Dr. Sanjiv Saigal
Director
35 years of experienceGastroenterologist, Hepatologist, Liver Transplant Surgeons
MBBS, MD, DNB, DM, MRCP, Fellowship, CCST, MNAMS, FRCP
Max Smart Super Speciality Medical Centre, Saket, New Delhi
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Dr. Sanjiv Saigal is an eminent Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Liver Transplant Surgeon in New Delhi. He boasts more than 35 years of professional experience and has performed 4,500+ liver transplant procedures to date. Dr. Saigal focuses on diagnosing and managing alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, drug-induced liver disease, liver cancer, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He is skilled in both living donor and cadaveric liver transplants. Dr. Saigal earned his MBBS from Calcutta Univ. in 1989, MD in Internal Medicine from Postgraduate Inst. of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, in 1993, and DM in Gastroenterology from Govind Ballabh Pant Hosp., New Delhi, in 1998. Later, he went abroad to improve his skills in hepatology further and master the liver transplant procedure. In 1999, he earned an MRCP from the Royal Coll. of Physicians, Edinburg, UK, followed by a Fellowship in Liver Transplant from King’s Coll. Hosp., London, in 2001. Dr. Saigal also holds a certification of Completion of Specialist advanced training (CCST) in Gastroenterology and Hepatology from the Royal Coll. of Gastroenterology, UK. His international advanced training and certifications helped him in establishing the first successful transplant hepatology program in India. Dr. Saigal is engaged in research and workshops in gastroenterology and has published over 200 research publications and articles. He is known for managing complex medical cases and prioritizing accurate diagnosis and compassionate patient care. Dr. Saigal is an active part of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the Liver Transplantation Society of India, the Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation, and the Indian Association for the Study of Liver (IASL).Education
MBBS, Calcutta Univ., 1989 MD (Internal Medicine), Postgraduate Inst. of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1993 DNB, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, 1996 DM (Gastroenterology), Govind Ballabh Pant Hosp., New Delhi, 1998 MRCP, Royal Coll. of Physicians, Edinburg, UK, 1999 Fellowship in Liver Transplant, King’s Coll. Hosp., London, 2001 CCST (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Royal Coll. of Gastroenterology, UK, 2005 MNAMS (Gastroenterology), National Academy of Medical Sciences, 2010 Fellowship of Royal Coll. of Physicians (FRCP), Edinburgh, 2021 Fellowship of Royal Coll. of Physicians (FRCP), (Clinical and Transplant Hepatology), 2022Past Experience
Director and Founder, LivWell Health Foundation, 2020 Senior Director (Hepatology & Liver Transplant), Medanta Medicity, Gurugram, 2020 Consultant (Hepatology & Gastroenterology), Sir Ganga Ram Hosp., New Delhi, 2010 Consultant, King's Coll. Hosp., London, UK, 2001 Consultant, G.B Pant Hosp., 1998Awards
Human Care accolade, 2018 First Prize in the National Hepatology Quiz - 2006 National Hepatology Quiz First Prize in the National Hepatology Quiz held at Indian Association of Study of Liver (INASL) Meeting held at Nagpur, India 2006 National Pfizer accolade Winner for excellence in the third professional MBBS examination, 1988 Calcutta Univ. Medal for 3rd position in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the third professional MBBS exam, 1988 First position in the third professional MBBS exam, 1988 First position in Coll. in the third professional MBBS exam, Calcutta Univ., 1988
Associations/Membership
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Liver Transplantation Society of India International Liver Transplantation Society Asia Pacific Association for the Study of Liver (APASL) Indian Association for the Study of Liver National Academy of Medical Sciences (MAMS) Indian Society of Gastroenterology Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation Indian Medical Association
Paper Published
