Dr. Sonal Asthana

Dr. Sonal Asthana is a Lead Consultant, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery & Multi-organ Transplantation at Aster DM Quality Care, consulting across Aster Hospitals and CARE Hospitals. He is among India’s leading HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeons, with nearly two decades of experience in liver, kidney, pancreas and multi-organ transplantation, along with advanced surgical management of diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas, including complex hepatobiliary cancers.

Dr. Asthana completed his MBBS and MS from JIPMER, Puducherry, followed by subspecialty training in Surgical Oncology at AIIMS, New Delhi. He earned the MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK) and completed a Postgraduate Research Degree (MSc) from the University of Alberta, Canada. He subsequently underwent a prestigious Fellowship in Multi-organ Transplantation at Edmonton, Canada, accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). He also received advanced training in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ Transplantation at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK, and was selected for the European Health Leadership Programme at INSEAD, France.

His clinical expertise includes liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, clinical islet cell transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, pancreatic surgery, management of hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatitis C, post-transplant immunosuppression, transplant epidemiology, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and complex liver and biliary disorders.

Dr. Asthana has received several prestigious international recognitions, including awards from the British Transplant Society, Canadian Transplant Society, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Society of Transplantation, and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for his contributions to transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.

Dr. Sonal Asthana consults across the Aster DM Quality Care network 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, enabling patients across multiple centres to access his expertise in HPB surgery and multi-organ transplantation.