Saikiran M Kilaru

Dr. Kilaru is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where she also serves as Program Director of the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. She currently serves as Chair of the AASLD Inclusion and Diversity Committee.

Rashmee Patil

Dr. Patil completed her Internal Medicine Residency at New York University - Brooklyn and her Fellowship in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In 2018, she shifted from a general Hepatology clinical practice to a focus on building and scaling a MASH clinical research program. She is the Founder of South Texas Research Institute (STRI), the premier private clinical research site network originating in the underserved region of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Richard So

Richard So is dedicated to eliminating hepatitis B and liver cancer, with a vision of making the San Francisco Bay Area the first hepatitis B free region in the U.S. He has over a decade of experience in healthcare, including five years as Executive Director of Hep B Free, one of the country's leading hepatitis B organizations. His background spans healthcare consulting, Peace Corps service in rural Paraguay, and leadership across major coalitions like Hep B United, End the Epidemics, and the California Hepatitis Alliance.

Sandra Quezada

Sandra M. Quezada, M.D., M.S., AGAF is Associate Dean for Admissions and Associate Dean for Health Strategy and Engagement at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and her practice and research interests center on delivering high-quality, equitable inflammatory bowel disease care.

Lauren Nephew

Dr. Lauren Nephew is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Associate Vice Chair of Health Impact for the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research program focuses on understanding how the structural and social determinants of health contribute to disparities in liver disease and developing interventions that improve access to care.

Nikki Duong

Dr. Duong is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stanford University. He is the Founder and Director of the LGBTQ+ Comprehensive GI and Liver Health Program. He also co-founded and currently is the Co-Executive Director of a non-profit, Rainbows in Gastro. During his time in residency at Georgetown University, he was selected as an AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar.

James F Crismale

Dr. Crismale is an Associate Professor of Medicine and transplant hepatologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Hospital. He is the associate program director for the transplant hepatology fellowship program at Mount Sinai, where he has developed a robust curriculum for the education of transplant hepatology fellows as well as GI fellows from Mount Sinai and its affiliate programs. His clinical and research interests center around the care of patients with portal hypertension and decompensated cirrhosis.

Brian Kim

Brian Kim, MD is a transplant hepatologist specializing in the treatment of patients with acute and chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Dr. Kim is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) where he serves as a member of the AASLD Maintenance of Certification Committee. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and serves on the ACG Training Committee.

Nicole E Rich

Nicole Rich, MD, MSCS is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, the Associate Director of the Liver Tumor program and the Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). She earned her medical degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency, gastroenterology fellowship (NIH T32 research track) and transplant hepatology fellowship at UTSW, where she also earned a master's of science in clinical research.

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