Vivek Vij

Dr. Vij was always an exceptional student in school. Before graduating from high school, he already showed a keen interest in medicine. In 1992, he enrolled in the B.J Medical College, a privately owned institution located in Pune. Here, he attained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of surgery degree (MBBS).

Education
From Pune, Dr. Vij moved to Patiala to further pursue his Master’s Degree. With a determination to succeed, he was able to attain a master’s degree in general surgery from the Govt. Medical College and Hospital. In 2001, he was pronounced as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. During this period, he was also awarded the Diplomat of National Board (DNB) title by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) in India.
Career
Dr. Vivek Vij has over 17 years of experience as a surgeon in organ transplantation and liver transplant. As the founder of Liver transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Noida center, he and his team have a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants with a record 95% patient and 100% donor success. This is the lowest complication rate in Donor Liver Transplant (LDTL) worldwide.
Dr. Vij’s career got a head start in November 2001. He initially worked as a senior registrar of general surgery at Fortis Hospitals. He worked in the hospital until January 2003. In May, he was employed as a Senior Registrar of surgical Gastroenterology and liver transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. He worked here for a period of three years.
In September 2006, Dr. Vij began working as a consultant in the same field at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals. On a steady career path, he was able to join to Fortis Group of Hospitals as a program Director in the department of Liver Transplant and Surgical Gastroenterology and he has been a great medical contributor to the hospital ever since. Dr. Vij has a clinical interest in Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplant, Complex Liver Surgery and basic science research and generative medicine.
Awards and achievements
National Awards
*Awarded by the Ministry of Health (Mongolia)
Other Awards
*Award for clinical Excellence from Fortis Healthcare
*The Fortis National Liver Summit Award
*The Gastrocon 2012 Award
*Baba Farid University of Health Science Award (BFUHS)
*IIBS award
Distinctions
*Roche proctorship, university of Alabama Birmingham, USA
*International Liver Transplant society (VLTS)
Unique contribution
*Targeting the Achilles heel of adult living donor liver transplant: Corner sparing sutures with mucosal eversion technique of biliary anastomosis.
*Laparoscopy-assisted hepatectomy versus conventional (open) hepatectomy for living donors: when you know better, you do better.
*Perioperative management of liver transplantation with concurrent coronary artery disease: Report of two cases.
*Portal biliopathy treated with living-donor liver transplant: index case.
*Peroneal neuropathy following liver transplantation: possible predisposing factors and outcome.
*Successful living donor liver transplant in a child with Abernethy malformation with biliary atresia, ventricular septal defect and intrapulmonary shunting.
*Squamous cell carcinoma of stomach.
Training programs
Dr. Vij and his team offer training in the following programs through the Fortis Hospital:
*Basic transplant in liver transplant and Hepatobiliary surgery
*Advanced fellowship in liver transplant in Hepatobiliary surgery
Publications
Dr. Vivek Vij boasts of over fifty national and international publication and presentations on liver surgery and transplants. He has focused his clinical and research activities towards a successful number of patients who need liver transplants. A few notable publishings are:
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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24961992 Laparoscopy-assisted hepatectomy versus conventional (open) hepatectomy for living donors: when you know better, you do better]
*Successful living donor liver transplant in a child with Abernethy malformation with biliary atresia, ventricular septal defect and intrapulmonary shunting
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