Prof. (Dr.) S.K. Sarin, Sr. Professor, Vice Chancellor, ILBS, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, is a clinician – a Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, a pioneer in clinical innovations, a gifted teacher, and a hybrid with great insights into basic and clinical research, a medical entrepreneur, and an ambassador of enthusiastic learning. His contributions in reforms in medical education and health sciences are also noteworthy. At present he is working at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), the first of its kind in Asia. His main mission is to develop ILBS as the best possible institution of its kind in the world.
In his academic career spanning for nearly 30 years, he has immensely contributed internationally to the field of Liver diseases. He has more than 350 International publications to his credit, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. His deep interest in physiology has recently resulted in the development of a unique model of endotoxemia induced portal hypertension and liver disease. He has helped describe two new disease entities, portal biliopathy, and ‘Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure”. He has edited eleven books on liver diseases, many of which are standard reference books and contributed more than 69 chapters in various medical text books. Dr. Sarin is the founding Chief Editor of a prestigious Journal, Hepatology International (Springer International). He has served editorial assignments in most prestigious journals in the specialized fields. His recent contributions in the field of liver regeneration using growth factors has a great potential for patients with advanced liver disease and liver failure so as to provide options of transplant free survival. He has helped develop 17 major treatment guidelines, including spearheading five major Asian Pacific Treatment Guidelines in Liver diseases; which are widely quoted and practiced.
Prof. Sarin is also an academic clinician with research interests. He continuously works towards various public health initiatives in collaboration with government and private organisations at national levels. Prof. Sarin, with his intense dedication, vision and work, is a role model for the country. He has been bestowed with Padma Bhushan by the Govt of India and several others from national and international level.
His humility and touch with the common man, integrity, far reaching contributions to the health and wellbeing of his patients, have indeed left an indelible impact on the well-being of millions of people in the country. It is his vision that project PRAKASH has seen the day of the light and have impacted thousands of lives through its activities.
