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Dr. Vivek Vij

Specialization - HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation

Department - Organ Transplant

Designation - Director-Liver Transplant

Works at - Fortis Memorial Research Institute

Gurgaon, India

Career Profile

Dr. Vivek Vij is a liver transplant surgeon in India, known for his expertise in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary sciences. He is the Director at ‘The Department of Liver Transplantation & Gastrointestinal Surgery’ at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram. He and his team have a cumulative experience of more than 2750 liver transplants with a record of 97% patients and 100% donor success rate. Dr. Vij is the first liver surgeon from Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in ‘Liver Transplantation’. In 2015, he was honored with a special award at International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), in Chicago. He is the youngest liver transplant doctor in India to complete 1000 independent liver transplants with Lowest Biliary Complication Rate. With 20 years of experience and as one of the best liver transplant surgeons in India, Dr. Vivek Vij is currently the founder of ‘Liver transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences’ at Fortis group of Hospitals.

Education & Training

  • MBBS, B.J. Medical College, Pune.
  • MS.
  • DNB.

Work & Experience

  • Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.
  • Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
  • Fortis Hospital, Mohali.
  • Rajendra Hospital & Medical Collage, Patiala.
  • B.J.M.C, Pune.
Clinical Focus
  • Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplant.
  • Complex Liver Surgery.
  • Advanced Pancreato-biliary Surgeries.
  • Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries.
  • Basic Science Research and Regenerative Medicine.
  • Decision-Analysis for selection of Graft type in right Lobe LRLT Selection of Donor Grafts – Oral presentation and travel award in ILTS.
Awards
  • The only candidate from India to be selected in prestigious ‘Roche Preceptorship Training.
  • Program in Liver Transplantation’ (2006) at University of Alabama, USA.
  • Awarded by Ministry of Health (Mongolia).
  • Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<4%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.
  • First to Graft harvest of posterior sector for living-donor liver transplantation.
  • First active Liver transplantation Centre in Uttar Pradesh.
  • First to transplant with Cavo-atrial Anastomosis in India.
  • First to carry out combined liver-kidney transplants (CLKT) for children suffering from hyperoxaluria (excessive urinary excretion of oxalate).
Research and Publications
  • First surgeon from Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in ‘Liver Transplantation’.
Memberships
  • Member of International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago.
  • Member of Indian Society Of Organ Transplantation (ISOT).
  • Esteemed Member of International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA).

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