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Dr. Punit Singla

Best Liver Transplant Surgeon in India

Liver Transplant & GI Surgeon | MBBS, MS, DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology)

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About Dr. Punit Singla

Liver Transplant and GI Surgeon MBBS, MS, DNB (Surgical gastroenterology)

Dr. Punit Singla is one of the most accomplished Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant Surgeon in Delhi, NCR currently working with reputed hospitals in India.

In his surgical career of more than 25 years plus experience, he has performed 2500+ liver transplantation and surgeries including gastro-intestinal tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas.

His expertise includes Liver transplant, liver, biliary tract and pancreatic surgeries, minimally invasive surgeries required for benign and malignant disease of gastro-intestinal tract and hepato-pancreatic-biliary tract. Surgeries for bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) need careful planning and precision.

He believes that every patient has different needs as per the stage of their disease. In addition to standard protocol-based management, certain patients need higher attention and individualized care. So, he and his team plan the management of every patient as per individual requirement of the patient.

He has trained young surgeons in field of liver surgery and liver transplantation. He has not only helped them to learn surgical techniques, but also guided and provided support for successfully running liver transplant programs.

Dr Punit Singla is active member of academic programs and various medical organizations like Association of Surgeons of India, Association of minimal access surgeons of India, founder member of liver transplant society of India. He has presented medical papers in various national and international conferences.

He serves the patients with ethical practice and scientific methods while doing innovations in medical field. His areas of interest include Liver transplant (Living and cadaveric), minimal invasive liver donor surgery, acute liver failure, pediatric liver transplant, liver cancer and making donor surgery safer.

He believes in coherent relationships among team members with principle to grow together. He is compassionate to provide world class care to his patients with empathy and ethics. Patient’s interest is of top most priority.

Experience and Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) — July 1996 – Dec 2000, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
  • Clinical Rotating Internship — Jan 2001 – Dec 2001, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, India
  • Masters in General Surgery (M.S.) — May 2003 – Apr 2006, Sardar Patel Medical College, PBM Hospital, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
  • Diplomate of National Board (D.N.B.) Gastro-intestinal Surgery — Feb 2008 – Feb 2011, Department Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
  • Liver Transplantation Fellowship, Associate consultant — Apr 2011 – June 2014, Hepato-biliary & Liver Transplant Surgeon, Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation & Regenerative Medicine, Gurgaon
  • Laparoscopy course — Aug 2014, GEM Institute, Coimbatore
  • Micro-vascular Anastomosis Course — Jan 2016, Chennai
  • Consultant, Hepato-biliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon — July 2014-Oct 2016, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon.
  • Consultant, Hepato-biliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon — Jan 2017 to Sep 2019, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
  • Associate Director, Liver Transplant & GI surgery — Dec 2019 – Mar 2021, Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka, Delhi
  • Director, Liver Transplant & GI surgery — Sep 2019 – March 2023, Jaypee Hospital, Noida
  • Group Director, Liver Transplant & GI surgery — March 2023 onwards, Marengo Asia Hospital, Faridabad, Ahmedabad, Gurugram
Research and Publications
  • Soundapaan, Swaminathan, Punit Singla et al: Ex Vivo reconstruction of right lobe liver graft with Dacron caval interposition graft for BUDD Chiari syndrome without venovenous bypass. ACTA Scientific clinical research, 2020
  • Singla P, Soin AS (2016): Complications of Living Donor Liver Transplantation: 1255-1277. In PK Mishra: Textbook of Surgical gastroenterology. India: Jaypee.
  • Mohanka R, Singla P, Soin AS (2015): Liver Transplantation. In Mahmud H, Akbar MF, Mahtab Mamun Al, Kumar PJ: Textbook of Hepato-gastroenterology. Bangladesh: Jaypee.
  • Soin AS, Mohanka R, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Goja S, Menon B, Vohra V, Saigal S, Sud R, Kumar D, Bhangui P, Ramachandra S, Singla P, Shetty G, Raghvendra K, Elmagd KM. India’s first successful intestinal transplant: the road traveled and the lessons learnt. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar;33(2):104-13.
  • Soin AS, Raut V, Mohanka R, Rastogi A, Goja S, Balachandran M, Saigal S, Saraf N, Bhangui P, Sumana KR, Singla P, Srinivasan T, Choudhary N, Tiwari A, Raina V, Govil D, Mohan N, Vohra V. The use of ABO-incompatible grafts in living donor liver transplantation – first report from India. Indian J Gastroenterol.
  • Chattopadhyay S, Govindasamy M, Singla P, Varma V, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Nundy S. Portal biliopathy in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: does the type of surgery affect outcome? HPB (Oxford). 2012 Jul;14(7):441-7.
  • Soin AS, Mohanka R, Singla P, Piplani T, Menon B, Kakodkar R, Rastogi A, Goja S, Kumaran V, Nundy S. Segment IV preserving middle hepatic vein retrieval in right lobe living donor liver transplantation. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Aug;213(2):e5-16
  • Gupta M, Dhar S, Dinesh BV, Lalwani S, Singla P, Yadav A, Kumaran V, Mehta N, Varma V, Nundy S. Colonic fistula complicating severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis. The Ganga Ram Journal 2011;1(1):3-7.
  • Gupta M, Nimbalkar S, Singla P, Kumaran V, Mohanka R, Mehta N, Saluja S, Soin AS, Nundy S. Abdominal packing for surgically uncontrollable haemorrhage. Trop Gastroenterol. 2010 Jan-Mar;31(1):61-4.
Webinars & Conferences Attended
  • Webinar — Liver Care in COVID times, May 2021, Delhi
  • Webinar — Anidulafungin in Invasive Candidiasis, Oct 2020, Delhi
  • Webinar — Managing bacterial infections with Penem antibiotics, Sep 2020, Delhi
Affiliations and Memberships
  • Association of Surgeons of India (ASI Life member, FL 30675)
  • Association of Minimal access surgeons of India (AMASI Life member, 5620)
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG Life member, S 209)
  • Liver Transplantation Society of India — Founder member (LTSI/2018/0051)
  • International Liver Transplant Society
  • National Talent Scholarship: NCERT, Government of India, 1978
  • Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Australia, 2008
  • Delhi Medical Council, gold medal, 2005
  • Professor of Liver Transplantation, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, 2010
  • Rotary Club: Distinguished Clinician Award, 2011
  • Delhi Medical Council: Vishist Chikitsak Rattan, 2012
  • Nominee: Central Government, MGM Medical College
  • Dr. BC Roy Memorial Award, Medical Council Of India
Honors and Awards
  • First prize in inter college surgical quiz on Coloproctology at JLN Medical College, Ajmer — 2005
  • Best Poster award at conference of IASG 2009 at Mumbai.
  • Travel Bursary Award in conference of IASG 2010 at Hyderabad
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