Kidney transplant

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Dr. Subhash Gupta is Chairman of Max Centre for Liver and Biliary Sciences which is one of the largest Liver Transplant Centres in the world with experience of over 3000 transplants. Currently, the Centre carries out over 200 transplants annually and an equal number of difficult HPB cases. His responsibilities include maintaining safety protocols across all divisions of the Centre including Hepatology, Anaesthesia and Critical care. 

He joined Max Healthcare in Jan 2017 and has over 30 years of experience in the field of Surgical Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Oncology.

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Dr. Vivek Vij is a pioneering liver transplant surgeon credited with developing living donor surgery and standardising safety protocols to achieve a 100% donor safety profile since the time of its inception in the country. He is the first surgeon from the Indian subcontinent to publish a series of laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in 'Liver Transplantation'. He is the founder of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Fortis group of Hospitals, starting a highly successful liver transplant programme initially at its Noida centre and then at Mohali. Dr. Vij and his team has a cumulative experience of performing more than 2500 liver transplants, having performed majority of them at Fortis Hospital, Noida with a record 95% patient and 100% donor success rate. Dr. Vij has to his credit the Lowest Biliary Complication rate (<5%) in Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) worldwide. He is well know for his skills not only in India but also in many Asian countries (Mongolia, Pakistan, Iraq, CAS Countries, SAARC Countries and African Countries). With such a work and experience, he had published and presented his work in various national and international forums. He has also published his work and results in various international journals of repute.

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Dr Giriraj Bora is one of the youngest consultants in our Liver Transplant / HPB program. Dr Bora is a graduate of J L N Medical College, Ajmer. He trained in General Surgery at the same institute before joining as Senior Resident in G I Surgery at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences ( SGPGIMS ) in Lucknow. He then joined the MCh superspecialty program in G I Surgery at the G B Pant Hospital in Delhi where he trained for 3 years. After completing hi s training Dr Bora worked as Consultant G I Surgeon in Jaipur before he decided to pursue his career interest in Liver Transplantation.

He joined CLBS as a Fellow in Liver Transplant / HPB Surgery in 2011 and trained extensively in all aspects of Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery.

In Jan 2013 Dr Bora was offered the position of Consultant at CLBS which he accepted. Dr Bora is an enthusiastic member of the core surgical team at our centre and also plays a pivotal role in donor evaluation before liver transplant.

He has a special interest in liver transplantation & liver resections for Hepatocellular cancers, combined liver – kidney transplantation as well as in Pancreatic Surgery, pancreaticoduodenal resections and surgery for chronic pancreatitis).The focus of his research activity has been the hemodynamic changes during liver transplant and changes during IVC crossclamping in LDLT.

Dr Bora has a number of publications in the field of Liver Transplantation / G I Surgery and numerous presentations at national and international conferences including at the prestigious ILTS International Liver Transplant Society) conferences in San Francisco in 2012 and at Sydney in 2013.