2027 AASLD Special Interest Group (SIG) Election Results
Congratulations to AASLD’s Newly Elected SIG Steering Committee Members!
This year’s SIG elections were conducted in conjunction with the AASLD general elections. Thanks to the leadership and commitment from our SIG Advisory Committee as well as our SIG Steering Committees, the election process resulted in strong member voting participation.
Please join AASLD in congratulating our newly elected leaders. Terms are 2 years (2027-2028).
NOTE: Elections were held for open positions (not all positions on each Steering Committee) as some Steering Committee members are still in the middle of their terms.
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) SIG
Leah Psellas, MSPAS, PA-C, Associate Lead
Cleveland Clinic
Victor Dong, MD, MSc, Education Lead
University of Calgary
Mary White, MD, Trainee Lead
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Alcohol-associated Liver Disease SIG
Frances Lee, MD, Communication Lead
Mount Sinai
Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, MSCRm Education Lead
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Cholestatic and Autoimmune Liver Diseases SIG
Jennifer Forstall, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, Associate Lead
Tulane University
Yael Nobel, MD, MS, Communcation Lead
Columbia University Medical Center
Aliya Gulamhusein, MD, MPH, Education Lead
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Katherine Cooper, MD, Trainee Lead
Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Practice SIG
Jessica Musto, MD, MS, Education Lead
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Baila Elkin, MD, Trainee Lead
University of Wisconsin
Hepatitis B/Delta SIG
Ira Jacobson, MD, FAASLD, Vice Chair
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City
Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, PhD, Communication Lead
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Helenie Kefalakes, MD, Education Lead
Hannover Medical School
Jiyoon Park, MD, Trainee Lead
New York Presbyterian Columbia/Cornell
Hepatitis C SIG
Anna Nobbe, APRN, Associate Lead
Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Chia-Yu Chiu, MD, Communication Lead
University of Colorado
Sanjna Shelukar, MD, Trainee Lead
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Hepatology Associates SIG
Allysa Saggese, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, Vice Chair
Weill Cornell Medicine
Christie Esquivel, MSPAS, PA-C, Associate Lead
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Michelle Barnett, PA-C, MPAs, DFAAPA, Education Lead
Peak Gastroenterology
Hepatotoxicity SIG
Samantha Boisvert, PhD Candidate, Communication Lead
University of Michigan
Alisa Likhitsup, MD, MPH, Education Lead
University of Michigan
Kristina Stayer, BS, Trainee Lead
Medical University of South Carolina
Liver Cancer SIG
Atoosa Rabiee, MD, Education Lead
Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Thanathip Suenghataiphorn, MD, Trainee Lead
Griffin Hospital/Yale University
Liver Cell Biology in Hepatic Diseases SIG
Jessica Maiers, PhD, Vice Chair
Indiana University School of Medicine
Ling Yang, PhD, Education Lead
University of Iowa
Yilin Yang, PhD, Trainee Lead
Yale University
Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis SIG
Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD FAASLD, Vice Chair
Indiana University School of Medicine
Shuang Wang, PhD, Communication Lead
Mount Sinai
Sam Krabbenhoft, MD, PhD, Trainee Lead
Northwestern University
Liver Transplantation and Surgery SIG
Emily Elgin, NP, Associate Lead
Vanderbilt Health
Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD, Education Lead
Cleveland Clinic
Elina Stoffel MD, MS, Trainee Lead
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease SIG
Sarah Householder, MD, Trainee Lead
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Pediatric Liver Disorders SIG
Kyla Colcombe, DNP, FNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CRNP, Associate Lead
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Sara Hassan, MD, DABOM, Communication Lead
University of Texas SouthWestern
Portal Hypertension: Clinical and Experimental SIG
Jimmy Che-To Lai, MB ChB, Communication Lead
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brett Fortune, MD, MS, FAASLD, Education Lead
Miami Transplant Institute/Jackson Health System
Public Health / Health Care Delivery SIG
Melanie Zheng, MD MHS, Trainee Lead
Johns Hopkins University