Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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