HKASLD / AASLD Limited Outbound Faculty Exchange Opportunity
Event Date: Sunday, December 6, 2026
Event Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Application Deadline: Monday, August 10, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EDT
Event Date: Sunday, December 6, 2026
Event Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Application Deadline: Monday, August 10, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EDT
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director Sherrie & Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Director, Immunobiology and Transplantation Sciences
Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Dr. Tess Bittermann is a transplant hepatologist and epidemiologist. She recently transitioned from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to a joint position at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and the Queensland Institute for Medical Research in Brisbane, Australia. Her research focuses on the practice heterogeneity and understanding the comparative risks and benefits of immunosuppression strategies among transplant recipients and patients with autoimmune hepatitis.
Dr. Tassos Grammatikopoulos is a Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology at King's College Hospital and Senior Lecturer at King's College London. With over 20 years of experience in pediatric medicine, he holds prestigious Fellowships from both the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (FAASLD) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH).
Dr. Alexander Kuo is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He serves as the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation and Program Director of the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship.
Dr. Adeyi is a professor and divisional director of anatomic pathology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) and the UAB Health Services Foundation. He has more than 20 years' subspecialty expertise experience in medical, oncologic, and transplant liver pathology and is internationally recognized as a leader in this area. He has been an active member of several top professional societies and has co-authored published guidelines in liver transplant diagnoses and assessments over the last 20 years.
I am a clinical Gastroenterology fellow at Duke University. I am interested in pursuing a career in transplant hepatology. My research interests include alcohol-related liver disease and women's health issues in liver transplantation.
David C. Muddiman is the Jacob and Betty Belin Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Associate Head of Chemistry and the Founding Director, Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC (2018-2023). Prior to moving his research group to North Carolina State University in 2005, David was a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Founder and Director of the Proteomics Research Center at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN.
Christopher Woodrell is a board-certified internist and hospice and palliative medicine physician. He is a clinical research scientist with an appointment as Associate Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Staff Physician at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx. His research interests include developing and testing palliative and supportive interventions to improve the quality of life of people living with cancer and their families, and particularly those with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Nazia Selzner MD, PhD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Director Center for Living Organ Donation
Medical Director Live Donor Liver Transplantation
Ajmera Transplant Center
University of Toronto, Toronto
President International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)