About Doctor

• Dr. Vivek Vij is a renowned liver transplant surgeon in India, specializing in Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences.
• He has over 20 years of experience in this field.
• His expertise lies in Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplant, Complex Liver Surgery, Advanced Pancreato-biliary Surgeries, and Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries.
• His team has performed over 4,000 liver transplants with a success rate of 97% for patients and 100% for donors.
• Dr. Vij was the first liver surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series on laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in the journal Liver Transplantation.
• In 2015, he received a special award from the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) in Chicago.
• He is the youngest liver transplant surgeon in India to independently complete 800 liver transplants with the lowest biliary complication rate.
• Dr. Vij completed his MBBS from University of Pune in 1998 and MS in General Surgery from Baba Farid University of Health sciences in 2001.
• After this, he completed DNB in General Surgery from  National Board of Examinations, New Delhi in 2003.
• With over 20 years of experience, he founded the ‘Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences’ department at the Fortis group of hospitals.
• Dr. Vij also runs a fellowship program at Fortis to train young surgeons and paramedical staff in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.
• He has published over 50 national and international papers and presentations on liver surgery and transplantation.
• His work has been featured in top-tier journals, including the American Journal of Transplantation and Liver Transplantation.
• His research focuses on living donor transplants and the medical management of liver disease patients.

Education

• MBBS – University of Pune, 1998
• MS – General Surgery – Baba Farid University of Health sciences, 2001
• DNB – General Surgery – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi,, 2003
• Fellowship, MRCS

Work Experience

• Consultant at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
• Consultant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
• Consultant at Fortis Hospital, Mohali
• Consultant at Rajendra Hospital & Medical College, Patiala
• Consultant at B.J.M.C, Pune

Awards

• Selected for prestigious ‘Roche Preceptorship Training Program in Liver Transplantation’ 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 perform graft harvest of posterior sector for living-donor liver transplantation
• First to establish an active Liver Transplantation Centre in Uttar Pradesh
• First to conduct combined liver-kidney transplants (CLKT) for children with hyperoxaluria

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