About Dr. Vivek Vij

• Dr. Vivek Vij is one of India’s most renowned Liver Transplant Surgeons with more than 25 years of experience in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.
• He is currently serving as Chairman – Liver Transplant & Hepato-Biliary Sciences at Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
• He is credited with pioneering living donor liver transplantation and establishing advanced donor safety protocols in India.
• Dr. Vij is the first surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor hepatectomy procedures in the internationally acclaimed journal Liver Transplantation.
• He has successfully performed more than 4,000 liver transplant procedures with excellent patient and donor outcomes.
• His areas of expertise include liver transplantation, liver cancer surgery, pediatric liver transplantation, GI surgery, hepatobiliary surgery and pancreatic surgery.
• Dr. Vivek Vij is internationally recognized for his contributions to liver transplant science, research, surgical innovation and medical education.

Work Experience

• More than 25 years of experience in Liver Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery.
• Currently serving as Chairman – Liver Transplant & Hepato-Biliary Sciences at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon.
• Founder of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences programs within the Fortis Group of Hospitals.
• Program Director – Liver Transplant & GI Surgery, Fortis Group of Hospitals (2011 – Present).
• Consultant – Liver Transplant & Surgical Gastroenterology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (2006–2011).
• Fellow – Liver Transplant & Surgical Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (2006).
• Has performed more than 4,000 liver transplants with his team and achieved outstanding patient outcomes.
• Recognized globally for achieving a 100% donor safety profile in living donor liver transplantation.

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
• MRCS (Edinburgh) – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
• Roche Preceptorship Training Program in Liver Transplantation – University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.

Location

Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon

Established in: 2013

Number of Beds: 311

Multi Speciality

Location: Gurugram (Gurgaon), India

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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