Dr. A. S. Soin: Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon

Chairman, Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram Haryana, India

MBBS(AIIMS), MS (AIIMS), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Glas), FRCS (Transplant Surgery)-Cambridge, UK

About Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin

India’s first successful liver transplant - Adult | 1998
India’s first successful pediatric liver transplant | 1998
India’s highest number - 4200 liver transplants, including 475 pediatric transplants, with >95% success rate
Worldwide recognition for pioneering liver transplantation and Live Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) in India for which he has been conferred with the Padma Shri and 11 other national and international awards
Most of the 'firsts' in liver transplant in India - first left lobe, right lobe, dual lobe, swap, simultaneous liver and kidney transplant, ABO-mismatched LDLT, domino, smallest (2kg) & oldest recipient
Among the first in India to establish successful Robotic Live Liver Donor Surgery
Author of more than 250 research papers
Led training for more than 130 surgeons for 70+ Indian centers

Liver transplant is life-saving in advanced cirrhosis, acute liver failure or primary liver cancer (HCC). At Medanta, we perform 1-2 liver transplants a day, and have done over 3700 so far with 95% success (including 400 in children with 97% success), making us the largest liver centre in the country and among the largest globally.