Speaker

Juan G Abraldes, MD

University of Alberta
Juan G Abraldes, MD

Biography

Dr. Juan G. Abraldes is a Transplant Hepatologist, Professor and Director of the Liver Unit at the University of Alberta.

He did his MD at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and got his GI and hepatology training in Barcelona. He did a postdoctoral training at Yale University (2003–2004).

His main interest is the diagnosis, risk prediction and management of chronic liver disease. He has co-chaired the AASLD guidelines for TIPS and RT0 (2024), and co-authored the AASLD portal hypertension guidelines (2016). He has participated in the Baveno guidelines since 2005. He is Associate Editor of Hepatology