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

• X standard: Ranked 15th in India in the National Board Examination.
• XII standard: Ranked 17th in India in the National Board Exam.
• National Talent Scholarship for 9 years.
• Best Postgraduate Student in Surgery in 1989 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
• Awraded British Transplantation Society Bursary (1994) for research presentation at the Kyoto World Transplant Congress.
• Awarded British Transplantation Society Bursary (1997) for Visiting Fellowship at the Kyoto Liver Transplant Unit.
• Awarded Research Grant of the year from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1996.
• DMA Distinguished Services Award on July 1, 2005 for outstanding contribution to and pioneering achievements in Liver Transplantation in India.

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