Dr Sanjiv Saigal is working as Principal Director and Head, Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine at Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, Delhi, India. A skilled hepatologist, he has spearheaded the medical team of liver transplantation in one of the largest liver transplant programs in India for over 20 years now, with an experience in dealing with more than 3400 liver transplants. He is instrumental in establishing the first successful Transplant Hepatology program in India.
He had been the Section Editor for Liver, Doctor NDTV. He is a Member of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP, Edinburgh). He is also Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MAMS), New Delhi. He has been the Governing Council Member of Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL), and a member of several National Task Forces in diseases such as Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Acute Liver Failure, Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure, Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital
1983 - 1989
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
1991 - 1994
National Board of Examinations, Delhi
1996
Govinda Ballabh Pant Hospital
1995 - 1998
The Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh
1999
King’s College Hospital, London
1999 - 2001
Royal College of Gastroenterology, UK
2005
National Academy of Medical Sciences
2010
Jan 2021 - Till Date
Principal Director & Head - Hepatology & Liver Transplant Medicine, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, Delhi, India
Dec 2019 – Dec 2020
Senior Director - Hepatology and Liver Transplant, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon.
April 2012 – Dec 2019
Director Hepatology (Head-Transplant Hepatology), Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences & Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation & Regenerative Medicine, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon.
June 2010 - March 2012
Associate Director Hepatology (Head-Transplant Hepatology), Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences & Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation & Regenerative Medicine, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon.
Jan 2002- June 2010
Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Jan 2001-Sept 2001
Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, United Kingdom
Jan 1999 – Dec 2000
Clinical Fellow in Liver Transplantation, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Aug 1998 - Nov 1998
Attending Consultant in Gastroenterology at P.S.R. Institute for Liver, Renal and Digestive Diseases, New Delhi, India
June 1995 - July 1998
Senior Resident in Gastroenterology (DM Program), G. B. Pant Hospital (University of Delhi), New Delhi, India
July 1994 - May 1995
Senior Resident in the Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Jan 1994 - June 1994
Senior Resident in Internal Medicine including Emergency Medicine at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Jan 1991 - Dec 1993
Completed M.D. in Internal Medicine from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Aug 1989 - Dec 1990
House physician in the Dept. of Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, University of Calcutta, India
Aug 1988 - July 1989
Rotating Internship, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, University of Calcutta, India
