Dr. Mukut Minz

A veteran in Kidney Transplant whose reputation precedes him because of his work as a surgeon, an as academician and Researcher. He has performed over 3500 successful Kidney Transplant breaking all boundaries and has numerous popular publication in different field of medicine. With his vast experience and the best known kidney transplant surgeon in India, He headed the Kidney Transplat Surgery of Indian Foreign Minister Smt Shushma Swaraj. Prof. (Dr.) Mukut Minz had been Prof & Head, Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, PGI, Chandigarh, and has been a stalwart in Transplant Surgery in the country. He joined PGI in 1980 and has over 30 years of experience in this field. He was elevated to the post of Senior Professor in 2008 and member of Governing Body of PGI in 2015. He received advanced training in cadaver organ retrieval and transplantation at various centres/universities of Norway, Sweden, Germany and USA. He set up a new department of Renal Transplant Surgery in PGI and performed over 3,300 kidney transplants. Dr Minz successfully established Combined Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Programme for type 1 diabetics with kidney failure in PGI, which is currently a leading pancreas transplant centre in North India. Under his mentorship the department has also performed several complicated dialysis access procedures (AV Fistulas for hemodialysis). He has trained over 30 transplant surgeons, many of whom are holding academic positions in India, US, UK and Australia. He has been a Visiting Professor in various universities in India and has been conferred several awards and honours.