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{{Short description|Indian gastroenterologist and hepatologist}}
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'''Shiv Kumar Sarin''' is an Indian physician; a [[hepatologist]] and, [[gastroenterologist]]. Under of Delhi Government, he set up the [[Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences|Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)]]; the largest liver hospital and a deemed Liver [[Deemed university|University]], and a WHO Centre in [[Vasant Kunj]], [[Delhi]]. He has received [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |url=https://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=34 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=ssbprize.gov.in}}</ref> The World Academy of Science Prize, and [[Padma Bhushan Awards (2000-09)|Padma Bhushan]] in 2007.<ref>{{Citation |title=List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009) |date=2023-11-03 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)&oldid=1183368804 |access-date=2024-02-05 |language=en}}</ref> He served as Chairman Board of Governors of Medical Council of India and shaped the New Medical Education Vision, including NEET and NEXT exams. He is a leader in science and served as the President of the Asian Pacific Association for study of Liver and is currently the President of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences|National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS)]] of India (2021-2024).

== Biography ==
Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin, Chancellor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, is an Indian physician; a [[hepatologist]] and, [[gastroenterologist]], and public health advocate. He established the [[Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences]] (ILBS) under Delhi Govt., a Liver University in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Dr. Sarin is currently the President of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences|National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)]].<ref>{{Citation |title=National Academy of Medical Sciences |date=2023-11-03 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Academy_of_Medical_Sciences&oldid=1183244038 |access-date=2024-02-05 |language=en}}</ref> He is also serving as an Adjunct Faculty of Molecular Medicine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adjunct Faculty {{!}} Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/scmm-adjunct_faculty |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.jnu.ac.in}}</ref> at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], Delhi.

== Academic career ==
[[File:The Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences.jpg|thumb|235px|The Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, Vasant Kunj]]

With 7 gold medals in M.B.B.S. and one in L.L.B (law), he continued academic excellence by being a Fogarty Fellow, Japanese SPH Fellow, and Fellow of all science academies in India. His research has enriched the discipline of Liver Diseases with nearly 850 publications, with an H-index of 116, and more than '''72,439 citations'''. His seminal work on band ligation for prevention of variceal bleeding in The NEJM<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sarin |first=Shiv Kumar |date=1999 |title=Comparison of endoscopic ligation and propranolol for the primary prevention of variceal bleeding |url=https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM199904013401302?articleTools=true |journal=The New England Journal of Medicine |volume=340 |issue=13 |pages=988–993 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199904013401302 |pmid=10099140 |via=|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and Sarin’s Classification of Gastric Varices<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sarin |first1=Shiv K. |last2=Lahoti |first2=Deepak |last3=Saxena |first3=Sanjay P. |last4=Murthy |first4=Nandguri S. |last5=Makwana |first5=Uday K. |date=December 1992 |title=Prevalence, Classification and Natural History of Gastric Varices: A Long–Term Follow–Up Study in 568 Portal Hypertension Patients |url=https://journals.lww.com/hep/abstract/1992/12000/prevalence,_classification_and_natural_history_of.6.aspx |journal=Hepatology |language=en-US |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=1343–1349 |doi=10.1002/hep.1840160607 |pmid=1446890 |issn=0270-9139}}</ref> are universally accepted. He described two new disease entities; Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Portal biliopathy. He is credited globally to give a large number of new protocols for the management of liver disease patients. His use of growth factors to stimulate bone marrow for liver regeneration as an alternative to liver transplant opened new treatment vistas. He pioneered fecal microbiota transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis.

He is the founder Chief-editor of ''Hepatology International'', a [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] Nature publication.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hepatology International |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/12072/editors |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=SpringerLink |language=en}}</ref> Dr. Sarin was able to set-up the ''Asian Pacific School of Hepatology'' at ILBS since 2012.

'''''Policy Initiatives:'''''

As Chairman of Board of Governors of Medical Council of India (MCI), he introduced seminal reforms in medical education, and scripted ‘Vision 2015’<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://www.mciindia.org/tools/announcement/MCI_booklet.pdf |access-date=2024-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717115215/http://www.mciindia.org/tools/announcement/MCI_booklet.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2013 }}</ref> of Medical Education in India. The ‘National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)’ and common exit examination (now called NEXT) were his brainchild and are serving well the country. He chaired policy initiatives for ''Integrating Ayurveda and Modern System'' of Medicine at Niti Aayog''.''

He helped and led the GoI in 2021 into Integration of ''Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)'' within the ambit of NCDs, making ''India the first country'' globally (covered by the Lancet,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sarin |first1=Shiv Kumar |last2=Prasad |first2=Manya |last3=Ramalingam |first3=Archana |last4=Kapil |first4=Umesh |date=2021-10-01 |title=Integration of public health measures for NAFLD into India's national programme for NCDs |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468125321002648 |journal=The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology |volume=6 |issue=10 |pages=777–778 |doi=10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00264-8 |pmid=34509189 |issn=2468-1253|url-access=subscription }}</ref> applauded by DG, WHO).

He initiated and guided the launch of the first Universal Hepatitis B vaccination program for newborns in India in Delhi, in 2001. He was instrumental in development of ''“National Viral Hepatitis Control Program”'', implemented by the GoI in 2018. He helped set-up the National Liver Disease Bio-bank with the help of DBT.

