Takao Miwa, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego and is affiliated with the Department of Gastroenterology/Internal Medicine at Gifu University, Japan. His research focuses on chronic liver diseases, particularly steatotic liver disease, liver cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy, malnutrition, and sarcopenia.

Dr. Butros Fakhoury is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focuses on steatotic liver disease, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver transplantation.

Shangze Jiang is a PhD student in liver surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, under the supervision of Professor Yilei Mao. His research interests include 3D bioprinting, the development of high-throughput organ-on-a-chip platforms, and acupuncture-based therapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

My name is Farhan Murtaza, MD, and I am a second-year Internal Medicine resident at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake. I completed my medical education at Allama Iqbal Medical College in Pakistan. I was born and raised in northern Pakistan, where I also gained clinical experience after medical school. My academic interests include Gastroenterology, hepatology, functional gastrointestinal disorders, and outcomes-based research. I have been actively involved in clinical research and evidence synthesis across multiple areas of internal medicine.

Prof. Jinlin Hou is a experienced clinician-scientist in hepatology and infectious diseases. He serves as Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, and as Director of the Guangdong Provincial Liver Disease Research Institute.

PhD Candidate, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School

Chaowapong (Chao) Jarasvaraparn, MD graduated from Medical School at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his Pediatric Residency training at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. He completed Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program and Transplant Hepatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Currently he is a pediatric hepatologist at Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University. His research interests include pediatric MASLD, pediatric liver transplantation and Fontan-associated liver disease.