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Vivek Vij

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Transplant,

Fortis Hospital

Education

MBBS, MS, MRCS (Ed.), DNB

About Doctor

Dr. Vivek Vij is a pioneering liver transplant surgeon credited with developing living donor surgery and standardising safety protocols to achieve a 100% donor safety profile since the time of its inception in the country. He is the first surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in 'Liver Transplantation'. He is the founder of Liver transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Fortis group of Hospitals, starting a highly successful liver transplant programme initially at its Noida centre and then at Mohali. Dr. Vij and his team has a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants, having performed majority of them at Fortis Hospital, Noida with a record 95% patient and 100% donor success rate. Dr. Vij has to his credit the Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<4%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.

Clinical Interest:

  •    Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplant
  •    Complex Liver Surgery
  •    Advanced Pancreato-biliary Surgeries
  •    Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries
  •    Basic Science Research and Regenerative Medicine

Specializations

Speciality - Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Special Interest - Liver Transplant

Award

Roche Preceptorship, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA

International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago

Vanya-Health - Consult Top Specialist in India
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