Nancy Reau, MD, is Professor of Internal Medicine, Richard B. Capps Chair of Hepatology, Associate Director of Solid Organ Transplantation, and Section Chief of Hepatology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She received her medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, where she completed a residency and fellowship in gastroenterology/hepatology followed by a second fellowship in advanced transplant hepatology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Professor Young-Suk Lim currently serves as President of the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver for the 2025–2027 term (December 2025 to November 2027). He is Dean of the University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Professor in the Department of Gastroenterology at Asan Medical Center. He also served as Director of the Clinical Trial Center at Asan Medical Center from April 2015 to June 2019.

Joseph Ahn, M.D. M.S. M.B.A, is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. Ahn is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago. He trained at Northwestern University as a fellow in hepatology and gastroenterology. As a hepatologist, he treats patients with chronic liver diseases. His research interest is focused on hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and MASLD.

Dr. Lee is a transplant hepatologist who cares for patients with advanced liver disease and those undergoing liver transplantation. He leads ACCELERATE, an NIH-funded national research consortium, and his research program focuses on improving health for patients with alcohol use, metabolic dysfunction, and liver disease through: 1) early transplant with alcohol; 2) the overlap of alcohol and metabolic liver disease; 3) public policy and advocacy; and 4) novel therapies and translational science.

Dr. Avesh J. Thuluvath is a Transplant Hepatologist and Physician-Scientist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, Dr. Thuluvath completed his Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. At Northwestern, he also completed a NIH T32 post-doctoral fellowship in outcomes research with a Masters in Clinical Investigation. Dr.

Allison Kwong is a hepatologist who specializes in the care of patients with chronic liver disease. Her research in alcohol-associated liver disease has been supported by the AASLD Foundation Clinical, Translational, and Outcomes Research Award and a NIAAA K23 Mentored Career Development Award. Her clinical and research interests include cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and outcomes before and after liver transplantation.

Dr. Ram Subramanian is Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is the Chief of Hepatology, and Director of Liver Critical Care Services at Emory University. His fellowship training involved combined training in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Gastroenterology & Transplant Hepatology, with a goal to focus his clinical and research interests in the field of hepatic critical care and inpatient hepatology.

Cynthia Moylan, MD is a Professor of Medicine and co-Director of the GI Clinical Research Unit at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. She also serves as the Director of Hepatology at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Chair of the MASLD Field Advisory Board. Dr. Moylan received her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed residency and fellowship in GI and Transplant Hepatology at Duke University.

Silvia Vilarinho is a physician-scientist who investigates the genetic and molecular basis of liver diseases using genomics and human samples, having identified five novel genetic liver diseases. Her research aims to discover new genes important for liver function and to use cell biology and animal models to determine the specific mechanism(s) linking mutant gene to disease as a roadmap to further understand and treat rare and common liver diseases.

Cara Mack, MD is a pediatric transplant hepatologist who joined the Medical College of Wisconsin (WI) and Children's WI in 2022 as Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition. Prior to this, Cara was faculty and Director of the Pediatric GI Fellowship Training Program and Medical Director of the Pediatric Liver Center at University of Colorado, Children's Hospital CO (2002-2022).