Dr. Sanjiv Saigal has published 200+ articles in reputed national and international gastroenterology and hepatology journals. Some of these are: Poudel, Shekhar & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2024). Basics and Art of Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 14. 101345. 10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101345. Singh, Shweta & Gain, Avijit & Jadaun, Shekhar & Saigal, Sanjiv & Gupta, Subash. (2024). Difficult transplant decisions in acute liver failure —Benefit versus futility, where to draw a line. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 43. 1-5. 10.1007/s12664-024-01579-1. Maiwall, Rakhi & Pal Singh, Satender & Angeli, Paolo & Moreau, Richard & Krag, Aleksander & Singh, Virender & Singal, Ashwani & Tan, S & Puri, Puneet & Mahtab, Mamun & Lau, George & Ning, Qin & Sharma, Manoj & Rao, P & Kapoor, Dharmesh & Gupta, Subash & Duseja, Ajay & Wadhawan, Manav & Jothimani, Dinesh & Sarin, Shiv. (2024). APASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of acute kidney injury in acute-on-chronic liver failure. Hepatology international. 18. 10.1007/s12072-024-10650-0. Bhangui, Prashant & Sah, Jayant & Choudhary, Narendra & Dm, Dheeraj & Gautam, Dheeraj & Gupta, Vikas & Rastogi, Amit & Piplani, Tarun & Saraf, Neeraj & Saigal, Sanjiv & Dm, Avi & Soin, & Pugh, Ctp. (2024). Transplantation Publish Ahead of Print Safe use of right lobe live donor livers with up to 20% macrovesicular steatosis without compromising donor safety and recipient outcome MELD -Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score SFS -Small for size. 10.1097/TP.00000000000028471. Poudel, Shekhar & Dhiman, Priyank & Jadaun, Shekhar & Maurya, Gaurav & Rana, Sarker & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Limitation of transient elastography in living donor liver transplant setting – A new insight. Clinical Transplantation. 38. 10.1111/ctr.15223. Singh, Shweta & Pampaniya, Hetal & Mehtani, Rohit & Jadaun, Shekhar & Kumar, Mukesh & Khurana, Saurabh & Das, Dibya & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Living donor liver transplant in acute on chronic liver failure grade 3: Who not to transplant. Digestive and Liver Disease. 56. 10.1016/j.dld.2023.07.024. Agrawal, Dhiraj & Ariga, Kishore & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Novel Four-way Simultaneous Liver paired exchange: is it Generalizable?. American Journal of Transplantation. 23. 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.08.008. Mehtani, Rohit & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Long Term Complications of Immunosuppression Post Liver Transplant. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.06.007. Agrawal, Dhiraj & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). “Early allograft dysfunction after living donor liver transplantation-current concepts and future directions.” Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 11 May. 2023. Liver Transplantation. Publish Ahead of Print. 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000173. Singh, Shivaram Prasad & Duseja, Ajay & Mahtab, Mamun & Anirvan, Prajna & Acharya, Subrat & Akbar, Sheikh & Bhat, Amna & Dassanayake, Anuradha & De, Arka & Dhakal, G.P. & Hamid, Saeed & Madan, Kaushal & Panigrahi, Manas & Rao, P.N. & Saigal, Sanjiv & Satapathy, Sanjaya & Shalimar, Dr & Shrestha, Ananta & Shukla, Akash & Wijewantha, Hasitha. (2023). INASL-SAASL Consensus Statements on NAFLD Name Change to MAFLD. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.12.011. Agrawal, Dhiraj & Saigal, Sanjiv & Polavarapu, Naveen & Poudel, Shekhar. (2023). Chapter 5. Recent advances in the management of severe alcoholic hepatitis. Handbook of Liver Emergencies. Page 45-55. ISBN 978-93-83988-44-0. Jadaun, Shekhar & Agarwal, Shaleen & Singh, Shweta & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Practice of ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplant in India: An Initial professional experience Based on a Survey. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.04.007. Duseja, Ajay & Singh, Shivaram Prasad & De, Arka & Madan, Kaushal & Padaki, Nagaraja & Rao, & Shukla, Akash & Choudhuri, Gourdas & Saigal, Sanjiv & Arora, Anil & Anand, Anil & Das, Ashim & Kumar, Ashish & Eapen, C.E. & Krishnadas, Devadas & Trivikrama, Shenoy & Panigrahi, Manas & Wadhawan, Manav & Rathi, Manish & Chawla, Yogesh. (2023). Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) Guidance publication on Nomenclature, Diagnosis and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Dhampalwar, Swapnil & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Bridging Therapies in Acute and Acute on Chronic Liver Failure. 10.1007/978-981-19-6045-1_32. Kumar, Ashish & Sarin, Shiv & Arora, Anil & Choudhury, Ashok & Arora, Vinod & Rela, Mohamed & Jothimani, Dinesh & Mahtab, Mamun & Devarbhavi, Harshad & Eapen, C.E. & Goel, Ashish & Yaghi, Cesar & Ning, Qin & Chen, Tao & Jia, Jidong & Zhongping, Duan & Hamid, Saeed & Butt, Amna & Jafri, Wasim & Saithanyamurthi, Hemamala. (2023). Predictive Scores for Mortality in MAFLD-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (MAFLD-ACLF): Development and Validation of MAFLD-MELD-Na and MAFLD-AARC Scores.. