Dr. Vivek Vij, MBBS, MS, DNB, MRCS (Ed.) is a distinguished liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon based in Chennai, India. With over 25 years of experience, he is renowned for his expertise in minimally invasive liver transplantation and complex hepatobiliary surgeries.
- Current Position: Head of HPB & Liver Transplant Surgery at Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
- Performed over 400 complex liver transplant surgeries annually with a 98% success rate
- First liver surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series on laparoscopic donor hepatectomy in the journal ‘Liver Transplantation’
- Founder of the Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences department at Fortis group of hospitals
Educational Background
- MBBS – B.J. Medical College, Pune, University of Pune, 1998
- MS in General Surgery – Government Medical College, Patiala, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, 2001
- DNB in General Surgery – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, 2003
- MRCS (Ed.) – Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 2003
- Roche Preceptorship Training Program – University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, 2005
