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Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin

India

Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin, MD, DM, D.Sc. (Hony.), FNA, FNAS, is the Professor of Eminence, Dept of Hepatology, Chancellor and Director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi. He was instrumental in setting up the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, under the auspices of the Govt of Delhi. He is the Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Chronic Liver diseases and Viral Hepatitis at ILBS. He serves as Adjunct Faculty, Molecular Medicine at JNU due to his deep interest and contributions to translational science. He has been conferred with Honorary Doctorate [D.Sc.] from five universities.

He is credited with several new treatment protocols for liver diseases, especially variceal bleeding, liver regeneration, hepatitis B and acute-on-chronic liver failure.  He has more than 960 publications to his credit, edited 13 books on liver diseases and contributed 93 chapters in various medical textbooks. His book, ‘Own Your Body’ has helped the common man understand metabolic and liver health and self-care across the world. He has helped develop 21 major guidelines; including six major Asian Pacific Treatment Guidelines in Liver diseases. Prof. Sarin has shown leadership roles in being the President of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Indian Association for the Study of the Liver, Asian Pacific Association of Liver (APASL), and Chairman Steering Committee of the APASL.

He has been awarded the prestigious Henry L. Bockus Medal - 2017 by World Gastroenterology Organisation and gave the Ralph Kohn Memorial Lecture at the Institute of Hepatology, London, Prof. Telfer Reynolds Memorial Oration at the University of Southern California. He has been bestowed with Padma Bhushan by the Govt of India. He is also a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, The World Academy of Medical Sciences (TWAS) International Prize, EASL International Recognition Award, Om Prakash Bhasin Award, Dhanvantri Medical Award, Ranbaxy Medical Sciences Award, and the ‘Best Teacher’ Award, besides being a founding Editor of Hepatology International.  He developed the ‘Vision 2015’ document for Medical Education in India alongside other Board of Governors during his tenure as Chairman of Medical Council of India.