Dr. Vivek Vij

Location: Gurugram, India

15 years of experience

Designation: Chairman – Liver Transplant & Hepato - Biliary Science

About Dr. Vivek Vij

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

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Specialization

Liver Transplant & Hepato - Biliary Science
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Qualification

MBBS, MS, MRCS, DNB
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Experience

  • Founder, Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Sciences – Fortis Group of Hospitals

    • Established successful liver transplant programmes at Fortis Hospital Noida and Fortis Hospital Mohali

  • Pioneering Liver Transplant Surgeon – developed living donor surgery and standardized safety protocols achieving 100% donor safety profile since inception in India

  • First surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series on laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in Liver Transplantation journal

  • Cumulative experience of 2500+ liver transplants with his team

    • Majority performed at Fortis Hospital, Noida

    • Achieved 95% patient success rate and 100% donor success rate

  • Clinical Outcomes – credited with the lowest biliary complication rate in liver transplants