Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin

About

Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin leads India’s largest and one of the world’s most successful liver transplant programs at Medanta – The Medicity. With a success rate of around 95%, his team performs nearly 25–30 successful liver transplants every month. He has performed over 2500 liver transplants, the highest in the country, along with more than 12000 complex liver, gall bladder and bile duct surgeries. With over 38 years of experience, he is widely regarded as a pioneer in establishing liver transplantation in India and has played a major role in training liver transplant teams across the country.

Highlights

• Performed 2500+ liver transplants with ~95% success rate
• Leads India’s largest liver transplant program
• Performs 25–30 transplants per month
• Over 12000 complex hepatobiliary surgeries
• Pioneer of liver transplantation in India

Education

• FRCS (Gen Surgery)
• FRCS (Glasgow)
• FRCS (Edinburgh)
• Primary FRCS
• MS (Thesis)
• MBBS

Expertise

Milestones

• First successful cadaveric liver transplant in India (1998)
• First successful living donor left lobe liver transplant in India (1999)
• First successful combined liver and kidney transplant (cadaver) in India (1999)
• First successful living donor right lobe liver transplant in India (2000)

Academic achievements

• Ranked first in All India selection exam (1990)
• Best Postgraduate Student in Surgery medal at AIIMS (1989)
• Best Student in Surgery medal at AIIMS (1985)
• Awarded research grant from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (1996)
• British Transplantation Society Bursary (1994)

Awards

• Padma Shri (2010)
• Medindia Oration and Medindia Award (2008)
• DMA Distinguished Services Award (2005)
• Swastha Bharat Samman (2011)
• E-Medinews Award (2011)

Records

• Achievements listed in Limca Book of Records (2007–2010)

Availability

By Appointment

Contact

Location

Medanta Gurugram