Prabhakar Kalyanpur Baliga, MB BS FACS

Prabhakar Baliga was born in 1960 in Madras, South India. He obtained his medical degree at the Madras Medical College in 1984. He completed his internship and residency in surgery in 1990 at the Tulane University Hospital Systems in New Orleans, Louisiana; and then completed a two year Transplant Surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Director of the Kidney Transplant Program, Chief of Transplant Surgery, and the Medical Director of the Transplant Service Line at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was elected to Chair the OR Executive Committee and serves on the board of Life Point, an organ procurement agency. In subsequent years, he has served as the Director of the Liver and Intestinal Program, as well as, a board member of the United Network of Organ Sharing. Dr. Baliga has conducted HRSA and NIH funded clinical research studies related to understanding the barriers to and facilitators of organ donation and the effective medical management of transplant recipients. His research has involved focus groups with physicians and staff, large survey studies of kidney transplant recipients; and pharmacologic RCTs investigating the acceptability and effectiveness of transplant-related medications. He is currently a co-PI on a R-01 to improve living kidney transplant rates in African Americans. His more recent focus has been on quality improvement and medication safety. He has published over 100 papers and presented over 100 lectures related to his clinical and research interests. Dr. Baliga’ s teaching and clinical interests have been recognized with several awards, to include Faculty Member Alpha Omega Alpha and recognition from the State House of Representatives and Senate of South Carolina. He holds the Fitts-Raja Endowed Chair in Transplant Surgery.

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct malignancies
• bile duct surgery
• biliary tract disease
• cholecystectomy
• gallbladder cancer
• gallstone disease
• hepatobiliary surgery
• liver biopsy
• liver surgery
• liver/hepatic disease

Transplantation

• kidney transplant
• liver transplant
• pancreas transplant

Urology (kidney, bladder, male reprod)

• nephrectomy

Vascular Disorders/Procedures

• renal artery stenosis
• renovascular conditions

MUSC Med Ctr of Med Univ SC.

Attending

Surgery, MUSC

Professor