Dr. Punit Singla
Director & HOD, Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery
Marengo Asia Hospitals, Faridabad (NCR)
ABOUT THE DOCTOR
Graduation & Post Graduation from MPSMC, Jamnagar, 1987-1997., Trained and qualified in Neuro Surgery from Apollo Hospital, Chennai, 1996-2006.
Worked as a full-time Neuro and Spine Surgeon at H. J. Doshi Hospital, Rajkot, 2006-2010, and Sterling Hospital, Rajkot & Kutch from 2010-2014.
Working in Marengo CIMS Hospital as a Full-Time Neuro & Spine Surgeon since November 2014. Fellowship in Neurovascular Surgery from Fujita Health University, Japan, February – March 2018.
EDUCATION
- MBBS – Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab
- MS – SPMC, Bikaner, Rajsthan
- DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology) – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi
- Liver Transplant. Fellowship- Medanta-the Medicity, Gurugram
EXPERIENCE
He has performed complex cases in HPB surgery and more than 1500 liver transplanta- tion including young pediatric cases needing reduced graft, Living donor liver transplant with IVC replacement, Transplant with complex anatomy, ABO incompatible liver transplant, resection of large liver tumors, urgent/emer- gency liver transplants for liver failure cases, simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation, and split liver transplantation in cadaveric
EXPERTISE
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Minimal Invasive Liver Donor Surgery
- Paediatric Liver Transplant
- Liver Cancer
MEMBERSHIPS
- IASG (Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology)
- ASI (Association of Surgeons of India)
- LTSI (Liver Transplantation Society Of India)
- ILTS (International Liver Transplant Society)
- AMASI
PAST EXPERIENCES
Worked as Associate Consultant at Medanta – the Medicity, in Institute of liver transplantation and regenerative medicine. He established and raised the liver transplant program in Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram in 2014. He has also done a variety of procedures related to liver diseases, HPB surgery & Transplants in Jaypee Hospital, Noida & has worked with many reputed and renowned hospitals of North India.
He strengthened the Liver transplant team, when he joined Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana in 2017. Under his leader- ship and vision, the team established first independent living donor liver transplant program in the state of Punjab, India. Under his leadership, team was trained to handle all sort of difficult cases in ICU and operation theater. The team did both adult and pediatric liver transplants. He also performed urgent liver transplantation for acute liver failure.
He has trained young liver transplant surgeons in living donor surgery and liver transplant. He supported various liver transplant program across the country.