Education

Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, 2006

Internships

Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, 2008

Residency

Weill Cornell Medicine, 2016, Surgery

Fellowships

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2018, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
University of North Carolina - Department of Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
University of North Carolina - Department of Surgery, 2019, Abdominal Transplant Surgery

Certifications

American Board of Surgery (ABS)

Publications

Please view Dr. Adarsh Vijay’s publications on PubMed. 

Editorial Responsibilities:

• Editorial Board: Hepato-pancreato-biliary Section Editor: World Journal of Surgical Oncology [2021- present]
• Associate Editor, Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome (DIMS) [2020 - 21]
• Editorial Advisory Board (International), Indian Journal of Transplantation [2019 – 23]
  
   

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
• Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, (SLS)
• American College of Surgeons, (ACS)
• Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT)

Presentations

• “Understanding Waitlist Mortality in Kidney Transplant Candidates”, 2023 American Transplant Congress. San Diego. June 6, 2023
• “Does Donor-to-Recipient Weight Mismatch Influence Short Term Outcomes of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation?”, Presentation at the 2022 American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 4, 2022
• “An Interesting Phenomenon: Hypotension After Bariatric Surgery in Patients with ESRD”. Presentation at the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting 2022, Dallas, TX. June 7, 2022
• “Death on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist – Clues to Better Listing Decision Making”, American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2022, Orlando, FL. November 5, 2022
• “Early Pancreatic Allograft Loss Following Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Donor Related Risk Factors”, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022, San Diego, CA. October 19, 2022
• “Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Single Center Comparison of Three Different Techniques”, presentation at the Minimally Invasive Surgery Week 2022, New Orleans, LA. Sept 7, 2022
• “Diabetic Kidney Transplant Candidates: The Achilles Heel of Waitlist Mortality”, presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. Sept 16-19, 2022
• “A Promising Combination: Bariatric Surgery prior to Kidney Transplantation for Obese ESRD Patients”, presentation at the 2022 Southern Medical Association Physicians-in-Training Leadership Conference, New Orleans, LA. Feb 12, 2022
• “Elderly Kidney Transplant Candidates – Who Do We Consider for Transplant Listing?” American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022, San Diego, CA. October 19, 2022
• “Delayed Graft Function in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Outcomes”, 2022 American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 4-8, 2022
• “Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients 70 Years and Older”, 2022 American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 4-8, 2022
• “Understanding Transplant Awareness in Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipients – Role of Surgeon Visit”, 2022 American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 4-8, 2022
• “Use of Portal Vein Extension Grafts in Pancreas Transplantation: Incidence of Vascular Thrombosis”, 15th International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association World Congress, New York, NY. March 30-April 2, 2022
• “Balancing Waitlist Dropout in Pancreas Transplantation”, 15th International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association World Congress, New York, NY. March 30-April 2, 2022
• “Graft Loss Due to Chronic Rejection in Pancreas Transplantation: Impact of HLA Matching”, 15th International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association World Congress, New York, NY. March 30-April 2, 2022
• “Robotic Ureteral Re-Implantation for Long Segment Transplant Ureteral Strictures”, 70th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. March 18-20, 2022
• “A Promising Combination: Bariatric Surgery Prior to Kidney Transplantation for Obese ESRD Patients”, American Society of Transplant Surgeons 22nd Annual Winter Symposium, Miami, FL. January 13, 2022
• “Kidney Recovery Post Covid-19 infection in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Single Center Observational Study”, American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2021, San Diego CA. Nov 4-7, 2021
• “Observational Study of the Clinical Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients Diagnosed with Coronavirus-19 Infection (SARS-CoV2) requiring Hospitalization in New Orleans”, American Transplant Congress Virtual Connect, June 4-9, 2021
• “Single Day Centralized Approach in Kidney Transplant Workup – Lessons Learnt from Two Centers,” 2021 American Transplant Congress Virtual Connect, June 4-9, 2021
• “Creating Efficiency in the Kidney Transplant Listing – Can We Streamline Candidate Ineligibility?”, 2021 American Transplant Congress Virtual Connect, June 4-9, 2021
• "Aberrant renal hilar ureteral anatomy in an incompletely rotated kidney: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy experience", ASTS 21st Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami. Jan 2021
• "Black Patients Do Not Have Worse Short-Term Outcomes After Receiving High KDPI (>85%) Kidneys", ASTS 21st Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami. Jan 2021
