MBBS from B.J Medical college,Pune |Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
About Dr. Vivek Vij
Currently associates as Director with Department of Organs Transplantation - Liver Transplant at Fortis Hospital, Noida
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 donor safety profile since the time of its inception in the country.
Performed more than 500 liver transplants with minimum complications and 2000 liver transplants with cumulative experience with his team
He is the first surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy inย 'Liver Transplantation'.
Dr. Vij and his team have a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants, having performed the majority of them at Fortis Hospital, Noida with a record 97% patient. Dr. Vij has to his credit the Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<6%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.
Revolutionary liver transplant surgeon credited with developing living donor surgery and standardizing safety protocols to achieve a 100% donor safety profile since the time of its inception in the country
He is the founder of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Fortis group of Hospitals, starting a highly successful liver transplant program initially at its Noida center and then at Mohali.
First surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in 'Liver Transplantation'
Dr. Vij and his team have a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants, having performed the majority of them at Fortis Hospital, Noida with a record 97% patient.
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 has to his credit the Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<6%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.
Attained the Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<4%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide
He is a member of the International Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Association (IHPBA) and International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago.
Performed more than 500 non-transplant liver resections including radical cholecystectomies and segmental liver resections.
His achievements include the Roche Preceptorship Training Program from the University of Alabama, USA.
Interests are GI cancers, Pancreaticoduodenectomy and biliary injuries
MS (General Surgery) from Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, completed in 2001
DNB (Diplomate of National Board in General Surgery) from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, completed in 2003
MRCS (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
Roche Preceptorship in Liver Transplantation at the University of Alabama, USAโa distinguished post-graduate training position
Experience
Director โ Department of Liver Transplantation & Gastrointestinal Surgery, Fortis Health Care (Fortis Escorts, FMRI, Fortis Noida, Fortis Chandigarh) (2011โPresent)
Program Director โ Liver Transplant & Gastrointestinal Surgery, Fortis Group of Hospitals (2011โPresent)
Consultant Liver Transplant and Surgical Gastroenterology โ Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (2006โ2011)
Senior Registrar, Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplantation โ Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (2003โ2006)
Senior Registrar, General Surgery โ Fortis Hospital, Chandigarh (2001โ2003)
Awards
Received Special Award at the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago (2015).