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| name = Arvinder Singh Soin
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|1|5}}
| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], [[United Kingdom]]
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| nationality = Indian
| education = MBBS ([[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|AIIMS]]), MS (AIIMS), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Glas), FRCS (Transplant Surgery) - Cambridge, UK

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| known_for = Pioneering Liver Transplantation, Transplant surgery, Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)
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| profession = Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon
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| work_institutions = [[Medanta|Medanta-The Medicity]], <br/>[[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Gangaram Hospital]]
| specialism = Pioneer in Liver Transplantation, <br/>Transplant surgery, <br/>Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)
| research_field = Research in transplantation, University of Cambridge
| prizes = [[Padma Shri]], RD Birla National Award, Swasth Bharat Samman Award- Zee TV, MSOSA Award for Excellence, Medical Statesman of the Year (2012) E-MEDINEWS AWARDS
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'''Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin''' is the Chief Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon & Chairman of the Institute of [[Liver Transplantation]] and [[Regenerative Medicine]], [[Medanta|Medanta-The Medicity]], [[India]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.medanta.org/doctors/dr-arvinder-singh-soin |title=Dr. AS Soin, Chairman of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine |access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref> A surgeon and pioneer in the field of liver transplantation, acknowledged for his work in establishing liver transplantation in India. Dr. Soin also runs the Liver Transplant institute at the [[Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital]], Mumbai. Dr Soin has performed more than 3500 living donor liver transplants in India,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2021.ilts.org/dt_speakers/dr-as-soin/ |title=Dr. AS Soin - ILTS 2021 |access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref> which is the highest in the country, and the second-highest in the world.

==Early life and education==
Arvinder Singh Soin was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom in the year 1963. He went on to study medicine and surgery from India and UK. An alumnus of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]], where he spent 11 years gaining his MBBS and MS degrees. After which he pursued further studies to gain specialist experience in Liver and Gastrointestinal Surgery, during which he worked on the research thesis of Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy. Further, he also obtained FRCS ([[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons]]) degrees from both Glasgow and Edinburgh in the UK. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rfhospital.org/doctors/liver-transplant-surgery/dr-arvinder-singh-soin |title=Liver Transplant Surgery |access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>

Dr Soin was one of the first few surgeons in the UK to qualify for and obtain an Intercollegiate FRCS in Transplant Surgery. He trained and worked at the [[University of Cambridge]] for 5 years and the [[University of Birmingham]] for a year for Liver and Biliary Surgery, Liver, Kidney, Small Bowel and Pancreas transplantation.

==Professional Experience==
From 2001 to 2010, he established a humongous liver transplant centre at Sir Gangaram Hospital. In June 2010, he moved with his entire team to Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon (Delhi-NCR), where he established a 150-bedded (including 36 Liver ICU beds) dedicated Liver Treatment facility, carrying out 250 liver transplants and hundreds of complex liver and biliary tract surgeries every year.

==Research==
Dr A S Soin is recognized for his pioneering research in the field of liver transplantation and establishing Liver Transplantation in India in 1998 when he performed the country’s first successful transplant. At Cambridge, he conducted successful research in transplantation, for which more than 110 of his original research papers and book contributions have been published in international and national journals & books.

==Faculty & Speaker==
* Dr Soin was a Surgical Tutor at the University of Cambridge and also a Faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons of England twice.

* He was a visiting fellow at the Kyoto University Hospital in 1997 and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, in 2000.

* He was a visiting faculty at the Ege University, Izmir, Turkey in 2004 and Istanbul in 2006 & 2007.

* He is a regular Faculty member and speaker, often the only one from India, at most of the world's fora in Liver Transplantation such as ILTS, AASLD, APDW, IHPBA, IASGO, APASL, Asian Living Donor Liver Transplant Group and Asia Pacific Organ Transplant Forum.

* Dr Soin also serves on the committees of all the important National and International Societies, as well as the National Advisory Board in Liver Transplantation.

==Recognitions==
# Awarded [[Padma Shri]] by the President of India in 2010 for pioneering the development in Liver Transplantation in India. <ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
# Awarded the [[Rameshwar Das Birla|RD Birla]] Outstanding Clinician of the Year Award for the year 2010 <ref name="RD Birla Award">{{cite web |title=Dr Arvinder Singh Soin honoured with R D Birla Award |publisher=India Medical Times |date=2011 |access-date=21 July 2018 | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2011/04/20/dr-arvinder-singh-soin-honoured-with-r-d-birla-award/|archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
# Awarded the Zee TV - Swasth Bharat Samman Award for pioneering Liver Transplantation, 2011
# Medical Statesman of the Year - E-MEDINEWS AWARDS, 2012
# MSOSA Award for Excellence, 2014

