Dr. Vivek Vij

Position: Head of Liver Transplant

Biography

Dr. Vivek Vij is one of the most experienced and well-known liver transplant surgeons in the entire southeast Asia, he is currently working as the Director of the Department of Liver Transplant, Liver, Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon

He is the founder of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Fortis group of Hospitals. He has over 17 years of experience and has performed many exemplary medical procedures that stem from advanced surgical skills covering the entire range of gastrointestinal surgeries.

Dr. Vij and his team are highly experienced in liver transplantation having performed more than 2,500 liver transplants as well as achieving the lowest rate of biliary complications (<6%) in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) worldwide.

His expertise includes adult and paediatric liver transplant, complex liver surgeries, advanced pancreatic and bile duct surgeries, laparoscopic surgeries and advanced robotic surgeries.

He has done research in basic sciences and regenerative medicine and his outstanding experience in liver transplantation has earned him a high profile, winning many honours for his contributions to liver transplantation.

He is the first surgeon to have published a series of Laparoscopic Liver Resections from Donor Liver Transplant in the Indian Subcontinent.

He is credited with developing live donor surgery and setting standards for safety protocols to achieve the highest level of donor safety.

He published many papers in international and national journals, and presented many papers in international and local conferences.

Qualifications

  • DNB- General Surgery from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (2003)
  • MS - General Surgery from Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (2001)
  • MBBS from Pune University (1998)

Awards and Recognitions

  • Roche Preceptorship, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
  • International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago

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