Milestones achieved in transplantation by author in india

In Liver Transplantation in India, the author has the following FIRSTS TO HIS CREDIT as the Chief Surgeon assisted by the other members of the team:

• 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 Apollo - 1998
• 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 recently transplanted Mr. B.K. Kunhi, (69 years), who thus became India’s oldest recipient of a successful liver transplant
• In November 2006, his team became the first in South Asia to complete 100 liver transplants
• In December 2006, his team became the first in South Asia to complete 100 living donor liver transplants
• May 2007: World's first combined liver and kidney transplant from two live donors saves 15 year old with Hyperoxaluria
• July 2007: Dr Soin’s team conducts South Asia’s first double liver transplant in the same patient.
• September 2007: Dr Soin’s team conducts India’s first combined liver and kidney transplant in an adult (with both liver and kidney failure) using organs from two separate living donors.

Author'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

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

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

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