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S3-S4. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.07.013. Singh, Shweta & Mehtani, Rohit & Jadaun, Shekhar & Pampaniya, Hetal & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Living Donor Liver Transplant in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: who not to transplant. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S67-S68. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.07.120. Poudel, Shekhar & Jadaun, Shekhar & Singh, Shweta & Agarwal, Shaleen & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Challenges and Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation In Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: An professional experience From A High Volume Centre. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S64-S65. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.07.114. Jadaun, Shekhar & Poudel, Shekhar & Suroya, Naman & Dhiman, Priyank & Bhatia, Sushant & Kumar, Mukesh & Gupta, Anjali & Singh, Shweta & Agarwal, Shaleen & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2023). Primary Hepatic Amyloidosis Related Liver Failure Rescued with Living Donor Liver Transplant: A Case Report. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S64. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.07.113. Kuhad, Vikash & Jadaun, Shekhar & Dhankhar, Yash & Saigal, Sanjiv & Gupta, Subash & Agarwal, Shaleen & Singh, Shweta & Hasnain, Ana. (2022). An Unusual Case of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Secondary to Prostatic Abscess in a Patient with Cirrhosis Undergoing Liver Transplantation. Reddy, Mettu Srinivas & Mathur, Surendra & Sudhindran, Surendran & Gupta, Subhash & Rela, Mohamed & Soin, Arvinder & Mirza, Darius & Asthana, Sonal & Chinthakindi, Madhusudhan & Jacob, Mathew & Kumaran, Vinay & Modi, Pranjal & Mohanka, Ravi & Narasimhan, Gomathy & Pal, Sujoy & Pamecha, Viniyendra & Rastogi, Amit & Saigal, Sanjiv & Wadhawan, Manav. (2022). National Liver Allocation Policy (N-LAP) - Consensus document by the Liver Transplantation Society of India for a nationally uniform system of allocation of deceased donor liver grafts. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.12.001. Duseja, Ajay & Singh, Shivaram Prasad & De, Arka & Madan, Kaushal & Rao, Padaki & Shukla, Akash & Choudhuri, Gourdas & Saigal, Sanjiv & Shalimar, Dr & Arora, Anil & Anand, Anil & Das, Ashim & Kumar, Ashish & Eapen, C.E. & Krishnadas, Devadas & Trivikrama, Shenoy & Panigrahi, Manas & Wadhawan, Manav & Rathi, Manish & Chawla, Yogesh. (2022). Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) Guidance publication on Nomenclature, Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.11.014. Jadaun, Shekhar & Agarwal, Shaleen & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2022). Strategies for ABO Incompatible Liver Transplantation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.12.008. Jadaun, Shekhar & Mehtani, Rohit & Hasnain, Ana & Bhatia, Sushant & Moond, Vikash & Kumar, Mukesh & Kuhad, Vikash & Singh, Shweta & Agarwal, Shaleen & Gupta, Subash & Saigal, Sanjiv. (2022). Good Outcome of Living Donor Liver Transplant in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis- An professional experience From North India. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 12. 10.1016/j.jceh.2021.10.050. Agrawal, Dhiraj & Saigal, Sanjiv & Gupta, Subash. (2022). Paired exchange Living donor Liver Transplantation: Indications, stumbling blocks, and future considerations. JHepatol 2022. Journal of Hepatology. 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.10.019. Mehtani, Rohit & Saigal, Sanjiv & Jadaun, Shekhar & Agarwal, Shaleen & Singh, Shweta & Gupta, Subash. (2022). P9.41: Outcomes of Live Donor Liver Transplantation in Adult Patients With HPS – 10-Year professional experience From a Single Centre: A Retrospective Analysis. Transplantation. 106. S655-S655. 10.1097/01.tp.0000889160.24797.ed. Sharma, Sanchit & Agarwal, Samagra & Saraya, Anoop & Choudhury, Ashok & Mahtab, Mamun & Alam, Mohd & Saigal, Sanjiv & Kim, Dong Joon & Eapen, C.E. & Goel, Ashish & Ning, Qin & Devarbhavi, Harshad & Singh, Virendra & Shukla, Akash & Hamid, Saeed & Hu, Jinhua & Tan, Soek Siam & Arora, Anil & Sahu, Manoj & Yang, Jin. (2022). Acute variceal bleeding portends poor outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: a propensity score matched study from the APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC). Hepatology International. 16. 10.1007/s12072-022-10372-1.
Area of Expertise
- Abdominal Surgery
- Adhesion Lysis
- Appendectomy
- Biliary Drainage and Stenting
- Cardiomyotomy
- Cholecystectomy