Mohammad-Raheel Jajja, M.D.

Biography

Mohammad-Raheel Jajja, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in adult and pediatric liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.

After earning his medical degree at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, Dr. Jajja completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in cancer biology at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed a residency in general surgery at Emory University Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. During that time, he also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in nanotechnology at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute. Dr. Jajja then gained advanced training in multiorgan abdominal transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery through an American Society of Transplant Surgeons fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He subsequently gained additional training in living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in adult and pediatric patients at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute in Lahore, one of the world’s highest-volume LDLT centers.

Certified by the American Board of Surgery, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in January 2024.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Jajja is Director of Resident Education for the Division of Surgical Transplantation. He has a special interest in surgical simulation use for skill development in trainees.

He is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, The Transplantation Society, the American College of Surgeons, the Americas and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Associations, the International Liver Transplantation Society, and the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation.

Dr. Jajja has delivered presentations and published papers related to his work on the use of nanomedicine to detect and treat hepatobiliary malignancies. His current research interests include preoperative organ management using machine perfusion devices to utilize marginal grafts and value-based care in transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.

Personal Note

When he’s not at work, Dr. Jajja enjoys traveling and is an ardent foodie.