Dr. Vivek Vij
Chairman
Liver Transplant Surgeon
25+ years of experience
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday 8.00 – 7:00 pm
Saturday 9.00 – 8.00 pm
Sunday 10.00 – 9.00 pm
About Doctor
- Dr Vivek Vij is among the most renowned Liver Transplant Surgeons having 25 years of experience.
- He is 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.
- Dr Vij and his team have a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants, with a record 95% patient and 100% donor success rate.
- Dr Vij has to his credit the Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<5%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.
- He has also performed more than 500 non-transplant liver resections including radical cholecystectomies and segmental liver resections.
- His Interests also include GI cancers, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and biliary injuries.
- He is well known for his skills not only in India but also in many Asian countries (Mongolia, Pakistan, Iraq, CAS Countries, SAARC Countries and African Countries).
- He has also published his work and results in various international journals of repute.
Qualification & Training
- MBBS – University of Pune
- MS (General Surgery) – Baba Farid University of Health sciences
- DNB (General Surgery) – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
Areas of Clinical interests
- Adult & Chronic Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy
- Complex Liver Surgery
- Advanced Pancreato- biliary Surgeries
- Surgeries of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- GI Oncosurgery
Awards:
- Roche Preceptorship- University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Memberships:
- International Liver Transplant Society
List of Treatments
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Surgeries
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Radical cholecystectomies
- segmental liver resections
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- biliary injuries.
- Adult & Chronic Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy
- Complex Liver Surgery
- Advanced Pancreato- biliary Surgeries
- Robotic Surgeries
- Regenerative Medicine
- Surgeries of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- GI Oncosurgery
- Bile Duct cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Biliary stricture
- Liver Cyst
- Liver Metastases and Biliary Atresia
- GI Surgery Procedure
- Liver Disease Treatment
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Lap colorectal surgery
- Lap. Liver Cyst Surgery
- Lap Gento-Uro Onco Surgery
- Abdomen Surgery
- Critical Gunshot & Trauma Surgery Bariatric
- Metabolic Surgery for Weight Loss
- Minimally Invasive Anorectal Surgery
- Abdominoperineal Resection
- Cholecystectomy – Gallbladder Removal
- Stapled Haemorrhoidectomy (Piles)
- Appendicitis Treatment
- Paediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Gastric Banding Surgery
- Duodenal Switch
- Gastric Sleeve Surgery
- laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion