Dr. Vivek Vij

Dr. Vivek Vij

Chairman, Liver Transplant, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Hospital: Fortis Hospital, India

Experience: 15 Years

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    About Dr. Vivek Vij

    Dr. Vivek Vij is a liver fransplant 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 Insfitute, 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 fransplants 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 Science’ at Fortis group of Hospitals.

    Dr. Vivek Vij - Work Experience

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

    Dr. Vivek Vij - Education & Training

    • MBBS MS MRCS (Ed.) DNB

    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%j} in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.
    • First to Graft harvest of posterior sector for living-donor liver fransplantation
    • 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)

    Membership

    • ILTS and ISOT

    Speciality Interest

    • Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplant
    • Interests = 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

    Research Papers & Publications

    • First surgeon from Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in ‘Liver Transplantation’.

    Location and Duration of OPD

    • Fortis Memorial Research Institute , Gurgaon, India

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