- Dr. Vivek Vij is a renowned liver transplant surgeon in India, specializing in Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences.
- He has over 20 years of experience in this field.
- His expertise lies in Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplant, Complex Liver Surgery, Advanced Pancreato-biliary Surgeries, and Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries.
- His team has performed over 4,000 liver transplants with a success rate of 97% for patients and 100% for donors.
- Dr. Vij was the first liver surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series on laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in the journal Liver Transplantation.
- In 2015, he received a special award from the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) in Chicago.
- He is the youngest liver transplant surgeon in India to independently complete 800 liver transplants with the lowest biliary complication rate.
- Dr. Vij completed his MBBS from University of Pune in 1998 and MS in General Surgery from Baba Farid University of Health sciences in 2001.
- After this, he completed DNB in General Surgery from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi in 2003.
- With over 20 years of experience, he founded the ‘Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences’ department at the Fortis group of hospitals.
- Dr. Vij also runs a fellowship program at Fortis to train young surgeons and paramedical staff in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.
- He has published over 50 national and international papers and presentations on liver surgery and transplantation.
- His work has been featured in top-tier journals, including the American Journal of Transplantation and Liver Transplantation.
- His research focuses on living donor transplants and the medical management of liver disease patients.