==Breakthrough Cases==
* First successful cadaveric liver transplant in India <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=62422&sid=2 | title=Padma Shri Dr Arvinder Singh Soin gets RD Birla National Award |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* First successful left lobe liver transplant in India <ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianpediatrics.net/march2001/march-287-291.htm | title=India’s First Successful Pediatric Liver Transplant |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* First successful reduced cadaveric liver transplant in a child <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030822/main5.htm | title=Liver transplant gives new lease of life to 9-year-old |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* First bloodless liver transplant in India <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/pak-boy-receives-first-bloodless-liver-transplant/articleshow/1092389.cms | title=Pak boy receives first bloodless liver transplant |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/science-tech/a-challenging-problem/cid/1537061 | title=A challenging problem |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* First bloodless liver transplant in India <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pak-boy-youngest-to-have-liver-transplant/articleshow/1844572.cms | title=Pak boy youngest to have liver transplant |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* India's youngest ever recipient (11 months) to receive a successful liver transplant.
* 78-yr-old man is oldest to undergo liver transplant <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/78-yr-old-man-is-oldest-to-undergo-liver-transplant/articleshow/9263454.cms | title=78-yr-old man is oldest to undergo liver transplant |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* India's first successful re-transplant (on a patient a year and a half after the first) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Sons-donate-half-a-liver-each-to-dad/articleshow/2886180.cms | title=Sons donate half a liver each to dad |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* India's first and world's youngest Domino liver transplant <ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/domino-effect-two-toddlers-cured-with-one-donor-liver/ | title=Domino effect: Two toddlers cured with one donor liver |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/rare-liver-surgeries-on-kids/articleshow/4156888.cms | title=Rare liver surgeries on kids |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* India's smallest liver transplant recipient (6kg) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.ndtv.com/moretogive/2-month-old-nigerian-baby-undergoes-liver-transplant-delhi-824/ | title=2-Month-Old Nigerian Baby Undergoes Liver Transplant In Delhi |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* India's first (and the world's first reported) successful swap liver transplant <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Indiarsquos-first-successful-swap-lung-transplant-performed-at-Ganga-Ram-Hospital/article16875851.ece | title=India’s first successful swap lung transplant performed at Ganga Ram Hospital |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nigerian-infant-indian-in-swap-liver-transplants/articleshow/4913040.cms | title=Nigerian infant, Indian in swap liver transplants |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* World's first chain of three simultaneous liver transplants (combined domino and swap) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/six-simultaneous-liver-transplants-save-lives-of-3-kids/story-YfbsCEJFg7nyklJKFGGVVI.html | title=Six simultaneous liver transplants save lives of 3 kids |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
* India's first successful Intestinal Transplant <ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nigerian-infant-indian-in-swap-liver-transplants/articleshow/4913040.cms | title=Software engineer gets first successful intestinal transplant |access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>

==Publications==
# Soin AS, Amanjit Singh; Recanalized umbilical vein as a conduit for anterior sector venous outflow reconstruction in right lobe grafts. Surgery. 2007 Jun;141(6):830. Epub 2007 Apr 17.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.surgjournal.com/article/S0039-6060(07)00116-X/fulltext |title=Recanalized umbilical vein as a conduit for anterior sector venous outflow reconstruction in right lobe grafts |access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>
# Varma V, Gupta S, Soin A, Nundy S. Does the presence of a lump or jaundice in a patient with gall bladder cancer mean the lesion is not respectable. Dig Surg 2009; 26:306-311<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19657192/ |title=Does the presence of jaundice and/or a lump in a patient with gall bladder cancer mean that the lesion is not resectable? |access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/00391/AS_Soin.html NDTV expert panel]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rd-birla-award-for-dr-arvinder-singh-soin/777221/ R D Birla Award] Indian Express 17 April 2011
* [http://www.whatclinic.com/transplant/india/gurgaon/dr-as-soin-liver-transplant-india Dr. Soin's profile at WhatClinic]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100831/http://www.mydocadvisor.com/DoctorDetail.aspx?Id=386&HospitalId=215&CId=255 Dr. Soin at MyDocAdvisor]
* [http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/dr-arvinder-singh-soin-receives-r-d-birla-award/article_22581 Dr. Soin receives R.D. Birla award]
* [http://www.sikhchic.com/people/dr_arvinder_singh_soin_miracle_worker Miracle Worker]
* [http://www.medanta.org/liver_transplantation.aspx Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine]
* [https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/medanta-mediclinic-brings-world-class-liver-care-jammu Medanta Mediclinic brings world-class liver care to Jammu]
* [https://www.ndtv.com/blog/national-health-protection-scheme-hope-or-hype-1823449 National Health Protection Scheme: Hope Or Hype? - Blog by Dr. Soin]
* [https://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2018/04/medanta-organises-international-liver-symposium Medanta organises International Liver Symposium] Liver Symposium Organised by Dr. Soin
*[https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-world-s-smallest-baby-gets-liver-transplant/story-xDOTszVolg5eaS4z4DLJuL.html World's Smallest baby gets Liver Transplant from Dr. Soin's Team]

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