MBBS , MD
BLK Super Specialty Hospital New Delhi
40+ yearsof clinical experience
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Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin
Chairman Liver Transplant
MBBS , MS , FRCS , FRCS
Practising atMedanta - The Medicity
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Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin is a globally renowned Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon with over 40 years of medical experience, including 27 years as a specialist in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. He is a pioneer in establishing liver transplantation in India and has performed more than 2,500 liver transplants, making him one of the most accomplished transplant surgeons in the country.
He currently serves as the Chairman of the Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, where he leads one of the largest and most successful liver transplant programs in the world. Under his leadership, his team performs 16-18 live donor liver transplants per month, achieving a success rate of 95%, comparable to the best global centers. His expertise extends beyond India, with referrals from South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Dr. Soin has played a critical role in developing and refining liver transplant procedures in India. His contributions include India’s first successful cadaveric liver transplant in 1998, which resulted in the country's longestsurviving liver transplant recipient. He also performed India’s first left-lobe living donor liver transplant in 1999 and the first adult-adult right-lobe living donor liver transplant in 2000. Additionally, he was the first surgeon in India to successfully perform laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, which he has since utilized in over 300 kidney transplants.
Apart from his clinical expertise, Dr. Soin is a dedicated advocate for organ donation and transplantation awareness. He is one of the founding members and a Trustee of HOPE (Human Organ Procurement and Education) Trust, a non-profit organization that works to increase awareness about brain death and organ donation, with the goal of saving thousands of lives every year. Dr. Soin has also significantly contributed to the academic and research field of liver transplantation. He has trained and mentored numerous transplant surgeons and has been an invited faculty member at some of the world's most prestigious medical institutions. He has conducted pioneering research in experimental intestinal transplantation and clinical liver transplantation, furthering advancements in the field.
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Education & qualifications
MBBS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1985(Unverified)
FRCS - General Surgery - Royal College Of Surgeon Of Edinburgh, Uk, 1992(Unverified)
FRCS - General Surgery - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS), Glasgow, 1993(Unverified)
FRCS - General Surgery - Intercollegiate Board in General Surgery (subspecialty – Transplant Surgery), 1997
Professional experience
2010 - 2016 Chief Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon Chairman at Medanta –The Medicity
2001 - 2010 Senior Consultant, Transplant / Hepatobiliary Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
2000 - 2000 Visiting Fellowship at The Liver Transplant Unit at Asan Medical Centre
1998 - 2001 Senior Consultant, Hepatobiliary / Transplant Surgery at Apollo Hospital
1995 - 1998 Senior Registrar / SpR (years 4,5,6) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
1997 - 1997 Visiting Fellowship at The Liver Transplant Unit at Kyoto University
1993 - 1995 Registrar in Transplant Surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
1992 - 1993 SHO / Fellow in Transplant Surgery at the Hepatobiliary, Liver and Kidney Transplant Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham
1992 - 1992 Senior Resident in General Surgery at AIIMS
1987 - 1989 Junior Resident in Surgery at AIIMS
1986 - 1986 Rotating Internship (house jobs) in Surgery, Medicine, Gynaecology and Obstretrics and Preventive and Social Medicine at AIIMS
Professional memberships
Member, Association of Surgeons of India
British Transplantation Society
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG)
Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
Indian Society of Gastroenterology
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
Indian Society of Nephrology (ISN)
Asian Society of Organ Transplantation International Society of Liver Transplantation
Founder Member and Trustee of the Human Organ Procurement and Education (HOPE) Trust.
Awards & recognition
Padma Shri by the President of India - 2010
RD Birla - 2011
Swastha Bharat Samman - 2011
E- medinews award - 2012
Achievements listed in Limca Book of records - 2007
Achievements listed in Limca Book of records - 2008
Achievements listed in Limca Book of records - 2009
Achievements listed in Limca Book of records - 2010
DMA Award - 1990
Awarded research grant - 1996
Medindia Oration and Medindia Award - 2008
DMA Distinguished Services Award - 2013
Awarded British Transplantation Society Bursary - 1997
Awarded British Transplantation Society Bursary - 1994
MSOSA Award for Excellence - 2014
Doc n Doc award for Excellence in Liver Transplantation - 2014
MT India Healthcare Award - 2016
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