Trends & research:Transplant oncology & cellular therapy | Dr. Karthik Mathivanan | TEDxYouth@KCHigh скачать в хорошем качестве

Trends & research:Transplant oncology & cellular therapy | Dr. Karthik Mathivanan | TEDxYouth@KCHigh

Cellular therapy and multi-organ transplants. Dr.Karthik shares his research on multi-organ transplants and organoids in empowering our immune system to win the battle against cancer. One of the few Liver and Multivisceral Transplant Surgeons in the country, Dr Karthik Mathivanan is the Co-Director of the Liver Program at MGM Healthcare, Chennai. With more than 2000 sucessful transplants in 15 years he is the recipient of several awards for his papers from the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) and Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG), he has also published in numerous journals. In 2020, he founded Liver India and raised awareness about liver health across Tamil Nadu especially in rural areas. Liver India has assisted over 10000 people in undergoing screening tests for Hepatitis B and in mobilizing funds through the State Health Insurance scheme or crowdsourcing. Dr.Karthik is focused on working towards curing advanced liver cancer by coupling transplant oncology and immunotherapy. He believes if medical science can help a person with no hope prolong life even by a day, it is a success story. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx