Robert Wong, MD, MS, FACG, FAASLD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Affiliated) in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, and staff physician in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section at Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System. He completed gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also completed a Master's in Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
Dr. Gupse Adalı is a hepatologist based in Istanbul, Türkiye. Her clinical and research interests include MASLD, HCC, and liver transplantation and long-term metabolic outcomes and ACLF. She is actively involved in multicenter research collaborations and mentoring hepatology fellows. Dr. Adalı also serves on the governing board of the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver (TASL).
Full name Ramazan Idilman
Specialty/Sub-specialty, Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
Job title Professor, MD
Country Turkey
Address Ankara University School of Medicine,
Department of Gastroenterology,
06590 Cebeci / Ankara/ Türkiye
Telephone number +90 312 595 6293
Mobile number +90 533 542 93 17
Fax +90 312 363 6213
Preferred Email idilman@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Dr. Kushner is an Associate Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medicine, and holds a joint appointment in the Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She has a clinical and research focus on liver disease in pregnancy and in viral hepatitis.
Jose Debes MD PhD is a Professor in Medicine at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His work centers on mechanisms of hepatitis-related liver cancer as well as awareness on risk factors for hepatitis B and liver cancer. He founded and leads two research networks in Latin America and in Africa
Jörn M. Schattenberg is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Department of Medicine II at the Saarland University Medical Center in Homburg and the University of the Saarland in Germany. He received his medical degree in 2002 after studying at the University of Mainz (Germany) and at the Tulane University in New Orleans (US).
Rotonya McCants Carr, MD is the Cyrus E. Rubin Chair and Division Head of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington. She is a basic science researcher and clinical hepatologist who specializes in the care of patients with fatty liver diseases. Her laboratory uses complementary in vivo and cellular approaches to investigate the mechanisms of insulin resistance in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD, formerly NAFLD) and alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Dr.
Dr. Rohit Loomba is a Professor of Medicine (with tenure), Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at the University of California at San Diego. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in translational research and innovative clinical trial design in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and non-invasive assessment of liver disease using advanced imaging modalities.
Mary E. Rinella, MD
Dr. Rinella is currently Professor of Medicine in the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition section at the University of Chicago since January 2021. She is the director of the Metabolic and Fatty Liver Program as well as Director of Clinical trials for the section.
Debbie Shawcross is a Clinician Scientist and Professor of Hepatology and Chronic Liver Failure at the Institute of Liver Studies and James Black Centre, King's College London. She works as a Consultant Hepatologist on the King's Liver Unit with a specialist interest in hepatic encephalopathy, liver failure syndromes and the complications of cirrhosis.
She joined the EASL [European Association for the Study of the Liver] Scientific Committee and Governing Board in October 2022 and was elected Vice Secretary General of EASL in June 2023 and Secretary General in May 2025.