Dr. Vivek Vij

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology)

Chairman – Department of Liver Transplantation & HPB Surgery

23+ Years of Experience
Gurgaon

Dr. Vivek Vij is a pioneering and internationally acclaimed Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary (HPB) Surgeon with over 23 years of profound experience. He is widely recognized as a trailblazer in living-donor liver transplantation in India, having developed innovative surgical techniques that significantly enhance donor safety and recipient survival rates. An alumnus of premier medical institutions, Dr. Vij completed his advanced surgical gastroenterology and transplant training at top global centers. His clinical philosophy merges exceptional manual surgical skill with cutting-edge medical technologies to provide life-saving organ replacements for both adult and pediatric patients presenting with end-stage liver failure.

  • Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: Pioneer of low-morbidity donor hepatectomy techniques and complex living-donor liver organ replacements.
  • Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Highly niche surgical corrections for congenital liver disorders and biliary atresia in infants.
  • Complex HPB Surgery: High-risk liver resections (hepatectomy), radical gallbladder cancer surgeries, and complex Whipple’s procedures.
  • Advanced Biliary Reconstructions: Surgical management of major post-operative bile duct injuries and strictures.
  • Personally performed and supervised a milestone volume of over 4,000 successful liver transplant procedures with outstanding long-term survival metrics.
  • Credited with a lowest-documented donor complication rate of less than 1% in living-donor liver transplantations across India.
  • Successfully established and led world-class Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary programs at elite healthcare corporate giants before joining Fortis.
  • Received numerous national awards acknowledging clinical excellence and outstanding contributions to the advancement of transplant surgery in India.
  • Published over 50 highly cited research papers on liver transplantation and donor safety in top-tier global medical journals.
  • Regular international speaker and panelist at elite transplantation societies worldwide, including the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS).