About
Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin Arvinder Singh Soin
Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin is Chairman of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine at Medanta ? The Medicity. A recipient of the Padma Shri award, he has performed over 3,500 living donor liver transplants and 12,000+ complex hepatobiliary surgeries with a 95% success rate. He is regarded as the father of modern liver transplantation in India.
Specializations
Liver Transplant and Biliary Sciences
Full Profile
Overview & ExpertiseDr. Arvinder Singh Soin (A.S. Soin) is a world-famous liver transplant surgeon and pioneer of hepatobiliary care. Serving as Chairman of the Liver Transplant Institute at Medanta ? The Medicity, he leads one of the largest and most successful living donor liver transplant programs globally. Having completed over 3,500 liver transplants and 12,000+ complex HPB surgeries with a 95% success rate, Dr. Soin treats primary liver cancers, portal hypertension, and complex biliary strictures.Education & Royal College FellowshipsDr. Soin spent 11 years at AIIMS, New Delhi, earning his MBBS and MS degrees with top honors. He spent 5 years in the UK specializing in liver surgery, earning FRCS credentials from both Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Colleges, along with research fellowships at Cambridge University.Historic Milestones & National HonorsDr. Soin performed India's first successful cadaveric liver transplant (1998), first successful live donor left lobe transplant (1999), and first combined liver-kidney transplant (1999). Conferred the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2010, he has trained the vast majority of surgical liver transplant teams across the country.