Dr. Vivek Vij

Director, Liver Transplant | Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI)

Neurosurgery

Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Sciences | Liver Transplant

DNB,Fellowship , M.S. (Orthopaedics) , M.B.B.S.,MBBS,MBBS, MD - General Medicine, DM - (Cardiology)

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Dr. Vivek Vij is a liver transplant surgeon in India, known for his expertise in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary Sciences. He is the Director at ‘The Department of Liver Transplantation & Gastrointestinal Surgery’ at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram. He and his team have a cumulative experience of more than 2750 liver transplants with a record of 97% patients and 100% donor success rate. Dr. Vij is the first liver surgeon from Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in ‘Liver Transplantation’. In 2015, he was honored with a special award at International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), in Chicago. He is the youngest liver transplant doctor in India to complete 1000 independent liver transplants with Lowest Biliary Complication Rate. With 20 years of experience and as one of the best liver transplant surgeons in India, Dr. Vivek Vij is currently the founder of ‘Liver transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences’ at Fortis group of Hospitals.

  • MBBS MS MRCS (Ed.) DNB


Awards & Honors


  • The only candidate from India to be selected in prestigious ‘Roche Preceptorship Training
  • Program in Liver Transplantation’ (2006) at University of Alabama, USA.
  • Awarded by Ministry of Health (Mongolia)
  • Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<4%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide.
  • First to Graft harvest of posterior sector for livingdonor liver transplantation
  • First active Liver transplantation Centre in Uttar Pradesh
  • First to transplant with Cavoatrial Anastomosis in India
  • First to carry out combined liverkidney transplants (CLKT) for children suffering from
  • hyperoxaluria (excessive urinary excretion of oxalate)


Specialty Interests


  • Adult & Paediatric Liver Transplant
  • Complex Liver Surgery
  • Advanced Pancreatobiliary Surgeries
  • Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries
  • Basic Science Research and Regenerative Medicine
  • DecisionAnalysis for selection of Graft type in right Lobe LRLT Selection of Donor Grafts –
  • Oral presentation and travel award in ILTS



  • Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
  • Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
  • Fortis Hospital, Mohali
  • Rajendra Hospital & Medical Collage, Patiala
  • B.J.M.C, Pune


Professional Memberships


  • Member of International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Chicago
  • Member of Indian Society Of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
  • Esteemed Member of International HepatoPancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA)


Research and Publications


  • First surgeon from Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic donor
  • hepatectomy in ‘Liver Transplantation’

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