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Dr. A.S. Soin

Dr AS Soin is recognized all over the world over for his pioneering work in establishing liver transplantation in India. From 1998 when he did the countrys first successful transplant till date, he has established the countrys three of the major liver transplant and advanced liver surgery centers at Apollo Hospital (1998-2001), SGRH (2001-2010), and now since 2010, at Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon (Delhi NCR). Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, is a first of its kind dedicated Institute in Asia and one of the few in the world, which combines state-of the art facilities for Living donor, Cadaveric donor, pediatric and adult liver transplantation along with a research programme for stem cell and liver cell transplantation. These are cutting edge technologies that can potentially treat liver failure without transplant. Since 1998, he has performed over 2600 liver transplants in India, which is the highest in the country. He and his team currently perform around 25 live donor liver transplants and 3-4 cadaveric transplants every month with 95% success - results which are at par with the world's best centres. Apart from referrals from all over the country, he handles cases from the rest of South Asia, Central Europe, the Middle East, Far East and Africa. In his extensive experience of 25 years as a Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary surgeon, he has performed more than 3000 liver transplants and more than 12000 other complex liver, gall bladder and bile duct surgeries. Summary of academic career of Dr. A.S. Soin Dr Soins initial surgical training was at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He spent 11 years there gaining his MBBS and MS degrees followed by specialist experience in Liver and Gastrointestinal Surgery, during which he published a research thesis on on Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy . He then obtained FRCS degrees from both Glasgow and Edinburgh in the UK, following which he trained and worked at two of the worlds most renowned centers (University of Cambridge 5 years, University of Birmingham 1 year) for Liver and Biliary Surgery, and Liver, Kidney, Small Bowel and Pancreas transplantation for 6 years. He was one of the first few surgeons in the UK to qualify for and obtain an Intercollegiate FRCS in Transplant Surgery. In addition to performing hundreds of transplants, he was Surgical Tutor for the University of Cambridge, and Faculty for 2 of the Royal Colleges in Surgery.

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