Dr. Vivek Vij

Dr. Vivek Vij is a liver transplant surgeon known for his expertise in Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences. He is the Chairman & Director of ‘The Department of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgeries’ at Fortis Healthcare, Noida. He is also the youngest liver transplant doctor in India to complete 1500 independent liver transplants with Lowest Biliary Complication Rate. He has more than 50 national and international publications in the field of Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery (HPB) and presentations on ‘Liver surgery and transplantation’ to his credit, along with noteworthy contributions to the scope of improvement in this field. His area of research primarily involves living donor transplants and the medical management of patients with liver diseases. Dr. Vij is the first liver surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in ‘Liver Transplantation. In 2015, he was honored with a special award at the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), in Chicago. He is the youngest liver transplant doctor in India to complete 800 independent liver transplants with Lowest Biliary Complication Rate. He is also credited with having successfully performed India’s first pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy. Owing to the fact that this procedure needs deft surgical expertise, it can only be performed by a few doctors across the world.