Sergelen Orgoi FACS is a Mongolian surgeon best known for developing low cost liver transplantation and laparoscopic surgery in Mongolia.
[6] In 2017, Sergelen was honored by the American College of Surgeons with the Honorary Fellowship award for her commitment to treating the people of her country Mongolia.
[3] The American College of Surgeons praised that “Professor Sergelen has been a true pioneer in modern surgical care.
Problems of a rugged geography, serious political and financial constraints, and the large nomadic setting have never prevented her from improving health care in Mongolia.
Despite her naysayers, she led projects that are presenting impressive examples of possibilities for other low and middle income countries.