Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin

Chairman - Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine

Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram

Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin directs one of the largest and most successful liver transplant programs in the world at Medanta – The Medicity. He along with his team is recognized for their 95% success rate, averaging 25-30 successful transplants a month.

His extensive experience of 35+ years includes 3500+ living donor liver transplants in India, which is the highest in the country, and the second-highest in the world. He has also executed more than 12,000 other complex liver, gallbladder, and bile duct surgeries.

Additionally, Dr. A S Soin is recognized for his pioneering research in the field of liver transplantation, and for establishing Liver Transplantation in India in 1998 when he performed the country’s first successful transplant.

He established a large liver transplant center at Sir Gangaram Hospital between 2001 and 2010. A dedicated Liver Treatment facility with 150 beds (including 36 Liver ICU beds) was also established by him and his team in June 2010 at Medanta-The Medicity. He is also responsible for training most of the liver teams in the country.

Speciality

Liver

Education

MBBS- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1985
Fellowship(General Surgery) - Intercollegiate Board in General Surgery (subspecialty – Transplant Surgery), 1997
Fellowship- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1993
Fellowship- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1992
MS (General Surgery)- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1989

Areas of Expertise

Liver Transplant
Liver Surgeries
Choledochal Cyst
Portal Hypertension

Working

Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram

Awards And Honours

RD Birla, 2011 for being an outstanding clinician
Swastha Bharat Samman, 2011
E- medinews award, 2011
Achievements listed in Limca Book of Records - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
DMA Award, 2010 for his excellence in organ transplantation
Awarded Padma Shri by the President of India in 2010 for pioneering the development of Liver Transplantation in India
Medindia Oration and Medindia Award, 2008
DMA Distinguished Services Award, 2005
Awarded Visiting Fellowship at the Kyoto Liver Transplant Unit British
Transplantation Society Bursary, 1997
Awarded research grant from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1996
Awarded British Transplantation Society Bursary, 1994
Ranked first in the All India selection exam, 1990
Best Postgraduate Student in Surgery medal at AIIMS, New Delhi, 1989
Best Student in Surgery medal at AIIMS, New Delhi, 1985
Visiting fellow at the Kyoto University Hospital in 1997 and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, in 2000
Visiting faculty at the Ege University, Izmir, Turkey in 2004 and Istanbul in 2006 & 2007
Regular faculty member and speaker, often the only one from India, at most of the world's fora in Liver Transplantation such as ILTS, AASLD, APDW, IHPBA, IASGO, APASL, Asian Living Donor Liver Transplant Group, and the Asia Pacific Organ Transplant Forum
Zee TV - Swasth Bharat Samman Award for pioneering Liver Transplantation, 2011
MSOSA Award for Excellence, 2014
More than 110 original research papers and contributions published in international and national journals & books

Memberships

Life member of the Association of Surgeons of India
British Transplantation Society
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
Indian Life member of the Association of Surgeons of India
Society of Gastroenterology
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
Indian Society of Nephrology
Asian Society of Organ Transplantation International Society of Liver Transplantation
Founder Member and Trustee of the Human Organ Procurement and Education (HOPE) Trust