'''''Community service:'''''

He championed to generate public awareness on Hepatitis B, by organizing "''Yellow Ribbon Campaign''" since 1998, observed as Hepatitis Awareness Day by GNCTD for 25 years. In 2013, he also initiated the “Healthy Liver-Healthy India”, a campaign to focus on liver health. Dr. Sarin launched ''“Empathy”'' (Empowering People Against Hepatitis), a program to give equal rights to more than 50 million people living with hepatitis [2018]. In 2020-2023 parliamentarians at the Sansad, pledged to eliminate hepatitis B and C from India. Initiated ''HepiSchool'' (Hepatitis Initiated School) program [2018-19] for Delhi Govt. schools for protection of children from hepatitis. His “Liv Healthy” mission is core to major health programs [2018] and runs mobile Liver Vans in Delhi. Started SMiLES (Stronger India through a Million Health Educated Students) project for young and healthy India.

Set-up the First Plasma Bank in India for Covid patients at ILBS under the GNCTD. This 24x7 bank, served and issued more than 8,000 plasma units.

== Positions ==
Dr. Sarin is a Senior Professor of Hepatology and Chancellor of ILBS University. He set-up a WHO collaborative center on liver diseases at ILBS and is its Director. He is a former President of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver, and the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) and is serving as Chairman of the Steering Committee of APASL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver [APASL] » Steering Committee |url=http://apasl.info/about/steering-committee/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=apasl.info}}</ref> He is also the Patron of the APASL-ACLF Research Consortium (AARC), having 26 member countries.

== Awards and honors ==
[[File:K. Shankarnarayanan, the Union Home Minister, Shri Sushilkumar Shinde and Padmavibhushan Dr. B. K. Goyal felicitated Dr. Shivkumar Sarin by “41th Dhanvantari Award 2013”, organized by Dhanvantari Medical Foundation.jpg|thumb|K. Shankarnarayanan, the Union Home Minister, Shri Sushilkumar Shinde and Padmavibhushan Dr. B. K. Goyal felicitated Dr. Shivkumar Sarin by “41th Dhanvantari Award 2013”, organized by Dhanvantari Medical Foundation]]
Sarin was awarded the Japanese Research Science Award in 1986<ref name="Indian Fellow">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Indian Fellow |url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=P04-1373 |access-date=16 June 2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}{{dead link|date=May 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and the Hoechst Om Prakash Memorial Award in 1987.<ref name="NAMS Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=NAMS Fellow | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> He received the Ranbaxy Research Science Award in Medical Sciences in 1994 followed by [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR), the highest Indian award in the science category in 1996.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=34 |access-date=16 June 2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref> The Association of Physicians of India (API) awarded him the ''Gifted Teacher Award'' in 1999 and Amrut Mody Unichem Award of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR) reached him in 2003.<ref name="NAMS Fellow" /> He received the [[TWAS Prize]] of [[The World Academy of Sciences]] in 2004, the Silver Jubilee Award of the [[Medical Council of India]] the same year and the FICCI Award of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] in 2005.<ref name="NAMS Fellow" /> The Government of India included him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian award of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2007, the same year as he received the [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]]<ref name="Om Prakash Bhasin Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.opbfawards.com/health.html | title=Om Prakash Bhasin Award | publisher=Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> and he received the ''Mahaveer Award'' of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation in 2008.<ref name="Indian Fellow" /> He is also a recipient of the Dhanvantri Medical Award, IEDRA Rashtriya Samman Puraskar, Lifetime Achievement Award of the Government of Delhi, Malaysia Liver Foundation Award and Vashisht Chikitsa Ratan Award of the Delhi Medical Association.<ref name="S K Sarin on APASL-ACLF Research Consortium">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=S K Sarin on APASL-ACLF Research Consortium |url=http://www.aclf.in/dr-s-k-sarin/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818091818/http://www.aclf.in/dr-s-k-sarin/ |archive-date=18 August 2016 |access-date=17 June 2016 |publisher=APASL-ACLF Research Consortium}}</ref>

Sarin, a 1988 Fogarty Fellow of the [[National Institutes of Health]],<ref name="Indian Fellow" /> had been elected as its Fellow by the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] (NASI) the previous year.<ref name="NASI Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.nic.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S | title=NASI Fellow | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of several other science or medical academies such as the [[American College of Gastroenterology]] (2002), [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2004),<ref name="Indian Fellow" /> [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (2005),<ref name="IAS fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sarin,_Prof._Shiv_Kumar | title=IAS fellow | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> and [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (2005).<ref name="List of Fellows: July 2005">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/docs_pdfs/fellow2005.pdf | title=List of Fellows: July 2005 | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> He has delivered several award orations; Dr. Dharamveer Datta Memorial Award Oration and Dr. Kunti and Om Prakash Award Oration of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (2004), Netaji Oration by the Association of Physicians of India (2003), Dr. V. R. Khanolkar Oration of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (2004) and Dr. Yellapragada Subba Row Memorial Award Oration of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2005) are some of the notable ones.<ref name="Indian Fellow" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxj9iIKJnw | title=Dr. S. K. Sarin on World Hepatititis Day (28 July 2012) | publisher=Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=20 November 2012 | access-date=16 June 2016}}
* {{cite interview | title=World Hepatitis Day | date=29 July 2014 | access-date=16 June 2016 | last=Sarin | first=Shiv Kumar | interviewer=Samiksha Mehra, Amit Bhaskar | work=Radio Amity | publisher=107.8 FM | location=Noida | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nXThv0M8A4}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Transfusion Associated Hepatitis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention | publisher=CBS | author=S K Sarin, Hess | date=December 2000 | isbn=978-8123905860}}

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