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Bhargava Mullapudi, MD

Gender
Male
Language
English, Hindi, Telugu

Primary Specialty

Transplant

Other Specialty

General Surgery

Leadership Titles

Division Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Surgical Director of Pediatric Abdominal Transplant

Leadership Titles

Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Chief Resident - Clinical:
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Medical School:
Osmania Medical College
Residency:
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Fellowship:
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
University of California San Diego Medical Center
University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Network

Children's Physician Group

Introduction

Bhargava Mullapudi, MD, FACS, is the Division Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery and Surgical Director of Pediatric Abdominal Transplant at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He also serves as Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Mullapudi is one of only a few physicians in the country dually trained in pediatric surgery and transplant surgery. He is board-certified in general surgery, pediatric surgery and transplant surgery.

Dr. Mullapudi earned his medical degree at Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India. He completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Following his residency training, he completed fellowships in pediatric surgery at the University of California San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital, transplant surgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and pancreatic cancer research at Northwestern University.

Focus of Practice

  • Kidney transplant
  • Liver transplant

Areas of Interest

  • Transplant surgery
  • Pediatric surgery
  • Complex tumor resections
  • Surgery for portal hypertension
  • Congenital portosystemic shunts

Locations

Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta - Liver Transplant

Arthur M. Blank Hospital, 2220 North Druid Hills Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Get Directions 404-785-1807

Childrens Physician Group - Pediatric Surgery at Arthur M. Blank Hospital

Arthur M. Blank Hospital, 2220 North Druid Hills Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Get Directions

Professional Affiliations

  • American Pediatric Surgical Association
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons—Pediatric Transplantation Committee
  • Children’s Oncology Group
  • United Network of Organ Sharing

In the News

Children’s Surgeons Perform World’s Youngest Domino Liver Transplant

Domino liver transplants can expand the liver donor pool for those waiting for transplantation.

Children’s Atlanta Performs World’s Youngest Domino Liver Transplant

Domino liver transplants involve one patient with a metabolic disease receiving a donor liver while their native liver is transplanted into another patient with end-stage liver disease, but without metabolic disease. The liver in the non-metabolic disease donor functions normally due to the lack of genetic defect which causes the metabolic disorder.

Becker's Hospital Review

Novel Liver Surgery Allows Georgia Teen to Graduate High School Tumor-Free

A team of clinicians, radiologists and surgeons at Children’s treated the Kelsey's cancer with chemotherapy, a targeted dose of radiation and a complex surgery that removed more than 80% of her liver. The combined medical treatments eliminated a rare cluster of liver tumors and avoided the need for a transplant.

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