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Dr. Vivek Vij
Liver Transplant

Dr. Vivek Vij

Chairman – Liver Transplant & Hepato-Biliary Science
MBBS, MS, MRCS (Ed.), DNB 25+ yrs experience
📍 Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram
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About Dr. Vivek Vij

Dr. Vivek Vij is a pioneering liver transplant surgeon credited with developing living donor surgery and standardizing safety protocols to achieve the highest of donor safety 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 the Fortis group of hospitals, starting a highly successful liver transplant program initially at its Noida centre and then at Mohali. Dr. Vij and his team have a cumulative experience of performing more than 2,500 liver transplants, having performed the majority of them at Fortis Hospital, Noida with a record 97% patient survival, and he has to his credit the lowest biliary complication rate.

Areas of expertise

Liver TransplantLiver Transplant and Hepatobiliary SciencesGastroenterology and Hepatobiliary SciencesRobotic SurgeryOrgan Transplant

Education & training

  • MBBS
  • MS (General Surgery)
  • MRCS (Ed.) — Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • DNB — National Board of Examinations

Awards & recognition

  • Best Liver Transplant Surgeon at Sanjeevani, 2024 — by SEPC (Ministry of Commerce, GOI) and FHWP
  • Best Liver Transplant Surgeon — HTI Global Healthcare & Wellness Summit, 2024, Dubai, UAE
  • Best Liver Transplant Surgeon Award at Advantage Healthcare India, 2023 — by FICCI and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
  • Best Liver Transplant Surgeon at Sanjeevani, 2023 — by SEPC (Ministry of Commerce, GOI) and FHWP
  • Special award by the Ministry of Health, Government of Mongolia
  • Felicitated by MOH, Uzbekistan for the support in the Hepatitis Eradication Program
  • Special award by the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago, 2015
  • Decision-Analysis for selection of graft type in right lobe LRLT selection of donor grafts — Oral presentation and Travel Award, ILTS
  • BFUHS Award for his exceptional contributions to the field of liver transplant surgery
  • ILBS Award
  • Award of Honour by the Indian Medical Association, Phagwara

Location

Fortis Memorial Research Institute
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Fortis Memorial Research Institute
Gurugram, Delhi NCR, India
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Fortis Hospital, Okhla
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Fortis Hospital, Okhla
New Delhi, India
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