Dr. Danny Issa is an interventional gastroenterologist and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His practice focuses on hepaticobiliary diseases, third-space and advanced endoscopy, and he leads the endoscopic bariatric program at UCLA. He completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by an advanced endoscopy training at Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr.

Dr. Umar is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and an Interventional Gastroenterologist at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston, TX. She also serves as the Director of the Pancreas Center of Excellence at MEDVAMC.

Her area of clinical interest is in pancreaticobiliary diseases, endo-hepatology and endobariatrics

Dr. Radlinski is currently an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. He completed his general gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of Virginia in 2022 and his advanced endoscopy fellowship at the University of Virginia in 2023. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology.

I am a transplant hepatologist and assistant professor at the University of Colorado where I serve as the transplant hepatology fellowship associate program director. My clinical and research interests include Wilson Disease and liver transplant recipient selection — specifically cardiac risk stratification and peri-transplant cancer screening.

Dr. Mohammad Bilal, FACP, FACG, FASGE is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus where he also serves as the Director of Endoscopy and Section Lead for the Interventional Endoscopy Section. Dr. Bilal also serves as the Associate Program Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship. Dr. Bilal has over 270 peer-reviewed publications and over 500 abstracts at national and international conferences.

Emmanuel Gonzales is a pediatric hepatologist at the Bicêtre Hospital (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay). He studied Medicine at the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. He performed his residency in pediatrics in Paris and received his Medical Degree in 2006. In 2010, he obtained his PhD degree in cellular and molecular biology at the University Paris-Sud.

Shawn is a second year GI fellow at UCSF. She previously received her BS at MIT, MD at Emory University, and completed internal medicine residency at NYU. She also served as the Health Equity Chief Resident at NYU. She was previously an AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar 2024-2025. She is a current contributor to the Liver Fellow Network's "Why?" Series and the Series Co-lead beginning 2026. At UCSF, she is a trainee representative serving on the UCSF GME Committee and Health Equity Council.

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