Dr. Subhash Gupta

Brief Profile:

Dr.Subhash Gupta is accredited all over the world for his leading work in liver transplantation in the Indian subcontinent.[1] Dr.Subhash Gupta and his team has successfully conducted 300 Living Donor Liver Transplant in 2013 at Centre for Liver and Biliary sciences situated at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi which makes them the Most busiest and only Centre of the World.This has meant that 600 major Liver Surgeries each lasting 12 to 16 hours were conducted in 2013. This is an Amazing exercise and very few Centres in the World have managed to complete as any number of Transplants in One Year.

Dr.Subhash Gupta JoinedSir Ganga Ram Hospital in 1998 and set up Liver Transplantation along with Dr. S Nundy. The department conducted the first liver transplant in 2001. This was a deceased donor liver transplant. Along with Dr. S Nundy he started living donor liver transplantation as the predominant form of liver transplantation. After a slow start, the liver transplantation program took off with 66 transplants in 2006.[2] He has pioneered the Development of LDLT in India.Previously patients had to travel abroad to get this treatment at a very high cost.His surgical techniques have brought down the cost to a fraction of what it costs elsewhere and made Liver Transplant available to patients from the India, Africa, Middle East and Far East.

He has published over a 100 papers on surgery and transplantation, along with significant contributions to numerous books in his field. He has focused his clinical & research activities towards the medical management of patients with liver diseases

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• He has pioneered the development of Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) in India
• He has published over 30 papers on different aspects of Living Donor liver transplant in indexed journals
• He has been honored with the position of Professorship in Surgery from Apollo Health Education and Research Foundation
• The Institute of Post Graduate Education and Medical Research, Kolkata has also honored him with the position of Professor of Liver Transplantation
• Delhi Medical Association awarded him with a Gold Medal in 2005. The Rotary Association of India has honored him for excellence in clinical medicine in 2012
• In 2012, the Delhi Medical Association honored him with the award of Vishist Chikitsh Rattan (Distinguished Clinician) on Doctor Day
• In 2014, he & has team were one of the finalists for the category “Surgical team of the year” for BMJ India awards
• Apollo Health foundation has made him an honorary Professor of Surgery
• In 2016, the Uttar Pradesh government has awarded him the prestigious “YASH BHARTI” award
• In 2016, the Medical Council of India has awarded him the prestigious “B.C. Roy” award