Hashem B El-Serag

Dr. El-Serag obtained his medical degree from Al-Arab Medical University in Libya, completed his internship and residency in internal medicine (1995) at Greenwich Hospital, Yale University, Connecticut, and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology (1997) at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he also earned a master's degree in public health (1998). In 1999, Dr. El-Serag joined the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, where he later became Chief of the Section of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2007-2016).

Mark Miedel

I am an Assistant Professor at the Organ Pathobiology and Therapeutics Institute (OPTIn) and the Department of Pharmacology and
Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. I have a broad background in cell and molecular biology with specific expertise in
liver microphysiological systems (MPS).My laboratory focuses on applying human biomimetic liver MPS to model both normal and disease-state physiology and to address clinically relevant questions in MASLD/MASH. My focus is on implementing the coupled use of liver MPS with quantitative systems

Mark Ghobrial

R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director Sherrie & Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Director, Immunobiology and Transplantation Sciences
Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist Academic Institute
Houston Methodist

Therese Bittermann

Dr. Tess Bittermann is a transplant hepatologist and epidemiologist. She recently transitioned from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to a joint position at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and the Queensland Institute for Medical Research in Brisbane, Australia. Her research focuses on the practice heterogeneity and understanding the comparative risks and benefits of immunosuppression strategies among transplant recipients and patients with autoimmune hepatitis.

Tassos T Grammatikopoulos

Dr. Tassos Grammatikopoulos is a Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology at King's College Hospital and Senior Lecturer at King's College London. With over 20 years of experience in pediatric medicine, he holds prestigious Fellowships from both the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (FAASLD) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH).

Alexander Kuo

Dr. Alexander Kuo is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He serves as the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation and Program Director of the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship.

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