Ponni V. Perumalswami, MD, MS, FAASLD<br>Professor of Medicine<br>Director, Alcohol Liver Disease Program<br>Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology<br>University of Michigan<br><br>Director, VA Liver Clinic<br>Gastroenterology Section<br>VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System<br>Investigator, Center for Clinical Management and Research VA HSR

Limas Kupcinskas is a Professor of Medicine at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas. He trained in Gastroenterology under Dr Jonas Simanauskas, at Kaunas University Hospital, Dr Richard Mountford, at the Bristol Royal Infirmary England, and Dr Ali Keshaverdzan, at Loyola University, Chicago, USA. In 1992 (till 2018) he was elected a head of Department of Gastroenterology at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. In 2011 (till 2022) he becomes a head of the Institute for Digestive Research at the same university.

Thomas Vanwolleghem is professor of Hepatology at the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Belgium, where leads the Viral Hepatitis Research Group. His main research focus is on virus-host interactions and the improvement of clinical outcomes in viral hepatitis infections. Apart from viral hepatitis, his clinical research interests focus on the diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension, as co-PI of the Antwerp Hepatic Hemodynamic laboratory. He is a senior clinical researcher for the Research Fund of the Flemish government.

Education Director, The Korean Association of Clinical Ultrasound<br>Feb. 1993-1999 : Medical Degree, Yonsei University,Wonju College of Medicine, Korea <br>Feb. 2003-2015 : Master of Medicine, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea<br>Aug. 2010-2012 : Doctor of Medicine, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea<br>Sep. 2014-2016 : post-Doctor Research Scholar, Medicine, Columbia University, New York, USA. <br>Sep. 2016- : Professor, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea

Professor, division of gastroenterology and hepatology, department of internal medicine, Soonchunhyang college of medicine, Soonchunhyang university Bucheon hospital, South Korea<br>Director of academic affairs, The Korean Association of Clinical Ultrasound

I am professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Haeundae Paik Hospital Inje University College in Busan, Republic of Korea. I am a member of several societies including Korean Association of Internal Medicine, Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, Korean Liver Cancer Study Group, Korean Society of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. I am interested in the clinical research of viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, and HCC.

I am a professor currently in the Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine. I have been provided medical treatments and researched mainly on gastroenterology and hepatology for over 15 years. My specialized areas are liver sinusoidal endothelial cell pathophysiology and related hepatic fibrosis and I have worked on preclinical studies on the mechanism of endothelial dysfunction/portal hypertension. Recently I have focused on cell therapy by using stem cells for hepatic fibrosis and angiogenesis.