Dr. Vijay Vohra
Speciality : Liver transplantation Surgery
Experience: 53+ years of experience
Hospital : Medanta- The Medicity
Brief about doctor:
- Headed the anaesthesia team that participated in all the firsts of liver transplantation in India.
- Trained anaesthetists and intensivists from India and abroad in Transplant Anaesthesia.
- Dr Vijay Vohra has more than 53+ years of experience in Anesthesiology after his qualification. He headed the team that established Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care at two major centres in India- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Medanta- The Medicity.
Education & Training:
- MBBS Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 1972
- MD Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi University 1978
- FRCA Royal College of Anesthesia, London 1986
- Clinical Fellowship in Liver Transplant St. James Hospital, U.K. 1998
Special areas of interest:
- Liver Transplantation
- GI Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery
Award:
- Distinguished Service Award in Cardiac Surgery, Government of India, 2002
- Achievement Award for starting the cardiac surgery programme in Norvic Hospital, 2002
- Gold medal for best scientific publications by Cardiologist Society of India, 2001
- Distinguished Services Award for starting the cardiac surgery programme in Jammu Medical College, 2001
Medanta – The Medicity Hospital
- Medanta – The Medicity is amongst India’s largest and most renowned multi-super speciality healthcare centre with 1250 beds, 29 super speciality units and more than 800 accomplished doctors.
- Supported by state-of-art infrastructure, all the departments in the hospital are fully equipped with cutting-edge technology, modular Operation Theatre and modernized monitoring systems in ICUs.
- The panel of doctors from Medanta, headed by A.S.Soin performed the first successful intestinal transplant in India.
