Dr. Sanjay Govil
Consultant physician committed to accurate diagnosis and personalised treatment, working with a coordinated specialist team.
About Dr. Sanjay Govil
Dr. Sanjay Govil is Senior Consultant and Head of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru. With 39+ years of experience, he is a pioneer of liver transplantation in South India. Educated at CMC Vellore and trained in the UK, Hong Kong, and Japan, he performed Karnataka's first adult living donor liver transplant and first laparoscopic liver resection.
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Overview & Expertise
Dr. Sanjay Govil is a Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) surgeon and liver transplant specialist with over 39 years of experience. Serving as Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, he has pioneered multiple laparoscopic and transplant techniques in South India.
His practice covers living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), cadaveric organ transplantation, complex resections for hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, laparoscopic Whipple procedures, and ALPPS surgeries for liver tumors.
Education & International Training
Dr. Govil completed his MBBS (1985) and MS in General Surgery (1989) at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore. He earned his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in England in 1992.
He pursued advanced specialist fellowships in Living Donor Liver Transplantation at Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong) and the Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto and Tokyo Universities.
Pioneering Surgical Firsts
Dr. Govil has achieved landmark surgical milestones in South India, including performing the first adult living donor liver transplant in Tamil Nadu (CMC Vellore, 2005), the first adult living donor liver transplant in Karnataka (2006), and the state's first laparoscopic liver resections (2007-2008).
He is an active member of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology and the International HPB Association.
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