Dr. Sonal Asthana - Best Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Brief Profile

Dr. Sonal Asthana serves as Lead Consultant, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery & Multi-organ Transplantation at Aster DM Quality Care and consults across both Aster Hospitals and CARE Hospitals. He is regarded as one of India's foremost HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeons, bringing close to two decades of experience in liver, kidney, pancreas and multi-organ transplantation, as well as advanced surgical care for conditions affecting the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract, and pancreas, including complex hepatobiliary cancers.

He completed his MBBS and MS at JIPMER, Puducherry, and went on to pursue subspecialty training in Surgical Oncology at AIIMS, New Delhi. Dr. Asthana holds an MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK) and a Postgraduate Research Degree (MSc) from the University of Alberta, Canada. He went on to complete a prestigious Fellowship in Multi-organ Transplantation in Edmonton, Canada, accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). His training also includes advanced work in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ Transplantation at St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK, and he was chosen to take part in the European Health Leadership Programme at INSEAD, France.

His areas of clinical focus span liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, clinical islet cell transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, and pancreatic surgery, along with the management of hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatitis C, post-transplant immunosuppression, transplant epidemiology, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and other complex liver and biliary disorders.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Asthana has been the holder of several notable international honours, including recognition from the British Transplant Society, the Canadian Transplant Society, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Society of Transplantation, and the Alberta Heritage Foundation, in acknowledgment of his work in transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.

Within the Aster DM Quality Care network, Dr. Sonal Asthana is available for consultation at Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru; Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru; Aster Medcity, Kochi; CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad; CARE Hi-Tech Hospital, Hyderabad; Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals, Raipur; and CARE CHL Hospitals, Indore — giving patients across these centres access to his expertise in HPB surgery and multi-organ transplantation.

Field(s) of Expertise

• Management of Hepatitis C
• Post-Transplant Immunosuppression
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Transplant Epidemiology
• Ischemia-Reperfusion

Education

• Subspecialty training in Surgical Oncology from AIIMS, New Delhi.
• Postgraduate Research Degree from the University of Alberta, Canada.
• Fellowship in Multi-organ Transplantation from Edmonton, Canada, accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS).
• Trained in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ Transplantation at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
• Selected for the European Health Leadership Program at INSEAD, France.

Awards and Recognitions

• British Transplant Society Award
• Canadian Transplant Society Award
• Alberta Heritage Fellowship (AHFMR)
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) Award for HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation
• American Society of Transplantation Award

Languages Known

English, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi

Past Positions

• Senior Consultant in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ Transplantation at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore.