Arvinder Singh Soin

Arvinder Singh Soin
Soin in 2021
EducationMBBS (AIIMS),
MS (AIIMS),
FRCS Cambridge University
Known forLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT)
Medical career
ProfessionLiver Transplant Surgeon
InstitutionsMedanta-The Medicity,
Sir Gangaram Hospital
Sub-specialtiesLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT)
ResearchTransplantation
AwardsPadma Shri (2010)

Arvinder Singh Soin is an Indian surgeon and the Chief Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon & Chairman of the Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity.[1] Known for his work in the field of liver transplantation, Soin also runs the Liver Transplant institute at the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai. He has performed more than 3500 living donor liver transplants in India.[2]

Education

Soin attended the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where he spent 11 years obtaining MBBS and MS degrees. He specialized in liver and gastrointestinal surgery, and obtained FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons) degrees from both Glasgow and Edinburgh in the UK.[3]

Honours

  • Padma Shri in 2010 for pioneering the development in Liver Transplantation in India.[4]
  • RD Birla Outstanding Clinician of the Year Award for 2010 [5]

References

  1. ^ "Dr. AS Soin, Chairman of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Dr. AS Soin - ILTS 2021". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Liver Transplant Surgery". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Dr Arvinder Singh Soin honoured with R D Birla Award". India Medical Times. 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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