• "Augmented Reality and the Novel Use of Indocyanine Green as a Navigational Adjunct for Laparoscopic Ablation of Liver Tumors", 14th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 27-29 November 2020, Virtual Congress
• "Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy - Call for a Selective Radical Approach", American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA. May 30 - June 3, 2020
• "Horseshoe Kidney transplantation using split technique", ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami, USA. January 9-12, 2020
• "Postoperative atrial fibrillation in kidney transplant patients: a retrospective study evaluating risk of anticoagulation", American Transplant Congress, Boston, USA, June 01-05, 2019
• "Native Nephrectomies Can Lead to Increase Antibody Formation", 19th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium Main Meeting Program, Miami, USA. 10-13 Jan 2019
• "Liver Transplantation Post Gastric Bypass: Surgical Complications and outcomes", American Transplant Congress, Seattle, USA, June 2-6, 2018
• "Early allograft biopsy in kidney transplant recipients with DGF – call for an individualized approach", American Transplant Congress, Seattle, USA, June 2-6, 2018
• "Surgical complications following Intestinal transplant – an institutional review", 18th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium Main Meeting Program, Miami, USA. 11-14 April 2018
• "Pancreatico-Duodenectomy: Can tumor biology outweigh institutional or surgeon experience", IHPBA World Congress, São Paulo, Brazil, April 20-23, 2016
• "Epidemiology of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a rapidly growing community", IHPBA World Congress, São Paulo, Brazil, April 20-23, 2016
• "Pancreatico-enteric fistula post pancreatic duct ligation for delayed hemorrhaged complicating pancreaticoduodenectomy", IHPBA World Congress, São Paulo, Brazil, April 20-23, 2016
• "Striking a Balance in Massive Transfusion for Traumatic Brain Injury: Do the Crystalloid to Blood Product Ratios Matter?", American College of Surgeons 2014 Clinical Congress; San Francisco, USA. 10/28/2014
• "Crystalloid to Blood Product Ratios in Hemostatic Resuscitation for Blunt Injury: Early Balanced Ratios Increase Survival", American College of Surgeons 2014 Clinical Congress; San Francisco, USA. 10/28/2014
• "Trauma Resuscitation requiring Massive Transfusion: ratio or timing? The Qatar Experience", [Society of Critical Care Medicine] 43rd Critical Care Congress; San Francisco, CA. Jan 9-13, 2014
• "Platelet Transfusion in Massive resuscitation: early high ratios improve survival in Qatar", Presented at Trauma 2014: The Trauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting; Montreal, Canada. April 10-11, 2014
• "A comprehensive approach to the prediction of Acute Calcular Cholangitis – the Qatar Experience", 24th World Congress of International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists [IASGO], Austria. Dec 2014
• "Endovascular Repair of a Post-traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Descending Thoracic Aorta identified four decades post event", 24th World Congress of International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists [IASGO], Austria. Dec 2014
• "Echinococcal cyst of the pancreas with cysto-pancreatic duct fistula successfully treated by partial cystectomy and cysto-gastrostomy", 24th World Congress of International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists [IASGO], Austria. Dec 2014
• "Invasive duct carcinoma of the forearm; a rare case of distant, isolated 'carcinoma en cuirasse", 24th World Congress of International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists [IASGO], Austria. Dec 2014
• "Primary skeletal osteosarcoma metastasizing to the adrenal gland in the absence of concurrent pulmonary disease - report of a case", 24th World Congress of International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists [IASGO], Austria. Dec 2014
• "Early laparoscopic approach to pancreatic injury following blunt abdominal trauma", 24th World Congress of International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists [IASGO], Austria. Dec 2014
• "Maturation of a Massive Transfusion Protocol Reduces Early Mortalities from Massive Traumatic Blood Loss: The Qatar Experience", International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare; Paris, France. April 8-11, 2014
• "Solid Pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in a patient with cervical cancer – relation of E-Cadherin / B-Catenin adhesion complex in their carcinogenesis", Asia Pacific Federation Congress 2013 International College of Surgeons, Thailand. Dec 5-7, 2013
• "Robotic Repair of Inguinal Hernia After Ipsilateral Kidney Transplant", Video presentation at MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WEEK 2022; The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons (SLS), New Orleans, LA, Sep 2022
• "Arterial Bleeder in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy", Video presentation at MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WEEK 2022; The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons (SLS), New Orleans, LA, Sep 2022

Awards

• Bill West Professorship for Young Investigators in Transplantation Research, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Outstanding Clinical Care Award-Procedural, Faculty Recognition award by Tulane University School of Medicine
• Excellence in Surgical Education Award, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Best Attending Surgeon; Owl Club, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society
• Best Senior Resident, Surgery, HMC, Weill Cornell, Qatar
• Short-Term Studentship, Indian Council of Medical Research