Adj Adam Mahomed

Adam Mahomed is a South African clinician-researcher associated with the Wits Transplant Unit in Johannesburg, contributing extensively to liver transplantation and hepatology. His work is closely linked to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and national collaborative platforms, reflecting leadership in transplant medicine within resource-constrained settings.

His research centres on expanding access to liver transplantation through living-donor, split-liver, and ABO-incompatible approaches. Publications evaluate graft and recipient outcomes, organ utilisation strategies, and multidisciplinary management, including pregnancy after solid-organ transplantation. These studies highlight pragmatic innovations tailored to organ shortages in South Africa.

Mahomed has also contributed to national COVID-19 investigations and clinical guidance, examining in-hospital mortality, comorbidities such as HIV and tuberculosis, and diagnostic testing performance. Additional work spans gastroenterology and drug safety, underscoring strengths in collaborative research, clinical epidemiology, and evidence-based policy development.