Dr. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Emory University. His research focuses on identifying novel regulators of systemic and cellular iron homeostasis and elucidating how disrupted iron metabolism contributes to the progression of liver diseases, including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), and diabetes-associated liver injury. Dr.
Andreas Kremer is Head of Hepatology and Vice Director of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Kremer is internationally recognized as a clinician, educator and researcher in liver diseases. His translational, clinical and experimental research is focused on molecular mechanisms of immune-mediated and cholestatic liver disease including symptom burden such as fatigue and pruritus, fibrogenesis and development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Prof.
Francis Collins is a physician-scientist. Under his direction, the Human Genome Project produced the first finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book in 2003. From 2009 to 2021, Collins served under three Presidents as the Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world. In 2022, he served as Acting Science Advisor to the President, and initiated the planning of a program to eliminate Hepatitis C in the United States.
Dr. David Goldberg is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases and Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Goldberg received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, followed by residency in internal medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medisal Center.
Dr. Joanna Dionne is an clinician-scientist and Associate Professor, Divisions of Gastroenterology and Critical Care Medicine, in the Departments of Medicine and Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University, and associate member of the Farncombe Institute. Dr. Dionne received her MD, MSc and PhD in Health Research Methodology (HRM) as well as postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinician Investigator Program (CIP) at McMaster University. She has received peer-reviewed funding from PSI, CAG and CIHR. Dr.
Dr. Ram Subramanian is Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, USA. He is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, 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.
Rob Chapman is a native of Greenville, SC. He obtained an undergraduate degree from Clemson University and an M.S.M from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. He has been working in liver disease for over 10 years. He enjoys spending time with his wife hiking, reading, and traveling.
K. Tuesday Werner is a dedicated and compassionate nurse practitioner, who brings a wealth of expertise to the field of liver transplant and hepatology. With a strong commitment to patient-centered care, Tuesday has spent over two decades of delivering care to patients with liver diseases. She is a certified family and acute care nurse practitioner. She is an associate fellow for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AF- AASLD) and has earned her Doctor of Nursing degree from Arizona State University.
Carla W. Brady, MD, MHS, FAASLD is a Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at Duke University Medical Center, having been a faculty member within the division since 2006. Currently, she serves as the Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Duke Department of Medicine. She is a transplant hepatologist with an interest in women's health and with expertise on liver disease in pregnancy and the management of liver transplant care in pregnant patients. Dr.
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa