Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin has made phenomenal contribution in the field of hepatitis B, C and liver diseases nationally and internationally. His approach for Primary Prevention of variceal bleeding by band ligation has become the standard of care worldwide.
The Gastric Varices nomenclature bearing his name ‘Sarin’s Classification of Gastric Varices’, is followed universally. He has helped describe two new disease entities ‘Portal Biliopathy’ & ‘Acute-on-Chronic liver Failure’ and in developing 17 major treatment guidelines, including spearheading five major Asian Pacific Treatment Guidelines in liver diseases. He has won seven gold medals, MD in General Medicine from Rajasthan University & DM in Gastroenterology from the AIIMS. He moved to the GB Pant Hospital of Delhi University in 1983, becoming the Head of Gastroenterology in 1997. Currently, he is the Professor & Head, Department of Hepatology and Director, Institute of liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi. He is also awarded Padma Bhushan for his overall seminal contributions to the Medical field in India in 2007.