one of the largest volumes in the country.

Clinical Expertise

• Living-donor & deceased-donor kidney transplantation
• ABO-incompatible (blood group mismatch) kidney transplants
• Swap (paired-exchange) & domino-chain transplants
• High-risk & sensitized recipient transplants
• Re-transplants & pediatric kidney transplantation
• Combined liver-kidney & pancreas-kidney transplants
• Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy program

National & Policy Leadership

• Key architect and advisor to the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) and National Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP), Government of India (since 2014)
• Principal author of amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs & Tissues Act (THOTA)
• Chairman & member of multiple national committees on organ donation, ethics, and allocation policy
• Instrumental in establishing state-level transplant organizations across India
• Recognized authority in transplant law, ethics, and medico-legal frameworks

Academic & Training Contributions

• Former Professor of Surgery & Transplant Unit Head – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
• Mentor to more than 200 transplant surgeons & coordinators across India and SAARC nations
• Invited faculty & speaker at all major national and international transplant congresses
• Authored landmark guidelines on brain-death certification, donor management, and ethical transplantation practices