Milestones in liver transplantation in India achieved by

Dr A.S. Soin

• First successful cadaveric liver transplant in India - 1998
• First successful left lobe transplant in India - 1999
• First successful right lobe transplant in India - 2000
• First successful long distance cadaveric Liver Transplant in which the liver was flown in from Chennai and transplanted in Delhi - 1999.
• First successful transplant at SGRH - 2001
• First and the only successful combined liver and kidney transplant in India - 1999
• First successful reduced cadaveric liver transplant in a child - 2003
• First successful transplant in India on a Pakistani patient - 2004
• First bloodless liver transplant in India - 2005
• First successful emergency liver transplant on a patient transported to Delhi by air ambulance in deep coma - 2005
• He transplanted the youngest ever child to receive a successful liver transplant in India – 2006.
• He transplanted India’s oldest recipient (70 years) of a successful liver transplant
• In November 2006, his team became the first in South Asia to complete 100 liver transplants
• May 2007: World's first combined liver and kidney transplant from two live donors saves 15 year old with Hyperoxaluria
• July 2007: South Asia’s first double liver transplant in the same patient.
• September 2007: India’s first combined liver and kidney transplant in an adult (with both liver and kidney failure) using organs from two separate living donors.
• India’s first successful dual lobe liver transplant (two liver transplants in one man – 2007)
• India’s first combined liver and kidney transplant in an adult (with both liver and kidney failure) using organs from two separate living donors – 2007
• India’s first successful re-liver transplant (in a patient who received a liver transplant 1.5 years earlier) – 2008
• India’s first and world’s youngest successful domino liver transplant in 2009
• India’s first (and the World’s first reported) swap liver transplant (exchange of liver donors between two families) 2009
• India’s smallest liver transplant recipient (5kg) – 2010
• India’s first team to complete 50 liver transplants in children – 2010

Dr A.S. Soin's academic awards and achievements


National Award
Dr AS Soin awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 for pioneering the development of Liver Transplantation in India.

Other awards

1. Annual research awards of the British Transplantation Society - 1994
2. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Research Award - 1996
3. Annual research awards of the British Transplantation Society - 1997
4. Delhi Medical Association Distinguished Services Award - 2005 for pioneering contributions in the field of Transplantation in India
5. Medindia Oration Award for 2008 for pioneering contributions to Liver Transplantation in India

Orations: Delivered 3 prestigious orations

1. Naseem Ansari Oration at King George Medical College, Lucknow, 2007
2. Medindia Oration at Chennai, 2008
3. K.E.M. Mumbai, Oration, 2009

Honorary Fellowship
Bestowed Honorary Fellowship of the King George Medical College at the Annual Convocation in 2007.

Visiting Professorship
Appointed Visiting Professor in Liver Surgery at K.E.M. Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai - in 2009.

Invited lectures
Delivered more than 450 papers and invited lectures all over the world in his field.