Jonathan R Dillman

Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, MSc, FACR, FSAR, FAIUM, is a pediatric radiologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and a Professor of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He also holds the position of Associate Chief of Research in his department and is the William S. Ball Endowed Chair of Radiology Research. He is fellowship trained in both Pediatric Radiology and adult Abdominal Imaging. His clinical and research interests pertain to the imaging of the pediatric abdomen, particularly the liver and bowel.

Ehiamen Okoruwa

I studied Biology and Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis before earning a master's degree in physiology at Tulane University School of Medicine, where I also completed medical school. I now call Dallas home after completing Internal Medicine residency at UT Southwestern, where I participated in the Medical Education track and developed a deeper interest in teaching and mentorship. I am currently continuing my training at UTSW as a Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology fellow and also serve as one of the chief fellows for the program.

Patil Kavarian

Dr. Kavarian is the current Transplant Hepatology Fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. She completed her Pediatric Residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and her Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at Stanford University. Her clinical and research interests include metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and autoimmune hepatitis, with a passion for improving outcomes and quality of life for children with liver disease.

Michael Trauner

Michael Trauner, MD, received his medical education at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, Austria, where he also completed his clinical training in internal medicine and gastroenterology / hepatology. From 1994 to 1997 he postdoctoral research fellow at Yale University's Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Center in New Haven, USA. After returning to Graz, he established an internationally recognized research group in cholestatic and fatty liver diseases, and founded the Liver Center, serving as professor of experimental and clinical hepatology from 2005-2010.

Silvia Vilarinho

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.

Fionna Kopp

Fionna Kopp is the patient co-chair of A-LiNK (Autoimmune Liver Disease Network for Kids), where she collaborates with physicians, researchers, quality improvement experts, and patients and families to improve outcomes for children with AIH and PSC. She is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Madelyn Flickinger

Madelyn is a liver transplant recipient who was transplanted at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and is a molecular biology and biotechnology student at George Mason University. One year after her transplant, Madelyn graduated from high school and was looking for a way to bring organ donation awareness to her college campus. She was introduced to Student Organ Donation Advocates (SODA) and started the first Virginia chapter at GMU. Since then, Madelyn has participated in advocacy work with other organizations.

Melissa Kochanowsky

Melissa Kochanowsky is the Associate Program Director at PFIC Network, a nonprofit supporting patients and families worldwide affected by progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). She helps lead global PFIC-focused initiatives in education, support, and research, and serves as Principal Investigator for the PFIC Network Patient Registry. She also co-led Project IMPACT (Identifying research targets by Merging Patient And Clinician Treatment information), a PCORI-funded initiative to build capacity for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research in PFIC.

Amy Taylor

Dr. Amy Taylor completed her medical training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where she then continued as an Assistant Professor. She currently serves as the Program Director for the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. Her research focus is on patient-centered outcomes improvement in pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease. She serves as the PI for A-LiNK: the Autoimmune Liver disease Network for Kids, a multi-center learning health network.

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